windows vista was a pile of crap.
win7 is better than vista.
It also put me off windows.
there is no cclassic menu in win7 though so you will have to get used
to a different type of navigation though once you get used to it
aparently you can search for what you want and it comes up.
I still like the old way.
Hi,
To be honest Windows Vista was enough to put me off trying all
future versions of Windows. I know I shouldn't be prejudiced, but if
you spent as much time having what felt to you to be the world's
biggest problems getting things to run and work correctly with Vista
as good as if it did with XP, I'm sure you'd know why.
Although there have been times when I felt the urge to try it,
hoping for a change, but I haven't yet had access to a Windows 7
machine, and I have neither the physical space nor the money to buy
whole new equipment just to play host to an operating system that I
may not even use.
Regards,
Damien.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Tomb Hunter Error
Hi Willem,
Correct. I didn't mention the Visual C++ updates as generally those
come through Windows Update anyway. It is assumed that most users use
the Windows Update service and should have these updates installed
already . As you say that the libraries that Visual Studio 2008 and
Visual Studio 2010 now use are far newer than those that come
installed with XP by default and Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio
2010 are geared for Windows Vista and Windows 7. In order to get these
newer applications to run on older Windows releases like XP you have
to update those libraries to the latest versions through Windows
Update or by downloading the runtime service pack for your os.
As far as the price of Windows 7 is concerned you might not be aware
of the fact that some retail boxed versions come with three license
keys. It is a little higher than a standard upgrade, but you get more
than one license with the cd. Microsoft actually has started a family
license type deal where you can get more than one licensed copy with
the price of a full retail upgrade which is actually a good deal all
things considered. Plus Windows 7 is superior to Windos XP in many
many ways. Don't knock it until you try it.
As far as Ubuntu goes I love the Linux os, but it really isn't yet a
good gaming platform for accessible games yet. Sure I could port my
games to Linux, but what I've found is I'd really have to tailer
everything specific to that os which is something I don't want to do
yet. Having operating system specific engines would be a serious pain
in the butt to manage.
On 7/6/10, Willem <dwill...@gmail.com> wrote:
If they stop me using xp, I'll simply have to use ubuntu. I'm not paying
that price for windows 7.
You can download the c++ runtimes, which are standard libraries that are
used when you use visual studio 2008 or 2005 to compile your code. As xp was
released before that you need to download the updates. They are not
considered standard system requirements, because most windows systems have
them installed. Putting them on his websight as a requirement is kind of
like Thomas telling you you need drivers for your soundcard so the soundcard
can work.
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