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Originally posted by: oojason
'Tis 1.8 Intel, with 2gb ram (uupgraded) and 200mb integrated graphics - which 'should' handle Vista Basic easily. For the speed and user friendliness of Vista I shall be going back to previous OS quite soon.

For some reason I did find Vista Premium runs quicker than Basic - though as I couldn't find a permanant (cough) way of upgrading the OS I reverted back to Basic.

Computers, eh?


Can I assume it's a single core 1.8 Intel? Like a Pentium 4? Or is it a Core 2 Duo? Also, I'll assume that your graphics chip isn't an ATI or Nvidia. In that case, you don't really hav 200 mb graphics ram. What you've got is an integrated POS graphics chip that's taking 200 mb of system RAM, leaving you with about 1.8 GB of system RAM. You could probably turn off Aero to get a speed boost.

The other question is, what do you consider poor performance? I've personally never seen bad performance from Vista outside of the initial user login (when it sets up the desktop).
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Well, I guess I'm going to have to upgrade to XP soon. I recently bought an HD camcorder (Sony HC-7). Win2000 will read the DV files if I down-rez them, but I apparently need XP to read the native HD DV video.

Sucks.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Well, I guess I'm going to have to upgrade to XP soon. I recently bought an HD camcorder (Sony HC-7). Win2000 will read the DV files if I down-rez them, but I apparently need XP to read the native HD DV video.

Sucks.

Well, XP works like a charm for me. I'm sure you will like it. When I re-install XP I always make a lite version using nlite. That way I remove all the crap I don't need/want. With nlite you can also do stuff like turning system restore off, entering the key, creating an account, setting up the network etc. You can also integrate service packs, hotfixes and other updates. I end up with an windows setup ISO of about 160mb with a lot of settings already as I want them, saves a lot of time especially if you don't have to download and install all the updates the normal way. I love windows XP lite .

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I love your .sig. What's that from?

When I re-install XP I always make a lite version using nlite.


I guess I'll have to look that up.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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It's from "That '70s Show".
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Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Well, I guess I'm going to have to upgrade to XP soon. I recently bought an HD camcorder (Sony HC-7). Win2000 will read the DV files if I down-rez them, but I apparently need XP to read the native HD DV video.

Sucks.

Well, XP works like a charm for me. I'm sure you will like it. When I re-install XP I always make a lite version using nlite. That way I remove all the crap I don't need/want. With nlite you can also do stuff like turning system restore off, entering the key, creating an account, setting up the network etc. You can also integrate service packs, hotfixes and other updates. I end up with an windows setup ISO of about 160mb with a lot of settings already as I want them, saves a lot of time especially if you don't have to download and install all the updates the normal way. I love windows XP lite .


I think what you can do to speed up your re-installs is the next time you re-install windows and tweak it to your liking, do a complete back-up of it in it, then from that point on when you want to fresh install just install the back-up of your tweaked Windows XP Lite and you'll be going along quickly.
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Originally posted by: ferris209
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Well, I guess I'm going to have to upgrade to XP soon. I recently bought an HD camcorder (Sony HC-7). Win2000 will read the DV files if I down-rez them, but I apparently need XP to read the native HD DV video.

Sucks.

Well, XP works like a charm for me. I'm sure you will like it. When I re-install XP I always make a lite version using nlite. That way I remove all the crap I don't need/want. With nlite you can also do stuff like turning system restore off, entering the key, creating an account, setting up the network etc. You can also integrate service packs, hotfixes and other updates. I end up with an windows setup ISO of about 160mb with a lot of settings already as I want them, saves a lot of time especially if you don't have to download and install all the updates the normal way. I love windows XP lite .


I think what you can do to speed up your re-installs is the next time you re-install windows and tweak it to your liking, do a complete back-up of it in it, then from that point on when you want to fresh install just install the back-up of your tweaked Windows XP Lite and you'll be going along quickly.


I use norton ghost to make a backup of a fresh windows install. Only takes a few minutes to restore.

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I really should have done that the last time I installed 2000, but I was too lazy. I'm just going to put XP on my second computer, and use it solely for video capture for now.

