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Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.

Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.

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Windows Vista Requirements

05-18-2006, 09:27 PM

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For the 3d graphics
1 GHz Processor
1 GB RAM

otherwise I think only 512MB ram is required. 1 GB seems steep for 3d graphics from an operating system.

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05-18-2006, 10:03 PM

Re: Windows Vista Requirements

Yeah it sounds like way too much. (and 300 MH processor to 1 GHZ?) But my PC luckily meets the required specs.

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05-18-2006, 10:13 PM

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Microsoft has a program you can download that checks to see which version of Vista your computer can run.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/default.mspx

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05-21-2006, 10:39 AM

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05-27-2006, 12:34 PM

Re: Windows Vista Requirements

Yeah, these requirements are definitely steep... I don't see myself upgrading for awhile.

I just bought a laptop for college and I think XP will be just fine for me.

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05-28-2006, 09:15 AM

Re: Windows Vista Requirements

I was slow to upgrade to XP (just did two months ago, up from Windows 98 Second Edition), I'll be slow to upgrade to Vista. My PC matches the basic requirements, though. I have a P4 3.0 GHz processor, and am running on 512 MB of RAM. My motherboard & system suppors up to 2 GB, but I've been preoccupied with other stuff than memory upgrades.

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05-28-2006, 12:05 PM

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I'm doing the test, or maybe I'm not, because it's been "scanning" my CPU for 45 minuters.
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05-28-2006, 12:45 PM

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i passed with flying colors but im still gonna upgrade to a dual core 64 bit processor and get like 3 gb of ram, my video card and sound card are already good
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05-28-2006, 07:14 PM

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It says I failed the test on my 3d card, that I don't have pixel shader 2.0 which I do though. Don't understand.

I run Vista 5365 build on my work laptop flawlessly. Can't wait for my company to release Beta 2 to us.
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05-28-2006, 07:37 PM

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when is vista going to be released to the public?

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05-28-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally posted by SLAYER

I was slow to upgrade to XP (just did two months ago, up from Windows 98 Second Edition), I'll be slow to upgrade to Vista.

You've got time. MS has already pushed back Vista 2 times due to issues they ran into. I don't even know when the official release is now.

My work gets a copy with our MSDN subscription so I always get to install very early. I had the beta version on a test laptop a long time ago and will upgrade to Vista once it comes out. I wouldn't upgrade for a while if I couldn't get it for free. XP has been great IMO.

I'm VERY dissapointed that they axed WinFS though. I was looking forward to the new file system.

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05-28-2006, 07:41 PM

Re: Windows Vista Requirements

Originally posted by TheTruth916

when is vista going to be released to the public?

12/6/2006 was the initial date. It's been pushed back from then and I don't know what the latest release is.
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05-28-2006, 07:50 PM

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I'm VERY dissapointed that they axed WinFS though. I was looking forward to the new file system.

When did they ax it? There is a beta 1 release of it and last time I heard, it was going to be a product update for Vista.
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05-28-2006, 07:55 PM

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When did they ax it? There is a beta 1 release of it and last time I heard, it was going to be a product update for Vista.

Maybe I'm off, but I could've sworn I read that they axed it sometime after the Beta.

I'll have to look around to see if I can find anything....

EDIT - Just found this: http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/vista.asp and http://www.win-vista.net/modules.php...article&sid=53

Here's the quote:

Q: What is WinFS?

A: WinFS is a relational database-based data storage engine that Microsoft is building on top of SQL Server 2005. Originally scheduled for inclusion in Windows Vista, WinFS will now debut in Windows Server 2007 ("Longhorn Server") and will ship separately in 2007 as a free add-on for Windows Vista.

Microsoft considers WinFS to be a "product update" for Windows Vista. As such, it will be considered part of Windows Vista when it ships in 2007 and it's likely that future Windows Vista versions will simply include this technology out of the box, in the same way that today's boxed copies of Windows XP include Service Pack 2.

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So for some odd reason, MS doesn't see WinFS as a part of Vista. They just see it as a product update. I don't know why though.

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05-28-2006, 08:23 PM

Re: Windows Vista Requirements

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Vista was pushed back to January of 07. Either way, yeah, none of my PC's will really be able to run it effectively. I'm holding off, myself.
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