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ok so what are the thoughts on vista im thinking of doing a system restore and placing windows vista on my laptop due to i think ive ran across a virus i think and no clean will fix it so just wanted know anyone thoughts on placing windows vista on my Hp compq nx9010 laptop..is it a good idea..
If you do, you will be sorely dissapointed. Vista, as it stands at the moment, is not meant to be ran on a laptop. Laptops just can't support the memory usage - they use up 1.2GBs of ram, using aero - I don't know what you have, but anything under 2GB ram will make computing a miserable experience.
Play games? Almost all games that are played on the Vista OS either:
1) Do not run
2) Have major issues (For example, Warcraft 3 TFT, Screen flashs every few seconds)
3) Crash or bug after used for awhile.
Also, Vista is slower on startup, and shutdown.
I'd love to change back to XP. Hopefully, SP2 for Vista will be released soon, and it will fix some of the current problems...
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If you do, you will be sorely dissapointed. Vista, as it stands at the moment, is not meant to be ran on a laptop. Laptops just can't support the memory usage - they use up 1.2GBs of ram, using aero - I don't know what you have, but anything under 2GB ram will make computing a miserable experience.
Play games? Almost all games that are played on the Vista OS either:
1) Do not run
2) Have major issues (For example, Warcraft 3 TFT, Screen flashs every few seconds)
3) Crash or bug after used for awhile.
Also, Vista is slower on startup, and shutdown.
I'd love to change back to XP. Hopefully, SP2 for Vista will be released soon, and it will fix some of the current problems...
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yeah i have sp2 for xp but my screen is flashing every fews seconds on my desktop and ive ran scans but still messed up....and i dont have the service pack and really dont wanna made that trick to the computer repair store ..
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yeah i have sp2 for xp but my screen is flashing every fews seconds on my desktop and ive ran scans but still messed up....and i dont have the service pack and really dont wanna made that trick to the computer repair store ..
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sorry trip to the repair store...wrong word
You know, you can edit, instead of spamming. You need to download some spyware software... Spybot Search and Destroy or Microsoft Anti Spyware are good.
Do you already have Anti-Virus running?
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You know, you can edit, instead of spamming. You need to download some spyware software... Spybot Search and Destroy or Microsoft Anti Spyware are good.
Do you already have Anti-Virus running?
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yeah i have that and AVG as well i dont know what happened..my gf friend was on it for three days while i was at work and then all of a sudden i cant even click on my apps. or anything on my desktop all i can see is them blinking every few seconds and my background
I use Vista on my laptop now (2gb ram, core duo 2ghz, geforce 8600gt 256 mb)
After ServicePack 1, Vista is now my favourite OS, with the latest Ubuntu as a good runner up, and I've tried them all, including the Mac os.
XP still uses less memory than Vista, but the batterytime with Vista is much better. Vista has some really good functions that is not native with XP.
so how much is the xp sp2 usually costs if I wanted it new?is there any cheap sites
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so how much is the xp sp2 usually costs if I wanted it new?is there any cheap sites
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About 80 bucks on ebay the last I checked. That was for OEM. SP3 I believe came out for XP not too long ago. (Just throwing that out there)
Vista runs so much better when you have a machine that can take it.
I have Home Premium, 4gb ram, E6600 processor, WD Raptor 36gb for my Win files, and a WD 250gb for media, Nvidia 8800 GTS.
It handles it with ease. After I installed SP1, it's been a great OS. Bear in mind I used to LOATHE Vista. Now, not so much. My games play fine. (BF2142) I've never had a screen flicker problem you guys are talking about. Make sure you're running the latest drivers for your hardware, that will help a TON.
Hope this helps ya.
dual boot....
dual boot too...
but i never use xp, except when i flashed ap4...
and i dont have sp1 for vista... [because i cant it ****s up my system into reduced functionality..]
Rory
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About 80 bucks on ebay the last I checked. That was for OEM. SP3 I believe came out for XP not too long ago. (Just throwing that out there)
Vista runs so much better when you have a machine that can take it.
I have Home Premium, 4gb ram, E6600 processor, WD Raptor 36gb for my Win files, and a WD 250gb for media, Nvidia 8800 GTS.
It handles it with ease. After I installed SP1, it's been a great OS. Bear in mind I used to LOATHE Vista. Now, not so much. My games play fine. (BF2142) I've never had a screen flicker problem you guys are talking about. Make sure you're running the latest drivers for your hardware, that will help a TON.
