Vista never be 3$ in China, it's cut the price 50% recently, a home version is (499/7.6)$ now.
On 8/19/07, Miriam English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you know anyone in China you can probably get a legal copy of vista > there for $3, which is what I've heard Microsoft are selling it for > there. (I think they are dead-scared of China having declared Linux the > national operating system.) > > I don't know anybody who is taking up Windows Vista. All the people I > know have either made the move to Linux or remained with WindowsXP. Many > have even stayed with Windows98. It has been quite surprising to me as > there was a stampede among clubs and people I knew to get WindowsXP when > it first came out, but nothing like that has happened with Vista. I > wouldn't spend much time worrying about Vista unless it actually takes > off. Personally I spend my time oriented to Linux, having moved from > Windows some time back. > > Best wishes, > > - Miriam > > René Dudfield wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I don't have vista to test either... Does anyone know how to get > > cheap/free non pirated versions of Vista for pygame development? > > > > I think it's likely a newer SDL will solve any problems you have. So > > when the next pygame rc release comes out (probably in a week or so), > > then try and get it tested on vista some how. Or try compiling pygame > > yourself. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > On 8/19/07, Keith Nemitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know I'm arriving late to the party, but just as my current project > was nearing completion, I > >> got my first bug report on Windows Vista. I don't have access to Vista, > personally. > >> > >> I did google the net for a few hours, including Pygame-Users archive, > and the pygame docs, but I > >> didn't find a definitive statement about pygame's compatibility under > Vista. > >> > >> I'm using Pygame 1.7.1 (windows binary installer) with Python 2.4. The > bug mentions 'display size > >> not found'. My game runs in 800x600x32, which is fairly standard. I'm > wrapping the app into a > >> setup.exe with inno. > >> > >> I'm hoping to find out how to make my game work under Windows Vista. > >> > >> Keith Nemitz > >> Mousechief Co. > >> www.mousechief.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- http://www.flyaflya.com
