http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286949,00.htm

Bear find that com sell Vista computer n not use it internally is somewhat puzzling. No wonder troubleshooting is slow.

Bear is really puzzled on vista delay + beta testing == buggy software.
Bear presumed that Vista is super complicated to manage. Hope all goes well. Bear’s Vista behave like W95, more importantly works with minimal memory allocation. Hope the Vista SP1 helps make it better, user friendlier.

gluck liewcf. appy komputing.

Look at Micheal Dell’s computers, 4GB RAM is a standard it seems….. that is 2x what u r going to get liewcf. No harm getting another 2GB, liewcf.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_computers?c=us

THE BUGS ARE COMING!!!!!

Bear – Getting DXXX Linux Destop, got bugs, but can DIY fixes.

After 2 weeks of struggle, finally, it became stable…. abit

After bear took off …the security features, some user control thing (to install of alot of software bear use for work, other wise not possible).. and the aero feature, revert to classic…

Silencing a few softwares from startup is wise.

1GB memory, not enuf and it is instable. After taking off the 2 feature, and removal of the startup apps… Bear got 300MB RAM free, enough for 1-2 browser, and 1-2 office apps. More than that, it will crash. Before removal of the apps and feature, bear got 100-150MB left, enough for 1 browser, 1 office appm more than that, it becomes instable and crashy. Bear guess the latter is the minimum requirement for minimum work/usability.

Bear recommend 6-10GB RAM for vista to be comfortable. No kidding. Bear use it for research, CAD, calculations, programming, scripting, 1GB where got enough???? 1-2 apps at a time is not multitasking… and bear got to deliver a multitasked multiplexed work on 100-200MB RAM left?? How can!!!!

Bear hv to recompile openoffice (bear’s boss forgot to buy the pro edition for msoffice 2007, and he expect bear to present ppt file as needed without lesen – how can!!!!).

Network is a hazard, net admin guy who is MCSE guy took 6 hours to configure. Bear guess he needs an update. No internet for a day. Downtime.

One of DXXX provided driver not compatible with vista. DXXX cannot answer till today. Every day startup, vista say, incompatible driver detected, click here for solution. bear click, vista say, no solution found. wait till a solution is reported… bear waith 1 hour per day during startup before bear decide to move on.

Bear is glad that bear uses alot of open source applications, can recompile and fix problems as it arises. Interestingly, compiling with Cygwin/gcc, vista will say bash or sh.exe is not an know/approved application, wait for solution and yadayada, and vista will stop it. However, if u close that popup windows, repeat the process same popup comes up. If u leave it open and recompile, sh.exe will work, no problem.

Consultation with several pro in several companies (MNC mostly), they faces similar problem, on their trial machines, as they are involve in migration process. Most company as bear found out is planning upgrade by year end. Not now. Lots of problem.

Bear headache and felt challenged, until bear found this article:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html

Yeah. stay with XP, please. If upgrade wait 1 more year. If u ever get vista machine, get more RAM, minimum of 6GB recommended. Bear guess there are such thing as memory inflation.

And ppl said it looks ok, cool and etc… please use it and live with it first before u give comments. With so many comments that I read and compare that with my own experience, Bear know where bear stands. Bear leave it to all to buy Vista machine and find out urself. Good Luck.

BTW, no more blue screen of death… it was replaced with some other color.

Bear – vista survivor.

PS: I thought the pirated software shops are closed because they were raided by the policemen not so long ago.. ?