Greg Sevart wrote:
Areoglass's requirements are also a joke. I'm sorry, but I shouldn't
need to have a dedicated graphics controller with 128mb of RAM just to
get transparencies, the weird ALT-TAB replacement, etc. I'm running on a
6 month old Dell Inspiron 700m laptop with an Intel 850 graphics
chipset. Granted, it's not the best, but I'm sorry, it should be enough
to run Vista with at least some of the 3D effects.
But the big claim to fame of Aero is a completely 3D rendered desktop.
Gone is the 2D mode--your desktop is rendered just as any modern game
is. This, naturally, consumes a lot more memory and GPU resources. I'm
very curious to see what else can be done now that the interface is
truly 3D...
Ah...we now have a reason to have that nice hardware besides just
playing games. Hence, this justifies PC components like $500+ vidcards!
This is what the industry needs.
Honestly, I think one of the biggest advantages of Vista will be
moving the audio driver out of kernel mode and into user mode. I can't
tell you how many times I've had to reboot computers just because the
sound driver hiccupped. Printing is also supposedly new, finally
getting away from the old buggy spooler used for years. The new
network stack is supposedly more responsive, too...
I'm so sick of the lame print spooler that we'd dealt with for years.
I guess I'm just cautiously optimistic. Make no mistake, though: Vista
probably won't be going on my machine until SP1.
Well, anything that makes computing seem fresh is a good thing, IMO.