Hope this helps ya.
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I am close to agree with you, yes to run vista you need fast PC, i have tested it on similar PC as yours 4gb ram, q6600 intel quad core, Seagate 500 gb SATAII, 8800GT 512 mb, but still seem slow.
Windows XP is a way more responsive and compatible ATM, Don't misunderstand me, i like vista but I find it too slow on a machine like this
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ok so what are the thoughts on vista im thinking of doing a system restore and placing windows vista on my laptop due to i think ive ran across a virus i think and no clean will fix it so just wanted know anyone thoughts on placing windows vista on my Hp compq nx9010 laptop..is it a good idea..
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I put Vista on my old Gateway "Celeron M" Laptop and don't have any issues. I don't use my laptop to play games so it doesn't get stressed out. I did upgrade the memory to 1G though!
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If you do, you will be sorely dissapointed. Vista, as it stands at the moment, is not meant to be ran on a laptop. Laptops just can't support the memory usage - they use up 1.2GBs of ram, using aero - I don't know what you have, but anything under 2GB ram will make computing a miserable experience.
Play games? Almost all games that are played on the Vista OS either:
1) Do not run
2) Have major issues (For example, Warcraft 3 TFT, Screen flashs every few seconds)
3) Crash or bug after used for awhile.
Also, Vista is slower on startup, and shutdown.
I'd love to change back to XP. Hopefully, SP2 for Vista will be released soon, and it will fix some of the current problems...
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No true for me I have 3 Toshiba laptops 2 of them are now running Vista have had vista on all of them but I need one with XP for my work because I'm to bussy cooking that I havn't had time to rewrite an app I use for my work and not running on vista.
The Qosmio G20 (original windows media center) I can play almost all games only had some problems with Advance Warefighter 2 but all other games I've played are running without a problem... I also use the Qosmio for music production and yes Vista is not causing any problems at all it only a Pentium M 1.73GHz with 1 GB ram
So I can't see why people flame Vista so much.
If you're running vista with 1g of ram, you're not using aero.
If that laptop has a 64 bit capable CPU in it (probably), then get XP x64. It's actually more accurate to call it Windows Workstation 2003 since it's really Windows Server 2003 in disguise, and it will run circles around XP 32 bit. Far superior performance, better memory management, smoother multitasking, and the 2K3 kernel to base everything on makes for a kickass machine. And it's cheaper than XP too.
As for Vista, well... if you have 2GB of RAM, give it a go if you're interested. Anything less is really a waste of time. Vista really offers nothing over XP at this point except DX10 support and some fancier GUI effects. Overall, it does exactly what XP does, except XP does it without quite as much baggage to lug around.
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If that laptop has a 64 bit capable CPU in it (probably), then get XP x64. It's actually more accurate to call it Windows Workstation 2003 since it's really Windows Server 2003 in disguise, and it will run circles around XP 32 bit. Far superior performance, better memory management, smoother multitasking, and the 2K3 kernel to base everything on makes for a kickass machine. And it's cheaper than XP too.
As for Vista, well... if you have 2GB of RAM, give it a go if you're interested. Anything less is really a waste of time. Vista really offers nothing over XP at this point except DX10 support and some fancier GUI effects. Overall, it does exactly what XP does, except XP does it without quite as much baggage to lug around.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
my hp lappy came with vista it got 2GB and is ok fast
my desktop will be kept xp for compatiblity reasons
(unless starcraft2 will use fancy dx10 stuff )
if one only needs xp for a few things one could always
use wmware or ms virtuel pc (to a lesser degree)
and use it as a virtual machine
I am no phone geek but when it comes to PC, well lets just say i know a thing or two.
Vista is the future, forget xp, and yes it will run great with 2GB of ram, you just need to configure it right.
Bought a notebook Acer TravelMate 6292 with original Vista Business, 2GHz Centrino Duo and 3GB of RAM. Well, satisfied so far, although have problems in HalfLife 2 while playing on big open surfaces and Bioshock, that is actually unplayable. All "oldies", like NFS Carbon and Battlefield Vietnam (yeah, baby!), seem to be ok. I blame it on a ****ty video card Intel X3100 (max 358 Mb shared with RAM ???) and DirectX 10. Music, movies, etc. seem to be ok.
