Eric Griffin's Blog : Vista

WPF Example Up on CodePlex

ebgriffin1968 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:47:25 GMT

Silverlight has its roots in WPF. So what better way to get deep that to dig into some code. The WPF team has updated and uploaded to CodePlex the Family.Show app.

You can check out the code and documentation here.

Philips Showcases New Range of Remotes for Microsoft Windows Vista

ebgriffin1968 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:34:04 GMT

On a different note. I am planning my multimedia fantasy centered around my Xbox and Windows Media Center for Vista.

I cam across this announcement for some Remotes for Media Center. Kool

Philips Showcases New Range of Remotes for Microsoft Windows Vista | Dexigner

Three Men and Windows Vista

ebgriffin1968 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:42:03 GMT

Maybe you've heard, maybe you haven't heard about the hologram found of three guys on the Windows Vista Business Edition DVD. Interesting and kinda Kool

More of that here: » Image Hidden In Windows Vista DVD Hologram

Aaron Stebner's WebLog : Web Designer Tools can fail to install during VS Orcas beta 1 setup on 64-bit Windows

ebgriffin1968 — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:10:03 GMT

FYI for those Visual Studio Orca's Beta 1. I decided not to run 64 Vista. For now.

Aaron Stebner's WebLog : Web Designer Tools can fail to install during VS Orcas beta 1 setup on 64-bit Windows

Vista on Old Hardware

ebgriffin1968 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:53:00 GMT

Its getting tiring hearing about Vista performance on old hardware. Especially when my whole family ( all six of us) are running Vista without issue or complaint.

With a 14, 11, 10 and 8 year old computer savvy, game hungry, Internet enabled children, and a wife that is not too far behind, I can't get away with a poor performing operating system. Microsoft family or not. We wouldn't be going to Vista if it was slow.

I am happy to say that all my children are very satisfied with the performance of Vista. Our machines are not close to new and were performing nicely with WinXP.

Here's my setup:

Comcast High Speed 6mbs D-Link 8011.g wireless network. All machines with wireless cards.

2 Vista Basic Machines
HP Pavilion 551w, P4 1.6, 631MB (Yes you reading are right)
Dell Optiplex GX260, P4 1.99, 512MB (No duel cores here)

2 Vista Home Premium
eMachines W4685, P4 2.6, 1 GB (Wife wanted more memory)
Toshiba Satellite, P4 2.4, 512MB (I run Halo on this machine frequently)

All of these machines run very well. No one is trying to develop software on these machines, but believe me, they are being heavily utilized. I have Encarta loaded and several games installed on each machine.

My kids fly all over the Internet running games (Club Penguin, Runscape etc..), but now with Vista usage reports I know a lot more about where they are going. And with school just out I am all over the Parental Control feature. I also share files an music when I set up my Vista home network.

So I guess I haven't experienced the old hardware performance problem with Vista. I am living with Vista on old hardware and I have four satisfied users. What has your experience been with Vista on old Hardware?