The New Toy/Toys Are Finished

[onlytrueromeo]

Turn off UAC in Vista...its worthless and makes everything slow. I personally didn't like the sidebar so I got rid of it. You also may want to look into disabling some processes as they rob the computer of speed. (Don't use MsConfig as theres a better way in Vista, I can't remember it off the top of my head)

My vista had bugs for awhile, but I kept updating and patching and updating and they all went away........so you should be ok if you update everything. (I've had Vista since about July) I had problems until recently with U3 flashdrives not working correctly w/ Vista but that seems to have been fixed. I didn't even try to patch again, I believe the problem was firmware on the USB drive, so I don't know what fixed it!

I like Vista Ultimate better than the other options. I also have a nice DVD with all versions 32 and 64 Bit that I was lucky enough to "acquire" over the summer.

If you stick with Vista, get a program called Start++ You will be happy with the results. It turns your search bar into an interactive search bar that has functions for weather, wiki, google, music, etc. Only works w/ windows media player at the moment (unless you are willing to write javascript) but I believe that will be fixed soon.

[Mnemonic]

yea i acquired Vista Ultimate, I seem to be having problems with it talking to my xp machine, Not so sure whats up with that yet, but i'll figure it out

[Mnemonic]

Update, the new computer is running at 3.2ghz now instead of 3.0 bout as far as i'm going to take it until i upgrade the cooling system some more, debating on water cooling

[shameem]

Dude do mineral oil cooling - its my ultimate nerd wet dream.......

If you are looking into oil cooling the computer -

http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mnemonic]

maybe for my buddies that we're about to build, but for me nah the max i'll do is water cooled, everything else isn't worth it

[se7en]

water cooling works great and all(I have it)

the trouble is, it is big and bulky, and hard to make it look professional.

good luck though

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[Mnemonic]

Upgrade

x2 ATI HD3850 256mb Crossfire

[Mnemonic]

more upgrades.... Oh look at that big heatsink