Comments on: Taking the Vista Plunge http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Piaw Na http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4269 Piaw Na Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4269 Why not try <a href="http://picasa.google.com" rel="nofollow">Picasa</a> for organizing photos? I use it and love it. In fact, I <a hef="http://piaw.blogspot.com/2007/12/au-revoir-mac-os-x.html">reformatted </a>my Mac and made it a windows XP box just to get Picasa running at full speed all the time. Why not try Picasa for organizing photos? I use it and love it. In fact, I reformatted my Mac and made it a windows XP box just to get Picasa running at full speed all the time.

]]> By: Hubert http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4270 Hubert Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4270 Thomas - I am wondering whether installing the "Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks" would solve your problem of slow Media Center access to files on your server.<br /><br />Have a look at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283&DisplayLang=en&displaylang;=en Thomas – I am wondering whether installing the “Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks” would solve your problem of slow Media Center access to files on your server.

Have a look at the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283&amp;DisplayLang=en&displaylang;=en

]]> By: cfischer83 http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4271 cfischer83 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4271 I love Vista! I'm glad you've found these features so useful. I love being able to tag all my photos. Windows Photo Gallery is an awesome app that they're improving all the time. You can actually download the latest version at http://get.live.com/ which is better than the version that shipped with Vista.<br /><br />I'm also glad to see that there is a blogger online smart enough to notice Vista's amazing rendering engine! That's what makes your system look so much better than XP. You do some zooming comparisons with XP, Linux and OS X, and Vista comes out way ahead! I love Vista! I’m glad you’ve found these features so useful. I love being able to tag all my photos. Windows Photo Gallery is an awesome app that they’re improving all the time. You can actually download the latest version at http://get.live.com/ which is better than the version that shipped with Vista.

I’m also glad to see that there is a blogger online smart enough to notice Vista’s amazing rendering engine! That’s what makes your system look so much better than XP. You do some zooming comparisons with XP, Linux and OS X, and Vista comes out way ahead!

]]> By: Quikboy http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4272 Quikboy Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4272 I was at first hesitant to install Vista after hearing bad reviews, but I gave it a try myself.<br /><br />I love Vista. Works super well on my new Sony Vaio TZ. And like some people said, I find the tagging feature very pleasing in Vista. I used to have a MBP, and I personally didn't think Finder is as good as Vista's Instant Search. I also heard that Microsoft had that feature since 2003, shown in an old Longhorn demo, and that Apple just put it in first, but that's another story.<br /><br />I also like the games preinstalled in Vista. I don't spend much on games, but the ones in Vista are quite nice. <br /><br />And Media Center is pretty cool. The one in XP SP2 didn't work so well for me. Did a horrible job. But the one in Vista is a blast. Super easier to use, and though I'm not much of the media person, the stuff it does is pretty cool. <br /><br />And maybe for some it's slow, but Vista runs very fast on my Vaio. I'm not kidding. I used to have an older laptop with XP, and it doesn't compare to Vista's speed at all. <br /><br />Vista's AERO glass look is also another winner to me. It's just super elegant and nice-looking and pretty fluid. You can download fakes on XP, but it's doesn't compare to the real thing. I also like 'the look' a bit more than OS X. <br /><br />And there's a bunch of other tidbits I like about Vista, but I don't want to bore you. Unlike some users who have 'issues', Vista works great for me. I love it.<br /><br />Good luck. Hope it works out for you. I was at first hesitant to install Vista after hearing bad reviews, but I gave it a try myself.

I love Vista. Works super well on my new Sony Vaio TZ. And like some people said, I find the tagging feature very pleasing in Vista. I used to have a MBP, and I personally didn’t think Finder is as good as Vista’s Instant Search. I also heard that Microsoft had that feature since 2003, shown in an old Longhorn demo, and that Apple just put it in first, but that’s another story.

I also like the games preinstalled in Vista. I don’t spend much on games, but the ones in Vista are quite nice.

And Media Center is pretty cool. The one in XP SP2 didn’t work so well for me. Did a horrible job. But the one in Vista is a blast. Super easier to use, and though I’m not much of the media person, the stuff it does is pretty cool.

And maybe for some it’s slow, but Vista runs very fast on my Vaio. I’m not kidding. I used to have an older laptop with XP, and it doesn’t compare to Vista’s speed at all.

