Comments on: Please wait while Windows calculates how it can suck even more. http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2007/06/please-wait-while-windows-calculates-how-it-can-suck-even-more/ Chuck Jordan's Personal Weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chuck http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2007/06/please-wait-while-windows-calculates-how-it-can-suck-even-more/#comment-12060 Chuck Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:23:21 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2007/06/please-wait-while-windows-calculates-how-it-can-suck-even-more/#comment-12060 Yeah, I really wish I'd just gotten another copy of XP. Vista has caused a ton of compatibility problems, and I can't think of a single thing that it offers over XP that would make up for it. There's no reason to upgrade if you're already using a Windows machine, and you're <em>definitely</em> better off using XP if you're on a Mac hoping to use BootCamp and/or Parallels. And in case anyone's curious: I still can't run Windows games without rebooting. Although the new version of Parallels supports BootCamp for Vista, it does NOT support Direct3D for Vista, only XP. And from what I've been reading, even the Direct3D support for XP is sketchy. They seriously over-promised with this release, and it kinda sucks to have paid for unfinished software. Yeah, I really wish I’d just gotten another copy of XP. Vista has caused a ton of compatibility problems, and I can’t think of a single thing that it offers over XP that would make up for it. There’s no reason to upgrade if you’re already using a Windows machine, and you’re definitely better off using XP if you’re on a Mac hoping to use BootCamp and/or Parallels.

And in case anyone’s curious: I still can’t run Windows games without rebooting. Although the new version of Parallels supports BootCamp for Vista, it does NOT support Direct3D for Vista, only XP. And from what I’ve been reading, even the Direct3D support for XP is sketchy. They seriously over-promised with this release, and it kinda sucks to have paid for unfinished software.

]]> By: DRP http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2007/06/please-wait-while-windows-calculates-how-it-can-suck-even-more/#comment-12059 DRP Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:00:13 +0000 http://www.spectrecollie.com/archives/2007/06/please-wait-while-windows-calculates-how-it-can-suck-even-more/#comment-12059 Wow, and I was thinking I couldn't have wanted Vista less to begin with. Wow, and I was thinking I couldn’t have wanted Vista less to begin with.

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