scribbles of the perennial debugger…
Posts tagged Vista
Restored and chrome
Feb 15th
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users beware. I have installed an NDAS driver from Ximeta to enable my network drive over my home LAN. Though it used to work perfectly on my old WinXP machines, the driver screws the newer Windozes big time. By big time, i mean BSOD. O yeah, BSOD occurs in Win7 too. And since it was in a messed up state, there’s no way to uninstall the offending driver, manually or automatically. Luckily, there’s system restore. Just clicked my way into a pre-install state bliss.
On a side note: Chrome browser is not for me. It just doesn’t meet my need. This browser just keeps on timing me out of any secure site. It’s fast alright, even its timers. 
My Christmas Gift to myself
Dec 27th
Here it is, brand me evil or stupid, but I got myself a Windows 7 Ultimate on my ThinkPad X200. Replacing the old and annoying Vista.
My new desktop. My wallpaper being RSS Steadfast, one of Singapore Navy’s stealth frigate.
Windows XP mode.
Of course, I couldn’t complete my desktop without Eclipse. This one’s Galileo.
Windows 7 shows promise
Aug 16th
Installed Windows 7 today on my spare laptop. For an original hardware specs which was not meant (or advised) to run Windows Vista, it is amusing to know that it runs Windows 7 smoothly, with a good performance (ie comparable to the old XP that it had). Installation was a breeze compared to what I usually experience with Windows XP or Linux distros. The look and feel is great. Sleek and simple. Looks like M$ got the clue this time. Even for an RC, it’s far superior to Vista. Just hoping that I’ll get a free upgrade from Lenovo (my ThinkPad) and Acer (my desktop).
Useless piece of M$ software
Aug 10th
An instance where Vista Readyboost would be very help on a Vista laptop is if you had an IDE laptop hard drive with 1 GB of RAM. On the other hand, Vista Readyboost can actually slow down your computer in some cases. This is because the faster SATA laptop hard drives will be much better at being virtual memory than the Vista Readyboost will ever be. Most of the newer Vista laptops are also coming with 4 GB of memory and more. A Vista laptop with 4GB of RAM and a SATA laptop drive on a 64 Bit version of Windows Vista doesn’t seem to gain anything at all. In fact, you will feel the Vista laptop going faster when you just unplug the memory card or USB jump drive from the computer.
From: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1816370/vista_readyboost_review_for_a_vista.html?cat=15
This explains… I have forked out some $$ for a 4GB SD (SanDisk Ultra II 15MB/s) to no avail. At first, I couldn’t feel the difference. I just used my laptop to the “comfort” feel of maybe, something’s being boosted. After a while, I notice significant decrease of performance due to excessive swapping between the HDD and the ReadyBoost media. M$ doesn’t even point this out… Vista sucks, really!
Some sort of a twitt!
Jul 18th
I hate Vista. After few months of using it, I have grown tired of its sluggishness. Vista sucks, really.
Oh, BTW, I hate Chrome too. I’d go back to Firefox
No Vista in 2006
Mar 22nd
Now this would definitely screw my buying plans for the later part of this year…. I do want to dual-boot Linux and Windows in my future laptop, but from the looks of it, I may have to wait out some more…
From CNN:
Microsoft Corp. says that it will not release the consumer version of its new Windows operating system until January 2007, after previously saying it hoped to release the software in time for the holiday season.
tsk. tsk. tsk. 
To Vista or not to Vista
Mar 14th
Notice to Linux ultra zealots, please don’t bash me. Yes, I am thinking of adopting Vista when it comes out. I support and use Linux but admit it, Desktop Linux is still far from OSX or Windows XP quality (at least in terms of usability). Server-space is a different matter altogether. Aligning with my plan to replace my laptop, here’s some snapshot of Lenovo’s plan for Thinkpad vis-a-vis MS Windows Vista. I got the text from Lenovo itself through correspondence with one of their sales staff.
Enabling ThinkPad and ThinkCentre for Microsoft Windows Vista in 2006
- Minimum specs for Windows Vista ready platforms as specified by Microsoft
- Modern CPU, 512MB RAM or more, GPU that support Windows Vista Display Driver Model.
- Intel® recommends:
- Desktop – Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 6XX with HT & EM64T, 945G Chipset & PRO/1000 PM LAN
- Notebooks – Intel® Pentium® M processor, 915 Chipset, Wireless 2915ABG or 2200BG
- GPU driver enabling
- ATI has published Catalyst® Beta Drivers for Windows Vista beta 1, work with current graphics cards
- nVidia has published ForceWare alpha driver for GeForce GPUs & other cards
- Ready vs. Capable Systems
- Systems that meet/exceed requirements will provide a good experience while running Windows Vista.
- Systems that do not meet the hardware requirements may be capable of running Windows Vista but may not offer all the features and benefits of Windows Vista.
- PC systems with GPUs that do not support Windows Vista Display Driver Model will only be able to provide a Windows XP-comparable desktop graphics experience, wrt features, stability, performance.
- Lenovo will enable its systems as follows:
- Begin preloading Microsoft Vista on ThinkPad and ThinkCentre systems when Microsoft releases the operating system.
- Obtaining the new “Designed for” Windows Vista on all new ThinkPad and ThinkCentre product launches when the operating system becomes available.
- Releasing “Vista-ready” ThinkPads during 2006 and 2007.
Hopefully T60 or X60 series will be able to support Vista in the future. I may not need the eye candies anyway. Without these, even Spidy (my Thinkpad X23) can handle Vista…