Hey everybody. I respect a lot of the information I get from this site and have come to realize that a majority of posters posses information beyond a simple cell phone. So based on that I ask this: what are the real world differences of using a windows vista 64 bit machine as opposed to its 32 bit counterpart? I'm helping my brother buy a new laptop and he wants to go 64 bit. I have never really looked into it as everything I have ever needed was on my 32 bit machine. What im wondering is how it affects the simple programs on the machine...itunes, firefox, thunderbird, etc. All free programs. I know that most software has to be optimized or created for a 64 bit OS, but I also have the understanding that it will run 32 bit programs and plug ins. This also carries over to certain VPN clients and their compatibility with the machine as well. So basically, will having a 64 bit hinder him in anyways or is it something that should be ok, especially as the trend is to move towards these 64 bit systems?
I appreciate the help guys.
thanks,
AJ
I just got my new HP yesterday which has x64, and I haven't seen a difference yet. The only thing that has happened was iTunes crashed twice in a row. But it has run perfect since then. As for getting it on a laptop, I don't think it would be such a good idea. A laptop, unless you spen a lot of money or build one, isn't as powerful as a desktop, and you may have problems. My Inspiron constantly crashes with x32.
it all depends on the programms your gonna run! if its stuff like firefox and the other things you mention then there is no point going for 64bit systems as of yet!
unless your gonna do stuff like 'data mining' or the software is designed for 64bit CPUs. its do with the precision of represented floating point data, you might get cleverly programmed software that will run 2 32bit codes parralell on a 64bit processor (doubt it).
technically speaking a wider bus width means higher data throughput rates but like i said the sofware has to take advantage
i might be talking total crap tho!
My experience
I've got a desktop PC running Vista64, and an HTPC running Vista32 (which I originally built to run Vista64). This is just my personal experiences!
The HTPC was rock solid on both Vista32 and Vista64. I was able to run every application I tried on both systems as 64 is able to run 32 processes and programs quite happily and with no noticable slow down. The only issue I had is that 64bit programs require 64bit plug-ins and codecs. In particular I was using Vista Media Centre 24/7 and this is a 64bit program, but most of the freeware plug-ins for it were written for Vista32 so didn't work. Also, Media Player is another 64bit program so most visualisations (designed for XP and Vista32) didn't work.
Since wiping the drive and reinstalling Vista32 all the plug-ins I wanted to use have worked. I find it annoying knowing that not all the 4Gb of RAM inside the PC is being used, but in reality I never notice the difference.
My gaming PC has been running Vista64 since I first built in December 07. I've never had an issue with it, I don't think I've ever seen a blue screen, and no program I've tried to install has refused. You have to make sure you select 64bit for your ATI drivers (and I guess nVidia too) and your codecs that you want to use with Media Player but beyond that day-to-day usage is no different.
From using the two, the only difference is one tops out at 3Gb usable RAM and one doesn't! Ask yourself if you are ever going to use more than 3Gb. On a laptop for light use, I'd say probably not. On a desktop PC for heavy gaming/applications I'd say it's something worth considering.
also old windows3.11 16bit programs will not run on 64bit os
they work on 32bit but doubt too many people use those anymore
Rudegar said:
also old windows3.11 16bit programs will not run on 64bit os
they work on 32bit but doubt too many people use those anymore
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compatibility mode doesn't work? plus I was reading something the other day that said Microsoft released software that makes running older applications easier.
I would say go 64bit, the more people who uses 64bit is the faster the transition. and the faster we'll see mainstream computers with 16gb!
Hello Everyone,
I recently got my HTC Shift with Windows Vista Pre Loaded and it always seems to me a bit slow while running many stuffs together such as messenger with Internet explorer together. I don't tried loading any other windows yet. Can someone please confirm which is suferfast on HTC Shift? i.e; XP, Vista or Win7?
Thank you for your help....
In me experience XP is fastest, follwed by W7, and miles behind Vista. Currently I'm running Vista though...I tend to change every 6 weeks or so...I find once Vista has loaded ( a long time!) it isn't too bad for normal surfing or word processing. W7 started much quicker but I had some issues with it always trying to find the snapvue modem and not allowing me to access WiFi...a bizarre issue.
May go back to XP but I really like the resolution changer in Vista/W7.
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May go back to XP but I really like the resolution changer in Vista/W7.
