[ddots-l] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:56:37 +0100
The overall figures are here, but I'll try and find out what
the application limit is.
http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.asp?qid=3743
George.
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon
Kent
Sent: 25 April 2007 06:03
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
Frankly I am getting disenchanted with m-audio ever since
they were bought out by avid. Unless somebody can give me a
compeling reason, I don't plan to move to vista any time
soon. Does the 32-bit version of vista still have the 2gb
memory limitation for any one application?
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike C <mailto:m_dsmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:35 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my
trap.
Hey george, sorry that things aren't going well for
you. I'm sure, that things will work themselves out in the
next couple of months. As for me, everythings including all
my music gear except the stupid M-audio project mix, which
M-audio has bluntly told me that they don't know when there
going to come up with th update. However I think there just
beeing plain old lazy, as they stated on their web site that
they have been working with Microsoft and Vista for a year
or so, I'm sure it doesn't take a year to develope the
drivers. Edirol, and Presonus, and the audio card which
Cake ships is having drivers for Vista, even echo audio, and
Tascam have developed or will be releasing drivers by the
end of the month.
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
<mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: VISTA - Don't fall
into my trap.
Hi Mike,
The driver isn't the problem. The
Motherboard and BIOS just will not support Vista - PERIOD.
Which is a decidedly stupid statement, since
I've been running Vista on it for over a year.
It's an ATI Radeon Sapphire X1950 Pro
(512MB), which not only requires an available 45 amps on the
12 volt rail, but a connection to the Power supply also.
The only reason I got the stupid thing was
to produce better screen shots for these sighted guys who
want to look at pictures in the Help files I author.
George.
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike C
Sent: 24 April 2007 11:34
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: VISTA - Don't fall
into my trap.
George what Invidia card do you have, I may
be able to send you the correct driver.
I have the Invidia g force 7900
that was one of the things that
scared me at the begginning. Low and behold I was able to
find the driver manually at Invidia web site. My version
of the driver is as of March 2007.
While George is correct in saying
that buyers be ware, I have had very good luck in using
Vista thus far, and realizing that the auto feature doesn't
work under Vista, I think in some cases that's bettter in
that you could altimatly use the narrator to open up the CD
and run the settup of any software.
I use to find the stupid autorun
feature a pain in the you know what, as most of those
autorun screens were in accessible to blind users anyway.
take for instance Sonar.
I also love Vista in that when you
actually make a video card change, Jaws doesn't crap out and
give you a video intersept maniger, it actually still works.
when considering all the security
protection that Vista so far has to offer, I'm sticking to
it, and eventually I'm sure all the bugs will be worked out.
This business of going back to XP
doesn't interest me at all.
If you remember Xp went through the
same problems.
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
<mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:58
AM
Subject: [ddots-l] VISTA - Don't
fall into my trap.
Cross posted, so apologies if you
see multiple copies.
Just in case anyone is thinking of
upgrading their system to VISTA, beware of making the same
mistake I have. (Even if, to you, it is a fairly new
system!!)
I'd been in the Vista Beta program
almost since day one. At that time my Fujitsu Pentium PIV,
2.66GHz was barely a year old, and one of their "current"
top end models.
All through the beta, and right up
to and including the current updated release, everything has
been fine with Vista Ultimate, except for the nVidea video
card. That was the one and only warning I got from even the
latest version of the Vista Upgrade Advisor.
And so I was delighted to get a gift
of a new ATI card, fully Vista compliant with a nice 512 MB
in it.
But oh dear! The system saw the new
card, but when the system re-booted, it died.
Having spent a major part of
yesterday trying to get this super new AGP card installed,
it turns out that the Fujitsu Siemens motherboard in my PC
does not officially support Vista. Consequently ATI dropped
the support case like a hot brick. Fujitsu themselves don't
want to know, as they say the Scenic Series was discontinued
before Vista was released to Joe Public.
Little wonder DELL are
re-introducing a range of systems with XP installed!
George Bell.
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