OT: Bought a New Computer (that is Windows Vista Capable).

[Kevin John Panzke]

DELL XPS 600
Intel Pentium D 930 Series Processer (3 GHz with 2 MB L2 Cache and 800 MHz
Front Side Bus)
1 GB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800
160 GB SATA II Hard Disk Drive
Sound Blaster X-Fi Sound Card
Integrated Ethernet Controller

I think that is is also supposed to have an NVIDIA NForce Chipset with SLI,
though I am not quite sure about that?

I am however, going to continue to remain on Strike, at least until Beta 2
Comes Out (I will then Install Beta 2 on my Old DELL Dimension 8400, I will
NOT be Installing Windows Vista on my New Dell XPS 600 until RTM).

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Could have at least bought a x64 machine...

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[roman modic]

Hello!

Could have at least bought a x64 machine...

Pentium D 930 is 64-bit CPU that supports hardware virtualization (VT) ...
http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2006/05/04/427210.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2006/05/02/587994.aspx

[quote - Ben Armstrong]
I recently tested one of my NetWare 5.1 virtual machines with this setting - and hardware virtualization support gives me a 4.3x
performance boost
[/quote]


Cheers, Roman

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Uh, it is a x86-x64, all the Pentium D's are 64-bit supported.
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[Kevin John Panzke]

According to Intel's Website:
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_d/prodbrief.pdf the Pentium
D 9XX Series is indeed an EM64T Processor.

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

According to Dell's XPS 600 Website:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_600?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
the XPS 600 comes with a NVIDIA NForce 4SLIX16 MCP Chipset, even though it
is not listed on my Dell On-Line Reciept.

 

[Puppy Breath]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

Here is even more information for you guys to sink your teeth into:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4_sli.html

 

[John Jay Smith]

I am getting a new super computer AFTER vista comes out.

 

[Jason]

I too am waiting to buy a new computer till Vista is released around January
or so.

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Jason

Applied but still waiting to be accepted for the Vista Beta Testing group.
Can't wait to be able to play and help make it even better.

http://www.orderpcs4free.com/?r=878

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

Windows Vista will most likely be Delayed until at least 2010, or maybe even
2012 as someone else here previously mentioned.

 

[Richard Hay]

Wow that is a very serious delay Kevin. DO you recall when the post was
your referring to? I must have missed it.

 

[Mike]

I believe that Vista will be released in early 2007; I wouldn't be surprised
to see it pushed beyond January, though.

I also believe, Kevin, that the next build available to MSDN OS level
subscribers *will* be delay until 2010 (and even then, it won't be the final
version that went on sale to the general public back in 2007).

-Mike

 

[John Jay Smith]

lol.. I posted that vista would be delayed until 2012 because that is when
the
mayan calender predicts the end of the world.

I had to tie the 2 events somehow, its a joke of course. I hope..... ;-)

 

[Zack Whittaker]

No it won't. "Fiji" is already in the works by the way - early stuff, but
it's the next OS to come out after Vista.

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[Roy Coorne]

Windows Vista will most likely be Delayed until at least 2010...

....and may be called Windows Vista Decennium?


SCNR - Roy

 

[Zack Whittaker]

How many times do they have to change codenames? ;o)

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[Guest]

You guys missed the true meaning of my Joke:

If you keep waiting for Windows Vista to come out to buy a New Computer,
you'll be Old, Gray, and Rather Disapointed with the Quality of the OS.

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Ohhh hahaha!! Heehehehehehe!!!!! HAHAHAHAH ROFLMAO!

*cough* by the way, that wasn't funny.

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[Jane Colman]

Well I'm already grey....




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