Leopard Delayed to October

[toasty]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

As for Microsoft, yes, they are terrible I'll give you that. But its what we all use and we all have our love hate relation with Microsoft's shitty product, maybe moving to a Mac would be wiser eh

Just recently began my first foray into the world of Vista, and I have to say, I'm still eagerly awaiting Leopard's release so I can pick up a MB or MBP. For the resources it demands, Vista is pretty underwhelming.

[feather]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

That fucking blows. Why would they delay Leopard for the iPhone? What happened to the already established user-base for the Mac OS, vs the iPhone? Get their priorities sorted!

[Kamal]

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Just recently began my first foray into the world of Vista, and I have to say, I'm still eagerly awaiting Leopard's release so I can pick up a MB or MBP. For the resources it demands, Vista is pretty underwhelming.

are you running it on a single core machine ? Vista has been designed to abuse dual core boxes with plenty of Ram. So I'm pretty sure you'll see some sort of a benefit from beefier hardware (which is stupid because you'd probably see even better performance from the same hardware if you put a diff OS on it - Microsoft and its glorious achievement in delivering an OS full of eye candy)

[toasty]

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are you running it on a single core machine ? Vista has been designed to abuse dual core boxes with plenty of Ram. So I'm pretty sure you'll see some sort of a benefit from beefier hardware (which is stupid because you'd probably see even better performance from the same hardware if you put a diff OS on it - Microsoft and its glorious achievement in delivering an OS full of eye candy)

No, it's an Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 4800+ w/ 2 GB of RAM. Problem isn't performance, though, it's the fact that I can't seem to get my peripherals to work. Haven't had a chance to go on and get update my drivers and whatnot, though, so I'm sure that will address the problem. Just a bummer to have to deal with with you're excited about picking up a new box...

[Kamal]

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I got my TV tuner card few weeks ago and while it works BRILLIANTLY, my 3.2 ghz P4 has become outdated for Vista (can you believe that).

So I'm actually gonna pick up a system from circuit city with the identical specs. Since its an HP and comes preloaded with vista, I'm thinking it'll be working out of the box.

Is your's branded or did you build it ? Also what peripherals do you not have working right now ?

[toasty]

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Is your's branded or did you build it ? Also what peripherals do you not have working right now ?

It's an HP a6030n, and I'm not able to get my wireless keyboard and mouse working.

I'm also having issues with my USB wireless network adapter, but I wasn't delighted with the way that thing worked on my old system, so I think I'm just going to junk it and get a new one. Honestly, as I was dicking around with it last night, I noticed it was a little warped, so I'm going to give Vista a pass on that one.

[Kamal]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

some quick photoz

[Kamal]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

more here

http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a410/index.html

[srbbnd]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

Vista=DirectX10, Vista=Awesome PC games, Mac=Not so much

[Caley Martin]

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Vista=DirectX10, Vista=Awesome PC games, Mac=Not so much

Mac=Parallels or Bootcamp, PC=Not so much

[apollo_1444]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

seems fair..i'm a pc user and i'll never switch.

i love hijacking threads

[srbbnd]

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Mac=Parallels or Bootcamp

My point exactly...why even get a Mac to begin with.

[toasty]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

^^for one thing, versatility. You can run Windows on a Mac, but you can't run OS X on a PC. Use OS X when you want to, Windows when you have to.

Moreover, though, I've used them both extensively over the years and for me, it's no contest -- Macs leave Windows-based computers in the dust. Now that I can actually run Windows on a mac when I need to, I can switch back with a clear conscience.

[Caley Martin]

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^^ what he said

[srbbnd]

Re: Leopard Delayed to October

For my purposes Windows is superior and probably will always be superior. My purposes are to play PC games with the best graphics possible. Vista=Better compatibility with more PC games.