Things that make you want to punch your computer

[BF4MVP]

I hate when it goes into sleep mode..then when it "wakes up" it runs so god damn slow

[MJZiggy]

I hate when it goes into sleep mode..then when it "wakes up" it runs so god damn slow

I have the same problem until I have my coffee...

[Zool]

I don't want to punch my computer, but I'd like to punch Sony. I bought a new laptop a couple months ago, pre Vista. Well, there was a promo going on where you get a free Vista upgrade when it comes out. Just TODAY I receive an email from Sony that I will receive my Vista upgrade in another 3-5 weeks. WTF. I should have just waited to buy the laptop with Vista already on it, but well..... it was a great deal on the laptop and I couldn't pass it up

I actually went out and bought Vista a couple weeks ago because I am well, impatient... and I ended up selling it on eBay because I didn't have the driver upgrade disc to go with it, so it was useless. See, the original drivers disc didn't come with the laptop because it was going to be shipped with the Vista upgrade disc.

I'm just curious if any of you took part in the Vista upgrade program and if so, have you received your disc yet?

I hate being patient.

Dont upgrade M. Not yet at least. Its just not ready for prime time. They had to get a product out to their OEM's per the contract they signed. Its just not ready yet. When SP1 comes out, then give it a whirl.

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Yeah I gave it a trail install and it runs like shit on my system, which is a few years old now but respectable.

I ran it on a 3200+ 32-bit processor, a gig of ram, and a 9600xt 256mb.

A much better bet would be Ubuntu with Beryl. It looks better, has more tons of entirely free software, and was compatible and more useable than I ever imagined.

[Zool]

Is the newest build of Ubuntu out yet?

[GBRulz]

Dont upgrade M. Not yet at least. Its just not ready for prime time. They had to get a product out to their OEM's per the contract they signed. Its just not ready yet. When SP1 comes out, then give it a whirl.

But, it's so pretty to look at

I'm curious though, when it comes to doing the actual upgrade, what is the benefit of doing a clean install vs. just upgrading? The upgrading idea of course is more attractive to me because it doesn't wipe out my programs and stuff, but I've heard that doing a clean install of the new OS is better.

[Zool]

You cannot do a clean install of Vista with an upgrade copy. Have a friend who tried specifically. You need to have an OS on the system first.

I would always do a clean install, but I'm a system speed whore. You do alot of graphic design right? What I do is keep my operating system on 1 drive and all of my data on a secondary pair of drives in a RAID1 mirror. That way when it comes to a Windows install, nothing is lost.

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Is the newest build of Ubuntu out yet?

Fiesty Fawn is due out april 19th. It's going to be really, really nice. The version after that, name unknown at this time, will include 3d desktops on by default!!

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Dont upgrade M. Not yet at least. Its just not ready for prime time. They had to get a product out to their OEM's per the contract they signed. Its just not ready yet. When SP1 comes out, then give it a whirl.

But, it's so pretty to look at

I'm curious though, when it comes to doing the actual upgrade, what is the benefit of doing a clean install vs. just upgrading? The upgrading idea of course is more attractive to me because it doesn't wipe out my programs and stuff, but I've heard that doing a clean install of the new OS is better.

It looks a lot like OS X, minus the whole functionality behind the pretty. The blatant rip-off of Expose is awful!!!!

I always do a fresh install. I recommend others do the same. I always try to keep all my data on a second drive, like Zooly.

[GBRulz]

You cannot do a clean install of Vista with an upgrade copy. Have a friend who tried specifically. You need to have an OS on the system first.

I would always do a clean install, but I'm a system speed whore. You do alot of graphic design right? What I do is keep my operating system on 1 drive and all of my data on a secondary pair of drives in a RAID1 mirror. That way when it comes to a Windows install, nothing is lost.

Well, when I bought the Vista upgrade disc, it speficially asked if I wanted to do a clean install or just upgrade.

Yeah, I do alot of graphic design and I ended up getting an imac for it. Video Editing is an absolute hog and I found my system (my PC) lagging, even though it had 2gigs of RAM, Pent Dual Core Proc, etc...

I backup all my files to an external drive, I've learned my lesson in not backing up files the hard way

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You cannot do a clean install of Vista with an upgrade copy. Have a friend who tried specifically. You need to have an OS on the system first.

I would always do a clean install, but I'm a system speed whore. You do alot of graphic design right? What I do is keep my operating system on 1 drive and all of my data on a secondary pair of drives in a RAID1 mirror. That way when it comes to a Windows install, nothing is lost.

Well, when I bought the Vista upgrade disc, it speficially asked if I wanted to do a clean install or just upgrade.

Yeah, I do alot of graphic design and I ended up getting an imac for it. Video Editing is an absolute hog and I found my system (my PC) lagging, even though it had 2gigs of RAM, Pent Dual Core Proc, etc...

I backup all my files to an external drive, I've learned my lesson in not backing up files the hard way

I don't remember, do you have the G5 iMac, Core Duo iMac, or Core 2 Duo iMac?

[Zool]

You cannot do a clean install of Vista with an upgrade copy. Have a friend who tried specifically. You need to have an OS on the system first.

I would always do a clean install, but I'm a system speed whore. You do alot of graphic design right? What I do is keep my operating system on 1 drive and all of my data on a secondary pair of drives in a RAID1 mirror. That way when it comes to a Windows install, nothing is lost.

Well, when I bought the Vista upgrade disc, it speficially asked if I wanted to do a clean install or just upgrade.

Yeah, I do alot of graphic design and I ended up getting an imac for it. Video Editing is an absolute hog and I found my system (my PC) lagging, even though it had 2gigs of RAM, Pent Dual Core Proc, etc...

I backup all my files to an external drive, I've learned my lesson in not backing up files the hard way

Nice. Macs are great for multi media. Why didnt you go for the G5 quad core tower? Heh....$3000 later you would have little wait time.

[GBRulz]

ha! Yeah, I think when I custom configured a G5, it came to like $4500 with the things I wanted! Let's just say that I did not hit the "add to cart" button! I ended up going with the Intel Core Duo 2 w/ 20" display. I'm very happy with it and I think the price was quite reasonable as well. People complain that Macs are more expensive, but what they don't realize is that alot of the software they need for common tasks is already included vs a PC you have to run out and buy. I like my Mac, but not enough to give up my PC laptop

[Zool]

You can BUY software?

[GBRulz]

You can BUY software?

ha ha ha !!!!!