New Computer Quick Thoughts
My shiny (literally) new Dell XPS 720 with Windows Vista came yesterday. I got it all running pretty quick, and I’m quite happy with it so far, though I haven’t done too much with it yet. Here are my thoughts.
- The whole 32-bit 4Gb/3Gb RAM issue is rather annoying. Wish I had known about that one ahead of time…
- Who knew the lights of the machine can change colour? Sweet.
- My copy of Civ IV is too old to run on Vista, sigh.
- Company of Heroes is somehow under-rated.
- New Aero Glass interface is pretty slick, maybe too slick, not sure yet.
- A computer case as large as this one, makes a 24-inch widescreen seem kinda small. Maybe the box should go on the floor…
- I want to get a second 8800GT for a SLI configuration, just to see what kind of difference it would make.
- But wouldn’t that compound that stupid RAM issue?!
I know Vista’s not new, but what do other people think?
Also, on a slighly unrelated note… Who would’ve thought that an older linksys usb wireless adapter from 2004 would work flawlessly under Ubuntu for months, and then be totally unusable after 3 minutes on a Win XP machine that it used to work fine on.