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  1. 25th November 2007, 12:19 PM #1
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    sell me vista

    Well, they have arrived,,
    Crysis and HL2E2,,

    and while its not impossible to play them using DX9,, its mucho better with DX10(or so they say).

    and to get Dx10 you have to have Vista,

    so I have to get Vista.

    someone sell me Vista.
    with the appropriate AULRO discount
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  2. 25th November 2007, 12:35 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    someone sell me Vista.
    with the appropriate AULRO discount
    Do you want someone to actually sell you Vista, or try to sell you on the idea of Vista?

    In any case, I can't see any reason to get the 32bit version, since everone is going to need Vista 64 eventually. Besides, if you are planning on using your box for anything serious, 2GB RAM just isn't enough.

    On the other hand, I upgraded to Vista 64 a month or so ago and I am truly appalled at the number of MAJOR hardware manufacturers who still don't have Vista 64 drivers or glitches in their apps. Netgear, for one. MYOB for another (security issues courtesy of Vista's stupid, albeit probably necessary user control), and Adobe Acrobat - which just seems to run like CRAP on Vista.

    So my sales pitch to anybody considering Vista is - too bad, you're just going to have to get it. But go 64bit because you really only want the pain of upgrading once over.

    Now if you are actually looking for a discounted copy of Vista - again, too bad. Microsoft have us all stitched-up tighter than a frog's @rse.
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  3. 25th November 2007, 01:07 PM #3
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    vista 32 is next to painless for most, for get the upgrade version, it = immense pain within weeks.

    vista 64, i havent seen any benefit if you are not buying new hardware to go with it.

    clean install is the way to nirvana if its vista you want.

    149 for home basic
    189 for home premium

    plus $5 for a power cable...
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  4. 25th November 2007, 01:16 PM #4
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    I've got an XP machine, another Vista (My PC) and one running XP MCE.

    Give me XP any day.
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  5. 25th November 2007, 03:27 PM #5
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    well its sort of steamrolled into a new er, box,,,
    (actually I already have the box--)
    and I've decided to go to the dark side,,
    (cue James Earl Jones)
    yep,,, intel,,

    a E6750 to be exact, plus
    2 X Gainwood Geforce 8600Gt's Golden Samples
    GA N680SLI DQ6
    2gb of G skill at 1066mhz
    a SATAII HD of some description---
    not sure if 480 watts will be enough,,,,


    so a 64 home premium sounds like the go Inc,,
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  6. 25th November 2007, 06:44 PM #6
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    480 watts wont do it dude....

    truepower 550 minimum for that spec..

    it will run on 480 but when you have it going full bore it wont cope..
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  7. 25th November 2007, 10:05 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    480 watts wont do it dude....

    truepower 550 minimum for that spec..

    it will run on 480 but when you have it going full bore it wont cope..
    Agreed. My Thermaltake 480 snots it, at two SATA drives and a 7600 nVidea card requiring PSU power. This is on an older 64 bit Athlon, running XP Pro SP2.

    Vista is ravenous.


    PS. What's with the power cabl

    Doesn't matter, it came ESP.
    It's to hang one's self with, for being stupid enough to install Vista on a working PC, right?
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    No, it's so he can sell the OEM version and save you hundreds of $$$.

    OEM versions must be sold with certain hardware as they are only suppose to be installed on new PC's.

    Hence the power cable
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  9. 26th November 2007, 03:17 PM #9
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    I use Vista as an insult = "I hope your PC boots with Vista tomorrow"
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  10. 26th November 2007, 04:16 PM #10
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    Pedro, better solution....

    Buy a games console.... And get a MAC
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