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Posted by: Capt Molo
My fantasy is to have a threesome with Tiger Woods and the Cookie Monster... in a trash can lubricated with baby oil and fruit punch.



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Could someone tell me where to download Vista at if you even can, we just bought a brand new computer with a big A monitor and it's litterally a 2006 so I think I can meet all the requirements

  • 09.15.2006 9:39 PM PDT
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Its not out and its going to be an new OS, much like Windows XP. I think the basic version will cost somewhere from $100-$200.

  • 09.15.2006 9:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Capt Molo
My fantasy is to have a threesome with Tiger Woods and the Cookie Monster... in a trash can lubricated with baby oil and fruit punch.



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So it's like actually a tower you have to buy in stores or what?

  • 09.15.2006 9:45 PM PDT
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No, its software that runs your computer...Like right now you are most likely running in windows XP. Its your operating system...Sorry, I am not good at explaining this stuff to computer illiterate people. (no offence, just the truth)

  • 09.15.2006 10:20 PM PDT
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Vista, as mentioned, is the next Microsoft OS. Like Windows, 95, 98, XP, you'll have to buy it once it comes out.

  • 09.15.2006 10:36 PM PDT
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Yes you can download it. Huge file though. Actually slowed the internet for a few days when it was first available. Or so the rumor says.

  • 09.15.2006 10:51 PM PDT

Posted by: Capt Molo
My fantasy is to have a threesome with Tiger Woods and the Cookie Monster... in a trash can lubricated with baby oil and fruit punch.



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Yeah I found out my comp says Vista capable on it, and they said it will be available by X-Mas for like 200 sumthing dollasrs. The trail downloaded by calbe should take around 10 hrs.

  • 09.15.2006 10:55 PM PDT
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And your cable runs at what? My broadband is supposed to be 256 kilo bits per second, but actually runs at about 198. Yay my provider! *grumble grumble*

  • 09.16.2006 3:34 AM PDT
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Maybe your computer is Vista capable, but you have to wait until the Vista operating system is in stores next year. It's something you go out and buy, not some download that you can just get over the internet in a few minutes. Even then, you can't download Vista on the internet because it's not out yet.

  • 09.16.2006 5:03 AM PDT
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I'm pretty sure he meant the demo.

  • 09.16.2006 5:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: dalmedya
I'm pretty sure he meant the beta.


Corrected.

  • 09.16.2006 8:51 AM PDT
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Beta testing is now closed, so you will have to wait a while.

  • 09.16.2006 8:53 AM PDT
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I'll be getting Vista Ultimate for my laptop, no matter the price.

  • 09.16.2006 11:43 AM PDT
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Im getting Vista Aero

  • 09.16.2006 11:56 AM PDT
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Wait, which Vista's the best?

  • 09.16.2006 12:01 PM PDT

Posted by: Capt Molo
My fantasy is to have a threesome with Tiger Woods and the Cookie Monster... in a trash can lubricated with baby oil and fruit punch.



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Muno, Jonny, Christobel, Petey, Caboose, Caboose's sister

I'm prolly gonna get Vista for my laptop I'm gonna get for X-Mas, I don't need anything else so my mom said she'll shell out 2000 + for a laptop and that'll be all I get.

  • 09.16.2006 2:05 PM PDT
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Ho boy. Rumor hemorraging.

Here we go.

Windows Vista, the next iteration of the Windows Operating System, is a new OS restructured from the base code upwards, instead of being built on the aging XP architecture as previous OSs used to do.

It's going to come in seven flavors, ranging from the basic to the Ultimate. Vista will require a DX9 compatible or DX10 graphics card in order to run Aero, which is the sleek new "glassy" interface it'll utilize. Aero will be included on all versions except the most basic version (home basic). In other words, Aero will be avalible on Home Premium, all business and enterprise versions, and of course on Ultimate.

Now, as for the Vista Capable sticker...DON'T believe that. It's total bull-blam!-. What that means is that you can at least run the most basic version of Vista, the Home Basic edition, the one that lacks the Aero interface. What you want to do is check up the specs of the actual computer against the listed compatible processors and GPUs for Ultimate Edition.

A Release Candidate (read: beta 3) version is currently avalible to download only to a select few who have previously signed up for the Beta Testing program. I've already secured my own copy and CD key, and will probably test it out on an old computer.

I would NOT recommend downloading and installing the RC1 on your primary computer, as it is still a "beta," albeit polished and devoid of nearly all the known bugs. It is more or less another beta and should be treated as such. Either way, the beta has an expiration date (set on my copy of Vista as June 1 2007) which will basically force you to downgrade to your previous OS, always a messy operation imho.

[Edited on 9/16/2006]

  • 09.16.2006 3:54 PM PDT
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*claps* great job me15ter, i coudl not have said it better myself.

  • 09.16.2006 7:08 PM PDT