A while back my computer had failed from a power surge (surge protectors did nothing, no warranty since they're past the 2 years or whatever it was).

Replaced motherboard, power supply, cpu, and ram...all the latest hardware. I didn't reinstall windows x64 (which I should have) and just booted up the old install...to my surprise and delight, it actually worked...
Albeit, it ran very very slow.

So I decided to get a WD Velociraptor 300GB 10,000RPM hard drive...man this thing flies.

With all this new hardware, I thought I might as well install Windows Vista Ultimate x64, and so I did.

Moment of silence....

I actually like it....
Doesn't bog the quad core AMD 9950 Phenom Black Edition down at all... My only weak point is the my old video card, ATI X800XL.

Thermaltake Tsunami Case
ABS Tagan BZ800 800W Power Supply
MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard
AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION 2.6GHz Quad-Core Processor
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Memory (eventually 8GB)
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS SATA 3.0Gb/s 300GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive (expensive but worth it)
2 - 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hitachi Hard Drives (currently full of my old files, probably run them in RAID 1 with an Ubuntu install)
Sapphire Radeon X800 XL Ultimate 256MB (need to upgrade)
Some other miscellaneous drives..etc


Anyone else using Vista?

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Brando

I'm a Microsoft partner and been using vista for 2 years now. I love it! goodbye forever XP! Vista has alot of cool features, and doesn't crash as much as XP did for me.

I have a dual core 2ghz, 3 GB RAM, 350GB HD
256MB ATI card. My Vista Windows experience is 4.3. What's yours?

My base score is a 4.9, only because of my video card, everything else is a 5.9

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Brando

I've got a Dell laptop with all the latest crap in it.

Intel Core 2 Duo T9300(2.5GHz, 800Mhz, 6M L2 Cache)
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600
320G 5400RPM SAMSUNG Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini Card
Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
3 Year Limited Warranty
Accidental Damage Protection, 3 Years

I love this laptop. It hauls serious ass

Alright, since you mentioned laptops...

Haven't gotten my new one yet (in transit via UPS right now), but here are the specs.

Lenovo ThinkPad T400
14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/ LED Backlight, Camera
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 6MB L2 Cache)
4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 with 256MB
160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA)
Express Card Slot & 7-1 Media Card Reader
Integrated Bluetooth PAN
Intel WiFi Link 5300 (AGN)
Integrated AT&T Mobile Broadband (3G)
UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
Genuine Windows Vista Business 64
4 cell Li-Ion Battery
ThinkPad Advance Ultrabay Battery II

Should be pretty awesome...

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Brando

Sounds like my Laptop! Did you get it yet? Unbelievalbe how fast laptops are now days!

Yea, I got it on the 18th of September. I love it...everything I need in an ultralight package.

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