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Vista public BETA released
WMD:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---and other components you might find say in a Compaq.
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Be careful there. My brother's computer is a 7-year old Compaq Deskpro (500MHz P3, 384MB RAM, 10+80GB hard drives). Nothing in there has ever broken.
worker201:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Oh yes, the wonderful security features ;)
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I thought this reply from the link was especially noteworthy:
--- Quote ---When autorun is turn off for all removable media, and can only be turned on with an administrator password, and there is no override for "special DRM encoded media", then I will believe that MS is concerned about security. Until then, they are doing the minimum neccesary to meet a current PR, while making sure that control of MS Windows stays out of the hand of the end user, and in the hands of MS and it's partner advertisers.
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When you wrap shit in pretty paper, it's still shit.
cymon:
--- Quote from: Lead Head ---Wtf? I was trying to make a CHEAP and good vista ready rig. not to mention the amount of apps that use dual core CPUs are very little. 2GB of ram is not becoming the standard(yet). It will soon, but 1GB of ram is the norm. The x1900XTX is overpriced and will be CPU limited until Conroe hits the streets, even then it will still be slightly CPU limited. Why spend $500 on an x1900XTX when the x1800GTO can still play any game maxed? you would assume the person upgrading would already have a case. Like I said, the goal of the above assembled rig is to make a good vista ready gaming rig. not "teh uber high end".
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I have yet to see why you have put an ATi card in there. ATi is crap. Why someone will spend 500 dollars on a video card is the same reason Tiger Woods doesn't buy golf clubs at Wal Mart, because the 500 dollar card outperforms the 200 dollar card. The number of applications using dual cores will rise, there are already dual core patches for games.
Lead Head:
--- Quote from: cymon ---I have yet to see why you have put an ATi card in there. ATi is crap. Why someone will spend 500 dollars on a video card is the same reason Tiger Woods doesn't buy golf clubs at Wal Mart, because the 500 dollar card outperforms the 200 dollar card. The number of applications using dual cores will rise, there are already dual core patches for games.
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Well lets see, the x1800GTO and 7600GT are both on the same pricepoint, the x1800GTO outpeforms the 7600GT in almost everything.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: Lead Head ---Well lets see, the x1800GTO and 7600GT are both on the same pricepoint, the x1800GTO outpeforms the 7600GT in almost everything.
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Well there is more to a Video card than raw performance. Many people avoid ATI because to this day, they still write very shitty drivers. Even if ATI drivers didn't suck, they would still be a no-go for me because they don't support FreeBSD at all.
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