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Do you mean we are not able to change the display resolution in windows XP like in vista...?
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Do you mean we are not able to change the display resolution in windows XP like in vista...?
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To me, W7 is the best compromise. You have all the functions, including touch screen writing, and better speed.
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Do you mean we are not able to change the display resolution in windows XP like in vista...?
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Some of us had issues getting a resolution fix to work with our devices...so in Xp there is no standard way to change resolution. I agree with thaihugo that W7 is the best compromise and will buy a proper upgrade when it comes out (retail).
There is one thing you should know about windows 7 before loading it on your shift. It's terribly unstable for games, especially older ones.
I was able to get world of warcraft running on it, but every other classic game I've tried so far, crashes windows 7.
For everything that isn't gaming related, Windows 7 is great. But Windows Vista is the only operating system which will actually use the hardware of your shift in the right way.
Caid.
444
Win 7 new build
Are there still problems using Windows 7 newer builds on HTC Shift ?
On RC1 I had the following problems: Using or not using AERO, it crashes when accessing Windows Media Center [BSOD], also when runing AERO and button-switch resolutions.
Please if any post, say what build are you using and the problems you have.
I really really want to get along with Win7 on my HTC Shift but as much as I worked to fix those problems it still doesn't work properly.
PS: I will install Win7 in aprox 2weeks when the RTM release is on, and I want Ubuntu 9.04 too with dual boot.
I do NOT game with my HTC Shift, I use Windows for programming and stuff, and Ubuntu for browsing and some ssh. I really hope that Microsoft fix these problems and Windows 7 will run with no problems on HTC Shift
I absolutley LOVE W7 RC1 7100 on Shift, (and my PC's and my tablets, and my laptops for that matter). Any XP or Vista lovers, take note of W7 and start to migrate there
WinMedCetner works IF you dont maximize to full screen, but you can stretch the window to almost full screen. (I know, sucky, but hey, its an answer right?)
Also, I can get the bubbles screen saver to work on shift, but you are all right, AERO does crash it....Not the worst of things to have to give up in my opinion, becuase I still get the Hover Thumbnail Preview for running Applications.
As for games, I'm not your man...I strictly stick to business programs, but have not had any problems with anythign I use, and there is a long list I ahve installed.
My vote is Go for W7! The absolute BEST thing you can do to your Shift!
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I absolutley LOVE W7 RC1 7100 on Shift, (and my PC's and my tablets, and my laptops for that matter). Any XP or Vista lovers, take note of W7 and start to migrate there
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Thnx mate i am installing win7 now to my shift i am installing RC and let me see the magic
I will later also try to install win XP. actually my main concern is the most available ram to run my softwares... I run Yahoo, MSN, Internet Security and bunch of other programs....
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well...
Here's the thing about windows 7. It seems that almost all of the issues that people have, are somehow related to the way win7 handles the shift's video drivers. What this means is, there's a strong chance that anything which requires graphical resources may end up blue screening the shift. This doesn't happen with vista. I'm not sure about XP, but it's a glaring problem for windows 7.
I know windows 7 wasn't designed for the shift, however, it's a shame to have the added efficiency of windows 7 on the shift, with such a disabling exception. Frankly, all of these issues are most certainly related to how windows 7 tries to use the shift's video accelerator.
My logic is, if Vista can do it, Windows 7 should technically be able to as well, the only problem is, Microsoft isn't in charge of driver research for the shift, HTC is. And to HTC, this is of no urgency, for more than one reason.
The shift isn't meant to run Win7, is the first reason, secondly, all development into the Shift and it's drivers has been abandoned. Basically, I don't think enough people bought a shift, which caused HTC to take the "good enough" attitude towards it. They're not going to put anymore effort into improving a device that *while cool and all* is far inferior to most netbooks out today.
Sure, the Shift is a pretty cool device after you come to XDA and enable the phone options and such, but frankly, it's half as powerful as a comparitively priced netbook, and out of the box, not as versatile on account of it's poor processing power. It's been labelled as a tablet PC, and only to it's user base is it known as so much more than that.
The possibilities of the shift are very great, but the effort needed to reach those possibilities is more than what is available today.
Personally, I'd like to see the shift have a second chance, and it would be cool if HTC felt the same. But from what I've seen on behalf of HTC, this is a cold case file for them. I guess I'll have to see what I can get done on my own from China, tonnes of talented programmers here who should be able to churn out results. I'm even prepared to begin hiring a couple programmers who've been affected by the financial crisis, and see about solving some issues which could most certainly be worked out.
