I reinstalled Windows Vista Business x64. So far it’s done nothing but freeze up and just not work with most programs, even its self. It’s sad how they made people use this garbage OS. I am still going to try running it as everyday computer but I don’t know how much more I can take with it. I know it’s not my ThinkPad that is slowing it down. Anyway, I’ll keep updating my (probably bad) experiences with Vista.

I finally put the hard drive with Vista installed back into my laptop only to reformat it. I reinstalled Vista again but went from x86 to x64. I switched over to x64 because so far I have had good luck with x64 Windows XP and Windows 7 and the fact that Lenovo has full x64 drivers for my T61. Lucky for me, I have full legit copies of Vista Business x86 and x64 retail as provided by my friend Andrew.

So I have not been using vista for a bit now. At some point I ended up switching back over to windows XP and just never switched the hard drives back. Maybe since I am now thinking about I might just do that.

Wait, what am I thinking? I am just to lazy to do it so it will probably never happen.

I am also trying out VMware Server 2. I installed it on my Linux server just to play around with it. So far it is quite awesome. Its free (Always a Plus) and it runs very well and easy to manage. Its all web based so I can use any web browser on any computer in the house except my iMac (ill explain in a bit). How it works is that you log into the web console from any computer on the network or external if you forward the ports on your router (unsafe but people do it). You can manage all the OSes you have running on the server, start, stop, restart, everything. Also it has a web console so you can view what you would see if you where at the monitor. Neat stuff here.

Well here is my little problems. VMware forgot that people use Macs, well just like most other companies, and left out a working Firefox plug in for the web console. This sucks alot because I use my Mac for almost everything. It’s my main storage and, well, just everything. I hope they come out with a patch or plug in or even application that will let me do this. Lucky me, I have my trusty ThinkPad.

Sorry I have not posted in a while. Been quite busy with everything. Still running vista on my laptop and I must say that they made a huge improvement since SP1. There are still stability problems with explorer but overall it runs so much better than people say it does. I still think alot of it is just extra garbage like 3D Flip and the dam network and sharing thing. They should also have a better defragment program because this one you have no idea what its doing or working on or even when it will be done.

Also, I have just started using distributive computing networks. I have a client for folding@home running when my iMac is booted into Vista. I felt like helping out Stanford because most of the time i’m doing nothing with my computer. It just sits and runs all day. Lucky it uses almost no power because of the mobile chip it is using. Most of it is the same exact as my laptop, which I love.

Anyway, sorry to bore you with my vista garbage.

Vista:

Well I have been playing with vista for a few days now and I am actually starting to like it. There of coarse plenty off annoying things it does but overall not bad at all. There is something about the Aero glass I like. I think the network sharing thing was just plain stupid. I have also been testing out IE 8 beta for a bit. Crashes all the time. Mostly my site which brings me to the next topic.

CSS:

I love the idea of CSS but this is getting really frustrating. I have been working on setting up drop down menus on my site for 4 days. They still do not fully work. They do but you will see alot of bugs I have not been able to find and fix yet. I am just pulling out my hair. Think of the ACE hardware commercial where the woman cant decide the color of her room and starts pulling her hair. Think of that with not very long hair.

Anyway, if anyone knows what I am doing wrong, please e-mail me. Unless you want me to die. If so your a bad bad person.

Till next time.

Well I finally had to try it. I installed vista buisness on my laptop. Lucky for me I have a 2nd hard drive that I swap back and forth on this. Well this all started with me trying it out on my iMac. After really playing with it, with all the updates, it seems that it has come a long way since it first came out. A few hangups but nothing bad. Remember, since its a relativity new operating, its expected to have a few problems here and there. Overall it is much nicer than I ever thought. There are plently of things I wish they would have just left alone, like the dam network settings. Anyway, ill make this an on going thing to just test it out for a long time. Lets see if it can live up for what I use it for.