Vista is a notebook killer
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Vista is a notebook killer
Eats the resources and spits out the bones
By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 18 October 2006, 07:49
WHILE MANY fear that Microsoft's super soar-away operating system Vista will force them to buy new hardware, one analyst has warned that laptop batteries cannot handle it.
Speaking to Wired, Nathan Brookwood of Insight 64pointed out that the Vista's operating system's graphics power demands will suck the life out of most batteries far too fast.
Punters who try to use Vista on their laptops will find themselves having to disable the graphics functions because their battery is going to dry far too quickly to be useful, he said.
Those rare laptops which have graphics cards that can handle Vista could be doomed to spend their life plugged into the mains.
When Vole introduced Windows XP, and Windows 95, both operating systems offered a range of more graphics-oriented user interfaces compared to their predecessors. But with Vista it is the first time that it has required shedloads more processing and graphics computing power.
Brookwood said that Vista's release will mean that many companies are going to have to buy lots of more gear, which will make the hardware sellers happy. But punters who buy hardware in order to run software with graphically intensive interfaces will find Vista frustrating.
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yupz
need alotta ram and a good graphics card
unless u are willing to invest, pls stick to the somewhat stable XP -
yup, i agree...and will be using XP 32bit...for some time...
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Windows XP user till there's opportunity to switch to MACkey.
Oops. I think i just thought of a new product line for them.
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hmmz does that mean that even for the PC it will means a lot more in electricity bills??
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its still under beta wad.. so its normal to have so much problems
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Yes... with such a graphic intensive system... you need a great graphics card.Originally posted by hisoka:hmmz does that mean that even for the PC it will means a lot more in electricity bills??
This means you need a great PSU as well, and having a great PSU means using more electricity and paying higher bills.
Now, it's time to switch. -
So what is not obselete now might be obselete with vistas release?
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Is not might be, is will be.Originally posted by ditzy:So what is not obselete now might be obselete with vistas release?
The current hardware that most people have is probably unable to support Vista, especially for PCs older than 3 years old. -
Hehe my vaio AR can support
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so.. is Vista an upgrade or downgrade?
or is it just a pile of junk? -
An upgrade in every aspect except your bank savings.
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XP has been around for so many yrs and it is still forever patchingOriginally posted by lifeisgood9989:its still under beta wad.. so its normal to have so much problems -
I'm waiting to see how long a Viao can last.Originally posted by 0lala:Hehe my vaio AR can support
woot~
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few more years bahOriginally posted by M©+square:I'm waiting to see how long a Viao can last.
currently i have 1gb of ram..possible to expand to 2gb=D -
My technical definition of "few" is less than 2.Originally posted by 0lala:few more years bah
currently i have 1gb of ram..possible to expand to 2gb=D -
Apparently, not going to be very long.Originally posted by M©+square:I'm waiting to see how long a Viao can last.
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=215746 -
well, i think we can still use XP 32bit for sometime....like 1-2 years.
With all the new stuff coming out, Kentfield, Clovertown architectures (the quad-cores..coming to us in 2007!!!) and the double GPUs you can put inside a single PC system, faster memory, etc...eventually...Microsoft thinks that by end 2008, almost 80% would have switched to Vista.
But then more power will be needed, ==> higher electricity bills. and all these additional look-good options, is actually unwarranted anyway... -
u apparently dun understand the glamour of vaioOriginally posted by M©+square:I'm waiting to see how long a Viao can last. -
You make a viao sound like the vertu of laptops.Originally posted by 0lala:u apparently dun understand the glamour of vaio -
indeed its a vertu among the makesOriginally posted by ditzy:You make a viao sound like the vertu of laptops. -
I'm going to die laughing in my office cubicle.Originally posted by 0lala:indeed its a vertu among the makes -
Take it that i don't know.Originally posted by 0lala:u apparently dun understand the glamour of vaio
Let's see how long the glam can stay. -
go check all it specs for notebookOriginally posted by ditzy:I'm going to die laughing in my office cubicle. -
You must think I'm replying you for fun.Originally posted by 0lala:go check all it specs for notebook