This driver issue, is one that by all means of reason, should be solvable, so long as there is no severe OS function which is fundamentally flawed between Vista and Win7, as far as the Shift is concerned.
I suppose the next question would be, if I did try to get a project like this going, what other ideas of improvements could be thought of to improve the shift experience? I know people would like to see BT, Wifi and SD cards on the winmo side, that unfortunately would be an ongoing effort whereas I'm more concerned with working on finishable projects during the resolution of greater issues like winmo's BTWiFiSD problem.
Any ideas, or support would be greatly appreciated.
My next step, and possibly the most difficult, will be convincing my wife that buying another shift (for the programmers to work on) is actually a worthwhile thing. She's not into tech, and doesn't much like my addiction
Caid.
444.
I like your enthusiasm with the Shift Caid. Truth be told its only Shift fans who know its goodness. Its like owning a Jeep. Nobody else can understand and when people ask questions they are simply told "IT'S A JEEP THING". So I guess ours too "IS A SHIFT THING". We still cherish our underpowered gadget even knowing its limitations. But honestly can I buy another Shift? I dont know. Even if my current shift was to somehow explode and burn into ashes I dont think I would replace it with another shift. Or maybe I would! But as long as I have it I will love it and continue to improve it.....
The biggest advantage with the Shift is when you plug a car charger into the cigarete lighter. There aren't many full fledged comps that you can charge with a 12V DC socket, you know.... I know there are DC-AC converters but thats a story for another day!
Now if only we can get a solution for BT-SD-Wifi winmo side........
Can I install Windows Vista Ultimate on the Shift. Love it.
Thanks
Hmm, I installes all of them, the most native. (Vista as an Upgrade to SP2 and Office 2007 SP2) And: It is the slowest what I known.
Windows 7 is nice, but with the newest RC we must rebuild the HowTo for installing Windows 7, some of the old original HTC Vista Homepage drivers not needed anymore.
best practice for all members here is, to make a Windows XP Slipstream to SP3, the modify the slipstreamed TabletPC Edition source with the programm nlite (and remove many not neccersary drivers and thems and so on, and build a bootable USB Stick Version with the small tool winsetupfromusb.
If work all together and have a look to the "last session" File of nlite, all people can have a really nice and "the fastest" and most compatible Windows XP Tablet edition multilanguage of all time.
Ans the builders of this perfect solution don´t need share their own TabletPC Edition product key, lets only have a look to the *.ini file of Nlite building, and many Ideas come together ;-)
Coming from Nexus one where it was no issues with installing ROMs. However life is not as easy with my SGS.
I'm using VMWare on my mac to use programs that are only for PC. My issue is getting the SGS to even show up in VMW. Anyone with some mac experience (I'm a couple of month old mac user after 15 years on PC) Who has made this working So I can start ODIN and get back to 2.2.
Kind regards
Frewys
MAC = fancy closed source Linux
anyways in VMware you have the option to ADD a USB device to your VMware machine, once you do that you can MAP the USB on the VM machine to the phsyical USB port where the SGS is connected to
Fancy, nice looking. I was curious and bored of PC.
This sounds interesting. I get the popup asking me to which machine to connect it to. But then absolutly nothing.. No missing drivers or anything in Device manager.
Do you have a link where to read more? looking around on VMWares sight is of course an option.. unless you can point me in the direction.
Kind regards
Fredrik
EDIT. Looking over VMWares sight didn't really give some help. So I'm still where I started. I even tried to disable the USB 2.0 since there where apparently some instances where it didn't work but in the end still no go.
Eh. Have you installed sgs drivers in virtual machine yet? Easiest is to install kies
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Apple being notoriously strict on following the USB standard to the T might be an issue, I don't even think VMware gets around this but I could easily be wrong since it is software that is detecting hardware but I know people that have problems with the SGS that haven't been cleared up with VMware. I think they do this so customers are more likely to buy Apple branded products and they get their mega premium due to a lack of competition that their comps will support.
So, what happens that is applicable to you here, is that the device doesn't get recognized to begin with and Samsung (assuming they test on Macs at all) sees this at some point and says F it, it's not worth our time...possibly even under the belief that all mac users would want iPhone anyways.
