2010-05-16, 05:57 PM
shouri Wrote:Even though this part I'm quoting is from page 1... and it seems to have been dropped (slightly) I really should comment on this.
I run Vista with ZERO graphics issues at Zak. I never have to alt tab, and I never have to change graphics setting. Your issue is NOT universal. Vista itself as an OS is NOT the only problem. Compatibility with Vista itself and the laptop's hardware is the actual issue. When Vista first came out, it was installed into multiple computer types that were basically not ready to have Vista on it. (What this implies about Vista as an OS is up to you).
Some computers (such as my laptop that I bought at Best Buy) happened to have a good compatibility with Vista when Vista first came out. One would hope that by now more laptops (mainly the graphics cards) would have easier times interacting with Vista, but that doesn't seem to be the case (Again whether or not this implies that Vista is a bad OS is a completely separate issue).
The main point is that having Vista does not imply that you will have a crappy experience with maple.
My laptop has the bare recommended minimums just to run vista actually. And yet still I can fight Zakum with no graphics issue. I SOMETIMES had a graphics issue when i first got my laptop but even then I had times where I could boss just fine. And even that got fixed with service pack 1.
My Dell 08 laptop ran with Vista fine, until a few updates the RAM just wasn't sufficiant, if you have time to spend money on a bit of Ram it's no problem. But I just snagged my pops hp which has XP, so I don't care bout' vista anymore :r. Honestly I love XP, it takes time for me to get used to, but its simpler to vista imo.