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neej · February 06, 2008, 07:42 AM

Mac choice: I read a couple of times that if you run WoW on a standard intel Mac on Windows XP (Bootcamp) it's about 25% faster because WoW's (Mac/Win) OpenGL is not as fast as the Windows-only Direct X version. That's a pity!

On Vista: "every single game you try to DL onto your comp will have problems if it was made before 07"

You could either believe this or not. I can just assure you it's not true. Any usually I BUY games at stores, well, I know there as on-demand services...

If you turn off UAC and set to old-school graphic layout the differences between XP and Vista are minor IF you have proper drivers (NVidia/AMD). Normally, that should be the case.

Random rant:

The whole thing "BAH, THE LATEST MS OS IS CRAP, THE LAST WAS BETTER" is so repetitive:

2007 Vista is slow and incompatible. XP is better.
2002 XP is slow and incompatible. Win2000 is better.
2000 Win2000 is slow and incompatible. Win98 is better.
1998 Win98 is slow and incompatible. Win95 is better.
1995 Win95 is slow and and incompatible. DOS/Win3.11 is better.

It *really* was like this all the time. The only serious problems were DOS->Windows and Windows9x->NT Kernel (2000/XP). And even those are sorted out today thanks to virtualization.

February 06, 2008, 07:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
neej Member	Re: New PC time. Mac choice: I read a couple of times that if you run WoW on a standard intel Mac on Windows XP (Bootcamp) it's about 25% faster because WoW's (Mac/Win) OpenGL is not as fast as the Windows-only Direct X version. That's a pity! On Vista: "every single game you try to DL onto your comp will have problems if it was made before 07" You could either believe this or not. I can just assure you it's not true. Any usually I BUY games at stores, well, I know there as on-demand services... If you turn off UAC and set to old-school graphic layout the differences between XP and Vista are minor IF you have proper drivers (NVidia/AMD). Normally, that should be the case. Random rant: The whole thing "BAH, THE LATEST MS OS IS CRAP, THE LAST WAS BETTER" is so repetitive: 2007 Vista is slow and incompatible. XP is better. 2002 XP is slow and incompatible. Win2000 is better. 2000 Win2000 is slow and incompatible. Win98 is better. 1998 Win98 is slow and incompatible. Win95 is better. 1995 Win95 is slow and and incompatible. DOS/Win3.11 is better. It really was like this all the time. The only serious problems were DOS->Windows and Windows9x->NT Kernel (2000/XP). And even those are sorted out today thanks to virtualization. Last edited by neej; February 06, 2008 at 07:44 AM..