fush12 Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 any screenshots that you can post of it? i plan ordering it tomorrow i think because WalMart doesnt have the Ultimate...maybe Officemax will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinerschas2 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 been using vista ultimate for about 2 weeks now. seems to run pretty smoothly, havent had any crashing or compatibility problems. My only problem is the crappy nvidia drivers, i'm on 100.54, and madden 06 is having issues. my computer: pentium d 805 2gb dual channel ddr2 667mhz ram nvidia geforce 7600gs 256mb pci-e video. so only real dissapointment isnt ms' fault, its nvidias bad drivers. things i like: love the photo,video, downloads organization. aero is pretty sharp looking has just a more organized feel to it things i dont like: gaming issues (have not tried mvp yet) 30-40% idle memory use with no additional programs running the additional security approval installing programs (but i see where it helps) heres a screenshot (with my own photoshopped backround of 1st ave in seattle) fill free to ask any questions i'll post more screenshots if asked to edit: also have office 2007 ultimate, havent played around with it much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fush12 Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 so with your 2gig of memory and vista running idle at 30-40% does it slow down any part of your computer at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinerschas2 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 havent seen any real slow down. it got a little sluggish with 1 gig, so i bumped it to 2 gigs. so far its been great for photos, video and internet use. i'll get back into gaming when nvidia releases decent drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvp23 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 So what you guys are saying is that Vista is really not that much of a upgrade. The Vista reminds me of NBA Live 07 and how they messed it up. The Vista isn`t that much different from XP and from what I have seen, Vista does not have anything special that you would really need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Is Office '07 compatible with XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Yes, I had it, until it started not loading up for me and I had to switch to openoffice.org :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I guess it has compatibility issues for XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I don't think so, I think it's just crap. I tried to uninstall it, and it gave me an error, and it wouldn't let me reinstall it saying that it was still on my system, hence the me hating it. Good thing I'm installing Ubuntu right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fush12 Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 hey Chris..are you having any troubles with your msn messenger...i cant seem to get mine working after installing Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faultyscarab Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Sorry the website got a major update and some links have changed. Here is an updated link: LastXP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNateGBent Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I guess it has compatibility issues for XP. My dad got Office 07 from his work yesterday, and I've installed in on my computer with XP, and I haven't had any problems. I'd just try unistalling it, then reinstalling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
favrerbeans Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I just ordered a laptop computer w/vista, just due to the fact you can't get a computer with out vista right now, unless you spend the extra money for XP or unless you already have it. I had XP 64 bit computer and for gaming it sucked. one outa three games worked, but I don't want to scrap it, so I will have my laptop by wensday. Yay for me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 My dad got Office 07 from his work yesterday, and I've installed in on my computer with XP, and I haven't had any problems. I'd just try unistalling it, then reinstalling it. LOL, try uninstalling it? I uninstalled it, and then I tried to reinstall it and it told me that I had to uninstall it before I could install it. I deleted all the registry values that had the word office, and still no help. Microsoft is hopeless, long live open source programs that are meant to take out Microsnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyMcM93 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Sorry the website got a major update and some links have changed. Here is an updated link: LastXP Whats so great about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 To use the HD-DVD feature in Vista you have to go out and buy a new DVD drive, along with the fact that if you don't have all the pieces of hardware that it "requires" (which is upwards of 12 pieces, I can't remember which off the top of my head) then it will not work period. the Xbox 360 HD addon will work with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronicMan Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 So what you guys are saying is that Vista is really not that much of a upgrade. The Vista reminds me of NBA Live 07 and how they messed it up. The Vista isn`t that much different from XP and from what I have seen, Vista does not have anything special that you would really need.http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fush12 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Chris, did u install the 32-bit or 64-bit? how do u find out if u can install the 64-bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faultyscarab Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Lets just say anything you ever wanted to do with a computer can be accomplished with this version of windows xp. Want to have XP professional plus MCE plus add xbox 360. It can be done. Want to burn dvds from blockbuster? Want to have software you cant afford. Want the most stable and updated version of windows xp ever? Want every driver ever invented all on one dvd?? Then this is the software for you. Seriously. Check out the link and read thru the forum. I've been using it since nov 06 without any issues and constantly updating thru windows update ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Installed Vista Transformation Pack (for XP) and I am loving it. It basically did all that Vista did (change the GUI) and added games from Vista and updated some drivers. I also installed Topdesk, which is for XP also, and it does the 3D flippy thing without Vista All in all, I like this and think its the better solution then upgrading to Vista, which I will probably do at SP1 (or maybe when they cancel service on XP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyt Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I may have missed the answer to this, but does MVP work on vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxbjr Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 The biggest problem with vista is this; I bought a new Dell dimenion 520E Dec 06, it has; 2.1 duo core pent processor, 3 g ram, Nvidia 7700SE 256 video card, 7.1 sound blaster audio card, Sony dvd/cd burner +_ 250 g harddrive. vista will not support the video card, sound card, or the cd/dvd burner, i'd have to buy new ones to upgrade those. better then that, the 2.0.3 bios for the mother board is not supported by vista either so i'll have to wait untill dell produces an upgrade for that. plus almost half the drivers on my computor have to be updated, (if they can be updated at all.) and oh yes, about a third of the programs i have, from 2005 to 2006, (forget the older ones), DO NOT work with vista. microsoft suggested that i go buy new programs instead lol . now remember i got this computor in dec 06 and it was supposted to be "vista ready". dell's tech help line currently has over a 2 hour wait time right now, as of 12:15pm sun feb 11, (bet those dell techs are having a good time right about now). I'm betting lots of people got the vista upgrade and then just installed it thinking they were ok, without reading or checking to see what wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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