Yes, NVidia reps keep telling everyone it took 6 years to get XP NVida style drivers to perform so give them a bit of time with Vista. They are hiring many new programmers right now to catch up. AND, I remember that XP was not even stable until after the release of SP 1, and then a complete change in security screwed things up in SP2, then everyone was back to square one again. I hope MS does not follow the same route. 

 

Most retailers are slowing the spread of Vista and reintroducing XP x64. I do not agree with that idea as XP is more difficult to work with and less supported by third party. Guess we will have to see if that has a beneficial result for the rest of us.

 

Snipping Tool is a neat gadget that is built in to Vista, except Home Basic.  Use the tool to capture your entire desktop, a single window, or anything else. Areas you do not select dim, so it is easy to see what you are capturing.

 

To access the Snipping Tool, click the Windows Start icon, then type "snip," and select the 'Snipping Tool' that appears. The prog won’t send the capture to Photoshop or a similar graphics prog.

 

Virtual PC and BackUp are some pretty nice software, so Vista does have a lot going for it, if you have the Business or Ultimate edition. Home and Premium do not have a lot of the goodies that the other packages have. And, after getting my hands on these extras, I have tried to run them in Home Basic, and it won’t happen, since MS had made sure you HAVE to upgrade to get the goodies to work.

 

e-On has indicated they will support Vista later, but they better get away from the “ported core” concept if they want their software to perform. Vista is really picky about a lot of security issues, and likes to work with *.exe files not *.eon style files. 

I do know that this last patch has really changed things for me.  Last night I imported a lamp and the outer casing glowed.  Kept me occupied until I figured out that Vue applied a custum Lens Flare to the point light in the metal casing.  Once I turned it off things went back to normal.  I have been getting a lot of materials switched around during import of Vue 5 objects.  One of my old lights I built came out with a glass lens that was made of rock, and the lens matrerial was applied to the outer casing, strange stuff.  

I do not know what is going to happen with all of these Beta patches, but it cetianly is making life "A Strange Happening."

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