Hi Ben, The Vista base score is a new system feature that rates how well your hardware can handle the Vista OS.
5.9 is the top of the rating scale at the moment, but that'll go up as newer faster hardware becomes available in the future. My score was 5.3, which is based on the slowest component in your system. My Dell Dimension 9200 desktop is only 3 months old. The idea is that PC makers will start stamping their machines with a score so consumers can more accurately rate how "fast" a computer is before buying, generally speaking that is. I think this could be a good idea, considering I just finished helping my sister buy a new computer and the whole process was truly confusing to her. I posted my score on my site, which has a link to another article that explains it all. http://www.xmlx.net/software/2007/01/my_vista_base_s.html Take care bud. Scott, > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Johansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: [OT] Windows Vista > > What are you basing your rating on, I mean what rating system > > Ben > > On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:20 PM, Rick Sanders wrote: > > Hey Scott, > > Well, I've been running Vista Ultimate for a few months now. All in > all I > think it is better than XP. > > However, there are still quite a few things that are a concern: > > - Connecting to a network printer crashes the print spooler service > - It nags you every time you open a tool in the Administrative > options (Even > if you're logged in as the administrator) > - The interface does make switching between screens slower than XP. I > have a > 256MB NVIDIA card with GPU > - Sometimes when accessing files on another computer through the > network the > connection is dropped suddenly, or it hangs. > - I have a 2.8ghz P-IV with 1GB of RAM, and I am seriously considering > getting another GB. > - To use all the features of Vista, it is a resource hog. You need a > very > powerful computer to be able to work well with Vista. > - Windows Mobile device center is still only a beta release which causes > issues when Syncing to a Pocket PC or mobile device. > - Lots of apps are not backward-compatible BUT... WiTango works great > with > Vista! > > Aside from that: > > - Multimedia is much, much better. > - Security is better from a user perspective. > - System restore actually works! > - Interface is very slick, and the Aero flip (Hold the Windows key > and hit > the tab key) is very neat. > - Nice integration with Office 2007 > - Easier to find things, and much easier to use than XP for a first-time > computer user. > - The dynamic start menu and thumbnail preview of what's in the > window when > putting your mouse over a minimized item in the task bar is awesome too! > - Integration with SQL server 2005 client is seamless too! > - I do like it better than XP. > > My overall rating is a 5.0 > > Rick Sanders > President > Tel: 902.401.7689 > http://www.webenergy-sw.com/ > > This email was sent using Windows Vista & Office 2007. Looking to > upgrade? > Contact us! We're Microsoft partners > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January-25-07 4:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Witango-Talk: [OT] Windows Vista > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: small CMS > > > ... > > This email was sent using Windows Vista & Office 2007. > > Hi Rick, > > What do you think of Vista? > > I finally bought an iMac a couple months ago for browser testing, and > think > it's very cool. > > But since installing Vista Ultimate edition on my main PC a week ago, > and I > have to say from a general usability point of view there is some > features in > Vista that might surpass Mac OSX. And that Aero interface is so very > slick. > > What's your base score? Mine is 5.3 > > And no I'm not running Witango with it. That's what VMWare and Remote > Desktop is for ;-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Scott Cadillac > (403) 254-5002 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > XML-Extranet > P.O. Box 69006 > RPO Bridlewood SW > Calgary, Alberta > Canada T2Y 4T9 > http://www.xmlx.net/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
