Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:35 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:15 PM, new.morning wrote: OK, thanks. The mac pro is less expensive than a similar Dell. Surprising, I want to study it more. But still, in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Vaj wrote:A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With   emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow. Secondly,   in the June edition of Macworld, they test equivalent PC systems   running XP Pro with Macs of the same config booted for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:12 AM, new.morning wrote:I don't know. Can it? If so that would be great. It's already been done (Vista has been run on Intel Macs). Boot Camp will need to be updated however for support from it. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow. I have no interest in dual booting, but I'm very curious to see the performance numbers with Parallels

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:10 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With   emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow.  I have no interest in dual booting, but I'm very curious

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an example a 2.16 GHZ T2600 dual core Macbook laptop ran Windows Media Encoder at a score of 280, an HP Pavillion 2.16 GHZ T2600 dual core scores with a DESKTOP (with probably a faster hard drive) scores at 279

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: A couple of things, first of all, this is NOT emulation. With emulation there is no contest, as emulation is VERY slow. I have no interest in dual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:great. I would like to see tests on a range of software though. That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core PC -- FROM the article you sent. You do realize that the Mac Pro is TWO dual

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: great. I would like to see tests on a range of software though. That doesn't explain the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an example a  2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual core Macbook laptop ran Windows  Media Encoder at a score of 280, an HP Pavillion 2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual  core scores with a  DESKTOP (with

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core PC -- FROM the article you sent. Which article? I posted quite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only equaling performance of a Dell two core PC -- FROM the article you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:09 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: great. I would like to see tests on a range of software though. That doesn't explain the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro only

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:That doesn't expalin the discrepencey of a 4 core Mac pro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:45 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote: That doesn't

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, new.morning wrote:.  The Falcon Northwest Mach V runs Intel's long-awaited Core 2 processor (formerly known as Conroe). It's the new desktop performance champ, and the one others will be

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without knowing the article in question and no direct quote, I have no idea. Like I said before, they roughly the same as regular Wintel machines. Not surprising. Traditionally, Apple has designed its own motherboards,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:21 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:28 PM, new.morning wrote:.  The Falcon Northwest Mach V runs Intel's long-awaited Core 2   processor (formerly known as Conroe). It's the new desktop  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:19 AM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an example a  2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual core Macbook laptop ran Windows   Media Encoder at a score of 280, an HP Pavillion 2.16 GHZ  T2600 dual   core scores with a  DESKTOP (with

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's what's already been discussed New Mourn: it's also a Conroe processor which is supposed to be the fastest of the fast. Ok thanks for the clarification. So the article you sent me upon my query about side-by side*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-16 Thread Vaj
You already have them, check your email. Like I said, this is old news. On Oct 16, 2006, at 4:20 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's what's already been discussed New Mourn: it's also a Conroe processor which is supposed to be the

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: snip Besides, this PC is only 3 years old, and its 2.8GHz P4 is overkill for what I do. A couple years from now, everything will be

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: snip Besides, this PC is only 3 years old, and its 2.8GHz P4

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: ---

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: ---

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
Yeah, the Hercules card. We called it a graphics card. Made it possible to play computer games. Ever play the one where babies were thrown out the windows of a burning building, and you had to catch them before they hit the ground? I think it was just called Babies. And to think parents

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: snip 'Bouncing Babies' I believe it was called :) Yes, that was it! There was a little stretcher you had to manuever underneath the babies.

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike Windows because it's butt-ugly, and I like Apple because it's so well designed. If I'm going to spend my day

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, the Hercules card. We called it a graphics card. Made it possible to play computer games. Ever play the one where babies were thrown out the windows of a burning building, and you had to catch them

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, the Hercules card. We called it a graphics card. Made it possible to play computer games. Ever play the one where babies were thrown out the windows of a burning building, and you had to catch them

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Yeah, the Hercules card. We called it a graphics card. Made it possible to play computer games. Ever play the one where babies

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP   that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X.  Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike  Windows because it's butt-ugly, and I like  Apple because

