Agreed that's what the apps do is superior but why couldn't they give
us couple of GUIs like they do for Windows. They must have known
people would resist anything that increased the learning
curve? Most of my clients who upgraded to XP had me set it up like
Win 95 aka now known as Windows
Ribbon takes a lot to get used to. I personally don't like it. I feel slower
with it.
The big problem is that you can't customize with it, you can't make
your own ribbon or icon your macros. After years of creating Macros
and menus to make my job go easier they are gone. It is not something
I finally got around to attempting to install a game in Vista 64 SP1.
I bought Gears of War for Windows and when I put the DVD in it
doesn't even appear in explorer let alone install.
Then I tried my Quake 4 DVD and while that appears in explorer I am
immediately informed that it isn't
information
can be found here:
http://www.vistax64.com/gaming/
-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 12:43 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] vista 64
At 10:59 AM 3/8/2009, you wrote:
Don't play games so I can't help you much there, but the funny thing is that
most game incompatibilities with Vista64 aren't due to the game itself,
but the crummy anti-copying/DRM infections publishers feel they must
include.
Thanks, Greg.
I know you are
Thanks, Greg.
I know you are enamored with Vista 64 but I have been struggling with
Vista 64 for months now and I keep thinking things are better and I
am going to see all the value in it... but I haven't. One thing is
for sure, I would not let Vista or Office 2007 anywhere near my
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Subject: [H] vista 64 and games
I finally got around to attempting to install a game in Vista 64 SP1.
I bought Gears of War for Windows and when I put the DVD in it
doesn't even appear in explorer let alone install.
Then I tried my Quake 4 DVD and while that appears in explorer I am
Picking them up being productive with an app are 2 entirely
different things. I've O2k7 wish I never installed it. I wish I
had installed O2k3 instead.
I haven't tried it yet but will windows let you install both? I
thought I read somewhere that it wouldn't but I'm not sure.
, March 08, 2009 7:29 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] vista 64 and games
At 02:53 PM 3/8/2009, Greg Sevart typed:
For technical staff, Vista and O2k7 have been a complete non-issue. Even
the
non-technical staff (mostly operations employees) have picked up both very
quickly
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[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:11 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] vista 64 and games
Picking them up being productive with an app are 2 entirely
different things. I've O2k7 wish I never
Picking them up being productive with an app are 2 entirely
different things. I've O2k7 wish I never installed it. I wish I had
installed O2k3 instead. Sure I can run the 2k7 version but I'm still
not as productive with it as I was with 2k3 that's after more than
a year of using it. IMHO
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