Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Mar 19 20:38:25 CDT 2009
Like Drew, I quickly turned UAC off. I quite like the Aero look. Running 32bit Vista Business on a 2.4GHz Core Two Duo with 4GB RAM, I don't have any complaints about the performance. -- Stuart On 19 Mar 2009 at 15:56, Charlotte Foust wrote: > I got my latest laptop with Vista and while it's annoying (the security > drives me nuts and I hate the aero look), it's tolerable. Unlike you, I > have found the performance to be poor by comparison to XP but then I'm > not running 64 bit on 4 STAT drives. > > Charlotte Foust > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:49 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007 > > Ironically, I just moved my laptop back to Vista. When I bought it > (almost exactly a year ago), it came with Vista. Being an IT guy, I > figured I might as well have something with Vista on it, to get used to > it. > > First thing I ran into a problem was that Office 97 wouldn't install. > Well, I have a TON of 97 .mdb's, especially ones with web interfaces, so > I had to have Access 97. I use Virtual PC a lot, but I didn't want to > have to bring up a virtual machine every time I needed Access 97 > (because it happens a lot, and usually isn't planned....). > > So I immediately wiped my laptop, and went with Windows XP. > > Now back in December, I replaced 4 SCSI drives in my main desktop, with > 4 SATA drives. On my main work desktop, every since Windows 2000 came > out, I've run a Server OS on my desktop, so that I could mirror my C > drive. I had bought all the components and built this current desktop a > year ago (right before I got my new laptop), and it's motherboard had a > SATA Raid controller on it. So in December, when I put in my SATA > drives, I realized that I no longer needed a Server OS to have fault > tolerance on my desktop drives. So I did a striped mirror (giving me a > 320 gig fault tolerant drive (4x 160 drives)), and I thought to > myself...hmmmm, I can put any OS on here I want, and it's even a 64 bit > processor! > > So I installed Vista Business 64 bit, with SP1.....and WOW! > > Turned of UAC. That is a pain, but it's not hard to turn off. Had two > software packages I can't install, Toad (for our production database, > which I'm not in charge of, so I hardly use Toad anymore anyways, and it > was the 64 bit part, not Vista, that was the issue) and our Hours > program (old dos based program, crashes with the 64 bit...don't care, > can use it in a Remote Desktop session on our terminal server when I > need it once a week.). > > Things I like about Vista: > > Performance!!!! I can be actually using my desktop in about 30 to 45 > seconds after I hit the power button, and a good 15 seconds of that is > the BIOS booting up (can't seem to get it not to try the network boot). > Once I log in, it takes about 5 seconds to get a desktop and once that > is on the screen, I can start working, while vista is loading everything > else. With almost no delay! > > File transfers: You can click 'more details' when you are transferring > files, and it will show you how much is left to copy, in actual size. > Very nice. I do a lot of big file copies, and that's handy to have. > > The look: Having a visual representation of how much drive space you > have is kind of nice. Aero is pretty slick, especially if you have a > video card that can handle it. > > Sidebar: I have some handy gadgets, and with Windows Key - Space bar > bringing the sidebar up to the front, it's very handy. > > Much more intuitive: On my laptop (which I just put Vista back on this > weekend (because Office 97 will install with vista SP1), when I > installed Palm Desktop 6.2 (for my Palm TX), to sync with Bluetooth was > a simple checkbox, no setting up a virtual com port, etc. > > Searching: The Vista search is very powerful! > > Vista OS native capabilities: Burning data to CDs\DVDs. Speech > Recognition. On my laptop, to connect with a VPN while logging in is a > snap. > > Now....Access 2007...that's a different story, played with it few a few > minutes, and wiped out that virtual machine.... > > ;) > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rodgers > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:17 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007 > > Couldn't agree more, David. My latest laptop came with 2007 - > fortunately not the dreaded Vista - and I did try to cope with > Access2007. But I found it hardly worth the challenge of learning the > whole program over again when the new version offered so little > improvement. For me as an occasional user > - MySql is my main thing - I decided it simply wasn't worth the worry. > > I took 2007 off the machine and replaced it with 2003. > > Was I wrong to do that? I don't think so, but just in case I am going to > a short course on converting to 2007 at the local college next week - > with an open mind. But the lecturer will have to be very convincing, I > confess, for me to replace it. > > In the thick of trying to sort out Access 2007, before I did myself the > real favour of removing it, I really felt we had been betrayed by > Microsoft. > > All the best > > paul > The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the > person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI > Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy > the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. 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