Desktop thread

[Baconsticks]

I have 15 violins upon my desktop

Get out of the 90's.

[C.Cat]

Some of those violins are from the 70s actually

[Baconsticks]

Some of those violins are from the 70s actually

No, I mean your computer. Use windows Vista or Linux.


or be a fag like fritz and use a mac

[C.Cat]

I'm considering using Linux, but I've heard some pretty bad things about Vista.

[Arloest]

Everyone disses on Vista, but I've been using is it for some months now and I still have yet to encounter anything horrible about it.

Also - the Mojave experiment.

[Dr. Sticks]

Don't stray from Windows XP, C Cat!

[Angstwolf]

I have no issues with Vista since the service pack.

[datherman]

Vista crashes for me about 25% of the time when I enter sleep mode. As I do this more than 4 times a day, usually it crashes about once a day. It got better after I updated my BIOS, but not much. Some power management issue I can't track down.

Anyway, here's my laptop's desktop:

[Arloest]

I've never had Vista crash on me, and I put it in Sleep Mode all the time.

Maybe your comp just SUCKS.

[baloki]

Vista 32 bit mode sucks, 64 bit mode is ok. Also you need lots of specs for Vista, especially Aero :O

[datherman]

I've never had Vista crash on me, and I put it in Sleep Mode all the time.

Maybe your comp just SUCKS.

Most likely. I'm guessing some driver is malfunctioning somewhere, but I don't want to send it in to Dell and lose my computer for a few weeks.

Vista 32 bit mode sucks, 64 bit mode is ok. Also you need lots of specs for Vista, especially Aero :O

I've got 32 bit mode, yeah. Specs are pretty good though: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.40GHz) with 4M L2 Cache, and 4 gigs of RAM (even though since it's 32-bit it can't see all 4 gigs). Graphics card is a 256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M but I understand from Wikipedia that this is aimed more towards business application than gaming. It should still be more than enough to run Vista by itself though.

[lastwyvern]

there is nothing wrong with vista, those people who complain are just whores. my desktop is blank, no nned to show

[Dr. Sticks]

I'm just afraid of change, tbh.
If Vista let you keep classic style windows out of the box, I would be fine with using it if I had to.

[Comrade K]

Everyone disses on Vista, but I've been using is it for some months now and I still have yet to encounter anything horrible about it.

Also - the Mojave experiment.

Apart from hogging a gig of ram you could be using elsewhere.

It isn't absolutely terrible, but I still don't like it.

[osprey]

You can take back that gig of RAM by disabling Windows Aero, as I found out after several excruciating months.