On 12/23/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me > > > > Yes, you can turn User Account Controls off. It's what causes those > > warnings, and is the first thing I turn off on a Vista machine. It can > > be accessed via the User Accounts control panel (In Classic View, I'm > > not sure which it comes under on the idiot view default for Control > > panel in Vista) > > Thanks Adam. Sadly, the guy who owns the studio is in the habit of buying > whatever Office Depot is getting rid of, and at the moment, Vista seems to > be what they want to sell. > I've almost got him talked into buying custom builds, based on the > performance difference between what he just bought and what I just bought > for my own use. > Granted, what I bought was probably 3 times more money.... > > Thanks for not suggesting installing another OS, though personally I'd wipe > Vista and install XP Pro instead. > I have done enough research to know that Linux won't do the job, I'm not > interested in learning a new OS anyway, and whatever we use absolutely has > to support PhotoShop, which Im pretty sure means either MS or Mac. > Unfortunately, around here, Mac offers really poor user support, and less > than stellar bang for the buck. > > William Robb >
With a little work, Vista can be turned into something that's at least comparable to XP, with a few major advantages (the UI is better, particularly Explorer). The big problems with it compared to XP are certain enforced brain damage with default options, and the crippled media playback system (the only way to get proper HD playback on vista is to pirate the content, going legal results in crippled output). -Adam Who's quite happy with his Vista systems, but also is running very non-standard configs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
