Topic: Best operating system for D3

[Foil]

The only thing that really bugs me about Windows 7 is it's name. Why name it Windows 7? It's not even Microsoft's seventh operating system by my count (they're already over seven).

Actually, it is their seventh major OS version update, by their own count:

[See here for more info]

[-<WillyP>-]

hmmm lets see Windows 3 was the first, so W95 would be 4, W98 would be 5, XP, 6. Vista should have been 7!

( I didn't count ME, 2000, or NT cause those are DIFFERENT! )  

Maybe MS though Vista was DIFFERENT!

Edit: NVM! Foil posted while I was typing... Oh, that really clears it up, thank you Foil! 

[Alieo]

I think MS is trying to sweep Vista under the rug. It was too premature to come out when it did as they should have just waited to go straight to 7 and treat Vista as a beta version.

[VANGUARD]

my job will NOT have Vista. They are XP or 7 only.
It's one thing I agree about this place. Vista-is-bad!

[Scyphi]

I noticed that the local university in my area used Vista until the moment Win 7 came out, and then they all promptly upgraded and never went back. One could argue that they're just doing the obvious thing and upgrading as new tech comes out to stay kept up with the times, it's just the speed they did it with...something tells me they were a lot happier with Win 7 than Vista. I've never actually used Vista personally, but I've seen and know enough about it that I'm probably happier with that.

@ Foil: I suppose that makes sense...I still say Microsoft has a funny numbering system, though. 

@ Crash: I've actually had more trouble trying to talk with systems older than XP than XP itself. Which in a way, is logical.

[VANGUARD]

you talk to systems? you need something called fresh air  

I did talk to my computer a few times; "I love you Linux! You're the best! You the system!"

My story with Vista:

1. Installed Vista
2. Opened a program that is by default, on the system.
3. "Do I trust what I am opening up? yes."
4. "Am I sure? Yes."
5. "Okay, why am I being asked if I am sure I want to open up a basic program off the stupid OS?"
6. "Nevermind; off to Call of Duty 2."
7.  Installed Call of Duty 2.
8. "What's this? A message saying I need to install something?"
9. Installed software
10. "What's this? An error message about the software that I just installed? Software that is 100% legit from a VERY trusted and well known site."
11. "Trash can, meet Vista."

this was probably all within an hour of using it. it would have been less if I didn't take the installation of COD2 into an account.

Some say I wasn't patient enough. I gave it the three strikes and you're out rule.

Strike one; you're Windows
Strike two; you're making it hard to play Call of Duty 2
Strike three; you're windows and I can't play Call of Duty 2.

Vista is:

Virtually
Impossible
System
To
Apprecaite

[Foil]

@ Foil: I suppose that makes sense...I still say Microsoft has a funny numbering system, though.  

Yeah, it's a bit inconsistent, but at least the article shows their version conventions.

[Scyphi]

Vista is:

Virtually
Impossible
System
To
Apprecaite

I called Vista the operating system for the paranoid once. Seems to me those would be the only people who might like it.

[VANGUARD]

i made up that VISTA part up like, right after I posted that.
I know VISTA must stand for something.

[Shroudeye]

Well, I had 64-bit version of Vista once, and... suprisingly, I had not much of an issue.

[VANGUARD]

yeah, but you have to turn on the computer and actually use it 

[Shroudeye]

@VG: Considering the fact that I was posting to the forums at that time, both PD and others, I think it is safe to say I had no issue?

[VANGUARD]

did you buy this preinstalled on a computer? I hear those who bought PC's with Vista pre installed, it typically worked better.
Me on the other hand; I had a custom built PC.

[Foil]

I was relatively happy with Vista when it first came out (I had it on a laptop and on a machine I built).  Many peripherals didn't have drivers ready at that time, but I didn't have any problems.

Now, after SP1 and SP2, Vista runs nearly as well as 7.

[Shroudeye]

Hmm. Yea, I did bought it pre-installed... Oh, I also remember now, it had SP2 (or 1, but it HAD a SP.). Hence I had no issue

Which also makes me remember one thing: Before this machine, I had another box with Vista 32 bit pre-installed... That was also the time when Vista was new. And it sucked like HELL.

Anyways, both machines had D3 running without any issues (Except some crashes happening time to time). I had trouble with editing tools instead (OOFEditor), but I got a workaround for that too (alOOF).