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Thread: Laptop Help--How Reliable is Vista and Dell Laptops

  1. November 19th, 2007, 04:04 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by nayagamj View Post
    *sigh*...yet another windows sheep.
    Leopard>>>>XP>>>>Vista
    Sigh, I have a multiboot workstation with Leopard, and it still sucks ass.
    And thats how you get ants!
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  2. November 19th, 2007, 04:16 PM #22
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    You should have researched whether your CAD program would work with Vista before buying that laptop if it was that important to you.
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  3. November 19th, 2007, 05:22 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by go View Post
    You should have researched whether your CAD program would work with Vista before buying that laptop if it was that important to you.
    Silly me for thinking that a program designed for a Microsoft platform would be compatible with a newer version. Y'know, because they have done this before and NEVER HAD AN ISSUE!!

    The CAD company said that they wouldn't develop a patch for Vista either. Although, the company also has a student version available online (which I have tried to download 4 times), and there is inevitably a fatal flaw somewhere in the program that does not occur with XP.

    The cost of the program waaaaay more than the cost of the computer so buying the software for Vista is not an option. I recently re-setup my old desktop so I could still use the CAD program.
    It just sucks ass when I have to save the file in two different formats (i.e. 2004, 2007) so I can work on the file at home and at school.

    ahhh... whatever... you guys know how I feel about the opperating system.
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  4. November 19th, 2007, 06:04 PM #24
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    Hubby and I got our E1505 from Dell with Vista in Feb and we havn't had a problem..
    We also got an external HD for Pics, so that it wouldn't slow down the memory
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  5. November 19th, 2007, 08:35 PM #25
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    Bought a MAC and I will never go back...ever.
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  6. November 21st, 2007, 06:40 AM #26
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    My vista Ultimate works just fine. Heck with its compatibility of DirectX10 and video games...It's drool worthy.

    IE: Crysis on Vista running in Dx10 mode
    [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=U27zbb9rdLc"]YouTube - Crysis DX10 footage[/ame]

    However, there are some oddities that can be frustrating.

    Vista has a compatibility to run applications in XP mode...Right click on the .exe or shortcut and select the run app in XP compatability mode. (This works for some apps but not all.)

    Chris have you tried doing this with your CAD apps?
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  7. November 21st, 2007, 07:22 AM #27
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    http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/ap...um_480x376.mov
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  8. November 21st, 2007, 09:43 AM #28
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    I do love those Mac commercials, and I own one and love it...now if my wife would let me buy the G5 Pro and the 30 inch monitor I would be a happy camper (and out about 5 grand)
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  9. November 22nd, 2007, 09:47 AM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by spjon25 View Post
    Ya see this is why I like Macs
    You like Macs because you have less options?
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