Windows Vista RC1

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I finally got around to intalling the new version of Windows today. I had used up the thirty day trial on my PVR software of choice, and didn't really like any of the free alternatives. I had no classes today, so I figured I'd give Vista and its built in Media Center application a shot.

Early Afternoon: Tried booting from burned 64 bit installation DVD. It sat on the loading screen for 10 minutes so I figrued I'd try again. Unplugged all of my hard drives except for the main system drive and it loaded up without a hitch. Wiped my drive and installed fresh. The process took about 25 minutes and was very easy compared to XP installation. I didn't have to reboot once. Vista prompted me for the basic info (user name/pass/time zone) and I was on my way. It did a system scan and gave me a performance rating of 4.8. Set up the graphics driver, fixed some RAID driver issues and I was on my way.

Later AfternoonAfter about an hour of trying to get Media Center to work with the xvid and divx codecs, I found out my 64 bit edition of Media Center was not able to support the 32 bit codec applications. Not wanting this problem to arise again, I reinstalled Vista, but the 32 bit version this time. Did the same stuff, and got everything working by about 5:30. Woo!

At this point, I am very impressed with the Media Center. It seems to be very powerful and will play almost anything with the right codecs installed. I would post screen shots of MC, but it wont let me print screen from it. Oh well.

All in all, I'm very impressed with Vista. I was very happy to leave XP for Mac OS X, but now I can't get away from Vista. It's very easy to use and suprisingly stable.

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[Schnabel]

I just installed vista onto my laptop and it is great! Took almost 1:30 to complete on a celeron 1.6ghz with a gig of ram.

[Graham Donaldson]

It looks good. Just because I haven't heard at all, can someone tell me how much it's running for? I'd be interested in trying it.

The Canuck

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

It looks good. Just because I haven't heard at all, can someone tell me how much it's running for? I'd be interested in trying it.

The Canuck

Its a free download through Microsoft right now...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

It looks good. Just because I haven't heard at all, can someone tell me how much it's running for? I'd be interested in trying it.

The Canuck

Like Adam said, it is a free download for now. When they finally release it, Vista Home Basic will cost $200 and Vista Ultimate will cost $400 a license.

Wetzel

[Tytus Gerrish]

WOW I froggot i got theat thing in the mail a week ago and havent done anything with it. i was so disapointed with beta2 that i kinda almost dont care anymore il install it when i go home today

[Joe Matt]

I'm downloading and going to install on my PC (yes I have one) to see what all the hub-bub is all about.

Oh, I'm still loyal to OSX, so there's no chance of me switching over (besides the fact I'm an Apple Campus Rep.....)

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

I'm downloading and going to install on my PC (yes I have one) to see what all the hub-bub is all about.

Oh, I'm still loyal to OSX, so there's no chance of me switching over (besides the fact I'm an Apple Campus Rep.....)

I've heard it runs really well in parallels too.