exactly how much of a downside is it to buy a VISTA laptop when it will be used for P

58o · 14-02-2008 10:55PM #1

Hey all, posting this here as opposed to tech as its a poker specific question.

My old Lappie is busto and i need to buy a new one quick. this means probably just going to PC world as i'm lazy. All their computers come with VISTA. my question is, how big of a minus point is this with regards to online poker/ I mainly Play stars/Full Tilt/I Poker- in that order.

cooker3 · 14-02-2008 10:56PM

None as long as you remember to tick the magic box run as administrator or disable UAC which is my preferred option

strewelpeter · 14-02-2008 11:12PM

Its running all my pokah things fine, in general its doesn't appear to be anything as bad as people make out, a bit slow copying loads of files to backup maybe.

ZZR1100 · 14-02-2008 11:53PM

cooker3 wrote: »

None as long as you remember to tick the magic box run as administrator or disable UAC which is my preferred option

At the risk of sounding lazy .. how

phantom_lord · 14-02-2008 11:54PM

control panel -> user accounts and family safety -> user accounts -> turn user control account on/off

58o · 15-02-2008 12:07AM

Thanks for the replies. Seems OK.

I was rereading the Laptop for Poker thread (think it was before christmas) and the consensus there seemed to be that VISTA was about as desirable to have on your laptop as a virus. Good to hear some more other viewpoints.

Chucky the tree · 15-02-2008 12:46AM

58o wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. Seems OK.

I was rereading the Laptop for Poker thread (think it was before christmas) and the consensus there seemed to be that VISTA was about as desirable to have on your laptop as a virus. Good to hear some more other viewpoints.

I have had my new laptop for a few weeks now and I have no problems with Vista at all. All my poker programs run fine and havent had any hassle yet.

hotspur · 15-02-2008 01:32AM

I bought a new laptop last week and paid extra to get XP instead as I'd rather pay €50 then ever have to think about it. But isn't it true that with Vista you get an XP license too and can downgrade to it?

Ste05 · 15-02-2008 01:55AM

hotspur wrote: »

But isn't it true that with Vista you get an XP license too and can downgrade to it?

Someone please tell me this true and link me to how to do it...

I fecking hate Vista...

phantom_lord · 15-02-2008 01:59AM

I don't get all the hate, I think vista is great!

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purer.than.you · 15-02-2008 02:04AM

Ste05 wrote: »

Someone please tell me this true and link me to how to do it...

I fecking hate Vista...

Me too but....Vista is the future. That is why i am sticking with it. Might as well get used to it. By future i don't mean the next best thing by the way.....just it will be standard and poker sites will be adopting for it.

Bite the bullet type O'thingiy. (Says the guy with two notebooks running Xp for back up)

Ste05 · 15-02-2008 10:55AM

Ohh, I'm the same, but I'd rather stick with it once it's patched up.

I've been blaming Vista for it (who else to blame) but my computer freezes at least once or twice a day and I have to reboot it. I have still never been able to fully update the fecking thing, I've spent hours and hours following guides for how to complete the updates and still can't do it. Now all this may be because I'm a computer illiterate nonce, but I never had these problems with XP, and if you need to be an IT specialist to update the bloody thing, then I'd rather wait til they release an all-inclusive patch. (assuming it let's me install it!!)

KevIRL · 15-02-2008 11:37AM

Ste05 wrote: »

Someone please tell me this true and link me to how to do it...

I fecking hate Vista...

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mocata · 15-02-2008 11:39AM

Why not have the best of both worlds? There is a program called "Virtual PC"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
(free BTW)

This basically boots up an entirely new computer in a window, with network support etc. So you can use this to run a virtual copy of ur xp machine with everything intact, then gradually move over to vista over the next few years as bugs are ironed out. Turning UAC off reduces security by quite a bit, esp for non-techies.

5starpool · 15-02-2008 11:49AM

I have had no problems with Vista once I turned off the nanny state UAC thing that they had built in to stop people breaking things they didn't know existed.

strewelpeter · 15-02-2008 11:52AM

5starpool wrote: »

I have had no problems with Vista once I turned off the nanny state UAC thing that they had built in to stop people breaking things they didn't know existed.

I'll bet Johnny Lodden wishes he hadn't turned his off

Seriously though while UAC seems very invasive at first (Charlie Brooker described Visita as feeling more like a satirical cartoon about infuriating bureaucracy than an operating system) , It does go a long way towards making it difficult for the less knowledgeable users, or Lusers as we snidely refer to ye as, to allow things that they would not want to have running take control of their computers.

DeadParrot · 15-02-2008 12:22PM

purer.than.you wrote: »

Me too but....Vista is the future.

They said the same about Windows ME

5starpool · 15-02-2008 12:59PM

strewelpeter wrote: »

I'll bet Johnny Lodden wishes he hadn't turned his off

Seriously though while UAC seems very invasive at first (Charlie Brooker described Visita as feeling more like a satirical cartoon about infuriating bureaucracy than an operating system) , It does go a long way towards making it difficult for the less knowledgeable users, or Lusers as we snidely refer to ye as, to allow things that they would not want to have running take control of their computers.

What's this "ye" business paleface? You trying to insinuate stuffs?

cooker3 · 15-02-2008 01:08PM

5starpool wrote: »

I have had no problems with Vista once I turned off the nanny state UAC thing that they had built in to stop people breaking things they didn't know existed.

Agreed

Macspower · 15-02-2008 02:59PM

Vista is the future and will be a great OS eventually... but it's not the present!!

Vista still has enough holes to park a fleet of busses...... I have a new system on order and will be putting XP on it for now...

Marq · 15-02-2008 06:33PM

OS X Leopard is the future.

TrueDub · 15-02-2008 06:56PM

Macspower wrote: »

Vista is the future and will be a great OS eventually... but it's not the present!!

Not sure M$ agree with you - word is that they're ramping up the next gen of Windows to replace Vista as soon as they can.

mistabutta · 15-02-2008 07:25PM

just buy a mac.. and switch to windows/vista whenever you want

sikes · 15-02-2008 07:38PM

mistabutta wrote: »

just buy a mac.. and switch to windows/vista whenever you want

or just buy a pc and do the reverse for cheaper

Vista is grand for poker IMO, no problems with any of the software

exactly how much of a downside is it to buy a VISTA laptop when it will be used for P

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