Vista 64 Bit? Yuk.

JJKizak wrote on 1/21/2008, 3:08 PM

After messing around with Vista 64 bit for a week I have detrmined it was designed for kids and old women. You push something (icon) and hope it doesn't fall off a cliff. One good thing is if you have a network card one foot away from the computer it will find it and install it before you know what happened. It took me about a week to find what I really wanted like "windows explorer', "single click mouse" etc. Why would you put the single click adjustment of the mouse in the "folders" menu? I also can't make large fonts for a 32" monitor. Everything seems to be hidden like an Eater egg hunt. Well, it's wiped out now and back to XP 32. I tried XP 64 also and it was pretty good. And the violin play's on.
JJK

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John_Cline wrote on 1/21/2008, 3:29 PM

I installed Vista64 recently and, so far, it's been very solid. I am neither a kid nor an old woman.

Yes, it's different, but so was XP when I first installed it years ago. Vista64 will eventually be the de-facto OS and I'm getting a head start. Due to the Aero interface using the graphic card's GPU and ReadyBooost, it feels much snappier than WinXP. I'm running an nVidia 8880 and a Quad-core with 4-gig of RAM, so that certainly helps.

John

Laurence wrote on 1/21/2008, 3:57 PM

I've been using Vista 64 Ultimate since just before Christmas, and am growing to like it. Yes there are some pretty severe issues: I can't seem to be able to use anything with a Cineform codec, DVDA won't start, my Line6 toneport has no 64 bit drivers, etc.

Still, as John said, it is obviously the OS of the future, and aside from specific compatibilty issues, it seems to actually work quite well. I am slowly figuring out how to optimize it. Things like optimizing for background services and turning off some of the extra visual bells and whistles seem to bring the performance up quite a bit, and I love being able to access 4GB plus of memory.

Some of the new features really grow on you after you start using them awhile. Anyway, I like it enough that I'm not going back.

Kennymusicman wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:02 PM

I've been running both 32 and 64bit flavours for months - very stable. And Vista is certainly more attuned for high res displays, especially if you want things like BIG icons. lol

MH_Stevens wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:06 PM

I'm getting used to Vista 64 now. It is designed to the LCD but I do find it very solid with good (better then) security than XP. Make sure you have all the graphical effects turned off except thumbnails.

busterkeaton wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:13 PM

The tech websites have been touting rumors that MS has moved up shipped the next version of Windows to the second half of 2009.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35641/118/

Coursedesign wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:31 PM

Yes, and in the meantime, Microsoft is very careful to promote only "Windows," never "Vista," as they know this is a widely hated brand.

Vista64 will eventually be the de-facto OS.

Maybe.

My guess is that it never will be.

Windows 7 will be "it."

Kennymusicman wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:33 PM

lol. But we know MS - that earlier date will get put back and it'll then be on time :)

And I see TG touting MinWin. It's nothing new - it's just an extended idea from Win2008 Server 'Core'. Also, note that it is also x86 architecture - Win7 has been returned to 32bit, instead of 2k8 being the last.

Paul over at winsupersite had some nice thoughts on Win7 a while ago

blink3times wrote on 1/21/2008, 4:33 PM

"I can't seem to be able to use anything with a Cineform codec, DVDA won't start, my Line6 toneport has no 64 bit drivers, etc. "

I haven't tried a cineform codec, but I have no problems with DVDA, and I'm running Vista64 Ultimate as well.

I'm now running with 6gigs ram and no more paging file. Much quicker than XP. I like it.

David Settlemoir wrote on 1/21/2008, 8:27 PM

Are ya'll running dual boot with XP 32 bit and Vista 64 bit?

John_Cline wrote on 1/21/2008, 8:32 PM

Yes, absolutely I'm running XP32 and Vista64 in a dual-boot situation. For the time being, I'm playing with Vista64 but getting actual work done in XP32.

megabit wrote on 1/22/2008, 12:40 AM

Yes, absolutely I'm running XP32 and Vista64 in a dual-boot situation. For the time being, I'm playing with Vista64 but getting actual work done in XP32

Same here. And be warned against installing the SP3 before the final version arrives - I tried the RC1 and had several BSOD's. Fortunately it unistalled cleanly...

blink3times wrote on 1/22/2008, 2:45 AM

I'm running dual boot, but I haven't touched XP in 6 or 7 months now.

Xander wrote on 1/22/2008, 5:22 AM

I've been running Vista 64 HP for about a year now. Just did a fresh clean install - removed XP Pro! All hardware / software works fine. Noticed that the new version of iTunes plus Quicktime has a special Vista 64 installer. Guess the 64bit version is starting to become popular.

Laurence wrote on 1/22/2008, 10:23 AM

My two problems (with Cineform and DVDA) are now cleared up. If you're interested, check out http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=572242&Replies=1this[/link] post.

Anyway, my only real remaining problem with Vista 64 is that there are no 64 bit drivers for my much loved Line6 Toneport audio interface. Aside from that, I can do everything I want to do as well or better than I could in XP.

MUTTLEY wrote on 1/22/2008, 11:35 AM

I've been on Vista 64 for almost a week now. First three days or so loathed it but, like others, am finding myself liking it a little more each day.

You can change icon size by clicking on the little icon in the top right in Windows Explorer that says "Views" and you can use the slider. On the desktop just right click the desktop and under "View" choose Classic, Medium, or Large.

One thing I do hate is that at larger sizes non-vista icon's look like crap at larger sizes.

- Ray
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