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Doctor Feelgood
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| highonv8splash wrote: | | Big Bruin wrote: | Considering XP is going to cost you more, Vista works for me!  |
Where are you buying your software? XP isn't going to cost more... |
Pay attention son... did you read the first page? 
| Quote: | | Only way to get XP is to get a XPS710 for $500 more. |
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Little Bruin
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edvallie
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acruxksa
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| Posted: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:25:16 Post Subject: |
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| highonv8splash wrote: |
Not to mention if you run one software title that doesnt works with Aero, it shutsdown the service for the entire computer. |
Yep, that was one of the most annoying things I found with Aero. it kept switching back and forth. Hopefully it's a bit better now though.
On a side note (actually completely off topic, but someone mentioned beryl a couple posts back so here it is), I've got sabayon 3.2a Mini Edition on my laptop and beryl/xgl has come a long way. It used to be a royal pain to get working on my laptop (ATI x1400 mobile radeon), but not anymore. Things are definitely getting better on the Linux side and Vista/Aero is not even in the same class as Beryl/XGL/AIGLX. Too bad WoW still runs like cr@p on Wine.
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edvallie
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| Posted: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:34:38 Post Subject: |
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| acruxksa wrote: | | highonv8splash wrote: |
Not to mention if you run one software title that doesnt works with Aero, it shutsdown the service for the entire computer. |
Yep, that was one of the most annoying things I found with Aero. it kept switching back and forth. Hopefully it's a bit better now though.
On a side note (actually completely off topic, but someone mentioned beryl a couple posts back so here it is), I've got sabayon 3.2a Mini Edition on my laptop and beryl/xgl has come a long way. It used to be a royal pain to get working on my laptop (ATI x1400 mobile radeon), but not anymore. Things are definitely getting better on the Linux side and Vista/Aero is not even in the same class as Beryl/XGL/AIGLX. Too bad WoW still runs like cr@p on Wine. |
I've actually heard Cedega runs WoW quite well. But yeah, beryl beats the hell out of Aero. You can do all kinds of things with beryl, while Aero is...transparent boxes? I still wouldnt want to set it up on an ATI card, because linux support with ATI is kind of s#!7*. But if you have a good NVidia card and are running linux theres really no reason not to run it, it's a lot of fun.
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Chicago Wine Geek
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JimBowy
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| Posted: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:08:59 Post Subject: |
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| Chicago Wine Geek wrote: | | Rather than bother with Aero and Vista, I'll stick with XP and an Aero-like skin from Windowblinds |
wise choice.... wise choice....
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