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KefkaticFanatic
10/29/09

In reply to DirectX 11 Now Available For Windows Vista
Aren't there only like 2 cards available that use DX11? #directx11
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bagellord
10/29/09

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I never did understand any of this directx crap. Oh well. #directx11
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masshuum
10/29/09

@bagellord: Although DX11 for programmers is a good and moderate thing, for everyone else the best way to think of DirectX is look at earlier versions where big differences were had. DirectX 6-7 were comparable to say N64 and Dreamcast, better but it's a close analogy, and DirectX 9-10 is comparable to Ps2/Wii/Xbox360/PS3.

DirectX 9 wasn't impressive at the start and everyone scoffed at it but eventually it became what gaming is today. So, if DirectX 11+ gets a good boost from Win 7 and the next phase of Console hardware, you'll have a decent leap there as well.

It's all about effects now. Polygons won't get fancier by much until 2-3 generations from now as they do a good enough job at fleshing out things and it's mainly textures and effects that bring everything to life. #directx11
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bagellord
10/29/09

@masshuum: Sounds interesting. #directx11
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k2snowboards88
10/29/09

In reply to DirectX 11 Now Available For Windows Vista
Just because one game, or even several games don't look much different in their dx11 and dx10 modes, it doesn't mean that the potential isn't there and that games won't take advantage of it. dx11 isn't magic and it doesn't just enchant games into better graphics #directx11
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spannu
10/29/09

@k2snowboards88: If computers still can't beat magic, what's the point? #directx11
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Odin
10/23/09

In reply to Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
I still use XP and my next PC will likely be Win7. I'm avoiding Vista like the red headed stepchild it is. #steveballmer
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dry-roasted-peanuts
10/23/09

In reply to Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
Bloodletting was also "very popular" but that doesn't make it better than penicillin. #steveballmer
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zdevex
10/22/09

In reply to Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
The bad rep that Vista gets is a result of it having issues at launch and it's competitors capitalising on that via well done advertising campaigns. Vista is a stable and fine OS but that doesn't matter because the justified negative reception fueled by major competitors has stuck in the mind of the consumers and no matter what Microsoft does to "fix" Vista, it will not change the general consumer attitude toward the product.

To their credit, Microsoft fixed Vista, but there was no way they were going to overcome the ingrained consumer negativity toward the product.

Ironically, the incredibly poor reception that Vista has endured will likely make 7 seem incredible, by comparison, and give it an amazing consumer reception. Rather than living up to expectations that were blown out of proportion, it will be compared to an OS that is thought to be almost totally non-functional, even though in fact that is not the case. #steveballmer
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UnderLoK
10/23/09

@zdevex: Well said. It's just too bad they didn't implement the changes in Aero to Vista, but by that time computers had caught up.

What Ballmer said is true, Vista was extremely popular; like it or not. #steveballmer
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quim barreiros
10/22/09

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popular??? popular??popular is the Pamela Anderson porn vid....he´s he on drugs ??? did he smoke the peace pipe with you gizmo guys.
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UnderLoK
10/23/09

@quim barreiros: Maybe if you got out of the Apple bubble you might notice that a slew of people ran/run Vista.

If you only get your news from Giz or Mac Rumors you might have missed it. #steveballmer
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dagamer34
10/22/09

In reply to Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
Since Windows 7 has finally shipped, you need to ask Bill what he wanted to say... :) #steveballmer
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karmaghost
10/22/09

In reply to Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
make no mistake; MS f*cked up with Vista, but it's much, much better and more stable that it once was. Still, you know what they say about first impressions... #steveballmer
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Thee Sea
10/22/09

@karmaghost: YEah, microsoft sure fucked up with ATI and nvidia releasing those terrible drivers. #steveballmer
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BaldwinPeriphetes
10/22/09

@Thee Sea: They did, because a hundred million or more end users don't care who made the drivers, they care that this thing "Vista" in front of them is crashing. MS needed to make sure that ATI and NVidia were ready, and in the worst case scenario get out ahead of the problem and make sure the public knew who they had to put pressure on. They sat back like lumps, let the problem exist and let themselves take the blame for it.
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roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
10/22/09

@Thee Sea:
Hey, ATI had far less crashes than Nvidia in terms of drivers. #steveballmer
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Thee Sea
10/22/09

@roflwaffles is Buzz Lightyear: And yet, sadly, their drivers are just as reliable now as they were then. #steveballmer
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Thee Sea
10/22/09

@BaldwinPeriphetes: That's just stupid. Microsoft can not delay the release of a major operating system update because two separate entities do not have their shit together. It is on ATI and nvidia to ensure quality control of their product, not Microsoft. Both companies said that they had the situation under control when they clearly didn't. #steveballmer
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karmaghost
10/22/09

