Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
You already have them, check your email. Like I said, this is old news. On Oct 16, 2006, at 4:20 PM, new.morning wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> It's what's already been discussed New Mourn: it's also a Conroe >> processor which is supposed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As an example a  2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual core Macbook laptop ran Windows   Media Encoder at a score of 280, an HP Pavillion 2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual   core scores with a  DESKTOP (with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:21 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, new.morning wrote:.  The Falcon Northwest Mach V runs Intel's long-awaited Core 2   processor (formerly known as Conroe). It's the new desktop   pe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote:On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't expalin the di

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:09 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: great. I would like to see tests on a range of software though. That doesn't explain the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core PC -- FROM the article yo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As an example a  2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual core Macbook laptop ran Windows  Media Encoder at a score of 280, an HP Pavillion 2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual  core scores with a  DESKTOP (with prob

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:great. I would like to see tests on a range of software though. That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core PC -- FROM the article you sent. You do realize that the Mac Pro is TWO dual core

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:10 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With   emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow.  I have no interest in dual booting, but I'm very curiou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:12 AM, new.morning wrote:I don't know. Can it? If so that would be great. It's already been done (Vista has been run on Intel Macs). Boot Camp will need to be updated however for support from it. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Vaj wrote:A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With   emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow. Secondly,   in the June edition of Macworld, they test equivalent PC systems   running XP Pro with Macs of the same config booted for XP

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:35 PM, new.morning wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> >> On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:15 PM, new.morning wrote: >> >> >> >>> OK, thanks. The mac pro is less expensive than a similar Dell. >>> Surprising, I want to study it more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:15 PM, new.morning wrote:OK, thanks. The mac pro is less expensive than a similar Dell. Surprising, I want to study it more. But still, in the benchmarks, other aticle, a two core gateway killed the four core Mac running windows apps. Still not a contest yet.I've not seen th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Vaj wrote:On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dualcore gateway

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual core gateway is killing the quad core apple r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Vaj wrote:(Note the price listed on this PC mag review is over twice the actual price)Oops, didn't realize the model reviewed was with 4 gigs of RAM and a honkin' video card... __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://group

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 5:59 PM, new.morning wrote:But the new Apple Quad (not sure of maketing name) 2 dual core intel procs on a dual slot motherboard sounds intersting. Seen any benchmarks on that. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2014446,00.asp(Note the price listed on this PC mag review is o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Oct 15, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Vaj wrote: >>> >>> On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: >>> --- Vaj wrote: > > That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP > that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. >>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> new.morning wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" >>> > wrote: > >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> jyouells2000 wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" > wrote: >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote:Vaj wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike Windows

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will >>> have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to >>> 300 bucks and m

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jim_flanegin wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" >> > wrote: > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB >>> > wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoog

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > >> --- Vaj wrote: >>> >>> That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP >>> that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. >> >> Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike >> Windows because it's butt-ug

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
new.morning wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "auth

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Alex Stanley wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will >> have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to >> 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and so >>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 1:48 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...]   The nice thing about that is that even a low-end PC will be able to   render video, multi-track music files and 3D raytraced animation   quite quickly compared to today. The ave

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 1:16 PM, sparaig wrote:The eye candy of MacOS X works best with more RAM also, but appears to degrade  gracefully if you don't have it. Yeah, but a gig will do IME.  __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 12:59 PM, sparaig wrote:Burroughs B3500 with 640 kilodidgits of core memory. Before that, it was an IBM 360 at  school, I think... Yep, remember it well, the ole IBM 360. That's what I learned to program on. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] O

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" >>> wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "A

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT) on 10/15/06 2:09 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "jim_flanegin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP   that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X.  Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike  Windows because it's butt-ugly, and I like  Apple because it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT) on 10/14/06 11:11 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sold my soul (if I had one) to Bill a long time ago.  Now that PC has great audio and video, I'll never know the joys of the Mac in this life.  I c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:33 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:37 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: [...] and the Windows Sidebar, where it bests Apple, Google and everyone in user-interfa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:37 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] and the Windows   Sidebar, where it bests Apple, Google and everyone in user-interface   design), I'm not familiar with what is meant by "Windows side-bar". Claiming that they b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Rick Archer wrote:on 10/14/06 11:36 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Vaj wrote:That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT) on 10/14/06 11:36 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Vaj wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay clo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Vaj wrote:That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and so on which will surely follow Vista. It's said to be a fairly diffe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-14 Thread Vaj
That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and so on which will surely follow Vista. It's said to be a fairly different UI that many hardcore Wintel people