Windows Vista and Future Emulation

[fivefeet8]

Originally Posted by darth sephiroth

i won't have diskpace enough for it on my xp partition (okok, i'll have 5,5GB available...)
i can't BELIEVE how unoptimised vista is... i thought XP was an insane piece of crap, vista is even crazier piece of half-retted crap , i'll thank god i'm a pretty much linux-full-timer

It's very optimized in RC1 compared to the previous Beta's. I think the reason why Vista takes so much resources is simply because the OS kernel now includes a lot more services than any Windows OS before. From realtime disk defragging, file search indexing, windows IE defender, and a lot other services that are included in the kernel Shell. Many of the services can be disabled though, but I see no reason why unless you really need the resources. One thing that most people will disable is the UAC. It becomes a pain when every system command requires a "yes" button to be clicked. Opening the control panel for user management, click yes. Open the system hardware management control panel, click yes.

Originally Posted by darth sephiroth

yeez, another "why not get vista" note... AGAIN! (i think it's near big enough to come under the classification of a novell and not a short story, my note list ).

Yeah, I was a bit dissappointed with that. I can understand that we need to move away from legacy hardware and use modern USB port gamepads. Too bad the USB version of the MS sidewinder has so much input lag. Maybe it works better in Vista. Luckily, I'm dual booting Xp/Vista.

Originally Posted by KillerShots

Actually, legacy game ports were no longer supported in Windows XP either, IIRC. I really had to tear my room apart to find my gameport->usb adapter to get my hammerhead FX working... I think it was because XP stopped support... or maybe the drivers were USB only for XP.

They were supported, but I believe many gameport gamepads had issues. Personally, my gameport MS sidewinder worked fine and I have 2 of them connected at one time. It is a MS product so..

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Last edited by fivefeet8; September 19th, 2006 at 21:17.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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hm, I never noticed issues with gameport devices in XP... I have an old joystick and a thrustmaster formula t2 wheel and they always work just fine..

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