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- ApokalypseNow, on 11/15/2007, -13/+87This is probably not so much an increase in Vista sales as it is a phasing out of older hardware - and what does little Johnny's new Dell come pre-installed with?
- DreKor, on 11/15/2007, -7/+67I'm sorry. I'm partly responsible for the bump in the Vista numbers. I'll try harder next time.
- ApokalypseNow, on 11/15/2007, -5/+42Little Janey didn't get a Dell, she built her own box and is running Debian.
- digginamish, on 11/15/2007, -8/+42Wait one darned minute! I just read here yesterday that Vista was dead!
Do you mean to tell me that someone was exaggerating? Or possibly blowing smoke up our asses? Or possibly making crap up to fit their own personal opinions? I'm flabbergasted. - dezman2003, on 11/15/2007, -8/+40Good for her, I would have been disappointed if she bought an overpriced mac.
- emorphien, on 11/15/2007, -5/+36Works quite well...C&C 3, BF2142, all of Valves stuff... heck it's been problem free.
Amazing, isn't it? - inactive, on 11/15/2007, -2/+25If Janey's asking for a Macbook then she must not be a gamer in the first place. No wonder she wasn't represented in this thread in the first place.
- rudy23, on 11/15/2007, -0/+22who the hell is this guy?
System ram 96 Mb to 127 Mb 1 - Soulhuntre, on 11/15/2007, -5/+26No facts here! This is Digg! Please limit your comments to Windows bashing and kissing Ron Pauls ass.
- orelses, on 11/15/2007, -5/+25Vista native directX 10 support i'm sure has something to do with its use by gamers.
- Zipp425, on 11/15/2007, -5/+25I spent a lot of time thinking about going back to XP, but after months in Vista there is some reason I don't want to go back...
- simpleid, on 11/15/2007, -12/+30vista is seriously pimp. plus, as a programmer, i enjoy the pleasure of their renewed architecture, and especially that extremely elite UI design.
when will Linux UI designers ever *learn*, attention to detail! there are so many problems with all UI designs and people just *don't* see it, fools. this is the first OS i've ever actually admitted to believing is graphically flawless in balance, contrast and readability. - simpleid, on 11/15/2007, -8/+24i'm talking about personal use. but if you want to play that card.
i work for an IT dept and we're letting select people start using Vista, so far it's great and they love it. we're preparing to make it available for anyone here in a couple years, or less. we've had no problems. maybe you were unwilling to learn new things? that's your problem, not vista's.
telling people how fast you turn back doesn't say ***** about the OS, you're just talking crap unless when you're trying to make a point you make it with evidence or proof. - mrfreeziexp, on 11/15/2007, -5/+21I know it's really popular to hate on Vista, but it really has gotten better over time. I recently switched back from XP to Vista and have been very impressed. The stability has been improved, the overall bloat has also been trimmed back. And with SP1 on the horizon, it's only going to get better.
- izzybr, on 11/15/2007, -0/+14Why would you think it is rare?
I'd think it would be even rarer to find someone who has so much money they buy an extra GPU just to push up their frames/sec rate, when all games are perfectly playable with one (at least one of the kind where you can run two GPUs) - KesshoRyu, on 11/15/2007, -0/+14Bioshock doesn't require vista.
- Shaflugi, on 11/15/2007, -6/+19I love Vista. It's pretty, works almost the same as XP (after turning off UAC), and runs BETTER than XP if you have two or four cores. The sidebar is a pretty nice addition, as well. I use it as eye candy, a CPU meter, and a mail notifier.
- awtripp, on 11/15/2007, -3/+13Uh.... prolly cause directX 10 support?
- norman619, on 11/15/2007, -4/+14@incubusnb:
You are funny. I'm a Netwrok Admin and NONE of our stuff works under Linux so....
I've also been testdriving Vista and have found no problems. Well not entirly true. Remote administration of Vista clients is still a challenge. It likes all of our apps and our network tools actually run faster under Vista. Linux is fine as a server OS but since software support is still severely lacking it's not a realistic alternative for most. - oxyfx, on 11/15/2007, -0/+10So this is news to me, what new hardware comes with drivers for vista only?
- Bara, on 11/15/2007, -4/+13Despite the fact that it may be unstable and slow at times, Vista just feels and looks great. I love the small little additions nearly everywhere that help to make things more productive and useful. Hence why I can never go back to XP.
- fatadamblog, on 11/15/2007, -3/+12I don't get it, Why does everyone hate Vista so much? Anyone who hates it claiming crashes etc must be doing something wrong. I've been running Vista for a long while now (almost since launch) and I haven't had any problems what so ever. I'll admit Driver support in the beginning was bad and now everything is supported. And if its not I can run in compatibility mode.
