Microsoft Vista Ultimate Release Candidate 1
Thanks to wifey, I have the opportunity to install Microsoft Vista RC1 on my Compaq V3010AU which suppose to be Vista Ready. Actually I intended to do dual booting with my XP Pro but alas, due to my kegelojohan and kedegilan+kemalasan to look for proper ways to make this dual booting happens, I successfully messed up my XP partition as well. There goes my vmware too (wipe tears).
Installation
Compared to XP, I found that Vista installation is much simpler-IMHO. U can load your device drivers before proper installation can begin (I chose to install my drivers later-kinda ol skool ler). The process? Read the instruction laaaa... Too lazy to type, but for any request, I am more than happy to assist.
As for Vista RC1, there's no proper driver besides the ones that I have in the cd where those drivers are meant for Windows XP. So I have to update those drivers online (not that difficult, vista will handle that for you keh keh keh. Btw the windows will be updated including the drivers as well. Anyway, before any updating can be done, U have to activate/register your vista online so Microsoft can determined whether your windows is genuine or loyat made.
Requirement and interface
To be honest, Vista interface is kinda confusing, messy for me. Perhaps I am the only one who have that kind of opinion. Lots of eye candy. It means that your pc need to have a good Graphic card, good processor power, big sized hard disk and of cause a good GB of RAM. My compaq powered by AMD Turion64 X2 1.6GHz, 60GB 5400rpm SATA HDD, 2GB Kingston pc667 DDR2 SDRAM, nVIDIA go 6150 (256MB) Graphic card. The performance? So and so laa.. But no signs of sluggishness tho. Anyway you can access/see/know your pc performance thru "Performance Information and Tools" menu from Control Panel. From there u can see the score of your processor(Calculation per second), memory-RAM(Memory operations per second), Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero, Gaming Graphic (3D business and gaming graphic performance) and lastly Primary Hard Disk (Disk data rate transfer). Those component scores were called subscore where the lowest score of any of those component will be the base score of your computer.
Excerpt from the help file "The base score is a good indicator of how your computer will perform generally. The subscores can help you understand your computer's level of performance for specific experiences". Microsoft did state at their webpage that there are two categories (If i'm wrong, pls tell me).
1. Vista capable PC
A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:
* A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
* 512 MB of system memory.
* A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.
To be honest, with this kind of specs, better stick to XP.
2. Windows Vista Premium Ready PC
A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
* 1 GB of system memory.
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
* 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
* DVD-ROM Drive3.
* Audio output capability.
* Internet access capability.
Guess my laptop falls into category 2.
Anyway as I am not a good writer due to my laziness, lack of writing skills, so heres some snapshot for the ooooooohh and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs.
The desktop, nothing to show. But do notice the sidebar. U even can add other apps or gadgets.
My hardware performance and my base score. Not enuff for gaming and 3D tho)Oh ya, I'm using genuine Windows Vista RC 1 yee..
My hardware properties. Notice that there is a failure in properly installing my amd driver.
Impressive aaa?
My verdict? Nice but too many eye candy, I'd givin up but as I just installed vista today, so no clear review/judgment . For time being, I'd stick to windows xp till the patched version of vista produce at lowyat.
Installation
Compared to XP, I found that Vista installation is much simpler-IMHO. U can load your device drivers before proper installation can begin (I chose to install my drivers later-kinda ol skool ler). The process? Read the instruction laaaa... Too lazy to type, but for any request, I am more than happy to assist.
As for Vista RC1, there's no proper driver besides the ones that I have in the cd where those drivers are meant for Windows XP. So I have to update those drivers online (not that difficult, vista will handle that for you keh keh keh. Btw the windows will be updated including the drivers as well. Anyway, before any updating can be done, U have to activate/register your vista online so Microsoft can determined whether your windows is genuine or loyat made.
Requirement and interface
To be honest, Vista interface is kinda confusing, messy for me. Perhaps I am the only one who have that kind of opinion. Lots of eye candy. It means that your pc need to have a good Graphic card, good processor power, big sized hard disk and of cause a good GB of RAM. My compaq powered by AMD Turion64 X2 1.6GHz, 60GB 5400rpm SATA HDD, 2GB Kingston pc667 DDR2 SDRAM, nVIDIA go 6150 (256MB) Graphic card. The performance? So and so laa.. But no signs of sluggishness tho. Anyway you can access/see/know your pc performance thru "Performance Information and Tools" menu from Control Panel. From there u can see the score of your processor(Calculation per second), memory-RAM(Memory operations per second), Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero, Gaming Graphic (3D business and gaming graphic performance) and lastly Primary Hard Disk (Disk data rate transfer). Those component scores were called subscore where the lowest score of any of those component will be the base score of your computer.
Excerpt from the help file "The base score is a good indicator of how your computer will perform generally. The subscores can help you understand your computer's level of performance for specific experiences". Microsoft did state at their webpage that there are two categories (If i'm wrong, pls tell me).
1. Vista capable PC
A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:
* A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
* 512 MB of system memory.
* A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.
To be honest, with this kind of specs, better stick to XP.
2. Windows Vista Premium Ready PC
A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
* 1 GB of system memory.
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
* 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
* DVD-ROM Drive3.
* Audio output capability.
* Internet access capability.
Guess my laptop falls into category 2.
Anyway as I am not a good writer due to my laziness, lack of writing skills, so heres some snapshot for the ooooooohh and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs.
The desktop, nothing to show. But do notice the sidebar. U even can add other apps or gadgets.My hardware performance and my base score. Not enuff for gaming and 3D tho)Oh ya, I'm using genuine Windows Vista RC 1 yee..My hardware properties. Notice that there is a failure in properly installing my amd driver. Impressive aaa?My verdict? Nice but too many eye candy, I'd givin up but as I just installed vista today, so no clear review/judgment . For time being, I'd stick to windows xp till the patched version of vista produce at lowyat.
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on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 2:04 AM.
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