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I just installed Vista on a 550.

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Name: jackbomb
Date: July 14, 2006 at 10:31:39 Pacific
Subject: I just installed Vista on a 550.
OS: Windows XP Media Center
CPU/Ram: x2 4800/4GB
Model/Manufacturer: jackbomb
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*TURN YOUR IMAGES ON!*

Runs just fine, even with Aero enabled. Microsoft and their minimum requirement BS.
:P

This is a first-gen P3-550. You know, the big cartridge-style P3 with external L2 cache? Yet it still runs OK.

Remember when people were saying that Vista would require dual-core 4GHz CPUs and 4 gigs of RAM to run?


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Response Number 1
Name: jackbomb
Date: July 14, 2006 at 10:32:51 Pacific
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No lagging screensavers or anything.


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Response Number 2
Name: jackbomb
Date: July 14, 2006 at 10:35:34 Pacific
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Though flash video framerates are a little slower under Vista. (not that you can see that)


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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: July 14, 2006 at 11:04:34 Pacific
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How long did the install take?

Computer Components


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Response Number 4
Name: jackbomb
Date: July 14, 2006 at 11:48:03 Pacific
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Didn't time it, but I remember putting in the disk and setting it up at around 8:00 and when I came back at 9:30 it was all finished.

So it took less than 1:30.


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Response Number 5
Name: mr.spock
Date: July 15, 2006 at 16:38:47 Pacific
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how much memory does that system have?

I wanted to try it out on my spare p3 866 which has 192 megs, but i assume that it only works with 512 or higher.


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Response Number 6
Name: Pistal
Date: July 16, 2006 at 08:43:59 Pacific
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any ideal where you can download it now, the time is up


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Response Number 7
Name: jefro
Date: July 18, 2006 at 15:46:55 Pacific
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There were some issues with the P3's that suggested that they could be better than what the replacement was on some stuff. Might be that vista does run fine on a P3 and not a dual Xeon P4.


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