Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment GRUB even shows that it knows the Vista boot is "special", because when I do it with XP Pro, the GRUB boot menu only lists "Microsoft Windows XP Professional", whereas when I did it with Vista, the menu says "Microsoft Windows Vista (loader)".
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog When I compared it, running Vista, to the S2110, it took about a minute to boot and display the Windows Logon screen (the same as the 2110), and then after I logged in it took about another minute before it was ready for use (much longer than the...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog When I boot Vista, the memory meter shows 38% memory in use (of a total of 3 GB). That scares the daylights out of me - especially after having Vista give me the "unable to boot / unable to recover" business previously.
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog That will go on as a boot option. Ask for a downgrade to Windows XP. This in itself is not unheard of - several years ago there were companies upgrading to Windows 2000, long after XP became available, usually because they were sticking to very old...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog When I boot Vista, once everything settles down it shows memory use of about 40% (I have 3 GB installed). I have checked the memory use for remaining processes in the Windows Task Manager, and while a couple of things are using noticeably more...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
Linux: Lost In The Trough Of Disillusionment?
Talkback You can dual boot if you are concerned. First off, XP and the 98 series use different drivers and the new "Vista" (criuser) 64 bit new driver sets altogether. Mepis may actually work with more differing combination of "PC's" and with less overall...
[September 10, 2005, 19:01]
Intel Macs Will Struggle With Vista
News Mac OS X, Vista will use EFI to aid the boot process. Hoping your Intel Mac will easily run Windows Vista? Windows would be easier to load on Macs than Windows XP, because like I don't think so" he said, when asked whether Intel Macs should easily...
[March 10, 2006, 8:25]
Microsoft's Pre-modern Message Puts A New Face On Vista
Blog Comment If you want an education in how little you need to allow Windows to continue to work, boot up as an Admin on the computer. Setup a menu system on boot that allows you to start up the system to run fast and tight or fat with processes to do lots of...
[July 31, 2008, 9:15]