@Thee Sea: I was under the impression that having a comment "promoted" meant that the post was good and beneficial. I guess I didn't really think about the ways that "star" commentors could abuse promotions to get their voices heard on posts they disagreed with. #steveballmer
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Thee Sea
10/22/09

@karmaghost: You do realise that a comment is automatically promoted when it is replied to by a starred commenter, right? #steveballmer
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demetriosaivazis
10/22/09

In reply to Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now
It seems to me that the only thing going on here is complaining. No one is ever happy with any OS. Im very satisfied with 7, vista, and XP. It seems every OS gets better and better. There is many different features in both that are great. Its hard to sell a product that 100% people are going to like and want it to function to their like's. Love it for what it is, Not what you want them to do just for you. Remember they are creating a OS for the world not for just joe smoe in moms basement who is mad because the view in the control panel is not to his/her standards.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
10/13/09

In reply to Windows Vista Was Awesome, Don't You Remember?
The real funny thing is the hordes of people that criticize Vista without ever using it, or at least using it properly (not saying that Matt is one, but still).

Not a Vista or Microsoft fanboy here, I had my share of awful experiences with the OS too. But after... if I'm not mistaken RC1, I never really had any problems with it running on my laptop.

I think one of the major problems was that Vista came out too soon, people were bashing it even before the official release came out, and the thing about Microsoft products only becoming decent after sometime it's released is true. XP was no different.

Now, for me, it runs better when XP SP2, an OS I like and still use on my main PC.

Of course different setups will have completely different experiences, but having tested and used several different softwares that uses resources intensively (non-linear video editors, 3D modeling software, etc), I have to say that most of what Vista bashers say is utter bs.

Still, I have to agree with the commenters that said another main issue with Vista is the whole crappy "Vista Compatible" program.
Truth is, Vista won't work well in less than decent setups.

BUT you also don't need a powerhouse too... my Dell XPS 1330 handles it with no problems.

After RC1 I never had a single crash, incompatibility issue or whatever. I only have problems with nVidia's shitty graphics chipset, but that's another story.
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jordi
10/13/09

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Vista was and is a good OS. Its bad reputation was not due to technical issues, but the result of the horrible 'Vista Capable' programme, and there not being enough emphasis on only partial backwards compatibility. For technical users Vista was no problem, but for the luddite with an integrated graphics chip who wants to run a badly coded XP app, Vista had some problems.

I never bought into the anti-Vista hatred, and most of it is unbiased. Even the slightly lower performance than XP in some apps is no longer really an issue following the service packs.

I had constant problems with XP, only very few problems with Vista, and Windows 7 is running almost flawless so far.

Does nobody remember that when XP first came out, there was a lot of complaining about the same things people whined about with Vista? Broken backwards compatibility, lack of driver support, less performance, changed user interface, etc. etc..
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jepzilla
10/13/09

@jordi: I remember that. I also remember when Windows 2000 came out, everybody was laughing at its poor quality and '64,000 bugs' (from a leaked MS memo). It's a funny contrast to the reverence Win2K gets from the same circles these days.

I find the obsession over Win7 kind of odd too. It's a nice refinement over Vista, but cComparing the glowing praise that Win7 gets to the hate lumped on Vista, you'd think they were completely different. They seem pretty similar to me.
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triggerx
10/13/09

In reply to Windows Vista Was Awesome, Don't You Remember?
I guess I still don't get what's wrong with Vista.... been using it on my laptop for 3 years now... and no issues here. Is it really just the hardware demands it placed on the host system? I guess I didn't have issues because my lappy was top-o-the-line? No upgrades, and still going strong. If Windows 7 is better, then gravy! OK... I now that I think about it I do have one issue... what's with the search? Seriously... I used to be able to find a word in a document, and Vista can't seem to do that.... but neither could XP after they got rid of that cute little dog.
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styfle
10/13/09

@triggerx: XP never had a good search. They tried to add some weird indexing system recently but it sucks pretty hard. It really takes a noticeable load on the CPU (even core 2 duo 3GHz). Now if you want a good search try spotlight on OSX :)
Ok I guess I'm a little biased, but it is really good.
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Identity (Metric)
10/13/09

@styfle: I'm not the biggest fan of spotlight on OSX. When I first log in, if I hit CMD + Space, type "Applications" and hit enter, it will open up the dictionary app and give me a definition of what applications are.
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Duckspwn
10/12/09

In reply to Windows Vista Was Awesome, Don't You Remember?
Running vista right now. Still have both middle fingers raised in a big "fuck you" to windows XP. Piece of shit couldn't do anything right without crashing. I personally still think Vista was an improvement over XP. Sure, there are problems, but not much you can't fix with a quick google search.
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Sandeep Murali
10/12/09

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Love Vista. Loved it with SP1, love it even more with SP2. Give the sucker 4Gigs of Ram to play with and he'll give you no reasons to complain.

No BSODs since I started using Vista. None. A welcome change from XP, which I was using prior to that.
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