My new Laptop and my first Vista Experience
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Believe it or not this is not another "Vista sucks" rant. Sure, my experience with Vista, so far, has not been perfect but not to that point. I am, so far, actually quite pleased with Vista. I have had a couple of issues with some games that won't work but I'm sure I will find a version that does. It just a matter of doing the research online.
So, down to business. This is my baby, an HP Pavillion dv9740us. Here are the specs;
PC Wizard 2008 Version 1.82
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Owner: *****
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
User: *****
Operating System: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6000
Report Date: Tuesday 29 January 2008 at 18:45
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<<< System Summary >>>
> Mainboard : Quanta 30CB
> Chipset : Intel GM965
> Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile T5500 @ 1666 MHz
> Physical Memory : 3072 MB
> Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 8600M GS
> Hard Disk : TOSHIBA (160 GB)
> Hard Disk : TOSHIBA (160 GB)
> DVD-Rom Drive : Optiarc BD ROM BC-5500A ATA Device (this baby plays Bluray)
> Monitor Type : LGPhilipsLCD - 17 inches
> Network Card : Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
> Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6000
> DirectX : Version 10.00
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I don't know about you but I think that's a pretty sweet setup. I have waited 10 years to get myself a laptop and I figured I get a decent one. As you can see it has Windows Vista Home Premium. While I would have preferred Ultimate, I'm ok with this for now. So far my experience with Vista has been pretty good. A few game problems as I have mentioned but nothing I can't eventually solve. I do, however, hate that constant screen that comes up everytime I install or run a program asking permission to run it. I can understand the security point of it, but this is ridiculous. Microsoft really killed it here.
The large screen is awesome; everything looks great including movies and games. Considering how much I was gonna pay for a 15.4 inch Dell XPS with similar components, I got a great deal and saved on shipping time and price. At first I was unable to play a bluray movie I bought; I had to update the Quickplay feature this HP PC came with in order to play the Bluray disk. It's similar to the Windows Media Center and I like it somewhat. I can listen to my MP3's, watch DVD's and other movie formats, I can listen to local FM stations, internet stations and it even came with a TV Tuner card and a nice remote control so I can watch TV anywhere.
I bought myself a copy of Call of Duty 4 and, while this still being a laptop it does lag from time to time but works great none the less. It's a great game though it's very short. I beat it in 2 days. I figure it was more designed for the online experience than anything else. So far most of my programs have worked flawlessly so I think Vista is a keeper. My wife is also happy; she got herself her own laptop, a n HP dv9000 series like mine, just not as powerful and with a few less features.
I'm a happy camper. This Pc will keep me busy for a while. What do you fellas think?
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