champ_rock 0 Report post Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) I just installed the latest beta build of this upcoming OS .. registered it .. and once i solved all the issues i had with the drivers (some still exist) ... i've got only one thing to say .... "It's an awesome upgrade from WinXP ... not only visually , but in functionality too" .... too bad WinFS is not present in this release ..The OS is visually enchanting , and infact requires some serious hardware specs to run properly ... for example i've tried it on three configs till now and here are my experience :(i)Athlon64 2800+, Geforce 6200 128 MB, 512 MB DDR400, 80 GB PATA etc. etc. -- Well .. the OS loads in about 3 mins. , the interface is a bit sluggish with Aero , and its almost impossible to run multiple tasks simultaneosly without lag , specially noticeable while gaming ..(ii)Pentium4 3.23 GHz (nonHT), Geforce 6600GT 128MB, 1 GB DDR400 , 120 GB PATA etc. etc. -- Much better , loads pretty quickly under a min. .. interface is smooth enough for any job , gaming is smooth , the only complain would be a bit slow interface (maybe due to that PATA)(ii) My config -- runs awesome , no complains ... interface is smooth enough (though the little security popups eventually become annoying) ... no probs wil gaming ..Overall , i hope this give a pretty good idea about what kind of a rig should be enough ... the one thing evident from my experience was the diff. in performance between SATA and PATA drives in this case ... the load times , access times do seem to be much less with SATA drives ..Also ... this comes loaded with WMP 11 , and IE7 Beta 2 ... so u need not worry much anyway about net access and media ... Any regular WinXP user will not face any problem with the reaaranged interface , and functions ...Anyway .. take a look at this ...http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.pnghttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.pnghttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.pnghttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/404.png Edited July 15, 2006 by champ_rock (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delivi 0 Report post Posted July 15, 2006 Thanx for the review of Vista and also the cool screenshots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snlildude87 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2006 Those are some pretty hot screenshots. I have the Vista Transformation by "Windows X." I know it's not Vista, but I got it because my entire operating system looks so much better than Windows XP's default look. You can download the Vista Transformation Kit here: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/I also can't wait for Vista. Microsoft keeps delaying and delaying it, so it better be worth the wait once it comes out. Another indication that Vista is close to coming out of beta is that computer companies are also making Vista-ready systems...which I am getting because their specifications are off the charts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