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<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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I think I'm going to skip Windows Vista and keep using XP until Windows 7/ MinWin comes out in a couple of years. Apparently the stripped version (MinWin) uses 25 MB hdd space and 40 MB of memory and will be the base for Window 7.
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: oojason
'Tis 1.8 Intel, with 2gb ram (uupgraded) and 200mb integrated graphics - which 'should' handle Vista Basic easily. For the speed and user friendliness of Vista I shall be going back to previous OS quite soon.

For some reason I did find Vista Premium runs quicker than Basic - though as I couldn't find a permanant (cough) way of upgrading the OS I reverted back to Basic.

Computers, eh?


Can I assume it's a single core 1.8 Intel? Like a Pentium 4? Or is it a Core 2 Duo? Also, I'll assume that your graphics chip isn't an ATI or Nvidia. In that case, you don't really hav 200 mb graphics ram. What you've got is an integrated POS graphics chip that's taking 200 mb of system RAM, leaving you with about 1.8 GB of system RAM. You could probably turn off Aero to get a speed boost.

The other question is, what do you consider poor performance? I've personally never seen bad performance from Vista outside of the initial user login (when it sets up the desktop).



apologies - I forgot about my post in this thread - aye it is a single core intel, but it has an ATI Radeon graphics card. The 'Aero' substitute I rarely use as I think it's just a nice gimmick - same as with the sidebar (which seems to be the main cause of the power hogging).

I put Win 2000 on on a dual boot - and that runs very smoothly (as it did on my old P3 2002/3 laptop) - I'll keep both on for now - but at the momoent I can't think of a reason why I'd use Vista over 2000 other than the gimmicks.

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Originally posted by: oojason
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: oojason
'Tis 1.8 Intel, with 2gb ram (uupgraded) and 200mb integrated graphics - which 'should' handle Vista Basic easily. For the speed and user friendliness of Vista I shall be going back to previous OS quite soon.

For some reason I did find Vista Premium runs quicker than Basic - though as I couldn't find a permanant (cough) way of upgrading the OS I reverted back to Basic.

Computers, eh?


Can I assume it's a single core 1.8 Intel? Like a Pentium 4? Or is it a Core 2 Duo? Also, I'll assume that your graphics chip isn't an ATI or Nvidia. In that case, you don't really hav 200 mb graphics ram. What you've got is an integrated POS graphics chip that's taking 200 mb of system RAM, leaving you with about 1.8 GB of system RAM. You could probably turn off Aero to get a speed boost.

The other question is, what do you consider poor performance? I've personally never seen bad performance from Vista outside of the initial user login (when it sets up the desktop).



apologies - I forgot about my post in this thread - aye it is a single core intel, but it has an ATI Radeon graphics card. The 'Aero' substitute I rarely use as I think it's just a nice gimmick - same as with the sidebar (which seems to be the main cause of the power hogging).

I put Win 2000 on on a dual boot - and that runs very smoothly (as it did on my old P3 2002/3 laptop) - I'll keep both on for now - but at the momoent I can't think of a reason why I'd use Vista over 2000 other than the gimmicks.


Better memory management, much better support for FireWire. Well, if it were Vista vs Win2k, that's the reasons I'd pick Vista. You're right about the sidebar though. I think that's the one thing I did turn off. Though, it didn't seem like a resource hog, I just didn't like it. And to be perfectly honest, I think the graphical things in both OS X and Vista are nothing but gimmicks. I am quite fond of the 3D flip though, especially since you can flip back to the desktop without having to click the "show desktop" button on the quick bar.
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I'm about the re-build my system. Only things I'm adding is a new dual core AMD 4400+ (yes, I know it's two year old tech now) which I got from newegg for $70.I'm also chucking in a 550 watt Thermaltake PSU and a new Western Digital Caviar 500 GB drive. I figure this'll be my last, and only, re-build on this motherboard, an Asus A8V-Deluxe, until I upgrade in about a year or two. I'm gonna of course put a fresh install of my Windows XP Pro as usual. If I ever do go Vista, it will have to be my next complete build and it will have to be the SP2 Vista.