Godammit Vista aint too bad

[bipper]

So I decided to download the open beta of vista, asI have used bootlegged betas before. This open Beta is actually leaps and bounds better than what I have been using before.

I have a gig of ram a 256meg video card and off a default install, the thing actually runs pretty well though it sucks up resources like mad. The new networking stack is not overly queer as it has been in the past, but it does do a few funny things with authentication and such.

Anyways, I just installed it and played a few actually cool games that come with the install. The boot time is about 2 minutes and after I turned of a couple of effects and the thing runs smooth as hell.

Windows even found my video and installed a decent graphics driver for it (Nvideo Gforce 5500).

I am even making this post with IE 7, which is clunky and crappy yet. Not a huge fan of it - thought it appears they will be pushing the automatic update to ie 7 this fall - in October.

I plan on hooking it up to my Samba server and using part of my drive to constantly loop hard files around the network and propperly stress test the Network. I will try breaking it with my linux box, and will give it the proper red headed step child treatment any testers should

I will update the thread as I run tests and try crashing this mother. I am currently installing Wow, and oblivion to see how they run.

All in all, my initial experience is very good. Which will shock 99% of you who know me, I am sure Don't get me wrong though, it is still windows, and I am confident linux is still lightyears ahead in networking, security, stability, and overall sex appeal. I just want to give Vista a fair chance.

Anyone out there care at all? Or excited about Vista in any sense?


Bipper