Fansite and Forum for Meizu Products
 
       



Go Back   Meizu Me > General > Off Topic

Turn Windows XP into Vista FREE

Off Topic

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-18-2007   #11 (permalink)
Member iamdmc is an unknown quantity at this point
 
iamdmc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 112
What are the minimum specs for WindowFX anyway? I only have a 32mb NVidia GForce 2 Go on my laptop.
iamdmc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2007   #12 (permalink)
Valued Member Nickle is on a distinguished road
 
Nickle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 289
Why don't you just buy vista anyway, that way, there a no hard disk worries, no screwing up funtionality worries, extra funtionality (loads of it!)
and to top it all off, you get a vista look !
Nickle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2007   #13 (permalink)
Freshman jozefakie is on a distinguished road
 
jozefakie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
Posts: 38
Quote:
Originally Posted by iamdmc View Post
What are the minimum specs for WindowFX anyway? I only have a 32mb NVidia GForce 2 Go on my laptop.
The software analyzes your specs and gives you recommendations which effect will not be supported. I believe a GForce 2 will do but 32 MB isn't enough I'am affraid. Just try it.
BTW it doesn't come with a sidebar. I use separate software for that tool.
jozefakie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2007   #14 (permalink)
Freshman jozefakie is on a distinguished road
 
jozefakie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
Posts: 38
Vista

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickle View Post
Why don't you just buy vista anyway, that way, there a no hard disk worries, no screwing up funtionality worries, extra funtionality (loads of it!)
and to top it all off, you get a vista look !
Do realize how expensive Vista in EU is, even for just an upgrade You have to be rich down here:D And than the required specs of mobo, graphic card etc. if you want to have Vista Premium (lets not even talk about Ultimate) running smoothly:eek:
I really like the looks and functionality of Vista but its still 'in progress' as not all software and games are compatible yet. My Xp is as far as it can get, so I'm quite happy if it shows the effects and looks of Vista but unhappily not the functionallity.
But I still hear to many complaints about Vista yet and quite some people turn back to XP.

Last edited by jozefakie : 02-18-2007 at 11:11 AM.
jozefakie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-18-2007   #15 (permalink)
Valued Member puffel is on a distinguished road
 
puffel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Germany
Posts: 393
Well i have Windows Vista and it doesn't only look different. It's pretty awesome actually, except that there are no omegadrivers for my graphics card yet, so I have to use the ATI ones. I didnt expect Vista to be more functional than XP, but it is. The search engine, folder functions, media organisation, just to name a few, are pretty good.
And Aero rocks, of course. I love it =)
__________________
puffel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-17-2008   #16 (permalink)
Passing By sasuke4x is an unknown quantity at this point
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 12
cooooooooooooooooooooooooool
sasuke4x is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-17-2008   #17 (permalink)
Passing By RR_PRIME is on a distinguished road
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13
you should try black xp comes with all the drivers needed for almost everything and it also has window blinds customizable to vista

medium specs needed
RR_PRIME is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008   #18 (permalink)
Valued Member JkPwNsTeR will become famous soon enough
 
JkPwNsTeR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 779
You do know that requires downloading a pirated version of Windows, right?
[EDIT]: And not to mention a couple dozen programs?

Anyways, Vista is a pretty decent operating system. I'll live with it, and many improvements I find nice, but many of my old programs don't work with it (somewhat my fault for liking legacy DOS, and 95 games XD). I'd probably find my computer faster if I downgraded to XP, but I don't want to spend $100 for a license and it's already been in use for almost half a year. I still find my Vista desktop faster than my XP desktop, probably because the specs have a HUGE gap.

My old Acer desktop's specs:

2.8Ghz Celeron Processor
Intel GMA 64MB Video Card
768MB RAM (Added 512MB stick)
160GB HD
19" Monitor

My newer Acer's specs:

2.4Ghz*4 (9.6Ghz) Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
1268MB Sappire ATI 2600 HD XT (Upgrade)
2GB RAM
320GB HD
22" Monitor

Yes, I didn't include some specs, but the fundamentals are often enough.
__________________

Last edited by JkPwNsTeR : 07-16-2008 at 01:41 PM.
JkPwNsTeR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2008   #19 (permalink)
Freshman MezmerizingMeizu is on a distinguished road
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 38
I've want to upgrade from XP to Vista but "apparently" I won't be able to play some of the much-loved fan mission games from the Thief series.


So, because of that... I haven't bothered to upgrade yet. Maybe when I can afford to have two PCs, lol.
MezmerizingMeizu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-22-2008   #20 (permalink)
Valued Member JkPwNsTeR will become famous soon enough
 
JkPwNsTeR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 779
Don't upgrade, more often than not, the legacy components will be incompatible.
JkPwNsTeR is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
frozen m6 sp, will not turn on, will not charge lli1 Technical 13 05-15-2008 10:33 PM
Download. windows vista energy Screen saver khanhfat Off Topic 3 03-01-2007 04:19 AM
Meizu doesn't turn on sharea Technical 2 02-28-2007 09:01 PM
Conflicting free space Windows / Linux scaglifr Technical 5 02-22-2007 04:06 PM

All times are GMT. The time now is 05:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.1.0 ©2007, Crawlability, Inc.
 
Meizu Me is an independent resource for all things Meizu. Meizu, Mini Player, Music Card, Mini One and all other related names are properties of MEIZU Electronic Technology, Inc. Designed by ForumTemplates. All content © 2007 MeizuMe. All Rights Reserved.