If I upgrad to Vista... - Page 3

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-07, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aaronblood

I do have the Saitek X52 FCS which I really like...

Do they have compat drivers for XP64? ...or should I just not even bother.

Are you being serious? Expect a big fat NO on that. HOwever, you might get lucky, but your chances are 100 to 1 that you will be SOL.

Penelope_Grey · 08-20-07, 07:00 PM

Well I recently bought myself a new laptop, or rather it was bought for me, and I had a choice of XP pro, the latest version of XP like... or Vista, in either premium or Ultimate versions....

I chose XP.

Stealth Hunter · 08-20-07, 09:42 PM

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...will I hate myself?

It's that dang 64 bit processor that keeps talkin to me...

YES! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T UPGRADE TO IT.

You shall not be warned... again...

Do you have it? Have you tried it? Or are you just saying that?

Got a free version for purchasing a Gateway. Installed it, and hated it. Rejected almost everything I'd played on XP, about 60% of which had no tweaking solution. I threw it out (hey, it was free) and went back to my beloved XP.

fatty · 08-20-07, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaves

One of my mates just switched BACK to XP.

Personally, I have enough problems with XP64. I don't need Vista 64bit to make it worse.

*mumbles about drivers for my pedals.

I do have the Saitek X52 FCS which I really like...

Do they have compat drivers for XP64? ...or should I just not even bother.

Of course. Five seconds of googling

SUBMAN1 · 08-20-07, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaves

One of my mates just switched BACK to XP.

Personally, I have enough problems with XP64. I don't need Vista 64bit to make it worse.

*mumbles about drivers for my pedals.

I do have the Saitek X52 FCS which I really like...

Do they have compat drivers for XP64? ...or should I just not even bother.

Of course. Five seconds of googling

That's cool. Bought time they did something. No one else releases drivers for anything else. I've hit my head against the wall 100+ times. I probably need to go to the mental hospital over XP64, mainly because my division GM - I put him on it and 'nothing' has drivers after I assured him that everything would work! Hahahahah! Just put my head in a bin of sand from that! I want to be an osterich!

Anyway, I gave him a new laptop loaded with XP Pro. All is well now. I no longer want to jump out a window!

Anyway, I took his old laptop for myself. Its got an x700 in it, and I put some decent RAM in, and now I have another Vista test bed (+ I added Dangerous Waters to it, and that workd OK so far of the 10 min I spent on a laptop with it). I've solved most of my headaces with VPN and the like in Vista. I can get most things to work right well, but it is such a bloat! Xp does things 5 to 10 times faster. I think Vista either runs up against bloat for the same task, or hits a DRM barrier. I still hate Vista.

I officially name Vista the ME II of Windows operating systems! Basically - wait till Windows 11 comes out. It should be what Vista was supposed to be.

-S

kiwi_2005 · 08-21-07, 08:11 AM

Well i reverted to a dual install, after only having Vista on, realising some games just wont play no matter what tweak/hack you try to do. So did a whole reformat and installed WinXP Pro on C: drive, with Vista on D:. I like vista, but i also need XP for the time being.

GlobalExplorer · 08-21-07, 12:28 PM

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I officially name Vista the ME II of Windows operating systems! Basically - wait till Windows 11 comes out. It should be what Vista was supposed to be.-S

Yep. Thats what I keep saying all the time.

Moreover you can always have multiple os installations on exchangeable racks.

U49 · 09-27-07, 05:41 PM

does your old setup work?

yes: why change anything at all??? No sense in it!
no: what makes you think it will work after an update?

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08-20-07, 07:00 PM	#32
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well I recently bought myself a new laptop, or rather it was bought for me, and I had a choice of XP pro, the latest version of XP like... or Vista, in either premium or Ultimate versions.... I chose XP. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

08-21-07, 08:11 AM	#36
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Well i reverted to a dual install, after only having Vista on, realising some games just wont play no matter what tweak/hack you try to do. So did a whole reformat and installed WinXP Pro on C: drive, with Vista on D:. I like vista, but i also need XP for the time being. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

09-27-07, 05:41 PM	#38
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	how to decide does your old setup work? yes: why change anything at all??? No sense in it! no: what makes you think it will work after an update? __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%