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kenoby
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After all the mess I had with XP and exploration of Linux for one year I ended up buying OEM Vista Ultimate for my Vaio laptop and now I can tell you it was worth every penny. Many software houses have learned to manage Vista so the time is now for it. After this SP1 release, even tho it was slow in the beggining and SP1 takes more time for an installation on a clean system then installation of the system itself, it is worthwhile. For me, that is.
btw it is 3.1GB of memory not 4 as reported by Vista. Still, paging is disabled and it is at 45% mem. load. But I do not mind... It is a price of developing the hw and sw.
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max_wedge
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I just bought an old dell latitude d410 laptop, Pentium M 740 1.8GHz, 512MB ram, 60GB hdd. I upgraded the memory to 2GB (maximum it would take), HDD to 160GB, and bought a copy of Vista Business. I'm loving this laptop, Vista hums on it and doesn't notice the fact the CPU is only single core.
I had a few problems with UAC causing problems for apps, soI've turned it off. Some apps are blocked by UAC without prompting. I'm sure this is the app's fault, ie: once apps are all written for Vista they will properly prompt UAC so the end user can allow (if they trust the app), but so far a few apps just won't run with UAC on. I'm gonna try those apps with TWEAKUAC, maybe that will solve the problem.
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Cycovision
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Our VB.net programmer had a problem with UAC for a short while. I'm not sure exactly how he solved it but it wasn't difficult apparently so yes, it is down to the developers I think.
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kenoby
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@ Max, have you tried to adjust those apps before you run them again as I advised in few posts behind?
I also had some installation problems withsome apps, but they're solved quckly. Anyway mate, glad you like your gadget.
@Cycovision, I agree it is down to the software development.
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max_wedge
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Yeah, it doesn't always help.
IBRS' Sweeney claimed that one of the major problems developers have had to overcome when working to build applications for Vista is its new security model - otherwise known as user account control (UAC).
"UAC may go down as a massive step forward in security some day, but most developers consider it a nightmare at the moment," he said. "To get any application running seamlessly on Vista a developer has to have a solid understanding of UAC," he said.
So given time it'll get better.
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kenoby
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Well, you are one of the rare who don't blame Microsoft for everything... 
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max_wedge
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you can't blame Microsoft for "everything"  War? Famine?
But tbh, I've run windows for years and a little bit of commen sense and you won't have any problems with windows (atleast, no more so than any other computer os even linux or mac).
I'm running Vista on my laptop and it's a gem. I'm running 5-6 year old programs without any problems whatsoever.
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Posted: 2008-05-17 21:20
