Microsoft Vista Official Thread

• mousephotato on January 31, 2007 11:36 AM

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• anirahc on February 01, 2007 11:33 AM

  Sweet!
  
  Just got my copy Vista Home Premium!
  
  
  the best thing is i got it for FREE!

• in_your_honor on February 01, 2007 11:38 AM

  
  the best thing is i got it for FREE!

  
  
  @anirahc
  
  how? :D

• artemyo on February 01, 2007 11:46 AM

  I bought a compag notebook last november and it has an option to free upgrade to a VISTA premium home editon. the thing is I sold the unit back in the phillipines. I ask the custmer suport for VISTA and they told me that I can only install the upgrade on the same unit that I bought.. sigh!!!!!

• matbq on February 02, 2007 04:42 AM

  A very interesting features of Vista
  
  Windows Vista's SuperFetch and ReadyBoost Analyzed
  
  From Tomshardware
  
  <click here for link>
  
  

  Conclusion
  
  SuperFetch takes care of buffering applications proactively; ReadyBoost provides the additional memory space to do so. Both new features cannot make systems faster than they are; which means that power-hungry applications do not benefit from them. SuperFetch uses available main memory space that may have been unused under Windows XP, and ReadyBoost utilizes a mature and cheap technology by means of USB 2.0 Flash memory devices to provide additional memory capacity for the SuperFetch feature. With only a little "learning", Vista will know which applications are most important for you, and it will preload them into available main memory and onto the ReadyBoost device. In short: Vista succeeds in utilizing existing resources and technology to provide more balanced performance.
  
  The results are impressive: Using both features, Windows Vista shows off how it can effectively reduce application launch times to provide a better performance experience with your everyday software. At only 512 MB RAM, application launch times decrease from 9 seconds (OpenOffice Writer 2.1) and 10 seconds (Outlook 2007) to 2-4 seconds only. Adding our 1 GB USB 2.0 Flash stick helped to shorten launch times for these applications to 2-3 seconds only. The next conclusion is that Windows Vista with only 512 MB RAM is no fun at all, because applications start much faster only by having 1 GB of RAM. In fact, both Outlook 2007 and OpenOffice Writer 2.1 start even faster on a fresh Windows Vista installation than on our SuperFetch-trained and ReadyBoost-enabled system at only 512 MB.
  
  
  Having 2 GB of RAM reduced application launch times even more, but now we're talking about fractions of a second. But again: If you study our results carefully, you'll realize that it makes sense plugging an unused high-speed USB 2.0 Flash device into a USB 2.0 port: Application responsiveness at lauch does still benefit!
  
  Although the technology helps to make best use of what you already have, we recommend having at least 1 GB of RAM before you even think of installing Vista. Enthusiasts and power users should not start the Vista voyage with less than 2 GB RAM, because you'll not only want to provide memory space for SuperFetch; you should also think of your running applications. Give Vista as much memory as you can, and it will thank you by serving you quicker.
  

  
  
  Using a 2.0 USB drive to load your application faster hmmm...
  
  -- edited by matbq on Feb 02 2007, 04:42 AM

• matbq on February 02, 2007 07:16 AM

  
  
  
  
  hehehe nadaanan ko lang

• kTn_17 on February 02, 2007 07:21 AM

  i've tried the ready boost...astig! kakaibang innovation. mas mura nga naman ang 1 gig na flash drive for temporary memory boost dahil handy and most people owns a flash drive..kesa upgarde agad ng ram tapos wala ka cash on hand...hehehe...

• HzrnBgy on February 02, 2007 07:22 AM

  ako meron nang VISTA Ultimate x64
  
  gamit ko lang pang internet kasi la pang 64bit games at kulang-kulang pa sa drivers
  
  okay naman sya, di na kailangan ng floppy para mainstal sa SATA RAID, di gaya sa XP.

• no_pride on February 02, 2007 07:35 AM - User is Online

  kung 512mb kaya System RAM ko tapos punuin ko ng tig 1Gb Flash Drive 8 usb ports ko, Malaki kaya maging performance gain?

• mjsee on February 02, 2007 07:48 AM

  para sa mga naka kumuha ng vista upgrade! may workaround para maka clean install :)
  
  

  DailyTech has posted a 7-step workaround courtesy of Paul Thurrott (via Microsoft internal documents) on how to perform a clean install with a Windows Vista Upgrade DVD. Per Microsoft's new licensing requirements for Vista, users are required to install a Windows Vista Upgrade from within Windows XP and to make matters worse, the Windows XP license is forfeited. The process may be tedious, but few will argue when they compare the price differences between the upgrade and retail versions. Here we go:
  Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD and start the setup program.
  When prompted to enter your product key, DO NOT enter it. Click "Next" and proceed with setup. This will install Windows Vista as a 30-day trial.
  When prompted, select the edition of Vista which you have purchased and continue with setup.
  Once setup has been completed and you have been brought to the desktop for the first time, run the install program from within Windows Vista.
  This time, type in your product key when prompted.
  When asked whether to perform an Upgrade or Custom (advanced) install, choose Custom (advanced) to perform a clean install of Vista. Yes, this means that you will have to install Vista for a second time.
  Once setup has completed for the second time, you should be able to activate Windows Vista normally. You can also delete the Windows.old directory which contains information from the first Vista install.

