HAY GUYS

Matt · Feb 5, 2007, 05:37 PM

A recommended 1gb of ram to use the OS is insane, eventually they're going to force everyone to it with needed things like Direct X, which in turn will seem to up the standards on the average PC. Oh well, bound to happen I guess and will again in another few years. I see a lot of people upgrading or buying better PCs soon. Sucks for those who can't so easily go out and just spend money like that. Though if its anything like the 98-2k-XP transition, most people will have a couple of years to get on it.

1gb of RAM is eventually going to become the norm as PCs advance anyway.

Back in 2000 when XP was announced to require 256mb of RAM, I was upset that my current PC at the time wasn't able to run it. (I think it had about 128mb in it).

Then I upgraded in late 2001 to a rig with 512mb of RAM, 40gb HDD, and a GeForce 2, it was INSANE how awesome it was at the time.
Then I upgraded again in 2005 to a rig with 1gb of RAM and 120gb of HDD space, along with a GeForce 6800 GTS.

I'm hoping to upgrade again in the near future with more RAM, a bigger HDD and a new case. And when I do I'll probably pick up Vista too.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Matt · Feb 6, 2007, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

Also I'll get Vista Ultimate for $7. Being in college rules.

No joke?
I can get Home Premium (Upgrade) for $90, but that $7 deal is the bomb.
How's come your college discount is a billion times better than mine?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Matt · Feb 6, 2007, 07:29 PM

Oh, nice.

My University isn't small by any means, but it's not a large State University the likes of Michigan State or UCLA.
I believe it's Division II size by NCAA standards.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Matt · Feb 9, 2007, 04:47 PM

I finally got to toy around with Vista on my friend's new laptop, and I don't know what to think.

I don't want to call it overbearing, because this is a laptop we're talking about, pre-loaded with all kinds of junk (free trials omg then I pay how much?) that hasn't been cleaned out yet.

One thing I noticed was the security prompt. I sort of like it, but it seems to be on way too many things. If there's a way to set it to only prompt for critical system changes then I'd be cool with it.

Another thing that struck me as odd was how often the hard drive was being accessed. Is that normal on Vista? What exactly is it doing?

I didn't hate it, so that's a good thing. I'd need more time to warm up to it though.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?