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hmm Vista

Post by lucky_strike » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:02 pm

any 1 using microsoft Vista yet???

any good? stable? worth the upgrade or leave it 6months????

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Post by thinking » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:14 pm

my mate who's a network engineer for the Beeb says it's a steaming pile. :4:
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Post by batfink » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:35 pm

it is good for some stuff. But no eedgit would roll it out across a whole company so i can see why BBC man no like....

Drivers are an issue, ive got sound/TV cards which have no drivers, some software just doesnt work without funky workarounds, and if you leave UAC (user account control) on then it asks you whether you want to do things every five seconds.

However the Media Centre is awesome and i find Vista a hell of a lot more responsive than XP, particularly on dual core laptops and desktops. It learns what programs you use the most and keeps em in memory so after a while your most used progs load up far quicker, if youve got 2 gigs memory or more it makes a serious difference.....

but for music, i wouldnt use it, and if you only have one PC i'd make sure you keep a working version of Windows XP.

If you;ve got a spare desktop/laptop to try it on then do.... :W:

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:08 pm

I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
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Post by batfink » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:53 pm

cure wrote:I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:56 pm

Batfink wrote:
cure wrote:I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

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Post by batfink » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:04 pm

cure wrote:www.infotech.com
Never heard of 'em. Shows what i know! :lol:

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Post by lucky_strike » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:04 pm

cure wrote:
Batfink wrote:
cure wrote:I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

www.infotech.com
bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:11 pm

LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
Batfink wrote:
cure wrote:I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

www.infotech.com
bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?
I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?
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Post by lucky_strike » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:18 pm

cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
Batfink wrote:
cure wrote:I work for the largest provider of IT info in the world....What weve been telling people is that hold of on vista... Its actually garbage... The licencing process is very confusing, its unstable...There is a fucking killswitch on it ..so if you are running any pirated software or If they "suspect" anything- youre fucked. I think once vista become a bit more popular, Im completley switching to mac...
granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

www.infotech.com
bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?
I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?

im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:23 pm

LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
Batfink wrote: granted the whole WGA/Killswitch stuff is worrying, especially given the massive number of users reporting that their legit copies of XP are being falsely identified as pirate versions.... if that continues no company is going to adopt it. But in my experience, its still pretty good. Much better than XP was when it first came out.

I like it and for my purposes, using its Media Center on a laptop which is permanently connected to a projector.... its pretty darn good so far. No crashes, no blue screens, and it performs much better than XP.

Out of interest, who IS the largest supplier of IT info in the world? :D

www.infotech.com
bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?
I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?

im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???
We dont have any UK offices yet... When i said London I mean London, Canada...its out side of Toronto... confuses the hell out of everyone in UK lol... I might be able to get you in with our Indaba group...but im not sure if they are doing anything outside of North America yet bro.
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Post by lucky_strike » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:26 pm

cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
www.infotech.com
bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?
I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?

im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???
We dont have any UK offices yet... When i said London I mean London, Canada...its out side of Toronto... confuses the hell out of everyone in UK lol... I might be able to get you in with our Indaba group...but im not sure if they are doing anything outside of North America yet bro.
if u kno of anything in the uk bro it would be great.

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:27 pm

LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote: bro i do IT recruitment, who is in charge of recruitment there? can u hook a man up?? does your dept need staff?
I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?

im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???
We dont have any UK offices yet... When i said London I mean London, Canada...its out side of Toronto... confuses the hell out of everyone in UK lol... I might be able to get you in with our Indaba group...but im not sure if they are doing anything outside of North America yet bro.
if u kno of anything in the uk bro it would be great.
no worries man...if anything comes up Ill holler at you ;)
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Post by shonky » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:34 pm

cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote: I know they are hiring all the time...were growing like mad everyday. Im an admin here so I take care of the inside sales floor. The only locations that are recruiting right now is Toronto and London (ontario, canada)...NYC offices are opeing up later on this year... I know they hire internationally as a researcher. Where are you located again?

im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???
We dont have any UK offices yet... When i said London I mean London, Canada...its out side of Toronto... confuses the hell out of everyone in UK lol... I might be able to get you in with our Indaba group...but im not sure if they are doing anything outside of North America yet bro.
if u kno of anything in the uk bro it would be great.
no worries man...if anything comes up Ill holler at you ;)
Sorry, not really that interested in the IT thing, but thought I'd see how thin we can get the writing in the middle with numerous quotes within quotes. I'll stop now. I like it though, it's quite geometrically pleasing

The last time I tried it there was a severe ticking off, so don't do it Ok
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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:39 pm

Shonky wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
cure wrote:
LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:
im in london bro, is there n e chance u could find out the name of the person who does the hiring in london???
We dont have any UK offices yet... When i said London I mean London, Canada...its out side of Toronto... confuses the hell out of everyone in UK lol... I might be able to get you in with our Indaba group...but im not sure if they are doing anything outside of North America yet bro.
if u kno of anything in the uk bro it would be great.
no worries man...if anything comes up Ill holler at you ;)
Sorry, not really that interested in the IT thing, but thought I'd see how thin we can get the writing in the middle with numerous quotes within quotes. I'll stop now. I like it though, it's quite geometrically pleasing

The last time I tried it there was a severe ticking off, so don't do it Ok
why stop now.
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Post by peaches » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:03 pm

It's shit for games, i've also heard it's shit for Reason too.
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Post by seckle » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:08 pm

the best part is that they made you wait 6 years for it.

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Post by peaches » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:11 pm

Bill Gates has done us proud... again...
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Post by lucky_strike » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:11 pm

its a bad copy of osx i think

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Post by cure » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:25 pm

LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:its a bad copy of osx i think

thats what i thought...they are going for a Mac look...
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