wow vista incredible

I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.

Good to know! Thanks! And congratulations...I'm glad someone got it working!
"PNutts" wrote in message

I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.

It's good to see a positive post every once in a while since the majority seem to be MS sucks or I hate Vista. It's beta so not everything will be working initially and it's not all the fault of MS. There are hardware manufacturers that have to get in gear as well. It's a collaborative effort that will require work from multiple sources.
A majority are working, I'm one, since they are using hardware that either have beta drivers or was common enough that MS already had what they needed for it to work. But even I still have things that aren't working. But it's BETA! So I don't expect it. However I was very pleased with the progress so far and all in all it looks to be as stable if not more than XP (each OS seems to get more stable providing you have good hardware, applications and drivers.) But finding that utopia can be tough for a lot of people. Even the pros hit snags and it's very difficult to determine where the issue is.
Still, I'm impressed and I like what I see so far. However those that are constantly running into issues these are the folks that MS wants submitting bug reports and feedback. I certainly hope that those folks will otherwise they aren't helping anyone. I have a pretty long list of things that I'll be submitting if I'm not able to find a fix for them or they are obvious bugs.
Keep it up and enjoy!
"PNutts" wrote in message

I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:37:01 -0700, PNutts wrote:

I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.

I would not say its incredible but its not at all bad and it looks great. I have some issues also which I will report in a few weeks if I cannot fix them but most of the problems are because its a beta and obviously not finished.
Jonah

Ya I think it is a pretty good step towards a good OS. The only thing I am concerned about is how CPU and RAM consuming it is to run menial things, like posting this reply. I will be attempting to see how it runs on some games this week.
"jonah" wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:37:01 -0700, PNutts PNutts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.
I would not say its incredible but its not at all bad and it looks great. I have some issues also which I will report in a few weeks if I cannot fix them but most of the problems are because its a beta and obviously not finished.
Jonah

Hey Jack, I was going to try some games this week too. First I have to work out a sound issue. My SB card isnt supported by beta drivers at creative. I guess I milked this old sound card as long as I could (sb live value lol). Going to grab X Fi today and reload vista. Also worth mentioning. My PC was dual boot XP Pro 64 on C and XP home on D. When I loaded vista(where XP Pro 64 bit was) I lost the dual boot screen. Anyway no big, its a beta. What games will you try? I am going to start w CS Source and BF2. My expectations are low, hoping I will be suprised. -- Comments, suggestions welcome… Thank you, TC

"JacKSProuT" wrote:

Ya I think it is a pretty good step towards a good OS. The only thing I am concerned about is how CPU and RAM consuming it is to run menial things, like posting this reply. I will be attempting to see how it runs on some games this week.
"jonah" wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:37:01 -0700, PNutts PNutts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.
I would not say its incredible but its not at all bad and it looks great. I have some issues also which I will report in a few weeks if I cannot fix them but most of the problems are because its a beta and obviously not finished.
Jonah

Hey Jack, I am going to load a few games this week too. CS Source and BF2. I have to replace my old SB live value card first. I am going to use the Creative X Fi extreme music 7.1. Let us know how and what games you loaded please. Also, before I loaded Vista I had a dual boot PC with xp pro 64 on the c drive and xp home on d drive. At the end of the post I could choose pro or home. I decided to load vista where pro was. I ended up loosing my dual boot option and only vista would load. I currently have XP pro on c and d is empty. After I get the new card I will load vista on d and see if I loose dual boot again. -- Comments, suggestions welcome… Thank you, TC

"JacKSProuT" wrote:

Ya I think it is a pretty good step towards a good OS. The only thing I am concerned about is how CPU and RAM consuming it is to run menial things, like posting this reply. I will be attempting to see how it runs on some games this week.
"jonah" wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:37:01 -0700, PNutts PNutts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.
I would not say its incredible but its not at all bad and it looks great. I have some issues also which I will report in a few weeks if I cannot fix them but most of the problems are because its a beta and obviously not finished.
Jonah

Ya I was going to try the smae games you were, just wanted to see how this GDI emulator is working. I didnt get around to doing it yet, in grad school and time is something I have very little of :(
"the_cleric" wrote:

Hey Jack, I was going to try some games this week too. First I have to work out a sound issue. My SB card isnt supported by beta drivers at creative. I guess I milked this old sound card as long as I could (sb live value lol). Going to grab X Fi today and reload vista. Also worth mentioning. My PC was dual boot XP Pro 64 on C and XP home on D. When I loaded vista(where XP Pro 64 bit was) I lost the dual boot screen. Anyway no big, its a beta. What games will you try? I am going to start w CS Source and BF2. My expectations are low, hoping I will be suprised. -- Comments, suggestions welcome… Thank you, TC

"JacKSProuT" wrote:
Ya I think it is a pretty good step towards a good OS. The only thing I am concerned about is how CPU and RAM consuming it is to run menial things, like posting this reply. I will be attempting to see how it runs on some games this week.
"jonah" wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:37:01 -0700, PNutts PNutts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I hadn't looked at any recent Vista builds until downloading and installing the CPP Beta 2 today. I am impressed! I know there are a lot of posts of people having problems, but Vista installed and runs without a hitch for me. Most of my hardware is new (in the last year or so), but not bleeding edge. So for you folks having problems... Keep tweaking and hopefully you can resolve your issues! Because Vista is a beta there are problably some fundamental flaws in the software, but at least some folks/configurations are not having significant issues.
I run XP on two SATA drives with RAID 0, and my data is stored on two IDE drives with RAID 1. I bought another SATA drive to install and run Vista as I didn't want to impact my Windows XP installation/setup.
If it helps, my configuration is as follows:
ASUS A8N-E MB (1013 BIOS) ATI X1300 video card (Vista drivers) 150 GB SATA drive (clean install) 1GB of cheap RAM :) Belkin pre-N wireless network card Symantec Antivirus 10.0.1.628 (w/Vista patch) Not sure what else is important...
I love the eye candy and like the fundamentally new OS with its new features and protection. I already told the wifey that she'll get a new laptop in 2007 when we can buy one with Vista installed.
I would not say its incredible but its not at all bad and it looks great. I have some issues also which I will report in a few weeks if I cannot fix them but most of the problems are because its a beta and obviously not finished.
Jonah