Vista’s AERO glass look is also another winner to me. It’s just super elegant and nice-looking and pretty fluid. You can download fakes on XP, but it’s doesn’t compare to the real thing. I also like ‘the look’ a bit more than OS X.

And there’s a bunch of other tidbits I like about Vista, but I don’t want to bore you. Unlike some users who have ‘issues’, Vista works great for me. I love it.

Good luck. Hope it works out for you.

]]> By: Dave http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4273 Dave Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4273 Try mediamonkey for managing your audio. It works great on my enormous collection.<br /><br />You'll need to install the monitor driver, get it from Dell's website.<br /><br />Tagging is limited, I believe, to only certain file types. I haven't spent much time in Vista so I can't verify that. Try mediamonkey for managing your audio. It works great on my enormous collection.

You’ll need to install the monitor driver, get it from Dell’s website.

Tagging is limited, I believe, to only certain file types. I haven’t spent much time in Vista so I can’t verify that.

]]> By: Mitchel Tyrell http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4274 Mitchel Tyrell Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4274 I'm also interested to hear your impressions. I do a lot of photo editing in Windows too, and theres a couple of essential programs and plugins that I recommend:<br /><br />Photo Info: to edit metadata in explorer<br />http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B038D4B5-1D88-437C-9F54-1FB0D210B5EF&displaylang;=en<br /><br />SyncToy: to keep backups organized<br />http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang;=en<br />http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=50FA5932-0685-4FE3-9605-536F39BD6C86&displaylang;=en<br /><br />And if you use photo shop<br />HD Photo plug-in:<br />http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B157CA0F-083F-4957-9AA3-4DA1DE3DC20B&mg;_id=10123&displaylang;=en<br /><br />Keep us posted. I’m also interested to hear your impressions. I do a lot of photo editing in Windows too, and theres a couple of essential programs and plugins that I recommend:

Photo Info: to edit metadata in explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B038D4B5-1D88-437C-9F54-1FB0D210B5EF&displaylang;=en

SyncToy: to keep backups organized
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang;=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=50FA5932-0685-4FE3-9605-536F39BD6C86&displaylang;=en

And if you use photo shop
HD Photo plug-in:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B157CA0F-083F-4957-9AA3-4DA1DE3DC20B&mg;_id=10123&displaylang;=en

Keep us posted.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4275 Jeremiah Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4275 Pardon my huge derail.....<br /><br /><br />....at a library of 100k + mp3's, figuring a generous average of 4 minutes in length, you've got more than 277 days of contiguous listening material.<br /><br />Why? Pardon my huge derail…..

….at a library of 100k + mp3’s, figuring a generous average of 4 minutes in length, you’ve got more than 277 days of contiguous listening material.

Why?

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4276 Anonymous Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4276 Hope that Vista works out for you. I have found it OK, but not really good enough after all the time.<br /><br />I recommend Paragon NTFS for MacOS X to add full read/write NTFS support to OS X. URL: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ Hope that Vista works out for you. I have found it OK, but not really good enough after all the time.

I recommend Paragon NTFS for MacOS X to add full read/write NTFS support to OS X. URL: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/

]]> By: Marcus Brutus http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4277 Marcus Brutus Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4277 "(the drobos are formated NTSC and thus can't be connected directly to my Mac which won't read NTFS)"<br /><br />I assume you mean NTFS in the first case. And no, Macs read NTFS, just not write to it. “(the drobos are formated NTSC and thus can’t be connected directly to my Mac which won’t read NTFS)”

I assume you mean NTFS in the first case. And no, Macs read NTFS, just not write to it.

]]> By: The Phat Photographer http://thomashawk.com/2007/12/taking-vista-plunge.html/comment-page-1#comment-4278 The Phat Photographer Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:59:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=750#comment-4278 Thomas, <br /><br /> Knowing that you are a user of both Vista and MAC OS X I would be interested to hear your impressions of one vs. the other. I ask because I am saving up and considering a MAC as my next personal computer purchase for mainly photo editing and such. I generally am tired of all the problems I have had with Windows in general and feel Apple has the better road-map, what say you? Thomas,

Knowing that you are a user of both Vista and MAC OS X I would be interested to hear your impressions of one vs. the other. I ask because I am saving up and considering a MAC as my next personal computer purchase for mainly photo editing and such. I generally am tired of all the problems I have had with Windows in general and feel Apple has the better road-map, what say you?

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