PS, I don't consider this, nor am I trying to spread, FUD. That's just what I've seen from other Mac/PC device intermingling in other areas and part of the reason why many users can't charge their iPads on their computers.
I setup a small Windows XP install on Boot Camp. I already had it so I can play Starcraft 2 since it runs like ass in Mac but worked out perfectly for my phone too.
You could try installing the Android SDK.
I have installed Eclipse and the Android SDKs on my Macbook and use ADB to control my phone (debug mode turned on in the phone). That's the way I have developed and debug my Android apps.
I also have Parallels installed to use the Bootcamp partition from Mac OS X. I found I could only get Kies to work (USB debugging turned off again) when re-booting into Bootcamp, not via Parallels, so I guess Samsung is doing something funny at a low level USB driver level, which neither Parallels or VMWare support.
Thanks for all the reply guys!
@ickyboo, alovell83 Yes. Installed Kies. Installed separate drivers. No effect. It is not even in device manager list.
@decepticon The problem for me with bootcamp is to my knowledge (like I said new to Mac) they don't allow bootcamp on a partition HDD. Maybe I'm just "PC" and don't really need to make extra partitions to save time in case of need to reinstall (saving all music. images, movies etc on "D" partition). Enlighten me. Come to think of it. I could remove the extra partition install the bootcamp and THEN remake the partition?
(of topic. How much better FPS do u get on bootcamp compared to native mac? I ran it on my 2010 MacBook Pro 17" and have to lover the the settings pretty much to lowest settings to get playable frame rate)
@shawnfr that is interesting!! So I can use the bootcamp partion as a source in virtual machine!? Sounds sweet! Know if it is only possible in parallels? yea looks like there is something going on With the USB thing on the Samsung.. shame..
So After getting rid of all my PCs I had to use my fathers to finally flash the ROM. A LOT easier!!
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@decepticon The problem for me with bootcamp is to my knowledge (like I said new to Mac) they don't allow bootcamp on a partition HDD. Maybe I'm just "PC" and don't really need to make extra partitions to save time in case of need to reinstall (saving all music. images, movies etc on "D" partition). Enlighten me. Come to think of it. I could remove the extra partition install the bootcamp and THEN remake the partition?
(of topic. How much better FPS do u get on bootcamp compared to native mac? I ran it on my 2010 MacBook Pro 17" and have to lover the the settings pretty much to lowest settings to get playable frame rate)
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If you already have a spare partition then you can use it. Just run through the Boot Camp setup and it will walk you through it. You can read your Mac partition in Windows but it's read only to protect it from any Windows virus.
I haven't checked FPS because it runs so bad on my 2007 Macbook Pro but in Windows I get a noticeable improvement due to the newest nVidia drivers in Windows. Sadly Apple won't allow hardware providers to release drivers directly for Mac.
That is just it. I get this cryptic error that i googled and to my understanding it cannot install on a partitioned disk. Right now I'm copying my entire drive to an external so that I can remove the partition and copy it back after hopefully getting the bootcamp up and running.
No I know about that whole driver fiasco for Mac. They are waaaaay behind windows on the graphdrivers... But thankfully steam seems to put some sense in Jobes.
Coming from Windows I think that the virus thing is exaggerated.. I had ONE virus of negligence during 15 years of PC. But don't trust common sense to all other million PC users
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That is just it. I get this cryptic error that i googled and to my understanding it cannot install on a partitioned disk. Right now I'm copying my entire drive to an external so that I can remove the partition and copy it back after hopefully getting the bootcamp up and running.
No I know about that whole driver fiasco for Mac. They are waaaaay behind windows on the graphdrivers... But thankfully steam seems to put some sense in Jobes.
Coming from Windows I think that the virus thing is exaggerated.. I had ONE virus of negligence during 15 years of PC. But don't trust common sense to all other million PC users
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I don't know if it's relevant for newer MBPs but I did get a video update that says it solves issues with SC2.
I had some issues with Boot Camp and partition tables at first but I removed them all and did it all through Boot Camp and it worked fine. The virus things is exaggerated but common sense takes a back seat to "see me live on my web cam click here" lol
Been working on this annoying thing for a couple of hours.. Bootcamp is NOT very flexible.. But I found a way to "cheat" it.. I had to remove the second partition. Then make "system" partition the entire drive. THEN I make the Bootcamp partition. And after windows is installed I can repartiton the System and make my second "data" partition!! Messy. But hope it works. Installing windows soon.
