i admire those folk who can just upgrade no problems and not be a little apprehensive about it at first. i just couldn't do that. if i know that something is going to depend on a whole feature that i know doesn't work now, i'm obviously going to be a bit freaked out on upgrading. maybe i will upgrade eventually, maybe not. i suppose it depends on whether i get a computer of my own, or what the college decide to do, whichever comes first. i may be getting the machine i'm using, so this'll be my own, so if the college decide to upgrade to vista before i leave then i suppose i'm stuck with vista.
regards, damien ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows Vista > to any Hal users, in a recent chat with Dolphin, i'm informed that Hal > V8.0 > wil be compatable with Vista, but it won't be released for a while > (Earliest > September 207). > Stil, even though I do rather fancy the blue ray support and internal > burning features (that expression has always bothered me), I'm not really > in > too much of a hurry to upgrade, not until stuf I want to do becomes > impossible on Xp, or my Pc explodes and I need a new one. > Beware the Grue! > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:39 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] Windows Vista > > >> Hi Kim and all, >> I am approving this topic as I am certain many gamers are going to be >> asking the same kinds of questions. >> Overview >> >> Windows Vista is a totally new operating system, and is the first >> operating system to offer a fully 3D graphical operating environment >> Microsoft has named Windows Arrow. >> The new Windows Explorer can not only burn data cds and music cds it has >> been updated to burn data dvds, your home vidios and pictures to dvds, >> and with Windows media center you can play your dvds and edit media >> content. >> Windows Vista has an all new firewall which allows you to block all >> ports you are not using to prevent hackers, crackers, trogen horses, and >> other attempts to access your data and content remotely. >> Windows Vista comes with the .NET Framework 3.0, DirectX 10.0, and >> Windows Media 11, Internet Explorer 7.0, Outlook Express 7.0, Windows >> Media Center, and a bunch of other new stuff never seen before. >> In addition Windows Vista is the first and only operating system that >> supports the playing of the new blue ray high definition dvds that have >> just came out on the market in the USA. According to press releases from >> MS only Vista and newer operating systems will support the blue ray high >> def disk technology. >> Since .NET framework 3.0 is now a core component of the operating system >> rather than an add on Microsoft has bundled the managed DirectX 10 and >> Managed SAPI support for .NET enabled games and applications right out >> of the box. No extra software required. Good news for Monty and Raceway >> fans which are already using the .NET technologies as the core component >> of those games. >> Apparently Windows Vista has also intruduced some built in speech >> recognition into the operating system which allows you to voice dictate >> emails in Outlook Express, and other documents using notepad wordpad, >> etc.. >> I've read there is suppose to be some new features with Vista that >> allows you to interface with the MS XBox 360, and do some special things >> if you have an XBox as well. >> One other cool feature I read about is Windows Vista is installed from >> images rather than a triditional setup file so the os is litterally >> extracted on to your hard drive, and ran and configured from that point. >> Here is a general list of requirements for running Vista with Windows >> Arrow disabled which I think most blind users would likely wish to do. >> You need at least a 40 MB hard drive, 512 MB of ram, 800 MHZ processor, >> a dvd disk drive, and a video card that supports 3D axcelerated >> graphics. If you want all the really cool blue ray support and the >> Windows Arrow desktop experience we are talking a gig of memory and >> somethinglike a 1.2 GHZ processor, 3D graphics card, and so on. >> >> Kim Etheridge wrote: >>> Hi. I know this is off topic, but what all comes with Windows Vista? >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
