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Ara,
Recently I was forced to buy a new laptop - the one that was on sale
came with Vista. I generally only use the laptop when traveling, so
it isn't my primary machine. Here's what I've found:
* Vista breaks many programs - I guess they are broken so badly that
a patch is not available - I've had to re-purchase them anew.
* Vista seems to spontaneously re-configure itself occasionally. This
has been especially a problem with the display. Every so often, when
I start it up the display settings are different (like the desktop
with the associated icons are located on a non-existent second display
- and you have to go in and tell it to please put the main display
on the laptop screen.) - the icons on the desktop have been
re-arranged etc. And of course Microsoft has removed the "Display"
utility from the "Control Panel" just to make things easier to fix!!??
I could go on - - -
Mine also has dual core CPU's - I've run some speed tests and have not
noticed any increase in speed. The main difference is that my new
machine generates more heat than the older single CPU.
Doing many things in Vista is generally slower, because it asks your
permission for many things that XP just used to do automatically. The
screen is always going dark with a diaglog box saying - Is it OK if I
do this?
Maybe just the price of 'progress'
Ed Hoopes
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Ludwig <Thomas.Ludwig@xxx> wrote:
>
> TJ,
>
> quite frankly, I find it a little bit strange that you recommend to
> disable UAC - it's an important security feature in Vista after all.
> The reason why AB doesn't work with UAC is the same reason why AB
> doesn't work properly in a limited user account under XP. I know that
> most XP users are permanently logged on as admin. Nevertheless, any
> application compliant to the Microsoft standards should save its
> settings and data in the respective c:\Documents and Settings\<user>
> folder (and - if needed - in the respective HKCU registry branch) as
> all newer applications do.
>
> AB simply doesn't do that. I tried it: I changed all paths in the
> settings menu and AA to another folder and moved the relevant
> subfolders to that folder, but AB still tries to save some data in c:
> \Program Files. And that's also the reason why it doesn't work with UAC
> under Vista. The only way how to circumvent this problem is either
> installation in a folder different from c:\Program Files where the user
> has write permission or to start AB with admin rights every time. But
> that's really not what's intended.
>
> Are you planning to change that behaviour in the foreseable future?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
>
> > At least AmiBroker runs fine on Vista. I have Vista on my notebook
> > and it is just fine. As long as you run 32 bit Vista and you disable
> > some new features like SuperFetch and UAC, Vista behaves pretty much
> > the same as XP.
> > Most problems people have with Vista come from UAC (user access
> > control) that creates compatibility issues for old applications. As
> > soon as you turn that off (from Control Panel) there are no problems
> > in installing programs from even from 1998.
> >
> > The RAM consumption people are afraid of is
> > a result of superfetch feature that loads every program you use
> > frequently on startup, but it can be easily disabled. Sooner of later
> > Microsoft will tell people that XP is no longer supported.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: MillowenaJuno
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: XP / Vista
> >
> >
> > I've heard too many complaints about vista to even consider it at
> > this point. Most vendors will supply XP if you insist. Why be a
> > beta tester for Micorsoft's latest?
> >
> > M
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ara Kaloustian
> > To: AB-Main
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:20 PM
> > Subject: [amibroker] OT: XP / Vista
> >
> >
> > I am about to buy a laptop ... wondering if I should get it with
> > XP or Vista.
> >
> > I am quite happy with my XPs so I'd rather stay with it unless
> > there is some compelling reason to migrate to Vista.
> >
> > Appreciate any feedback
> >
> > Ara
> >
> >
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