  
  
  News source: <click here for link>

• jelicano on February 02, 2007 07:54 AM

  sa launch kahapon, lahat ng wide screen LCD hindi ma detect ang native resolution.. sabi nila plug and play and all drivers vuilt in daw..
  
  ang pangit tuloy ng mga display, malabo.
  
  sabi ng mga taga MS yun lang daw kayang resolution.. hahaha

• mharck13 on February 02, 2007 08:04 AM

  Best things in life are for FREE
  
  Windows Vista Home Premium
  
  hehehe will post pics later
  
  -- edited by mharck13 on Feb 02 2007, 08:04 AM

• jsnepo on February 02, 2007 08:07 AM

  Best things in life are for FREE
  
  Windows Vista Home Premium
  
  hehehe

  
  
  Amen brother, amen!!! :P
  
  Na-install mo na? Sana may One Care din tayo kahit one year lang.

• yoursimplefriend on February 02, 2007 08:11 AM

  Launching na po bukas ng MS Vista @ MOA.... See you!!!

• aluxious on February 02, 2007 08:17 AM

  Got a vista ultimate from MSDN. Anyone has a spare hard drive or PC? hehe

• aluxious on February 02, 2007 08:20 AM

  @matbq: that's fake. you can obviously notice that that's a window 98 bsod photoshop'd on a "vista" machine.

• dajava2man on February 02, 2007 08:23 AM

  Daming BUGS!!!!!

• mharck13 on February 02, 2007 08:26 AM

  @jsnepo, im better off with Vista, they could have their OneCare,, coz i dont care hehehe...
  
  Better wish for Office 2007 kahit School/Student version hehe

• dxter6666 on February 02, 2007 08:28 AM

  slower ang usb 2.0 interface kesa sa fsb so better pa rin to have more RAM. :D
  
  -- edited by dxter6666 on Feb 02 2007, 08:32 AM

• mharck13 on February 02, 2007 08:30 AM

  Using Vista Premium right now, havent got any problems, better get driver updates...
  
  also dont rely on the WDM drivers, use the one from the chipset maker itself... Its much better

• dxter6666 on February 02, 2007 08:34 AM

  yung search ng vista is very nice, a whole lot better than start -> run
  
  really...
  
  yung flip 3d after a couple uses,,, parang nawawala na ang magic,
  
  and yung aero,, well... preho na rin sa transparency sa winxp..
  
  not quite pero close...
  
  im interested kung ano meron sa sp1 ng vista though, like winfs

• bzfrenzclubinfo on February 02, 2007 08:38 AM

  ano po ba oras ung launch ng vista bukas sa mall of asia?

• jelicano on February 02, 2007 08:40 AM

  7:30am to 12Midnight

• dxter6666 on February 02, 2007 08:40 AM

  woooh too bad uwi ako iloilo... :(

• no_pride on February 02, 2007 10:15 AM - User is Online

  I have a TI4800SE and everytime I try to install the Vista driver which i downloaded from the nVidia website, ayaw na madetect sa OS yung video card ko. So i'm forced to use the built-in driver ng Vista.
  I've also tried the one from coolbits pero ganun pa din result.
  BKa meron kayong alam na work around, paki post naman. Thanks.

• viper01 on February 02, 2007 10:23 AM

  I have a TI4800SE and everytime I try to install the Vista driver which i downloaded from the nVidia website, ayaw na madetect sa OS yung video card ko. So i'm forced to use the built-in driver ng Vista.
  I've also tried the one from coolbits pero ganun pa din result.
  BKa meron kayong alam na work around, paki post naman. Thanks.

  
  
  baka hindi supported na ng nvidia yung VC mo kaya ayaw ng gumana yung driver para sa VC...masyadong luma na VC maybe its time for you to upgrade your VC... OS mo upgraded na pero VC di pa....

• techmerchant on February 02, 2007 10:39 AM

  yung mobo manufacturer ko, walang pang drivers for vista:(

• mharck13 on February 02, 2007 10:44 AM

  TI4800 is a DX8 gpu
  
  Vista supports DX9 gpu
  
  check this out: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx
  
  also if you want Aero features you'll need Shader 2.0

• mecha50 on February 02, 2007 10:50 AM

  I got Windows Vista and Office 2007 free. :)
  
  Pics and details here:
  
  <click here for link>

• techmerchant on February 02, 2007 10:51 AM

  na try ko na yung vista ultimate. 1gig ddr400 memory runs like my xp pro na naka 512mb. masyadong malakas sa resources...

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