Guest boe Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Hello, Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar, live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow performance of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid license. If anyone figures a way to get media center working on this great OS please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8 as a desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really didn't like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit 2008 seems to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP. Thanks
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Re: Getting Windows Media Center on Windows Server 2008 Hello boe, If you disable a lot of the WORKSTATION features that a lot people like to have, VISTA will be also faster. So use a server for that it is made. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Hello, > > Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar, live > mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow performance > of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid license. If > anyone figures a way to get media center working on this great OS > please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8 as a > desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really didn't > like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit 2008 seems > to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP. > > Thanks >
Guest boe Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Re: Getting Windows Media Center on Windows Server 2008 Thanks - so far I've got just about everything turned on - aero interface, gadets/sidebar etc and it is running great as a desktop OS! I tried Vista and it was sluggish - my CPU was always running high - Vista uses up more memory than XP but CPU and everything else are doing great. I LOVE not having a reminder every time I boot that I turned off UAC! "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message news:ff16fb66973d68ca72a703dc230b@msnews.microsoft.com... > Hello boe, > > If you disable a lot of the WORKSTATION features that a lot people like to > have, VISTA will be also faster. So use a server for that it is made. > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > >> Hello, >> >> Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar, live >> mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow performance >> of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid license. If >> anyone figures a way to get media center working on this great OS >> please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8 as a >> desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really didn't >> like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit 2008 seems >> to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP. >> >> Thanks >> > >
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