A few Vista Beta 1 impressions

[n7]

First good thing: No SATA drivers were needed like normally. My Raptor was auto detected
Also, you can load drivers via CD & USB flash memory drive now instead of just teh stupid F6 + floppy


Added:

Wow.
Well, first impressions:
Screenie

Feels like OS-X when opening windows, minimizing, etc.
Very kewl, albeit late in the game.
I love the translucent borders above windows.
Aparently, the kewl window effects do not function on an integrated video card.


The version of IE included = total Firefox ripoff.
Except FF is still much better.

With nothing loaded, it's running smoothly, but is using 400 MB RAM, or at least has 400 MB PF usage!

Don't have 2 GBs of RAM? Looks like we're gonna need it.
At least it's not like the 4054 version i used a year ago that sucked up 600 MB.

They really need to fix install time though. I didn't remember to time it, but it was at least 35 minutes.

Another funny note: When dual-booting, XP Pro is now referred to as Legacy (Pre-Longhorn) Microsoft Windows Operating System

Alright, for those of you wondering on games, i haven't had any time to install anything yet, but i will do my best to try out the programs, etc., you guys have asked about sometime this weekend.


Here's some thoughts from NFS4:

Originally posted by: NFS4
I should also mention that is fast SPEED wise. It is very SLOW as far as intuitiveness goes. It is proving hard for me to get used to the GUI changes and how everything works now. A lot of simple things that ones has become accustomed to doing in Windows XP (or even Windows 2000 or Windows 98 for that matter) are torn up and tossed out with Vista Beta 1.

The whole documents/virtual folders thing is very confusing to me. Anyway, to get an idea of what I'm talking about, read the article I linked a few posts up.

I agree.

I find everything runs so smoothly, but it is a tad confusing getting around now.

 

[TriStar]

Why would anybody care?

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: TriStar
Why would anybody care?

No one has to.

I'm just bored waiting for the install to finish.

Run along now & play with yourself...i mean with your toys

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: TriStar
Why would anybody care?

Why would you post and click this topic if you didn't care.
Deep down inside, you care a lot...

neffed.

Hmm... I was going to install vista1 tomorrow..

 

[amdskip]

Are you guys beta testors?

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Are you guys beta testors?

You betcha

 

[wasserkool]

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: TriStar
Why would anybody care?

Why would you post and click this topic if you didn't care.
Deep down inside, you care a lot...

neffed.

Hmm... I was going to install vista1 tomorrow..

YOU MUST BE GOOD IN PSYCHOLOGY LOL

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: wasserkool

Originally posted by: thesurge

Originally posted by: TriStar
Why would anybody care?

Why would you post and click this topic if you didn't care.
Deep down inside, you care a lot...

neffed.

Hmm... I was going to install vista1 tomorrow..

YOU MUST BE GOOD IN PSYCHOLOGY LOL

Hence, the doctor avatar... (well actually, a surgeon, [darn])

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

n7,

Once you get it running, please post your impression here!

 

[MaxFusion16]

posting this on vista right now, takes about an hour to do the install.

honestly, it's not worth the trouble. it's clearly still in early development, slow loading, high memory usage(over 300mb with clean boot), and compatibility issues.

I'm reinstalling xp first thing tomorrow morning.

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: amdskip
Are you guys beta testors?

You betcha

I wanna be a beta testor! How do you get to? Jump through hoops that are on fire while drinking a corona with a lime in your nose for Microsoft?

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: amdskip
Are you guys beta testors?

You betcha

I wanna be a beta testor! How do you get to? Jump through hoops that are on fire while drinking a corona with a lime in your nose for Microsoft?

download the torrent?

 

[suse920]

Longhorn Pic goodness

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: suse920
Longhorn Pic goodness

Sweet

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

I wanna be a beta testor! How do you get to? Jump through hoops that are on fire while drinking a corona with a lime in your nose for Microsoft?

OREOSpeedwagon answered your question

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: amdskip
Are you guys beta testors?

You betcha

I wanna be a beta testor! How do you get to? Jump through hoops that are on fire while drinking a corona with a lime in your nose for Microsoft?

download the torrent?

Actually, I've tried that...Every torrent I find has exceeded connections...

 

[nakedfrog]

It takes a brave (or foolish) man to run a beta 1 of a Microsoft OS.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It takes a brave (or foolish) man to run a beta 1 of a Microsoft OS.

This is merely dual-boot on my Raptor.

I'll be running XP Pro for my normal stuff.

I had to try it out though, since i hear they have fixed alot since the last version i used, which was the 4054 alpha.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It takes a brave (or foolish) man to run a beta 1 of a Microsoft OS.

um ever heard of a secondary partition? secondary hard drive?

tools who nef and say people who try out the vista beta are fools should just go away. i for one cant wait to try out and test the new features. yes it will be buggy. but i was one who installed a Whistler build on an older hdd before XP even had a name.

 

[archcommus]

XP doesn't seem to even need replacing to me yet.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: archcommus
XP doesn't seem to even need replacing to me yet.

but ati, nvidia and intel are complaining to microsoft that XP requirements are too low for the current and next generation of chips and the people arent buying the new chips

 

[archcommus]

There's no way Vista will be as big of a release as XP was. It'll look "prettier" and have a few interesting features. I bet that is all. Really, for me, stability and such is already perfect with XP.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It takes a brave (or foolish) man to run a beta 1 of a Microsoft OS.

um ever heard of a secondary partition? secondary hard drive?

tools who nef and say people who try out the vista beta are fools should just go away. i for one cant wait to try out and test the new features. yes it will be buggy. but i was one who installed a Whistler build on an older hdd before XP even had a name.

:roll:
um, ever heard of a sense of humor? jokes, levity, facetiousness?

 

[n7]

Wow.

Well, first impressions:

Feels like OS-X when opening windows, minimizing, etc.

Very kewl, albeit late in the game.

I love the translucent borders above windows

The version of IE included = total Firefox ripoff.

Except FF is still much better.

With nothing loaded, it's running smoothly, but is using 400 MB RAM, or at least has 400 MB PF usage!

Don't have 2 GBs of RAM? Looks like we're gonna need it.
At least it's not like the 4054 version i used a year ago that sucked up 600 MB.

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It takes a brave (or foolish) man to run a beta 1 of a Microsoft OS.

um ever heard of a secondary partition? secondary hard drive?

tools who nef and say people who try out the vista beta are fools should just go away. i for one cant wait to try out and test the new features. yes it will be buggy. but i was one who installed a Whistler build on an older hdd before XP even had a name.

:roll:
um, ever heard of a sense of humor? jokes, levity, facetiousness?

Nakedfrog is swinging that jib of his.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: archcommus
XP doesn't seem to even need replacing to me yet.

but ati, nvidia and intel are complaining to microsoft that XP requirements are too low for the current and next generation of chips and the people arent buying the new chips

Perhaps because the cost/benefit ratio for those chips is not great?
Mass consumers aren't like people who spend the cost of an entire budget PC on a video card. 1-2GHz checks email, surfs the web, and plays the Sims 2 and Deer Hunter just fine. They're not going to buy a new computer just because it's faster. They'll buy a new one when the old one is broken or has too much spyware.