Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs

[saipothuri]

Principled Technologies, which conducted the research for Microsoft, is offering a download of the report.

http://informationweek.com/news/show...leID=196800080

[gary4gar]

by seeing vista it looks like microsoft have hired more grafix artists than programmers

[shankar_ganesh]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

by seeing vista it looks like microsoft have hired more grafix artists than programmers

LOL.

[nishant_nms]

Whatever be the fact. I can't use vista untill I get 1 GB of RAM

[shankar_ganesh]

Originally Posted by nishant_nms

Whatever be the fact. I can't use vista untill I get 1 GB of RAM

^^me too

[Chrono Cr@cker]

Agreed, Microsoft claims it doesn't slow PC's but the very requirement of 512 MB/1GB Ram shows how much resources it takes. 90% of our computers won't still be able to run Vista!

[techtronic]

I completely disagree

The moment I switch off Aero in Windows Vista Ultimate,
the RAM Utilisation gets reduced to 12 % from 27 %

Where does this lead to ?

[Third Eye]

The main thing which vista requires is more RAM i.e 2GB

I agree,aero effect doesn't slow pc...

[Ankur Gupta]

Yeah i too havnt noticed ne difference wen aero is switched on or off.

[casanova]

And this makes me wait more eagerly for Vista. Gosh 1 more month to go. I hope it will run like a horse on my rig.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

aero sucks i was expecting a BOMB from vista.

[chesss]

well there are motherboards in the market which have integrated VGA (intel's gma x3000) which is fully capable of running Aero, so it could be possible that vista's hardware requirements are over-hyped...

[morpheusv6]

The spped depends on your graphics card memroy and speed, and your RAM.

[tarey_g]

Originally Posted by vimal_mehrotra

aero sucks i was expecting a BOMB from vista.

It's a bomb , what you want ? a lame 3d desktop with windows flying here and there ?

[deepak.krishnan]

Well Vista will not slow down PCs with high end config....thats wat MS means..

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Originally Posted by tarey_g

It's a bomb , what you want ? a lame 3d desktop with windows flying here and there ?

yeah except lame

[Aberforth]

Since when did non-Microsoft employees ever agree with Microsoft claims?

Originally Posted by UFO007

Well Vista will not slow down PCs with high end config....thats wat MS means..

Exactly.

At least Vista's licensing policy made sure my upgrade will be Fedora or Suse way instead of Vista. Check Vista's EULA from Microsoft.com and see how Vista makes activation, upgrades and hardware additions a pain to remember.. I didn't mind XPs WGA but Vista is overboard.

[Krazy_About_Technology]

It depends, On an AGP card runnning in 4x mode, performance does suffer a lil. But altogether, its not much.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

which OS is visually a piece of Art by default?

[praka123]

opensuse

[W i d e S c r e e N]

which vr would u suggst?

[praka123]

I answered opensuse for ur first question.latest version is 10.3 and was distributed lastmonth by digit.else ask in open source section someone to ship it for u.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

thx. which other OS do u use, how do u compare it to vista with regards to RAM use

[kalpik]

^^ Lol.. Any flavor of Linux is any day easier on the RAM, when compared to Vista

[Charan]

you guys are discussing a year old thread

[praka123]

Originally Posted by W i d e S c r e e N

thx. which other OS do u use, how do u compare it to vista with regards to RAM use

I have used Vista and except from the basic eyecandy,i found it really slow and not of any use.though XP too is not perfect either.but XP may be better.

I use Debian Sid GNU/Linux.Linux can do almost anything except gaming(due to lack of support from game companies as with mac)/few games are there,that will work like a charm.office,multimedia all other things are supported in linux.aero feels like antique piece when compared to Linux use of compiz-fusion or beryl.
despite all this a standard Gnome Linux(ubuntu,fedora etc) can live with 256 MB of RAM with 3D compiz and eyecandies.
see compiz-fusion effects below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w
if you are interested in Linux,get a Ubuntu dvd with this month's Digit.use it!save reducing e-waste too.Vista pushed the need for high config pc's(min ram=1GB for avg performance+graphics card!) to run hence in many countries blind followers dump their otherwise usefull pc for vista.read below link:
http://getgnulinux.org
http://whylinuxisbetter.net

[goobimama]

So Aero doesn't slow Vista. Vista is slow by itself... Interesting that Microsoft should say this out in the open..

[Krazy_About_Technology]

Originally Posted by praka123

opensuse

Yup! right said dude. just installed it, and its nice and easy on eyes. The green theme rocks! Although i am a lil bit not happy with font rendering of linux. Windows font rendering engine is sharper.

Now, can anyone tell me how to enable Compiz Fusion/Beryl on openSUSE 10.3

And ya, compared to windows vista, opensuse is running much faster on my 1.6 ghz celeron, 1 GB ram, 915 lappy

[ArZuNeOs]

Just tell microsoft to use Linux

Oh they just fan off by throwing away junk info.....Does they do this just for confusing customers

LOL
Praka123

Is Digit giving away Ubuntu this time .....oh Boyya !! [ Y God Y ]