The "Windows Vista" Official Hate Thread

[a-4-year-old]

AMAGAD I HAET MIEKROSFT AD MAK AN LIENUZX

microsoft plays games
mac makes movies of games
linux runs game servers for games

[jettlarue]

I've been wondering this for a while, but if Linux is always being edited, won't you have to constantly download new updates?

Not constantly, everyonce in a while they compile all changes for the better that they see fit into a general public kernel. You can always compile your own kernel and have it as edited as you want, but that will just be for you. I suggest you read into synaptic to find out more about how updating works if you are interested in it.

[ThunderPantz]

i can get windows vista right now.... i dont want it tho.. i dont wana be like a complete nerd stocked up on the newest sh*t for computers.

[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

On one of our dual core laptops, vista used half of the RAM (used 512MB of our gigabyte) before even doing anything.

I heard its memory processes are very good.  For example, if you plug in one of those USB flash drives, it will use the free space on it as RAM.

[jettlarue]

Yeah, you can use the harddrive for ram too but its slow as shit. If you want cool looking stuff, don't rely on windows for it. If windows had there window manager not built into it I wouldnt give half a fuck, but you are forced if you choose windows to use there slow, memory hogging effects.

[bja888]

microsoft plays games
mac makes movies of games
linux runs game servers for games

lol

[Medic]

When Windows XP dies out, I'll go Linux.


I look forward to WINE working properly (as in, half-decently fast) in the next few years...

edit:

Isn't the Quake series native to Linux?

[Captain Ben]

On one of our dual core laptops, vista used half of the RAM (used 512MB of our gigabyte) before even doing anything.

I heard its memory processes are very good. For example, if you plug in one of those USB flash drives, it will use the free space on it as RAM.

really? that would be awesome... because i have about forty 350gb portable hard drives sitting in my room (seriously).

Although there would be some reason this wouldn't work, yes?

[numgun]

On one of our dual core laptops, vista used half of the RAM (used 512MB of our gigabyte) before even doing anything.

I heard its memory processes are very good. For example, if you plug in one of those USB flash drives, it will use the free space on it as RAM.

really? that would be awesome... because i have about forty 350gb portable hard drives sitting in my room (seriously).

Although there would be some reason this wouldn't work, yes?

Hard drives? USB flash drives? *confused* can someone explain?

Is it over 350gb of portable RAM you have there Cpt. Ben?
Or its 350gb of storage space in your PC?


Btw, sometimes when I read about vista, i get a picture that you need a frickin super computer for it to run as smoothly as you can run a Windows XP with big games playing at the same time...
But i think vista should have a ''classic windows'' option to remove all the useless crap.

[FliesLikeABrick]

On one of our dual core laptops, vista used half of the RAM (used 512MB of our gigabyte) before even doing anything.

I heard its memory processes are very good.  For example, if you plug in one of those USB flash drives, it will use the free space on it as RAM.

despite the fact that USB drives are far faster than conventional hard drives, USB drives are still nowhere near as fast as RAM.  While they're faster than the swap space on hard drives.... you still don't want to do this unless you're running out of RAM.

When Windows XP dies out, I'll go Linux.


I look forward to WINE working properly (as in, half-decently fast) in the next few years...

edit:

Isn't the Quake series native to Linux?

Yes it is, which is why I mentioned that I was including games that run natively on linux.  Quake runs sooooo much faster on linux than on windows.  When I used to use windows on my desktop, it wouldn't run well enough that it was even playable.  On linux, I ran this better than my laptop runs it in windows... far better.