55th Post

Vista FTW!

As probably stated in a past babble, I am constructing a $0250 PC [The extra 0 adds flavour]. Naturally a self proclaimed pirate would just get an Ultimate XP .iso, but I just don't feel like going around the internet for some Windows Updates. So the question comes up; What OS will I use?

LINUX??! [OMG hax!]
Nah, but I did think about it, mabe I will collect some cans to dual boot off another SATA drive. Ubuntu is the distro I would probably use. Even though I do like KDE interfaces a bit more.

OS X?
You nubs, MAC suxors. Not really, I'm just too old to get used to the interface. Besides, I haven't heard of anyone doing this with a "normal" MOBO... I could be wrong though.

"Then what OS will you use ?"
The answer? Windows Vista (Beta 2) Yes ladies and gentlemen, I am going to give you the experience of a lifetime...maybe not. But it will probably be fun, mainly because of the computer I am going to run it on, it may cause me much frustration, and we all know how I get when I get frustraded. Clicken

Here are Windows Certified system requirements for this Beta:

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

A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor¹.
• 1 GB of system memory.
• A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero².
• 128 MB of graphics memory.
• 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
• DVD-ROM Drive³.
• Audio output capability.
• Internet access capability.

My Rig will be:
1.7Ghz Sempron 64-Bit [I will probably OC to 2.0 GHz....Probably]
A stick of PC 3200 512MB Ram [ Who needs dual channel?]
SATA II 80GB 3.0GB/s HD [I hope it won't blow up!]
GeForce 6200 LE [Homer-esq mmm-hm-mmm?]

There you have it folks, an almost decent machine....how it will run Vista? I really don't know, but you all will read my posts that will cover in detail how I work with Vista, at least until my product key runs out. Every time you see this! " Carlos's Vista (Beta 2) Safari " you will read about my likes and dislikes of Vista.

Why am i doing this?
- I don't know, it's fun to make crap machines work fine. On top of which, I really think this kernel is going to pwn.

As a poor student, I really can't shovel up the money for some benchmarking software, nor do I want to get any type of profesional review. I just really want to show people if Vista might be worth the upgrade. If I can get the damn thing to run some games then I will be happy. I will show FPS stats for some cool games, maybe Americas Army, Command and Conquer, Warcraft, just anything I can get my hands on. But mainly I will use it for school work, surfing the web, and watching media. If Vista can change the way I do stuff, then you will hear about it.

My next post will probably be about the install of Vista.

Who reads this anyway?

LOL!

Vista, you must not know who I am.