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
I am not a gamer so my view is shaped by TV commercials for the game. I'm sure you are right. One funny thing is how satisfying PONG is! The intuitive sense of how it bounces still holds up today. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT) on 10/15/06 2:09 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: ---

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 12:59 PM, sparaig wrote:Burroughs B3500 with 640 kilodidgits of core memory. Before that, it was an IBM 360 at  school, I think... Yep, remember it well, the ole IBM 360. That's what I learned to program on. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 12:59 PM, sparaig wrote: Burroughs B3500 with 640 kilodidgits of core memory. Before that, it was an IBM 360 at school, I think... Yep, remember it well, the ole IBM 360. That's what I learned

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Sinclair Timex Sinclair, that's what my sister and I had with the tape drive. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not a gamer so my view is shaped by TV commercials for the game. I'm sure you are right. One funny thing is how satisfying PONG is! The intuitive sense of how it bounces still holds up today. Probably the

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: ---

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] The nice thing about that is that even a low-end PC will be able to render video, multi-track music files and 3D raytraced animation quite quickly compared to today. The average person home power user can even

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip Sinclair That was a late 70's computer, wasn't it? I started to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 1:16 PM, sparaig wrote:The eye candy of MacOS X works best with more RAM also, but appears to degrade  gracefully if you don't have it. Yeah, but a gig will do IME.  __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: [...] The nice thing about that is that even a low-end PC will be able to render

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 1:48 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...]   The nice thing about that is that even a low-end PC will be able to   render video, multi-track music files and 3D raytraced animation   quite quickly compared to today. The

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and so on which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike Windows because it's butt-ugly, and I like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jim_flanegin wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] One of the interesting things in my field is that publishers think that us old timers who coded on the early machines are the best to hire for products on the embedded systems like the Pocket PC, Palm, Sony PSP,

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote:Vaj wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I guess I dislike Windows

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
jyouells2000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used to pride myself on knowin the assembly language for every computer I programmed for since 1984. I've owned a PC for games for about 6 years now, and I STILL haven't learned ix86 assembler. I was quite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. Same here. In the end, though, I

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: I used to pride myself on knowin the assembly language for every computer I programmed for since 1984. I've owned a PC for games for about 6

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj wrote: Check out the new ad: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ And pick better results. Yup, I've seen this propaganda. At my old job I also dealt with Apple development. I'm not saying Macs are bad but a

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Vaj wrote: Check out the new ad: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ And pick better results. Yup, I've seen this propaganda. At my old job

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 5:59 PM, new.morning wrote:But the new Apple Quad (not sure of maketing name) 2 dual core intel procs on a dual slot motherboard sounds intersting. Seen any benchmarks on that. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2014446,00.asp(Note the price listed on this PC mag review is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Vaj wrote:(Note the price listed on this PC mag review is over twice the actual price)Oops, didn't realize the model reviewed was with 4 gigs of RAM and a honkin' video card... __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Vaj wrote: Check out the new ad:

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Vaj wrote: (Note the price listed on this PC mag review is over twice the actual price) Oops, didn't realize the model reviewed was with 4 gigs of RAM and a honkin' video card... My

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual core gateway is killing the quad core apple running in native apple os, and costing twice as much. Seems just like it has been for 20 years. Am I missing somethhng? - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Vaj wrote: (Note the price listed on this PC mag review is over twice the actual price) Oops, didn't

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 5:59 PM, new.morning wrote: But the new Apple Quad (not sure of maketing name) 2 dual core intel procs on a dual slot motherboard sounds intersting. Seen any benchmarks on that.

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual core gateway is killing the quad core apple running in native apple os, and costing twice as much. Seems just like it has been for 20 years. Am I

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual core gateway is killing the quad core apple running in native apple os, and

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Vaj wrote: (Note the price listed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dual core gateway is killing the quad core

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread Vaj
On Oct 15, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Vaj wrote:On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote:Perhaps I am misreading the benchmarks, but it appears that the dualcore

[FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

2006-10-15 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Perhaps I am misreading the

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