Vista is a great operating system and I don't care what you stupid OSX fanboys/XP Fanboys think. Compared the XP Vista is WAY more stable in my opinion! - JupiterSSJ4, on 11/15/2007, -1/+9cool, I am one of the 836 using XP 64-bit (aka windows 2003 64-bit as it is recognized by programs)
I feel so special.... awesome database of gamers! - Topher06, on 11/15/2007, -0/+8Your surprised why? For the most part, adding an entire second GPU didn't double performance, probably on the order of 25 -30% improvement under most senarios. I don't need to spend $1400 on video equipment to play HL2 either. What is interesting is that ATI's crossfire appears to be stillborn.
- emorphien, on 11/15/2007, -2/+9i've noticed no stability issues, in fact it's been about as solid as any OS I've used.
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 11/15/2007, -6/+13So Vista isn't good. People are just forced to buy it with their Dell... But why don't people say the same thing with OSX?
I don't think this is a completely fair assessment. - RunnyBabbit, on 11/15/2007, -1/+8Please be the last.
- Homerr, on 11/15/2007, -3/+10Most surprising to me was the lack of multi-GPU systems, SLI and Crossfire seem to be rare:
Multi-GPU Systems (323 of 73252 Total Users (0.44% of Total) )
NVIDIA SLI (2 GPUs) 257 79.57 % ################################################################################
ATI Crossfire (2 GPUs) 66 20.43 % #################### - RogerStrong, on 11/15/2007, -5/+12As a programmer/IT person, I've deployed Vista to 2 machines for several months now each.
This is both home and work machines. The extra security meant I had to do a couple hours research to learn a couple tricks. Vista is fine. - RogerStrong, on 11/15/2007, -3/+10Vista is good. And getting a new machine with XP is no problem.
- JohnFrum, on 11/15/2007, -1/+8Correct, and to add to your point I would point out that XP came out a year after ME so of coarse it wasn't going to be a market success. Everyone just waited for XP.
- MeatBiProduct, on 11/15/2007, -4/+11"Tickle my bum with your tounge" - Steve Jobs
- dezman2003, on 11/15/2007, -1/+8That really hurts random internet guy, why are you so mean?
- rudy23, on 11/15/2007, -1/+8heer another interesting stat.
Total Hard Disk Space. Above 250 Gb 26,412 36.03 % - MioTheGreat, on 11/16/2007, -1/+8Sigh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windo ... - RogerStrong, on 11/15/2007, -6/+12Linux is cheap / free only if your time is worth nothing.
As for business environments, many, if not by far mose businesses require the ability to run Windows software. Our accounting software requires it. The software from the bank requires it. The parts lookup systems from our various manufacturers require it. Etc. Etc. Etc. - OpEd, on 11/15/2007, -0/+6Same for me, I've run Vista since about a month after it first came out.
Whenever people claim they had to roll back to XP because Vista was so terrible, it'd be nice if they included whether or not it was a driver issue, its not Microsoft's job to write drivers for third party stuff. If they bought hardware from a vendor who can't support its products, then that's something to take up with that company. You can't complain about Vista taking forever to be released and poor driver support in the same breath, its not like hardware manufacturers weren't aware it was being developed. - natenovs, on 11/16/2007, -1/+7then you dont understand memory management. the os uses what is free. its better to use your ram then to have it sitting there not being used.
- Mohdoo, on 11/15/2007, -5/+10Well no ***** it's going to gain more ground. It's newer, and every single pre-made computer is going to come with Vista. This is by no means any sort of proof that Vista is magically becoming great. Vista is simply more openly available than XP.
- pcp777, on 11/15/2007, -1/+6I've considered Vista for the DX10.....now that the 8800GT is so affordable......
- yaryarhumphump, on 11/15/2007, -7/+12Just so, all new computers sell with Vista, so of course the numbers are inflating..... its not like most users get the choice. (at least a legal one)
- RogerStrong, on 11/15/2007, -2/+7Yup. It says a lot about you, not Vista.
- rudy23, on 11/15/2007, -2/+7that didnt make any sense whatsoever
- hockey, on 11/15/2007, -1/+6Or just convince a game studio to develop their game using OpenGL and SDL. . . .
- inactive, on 11/15/2007, -2/+7but without UAC what will protect you from the dangerous internets?
- Grokmoo, on 11/15/2007, -1/+6Probably not an 8800, which is the most popular class of cards in the survey (more than 10%). The majority of these gamers are not kids.
- unrealmp3, on 11/15/2007, -0/+4It is normal that Vista is gaining ground. Captain Obvious install it when Average Joe purchase it.
- emorphien, on 11/15/2007, -0/+4TF2 doesn't seem that heavy, it seems no different than HL2, if not simpler graphics wise, and HL2 isn't exactly new.
- 9a3eedi, on 11/16/2007, -0/+4it works on my Vista box.....
- antdude, on 11/15/2007, -0/+4How about those tiny monitors, very low screen resolutions, etc.?
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