A first look at Windows Vista (finally!)

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  Looks like the same old Microsoft crap to me.

  

  rejoyce@...

  8 November, 2006 11:57

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• Wow on that mixer

  Wow - you can set the volume for individual applications now?
  
  I've been dreaming of that for years!

  

  CobraA1

  8 November, 2006 12:25

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  • Disk management

    "Vista's Disk Management console includes the capability to shrink or extend a hard disk partition (called a volume in Windows-speak) so you can configure a dual-boot system or move data files to a separate volume. In all previous Windows versions, this required third-party tools."
    
    Will it be able to do this without losing data???
    
    That's the important question!

    

    CobraA1

    8 November, 2006 12:29

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    • Yes

      I've shrunk and extended many disks. It's very, very fast and hasn't caused a single problem for me.

      

      Ed Bott

      8 November, 2006 12:33

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      • Great!!

        Rapartitioning has always been a most problematic part of Windows, glad to see it's much easier now!

        

        CobraA1

        8 November, 2006 20:59

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    • re: Disk Management

      I would presume that on a system like mine, which is too old to support 48-bit LBA in BIOS (and which requires a software solution), the answer would probably be "no". (Even a third-party app, Acronis Disk Director 10, to be specific, fouled up my 250Gb main drive when I attempted to create a second partition on that drive.)

      

      M.R. Kennedy

      9 November, 2006 01:34

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      • Why not just throw in a new controller?

        A decent PCI-based IDE controller would cost you about $10. Why not do that?

        

        Ed Bott

        9 November, 2006 07:17

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• Looks great!

  Its like they finally became computer users themselves and made the operating system truly useful. It looks like its ready for the next 5 years of future computing. great!

  

  MIS Master

  8 November, 2006 12:46

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• Pictures ???

  Nice thumbnails ... where are the actual images ???

  

  TheRealPauper

  8 November, 2006 13:48

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  • Working fine here on both IE and FF

    Are you using any ad-blocking software? I suppose it's possible that the screens are being blocked for you.

    

    Ed Bott

    8 November, 2006 14:01

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    • No luck yet ...

      Tried it in both IE 6 and FF 1.5.0.7 ... Made sure all IE, Google Toolbar, and FF Popup/Ad blockers are off ... still no images. Upgraded FF to 1.5.0.8 and same result. Trien opening them in new windows, new tabs ... nothing. The windows/tabs come up, but have the same content as the parent. Checked FF Extensions for conflicting applets, nothing that would block images/windows. Strange.

      

      TheRealPauper

      8 November, 2006 14:23

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    • Ok, now thats just wierd ...

      Rebooted and wallah ... there are images here! Ain't technology wonderful ??? [sheesh] As Rosanna Rosanna Danna used to say ... "Nevermind".

      

      TheRealPauper

      8 November, 2006 14:31

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      • And...

        Yes I know wallah isn't a real word, but I don't speak French, so .... hehe ;-)

        

        TheRealPauper

        8 November, 2006 14:37

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• What will be interesting is the underlying stuff...

  I work in a shop with about 40 graphics designers who mainly use Macs, but some of the production work is also done on Windows. Some of my power users run into real problems with Windows that aren't evident in casual use, but still manage to cause problems. It would be nice if MS has managed to fix some of these in the new version of Windows.
  
  Ever tried to read from a smudged CD or DVD? It basically locks up almost everything in Windows.
  
  Ever tried to transfer thousands of files from directory or device to another? Windows hits some kind of limit that slows it to a crawl when the selection is over a couple of thousand files.
  
  Ever tried to transfer thousands of files from a CD or DVD? Windows goes crazy, causing the optical drive to do thousands of unnecessary seeks and taking HOURS to transfer mere megabytes.
  
  Disk maintenance and volume maintenance on Windows has not kept up with the expanding capacities. The tools available today were designed to manage disks sizes of 10 years ago, not the gigabyte monsters available today.

  

  terry flores

  8 November, 2006 23:10

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  • i know 2 of those are fixed

    file transfers and disk maintenance. not sure about the other one

    

    MIS Master

    9 November, 2006 13:51

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  • for lots of files, use xcopy

    yews it is a pain, but if you do it a lot, it is worthwhile to start/run cmd, then use xcopy to copy files from one device or folder to another - many many times faster

    

    brad@...

    9 November, 2006 15:12

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• Big Fat Icons is not necessarily better..

  So Does any experienced user need more, larger graphics to work with a computer? Don't most experienced users just want to use their apps?
  
  --not impressed so far...

  

  tom_kelley@...

  9 November, 2006 08:26

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  • you just look at the pictures

    are you just a small child who just looks at pictures or did you read the captions? theres nothing in there that talks about large icons.

    

    MIS Master

    9 November, 2006 13:48

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• Thanks

  Thanks for the walk thru. Looks very good to me and if it works without a lot of critical problems even better. Next we come to the price of getting this new wonder. I myself will wait for others to get the bugs fixed and Microsoft to decide that everyone cannot afford their high prices. Some of us are Seniors and need some sort of Senior price too.
  
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  BBaker7958

  9 November, 2006 08:47

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• classic look

  it does have the classic look, doesn't it?

  

  croz

  9 November, 2006 09:31

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