Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 09:30 AM 05/06/2006, Chris Reeves wrote: Rendering 2d for your video card, as someone pointed out is child's play. Having it continuously in a 3D enabled mode means it's using more power; more heat; more chances for a nice graphics crash. Not sure what great

RE: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Jason . Tozer
Personally, I want my resources to be consumed by the applications I run, not the underling operating system. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: 06 June 2006 06:47 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] I'm convinced,

RE: [H] X2 problems

2006-06-06 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:06 AM 06/06/2006, RLS wrote: Thanks, btw, have you done any video editing with this processor yet? No. Video editing is beyond me. :) T

[H] And now for something completely different...

2006-06-06 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
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RE: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Chris Reeves
Anthony, this is where I think you're missing the point. I don't mind something that requires a lot of resources, etc. Everything eventually has to upgrade.What I and others are contending is that the system resources required in order to get what we get are outrageous. In other words,

[H] 25 foot usb and vga

2006-06-06 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
If I want to run a computer 25 feet away from the monitor, keyboard, mouse - do I need a special kind of VGA/USB cable to handle this length? Will putting a power hub partway along the USB cable run solve the length issue? T

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread FORC5
rather save the resources for the games :-} fp At 10:46 PM 6/5/2006, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: You guys kinda surprise me. Many of you have top-notch systems and components, yet you want an OS that supports mostly minimal hardware. Why? Vista represents an OS designed to run on

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Ruset
It won't run on my almost six month old laptop. But I guess that's old hardware. :( Anthony Q. Martin wrote: You guys kinda surprise me. Many of you have top-notch systems and components, yet you want an OS that supports mostly minimal hardware. Why? Vista represents an OS designed to run

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Ruset
My $1700 laptop only has an Intel i855GME video card. It will only use up to 64MB of RAM. I have 2GB of system ram installed. Foo on me for buying an Inspiron 700m. Gary VanderMolen wrote: My $600 Compaq Presario V2404US laptop runs Vista just fine, including the Aero glass effect. Initially

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Chris Reeves
Exactly go to dell.com and find how many laptops offer 128MB of dedicated DX9 memory :). Or if UMA 256MB CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:17:51 To:The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread joeuser
Anyone know how to go about reselling Apple computers? -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread joeuser
Yeah, I'm serious... joeuser wrote: Anyone know how to go about reselling Apple computers? -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Ben Ruset
There is seriously GOOD money in doing authorized Apple repair. joeuser wrote: Yeah, I'm serious... joeuser wrote: Anyone know how to go about reselling Apple computers?

Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage.

2006-06-06 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Exactly go to dell.com and find how many laptops offer 128MB of dedicated DX9 memory :). Or if UMA 256MB I don't know about Dell, but HP/Compaq has plenty of inexpensive laptops with 128MB of shared memory, which works fine on Vista. Typical example: http://tinyurl.com/lxwzn Gary VanderMolen

Re: [H] 25 foot usb and vga

2006-06-06 Thread Winterlight
At 05:39 AM 6/6/2006, you wrote: If I want to run a computer 25 feet away from the monitor, keyboard, mouse - do I need a special kind of VGA/USB cable to handle this length? Yes you need a booster beyond 15 feet. Will putting a power hub partway along the USB cable run solve the length

[H] X3:Reunion video game?

2006-06-06 Thread warpmedia
Has anyone seen this? The designers must have been on something but the G4 people must REALLY be on something to do the coverage of it. All I can say is be ready for a lot of hot KHA'AK action, lol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8n6uN091E

RE: [H] X3:Reunion video game?

2006-06-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
frickin' hilarious! thanks for the laff. [Original Message] From: warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Date: 6/6/2006 9:48:12 PM Subject: [H] X3:Reunion video game? Has anyone seen this? The designers must have been on something but the G4