Crow_Nest Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Yep, saw this news few days ago. Vista sounds like a pretty lame name to me, like they stole the idea from "Visa" credit card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Originally posted by |GG|Crow_Nest Yep, saw this news few days ago. Vista sounds like a pretty lame name to me, like they stole the idea from "Visa" credit card ... Visa Vista sharing 4 letters != stealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevanA4 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Originally posted by joetheeskimo5 If so, it would be a lot more easy to believe you were a "PC Specialist" if you used proper punctuation, learned 1st grade spelling, and knew how to properly use a keyboard. plz read the last line in my sig um most of the time my brain is moving faster than my fingers and why does everybody think that to be anything in computers you need to be a genius:confused: I'm good with logic, math , and all the other suff related to computers and I've never been good at spelling or grammer so knock it of already:mad: your lucky I don't run every thing together anyway. I retype every post atleast once because of that:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Originally posted by jedigoku plz read the last line in my sig um most of the time my brain is moving faster than my fingers and why does everybody think that to be anything in computers you need to be a genius:confused: I'm good with logic, math , and all the other suff related to computers and I've never been good at spelling or grammer so knock it of already:mad: your lucky I don't run every thing together anyway. I retype every post atleast once because of that:D Yah, I can understand that, but we find people who type like this is a MySpace page find it kinda annoying. Ontopic: What do you mean by real time jedigoku? Like, its slower or something in real time? >_> TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevanA4 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 when a process is set to run in real time it completely takes over the cpu which is a bad thing. all processes have certain priorities which determine the amount of time cpu time they get but when you change a process to realtime which is the highest priotity to takes all the cpu time and every other process stop running which tend to make a computer freeze up which is why i put the *shutters* comment there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 The problem arises in that you've locked out any potential for your OS or really anything to re-gain access of the CPU, so if what you are currently running hangs, you're screwed because you cannot kill it, nothing else can utilize your CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 *clicks fingers* I lost track of this OS flambeaux, though I am interested, is Vista coming with IE7 ?? anyone know ? please note, that if you are going to respond, you do NOT have to tell us how much FF rules. I use FF but I hate freakin Firefox nazis mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 ... is Vista coming with IE7 ?? I believe that's the case, although I also heard that a Beta of IE7 will available soon for anyone with XP Service Pack 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevanA4 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 *clicks fingers* I lost track of this OS flambeaux, though I am interested, is Vista coming with IE7 ?? anyone know ? please note, that if you are going to respond, you do NOT have to tell us how much FF rules. I use FF but I hate freakin Firefox nazis mtfbwya that is more than likely the case since IE is Microsoft's browser I would think that they would include it in vista yes I use firefox I'm not gonna bash ie but do you know that the Google toolbar is out for firefox now no I'm not gonna get in a firefox ie debate either:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 So, don't set it to realtime. Set your process to Above Normal or High. Check it out, press alt + control + delete and then click processes, right click the program you want to speed up, and there you go. Anyways, I wouldn't recommend it doing this, but if your game is really slow... An IE Beta is supposed to come out this summer. um most of the time my brain is moving faster than my fingers and why does everybody think that to be anything in computers you need to be a genius I'm good with logic, math , and all the other suff related to computers and I've never been good at spelling or grammer so knock it of already I used to speed up really fast, but slow down, take your time. Take a typing class or something so it will allow you to channel that speed into your keys at a good rate. Besides, in C++/HTML if you type like that you will get many errors, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 IE 7 is included in vista. Its also being released for XP because of security concerns about IE6, but some of the advanced features won't work. I think an IE7 beta just came out, but it disables the google toolbar or something. Unfortunately IE7 STILL isn't going to properly support HTML and CSS standards... so even 10 years after they were created its still going to be a major pain to use CSS and make it work with both IE and standards compliant browsers... Vista screenshots here anyone know of any plugin for XP that allows you to filter the contents of a folder by typing into a box in the toolbar, like in this screenshot: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I don't get this. Seven versions. Yet the browser still doesn't mesh completely with HTML and CSS standards? And it's the same for most other browsers. Even Firefox isn't 100% compliant from what I understand. What exactly are coders making these programs to do if they're not being made to work with web standards? What the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Apparently, nothing is perfect. *eats more lemon flavored paste* So far, I'm not impressed by whats its shaping up to be, yah, it looks cool, includes features only available for download for free by 3rd party companies, and it took them 4 years to do it. Its just sad. TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 It seems to me that this OS will use up more of my nice clock cycles and bits of memory that any that have gone before, clock cycles that can be but to better use blasting aliens out of the sky or raining hell down on a village to mek them believe in you (one of my popular past times of late). It looks like it will be very little extra function (probably less as it will try and stop you doing anything that might change the settings) with much worse performance (on the same PC). It also looks more fluffy than XP, and I'm guessing that unlike XP you probably wont be able switch back to clasic veiw (something I do to save my RAM from that big blobby taskbar) That is all. PS: hello again everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I just want that start menu theme... other than that, I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Hmm, I just figured. With Windows XP you can make it so it doesn't look as fancy, (Control panel->System->Advanced->Performance) so you should be able to do it with Vista aswell, hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Yup, exactly right. I don't see why they won't allow you to change back to the old windows start menus, or even the XP ones if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Yup, exactly right. I don't see why they won't allow you to change back to the old windows start menus, or even the XP ones if you want. In the final version you will most probably be able to switch back, because in XP you can still use the classic Windows start bar, and menu. Heres a picture of it in XP. Also heres the classic theme and the classic start bar. So if it's in XP it should be on Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Yeah, it should. Guys at tweakXP.org I found a sweet start menu! Its so cool... it looks like the one above in that picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 You guys shouldn't worry about system specs right now, they are not official and they are not finished making the OS. If Vista has something up its sleve, we will find out what that is, hopefully... TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Guys at tweakXP.org I found a sweet start menu! Its so cool... it looks like the one above in that picture! Guys, I found a xp skin which looks just like the explorer in the pic! They call it OSX! I'm sorry, I can't resist, its just that it looks like a bad ripoff of the X Finder. >_>;; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Yeah, it should. Guys at tweakXP.org I found a sweet start menu! Its so cool... it looks like the one above in that picture! And do you have a link to this start menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Guys, I found a xp skin which looks just like the explorer in the pic! They call it OSX! I'm sorry, I can't resist, its just that it looks like a bad ripoff of the X Finder. >_>;; Google Desktop Search does the same thing.... and its free TiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermie Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I'm talking about the entire layout. The search bar in the upper right corner, the shortcuts on the left and the layout of the top toolbar (just forward, back and "adress" bar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 As i understand it Vista has a "performance analysis" module that runs when you first install it that analyses the speed and capability of all parts of your system (processor, cd speed, graphics card etc). It then defaults the settings to ones your pc can handle... so if its a slower pc or has a lower graphics card you won't get the flashy interface effects. Also, if your performance changes (drops due to bad software or spyware or a problem, or improves due to an upgrade) it will detect it and run again. Supposedly they are making games a major focus of the software as playing games is the second most common use of a home pc after the internet... and these games will be able to access the same performance info to allow them to decide what bells and whistles to use. That said, the DRM lockdown (secure path etc) is likely to mean i won't upgrade for a few years at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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