The NEW ONE is "A la Vista"

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:58 pm

It will soon be here... what will it mean for us?:

http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/ar ... hp/3522176

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:50 am

To me, it will mean the usual thing: "that I am conservatively behind my friends"

My internet/writing PC is doing fine. It is 5 years old, has plenty of RAM and is well taken care of. Win98se LITE

My music PC is a 1@1,3GHz Celeron on a 815 based motherboard (TUSL2-c). This one is doing fine too. WinXP (soon to be NLited)

I don't feel a need for any more new features. I actually would love to be able to spend the little extra and go VDAT and stuff, so I can make an extremely slim set-up OS. I just have to find out, if I want to use win98se lite or winXP nlite for this. All I will need on this PC will be OS (with support for my USB-drive), Scope and Acrobat Reader (for readingTFM once in a while). Burning CDs can be done on the other PC. I will probably use something like the Ashton shell for an even more clean and stripped apearance. My hardware will drive this easily, and I will miss nothing performance wise. Actually, I am looking forward to having less distracting options (an important aspect for me, as I tend to loose myself fiddling with settings and stuff instead of making music)

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:06 am

once again M$ is going the Apple way, a few years late (as usual) and probably making a few billions more out of this - once again as usual ...

anyone noticed their ads lately ?

my full respect to Mr. BG 3rd as a businessman, but a company where this dude is titled chief software architect will never achieve anything but 2nd class in technology and innovation - except their balance of course...

cheers, tom

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:09 am

I have no desire to move to Vista. I'd rather move to Mac.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:41 am

"Longhorn, the codename for the past couple of years for the beta, has been put out to pasture"

haha

That's usually what happens when you retire an old horse...

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:54 am

The only problem I see is that you need constantly being at th edge of technology when you are working with other people. I neither would like to change OS again, I am happy with what I have already, but perhaps the market will drive me into, not to be left without work.

The worst of it, is to think you need most sure, new specs in your PC, and so new hardware...

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:13 am

pssst! Nestor!

Just don't tell them (what you are using). Have the PC up and running before people come in, and shut it down after they leave. Install an alternative shell (like Ashton for example). That will make your system look slightly different from any generic windows system ... maybe even leaving a bit of mystery about your PC (which you are probably pretty good at, since it looks different

). If people ask for specs, just tell them 'enough'. If stuff is like last time, your system will run pretty good on the camouflaged old OS compared to new systems struggling to handling the exagerated demands from the new OS.

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:04 am

Sheesh! What's XP like? Good?

Post by **garyb** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:47 am

whatever...

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:27 pm

I promised myself not to install anything else from M$ after XP. I hope to get rid of them ASAP, and will grab the next best opportunity (for example Scope *nix drivers?;) to complete M$ removal. They represent everything I don't want to be a part of.

The shell I use on XP currently is litestep, but apparently that went off-line untill the next stable release. The desktop shows a clock, and date on mouse-over. I right-click any desktop space for a menu, and assigned shortkeys to most used applications, making the menu redundant 90% of time.

If CW don't ever release *nix drivers, I will stick to the nlited XP Pro I'm running now.

Hasta la Vista, Microsoft.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:53 pm

atOm, the new "XP Terminator": "Hasta la Vista Baby!" Cool

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:25 pm

Windows Vista's user interface, code-named "AERO" (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open), is easier and more fun, even as it makes users more productive. Computers designed for Windows Vista create a professional and attractive environment based on a theme of translucent glass. Even applications created before Windows Vista become more attractive because Windows Vista has improved wizards and common dialog boxes that are shared by all applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/window ... vervw.mspx

Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open

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samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:08 pm

Aerosol

Post by **hubird** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:30 pm

Post by **garyb** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:04 pm

aero, yeah.
if i do use that os, i'm sure i'll turn that "feature" off and use "classic"(win98 style) just like always......

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:46 pm

My favourite shell was the one found in 3.11 or for workgroups, really, don't laugh, please

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:05 pm

Can you point me out with a link to your preffered shell please?

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:07 am

http://www.litestep.net/

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:01 am

Interesting stuff, never used one of those...

Does it work well?

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:03 am

yes, of course, it's very stable. At any given moment you can select your old shell again, if things get out of hand

(not that i expect to;) Don't let yourself be impressed/pushed away from the themes they present, the main topic is that you deceide what's on and what's not. You deceide what interface is running, and how much you put in there. Logically,extra options will cost extra resources, keeping it light will give a very low memory footprint (about 8mb here afaik).
Just give it a try, it's free, it's fun and it looks l33t.

Enjoy