The SC2 update didn't do anything for me. But I'm happy to see it.. At least that is a start.. I read it had some effect for some older MacBooks...
Nope.. No luck at all. Giving up for now on BootCamp. I guess I will stick to PCs for my SGS in the future. I dont really have time for gaming anyway so the issue with lack of partitioning is not really worth it
I have not yet had any luck getting my SGS to show up in a Windows 7 VM running on VMWare Fusion.
USB virtualization is a tricky animal. A device has to be enumerated twice - first on the host, then on the guest. I imagine the SGS is having a hard time with the low-level second set config request. This seems fairly typical with high-bandwidth USB devices like PDAs.
When I get to work tomorrow I'm going to try it out against VMWare Server and VMWare Workstation. I might even try Hyper-V just for giggles. Workstation has the ability to disable the set config command. So maybe it will have more luck (doesn't help Mac users though!)
ok. Interesting. Good luck with that
I just realized Mac has VirtualBox to! Anyone tried it? Maybe there is a small difference for the better in this case...
Okay, so I have been having some problems with a recent upGrade I did on an older computer I'm using as a kind of file server...anyways I'm baffled and getting quite annoyed at all the problems I'm having that seem to have just appeared out of thin air.
Motherboard specs here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...=en&product=3184095&lang=en&docname=c00683218
Ubuntu 12.04 x64 dual boot with Windows 7 Ultimate x32
Integrated Nvidia 6150le (see mobo specs)
IDE hard drives
AMD Athlon x2 3800+ dual core @2.0ghz
Railink rt2561 WLAN card
Upgrade:
Before: 1.75 GB total of different speed and size hodge podge ****ty ram; pc2100
After: 3GB pc3200 3x1gb (got four sticks, one was DOA so sending it for exchange)
For the record beforehand ubuntu and windows were both installed updated and tweaked with no major problems and were fully working before the switch
That was the only change. First I booted into Ubuntu, and it was like pissing its pants...it seemed to boot and logged in fine but apps started crashing I couldn't get anything to open and my network cards disappeared both Ethernet and WLAN. Ok, weird, I guess I will just reinstall.
Also, I've never had a significant problem installing from The normal desktop iso on USB...I had to be connected to the Internet to download extra stuff to get my nvidia graphics working but other than that it installs with no problem.
This time though, I pop in my USB, boot and I get the black screen. It completely booted but no x server. I tried all the different switches even burned to a cd to try that way, nothing. So I tried the alternate ISo install. Got that to install finally, booted, same black screen! Had to goto fail safe X, try a few times because it kept freezing, and finally got to the desktop. I added the x-updates ppa as I have to to get gnome 3d to work correctly, and ran the general update. Not only do I find out as I'm waiting for everything to download and install that the nvidia driver that usually installs and allows me to use unity 2d was never activated, the damn update fails and one package breaks and now I have to start over again....
Here's the kicker: through all of this, before during and after, windows 7 booted like nothing happened. It just ran faster from the ram as I expected. No weird graphics or errors or anything. It's completely baffling....as I thought if anything would blow up it would be windows...
So I ask...what the hell is going on??? Is there some relationship between my graphics card and the RAM? I was under the impression that there was 64mb of graphics memory separate from the physical ram. And as most branded mobos are I can't do **** in the bios...so what am I supposed to do? Just fight Ubuntu until I can get it to play nice? Even the installer acts differently now with the upgrade. It just doesn't make any sense to me
Please she'd some light? Thanks.
Are you using unity with Ubuntu? It's really resource intensive and it's better without it (if you're a purist and comfortable with linux). Did you install all updates to Ubuntu? Also did you install closed source additional drivers for your hardware?
063_XOBX said:
Are you using unity with Ubuntu? It's really resource intensive and it's better without it (if you're a purist and comfortable with linux). Did you install all updates to Ubuntu? Also did you install closed source additional drivers for your hardware?
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Oh I put gnome on there as soon as I install all updates because I need an updated nvidia driver to use gnome properly....I install them every time I install Ubuntu and usually the ones bundled that are installed automatically during setup, while they don't work very well they at least gave me basic functionality, now they don't install or activate at all at any stage, and I have to coax it into fail safe x just to get connected to WLAN and install the updated nvidia driver