Isn't Vista Really hypep up?

[akshaysrinivasan]

Hello,
I was wondering,are there any OS lovers who have tried the vista beta?i haven't,but looking at the screenshots i must say vista is totally hyped up as the "next generation".for example ,the translucency in aero are present in KDE for a quite while now,and it works on modest configurations unlike vista.Except flip3d i don't find anything better in windows vista,i am sure we'll security loopholes in vista too.Besides it is expensive,...........

[insane_alien]

i tried the vista beta once. think XP with some added eyecandy. its nothing to go OMGZ ITS DA R0XX0R!!!111oneone! about. ubuntu is miles ahead.

[Rackerz]

It's not what it's cracked up to be. It's basically a bloated XP with some extra security and graphics. It's also a massive hog too, and that's all most users are going to see.

[prizrak]

It is an MS made OS, of course it is overhyped. While XGL/Compiz is nice the real pioneer of the OpenGL desktop is Apple. I believe OS X had it from version 1.

MS usually calls anything new they put out innovative and the best thing since sliced bread because most people wouldn't know any better.

[Klaidas]

its nothing to go OMGZ ITS DA R0XX0R!!!111oneone! about.

This works the other way too, if you get what I'm saying :)

[atrus123]

It is an MS made OS, of course it is overhyped. While XGL/Compiz is nice the real pioneer of the OpenGL desktop is Apple. I believe OS X had it from version 1.


I wouldn't necessarily call Apple a "pioneer" when it comes to the 3d desktop. If I remember right, there were some open source projects which attempted this earlier (Metisse, maybe? - or did that come later?), but Apple just made it a bit more mainstream.

[The Noble]

Vista Ran silky smooth on my desktop*, and looked quite nice. It is basically unusable due to so many problems in their switch. I have read that it will have some improvements, both in graphics and usability. DirectX10 will be ridden hard and will look amazing on amazing machines (basically 5 years from now), and MS has supposedly made IE7 a bigger competitor. The one thing that I really liked was how IE7 can be sand-boxed at will, as well as using a lot lower footprint.

*My Desktop:
3.05 Ghz P4
1 Gig Ram
256 Meg x700 Pro ATI
HDs, etc.

Also, if you know how to sandbox things in Linux, would you mind posting how? I think it is what x86_64 users have to do using chroot.

[prizrak]

I wouldn't necessarily call Apple a "pioneer" when it comes to the 3d desktop. If I remember right, there were some open source projects which attempted this earlier (Metisse, maybe? - or did that come later?), but Apple just made it a bit more mainstream.

Hmm never heard of that project but Apple was definetly the first to succeed with creating a hardware accelerated desktop.