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| System Name | Pioneer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ryzen R9 9950X |
| Motherboard | GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans... |
| Memory | 64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30 |
| Video Card(s) | XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310 |
| Storage | Intel 905p Optane 960GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs |
| Display(s) | 55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display |
| Case | Thermaltake Core X31 |
| Audio Device(s) | TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED |
| Power Supply | FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W |
| Mouse | Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless |
| Keyboard | WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps |
| Software | Gentoo Linux x64 / Windows 11 Enterprise IoT 2024 |
Windows Vista, an OS that faced large amounts of criticism in life, is finally being laid down to die. Whether the criticism was fair, whether it was a victim of its own faults or the faults of simply being too ahead of its time (a question that is still being hotly debated to this day), it matters not now: it's done. On April 11th, Microsoft is ending Windows Vista support.
If you still happen to be using the OS, you may want to consider upgrading. Running an older, unsupported OS is not recommended for general security reasons. The latest bugfixes and exploit patches will simply no longer be issued, and Microsoft will have nothing to do with the OS from this point forward.
In its farewell to Vista, Microsoft makes the obvious upgrade pathway clear: Windows 10. It then goes on to make the fairly bold claim that "Very few older computers are able to run Windows 10." Factually, this depends a lot on what you call "old" and perhaps even, what you consider "running." It may be true that some machines bought in the Vista Era may be sub-optimal for Windows 10, but not all, and most of them can probably run still "run it." As an example; this news writer is currently writing from a 1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo Panasonic CF-52 Toughbook with Intel Integrated Graphics and it runs Windows 10 fine. Actually, if you have a DirectX 9 capable CPU and around a gig or two of ram then there really aren't many machines in that class that can't run Windows 10. Obviously the more you put in, the more you get, but that is nothing new.
If this were an editorial, I would theorize that this is Microsoft attempting to push users into upgrading their hardware to a new prebuilt computer for their own benefit. But as this is not an editorial, I will leave that claim to you, the reader.
This post is simply a tech-funeral for Vista. The comments be what they may, Vista will soon be EOL'd. Do you have any fond memories of Vista, or absolutely hated moments you'd like to share? Do you think Microsoft is up to no good pushing PC upgrades, or did a weasel-word news editor just put that thought in your head? We'd love to hear all your Vista related thoughts, below.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
If you still happen to be using the OS, you may want to consider upgrading. Running an older, unsupported OS is not recommended for general security reasons. The latest bugfixes and exploit patches will simply no longer be issued, and Microsoft will have nothing to do with the OS from this point forward.
In its farewell to Vista, Microsoft makes the obvious upgrade pathway clear: Windows 10. It then goes on to make the fairly bold claim that "Very few older computers are able to run Windows 10." Factually, this depends a lot on what you call "old" and perhaps even, what you consider "running." It may be true that some machines bought in the Vista Era may be sub-optimal for Windows 10, but not all, and most of them can probably run still "run it." As an example; this news writer is currently writing from a 1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo Panasonic CF-52 Toughbook with Intel Integrated Graphics and it runs Windows 10 fine. Actually, if you have a DirectX 9 capable CPU and around a gig or two of ram then there really aren't many machines in that class that can't run Windows 10. Obviously the more you put in, the more you get, but that is nothing new.
If this were an editorial, I would theorize that this is Microsoft attempting to push users into upgrading their hardware to a new prebuilt computer for their own benefit. But as this is not an editorial, I will leave that claim to you, the reader.
This post is simply a tech-funeral for Vista. The comments be what they may, Vista will soon be EOL'd. Do you have any fond memories of Vista, or absolutely hated moments you'd like to share? Do you think Microsoft is up to no good pushing PC upgrades, or did a weasel-word news editor just put that thought in your head? We'd love to hear all your Vista related thoughts, below.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
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Bloated, slow, non responding POS, most Vista computers I just updated to 7 and that transformed the Computer completely! or installed XP that just put Vista performance to shame! No love lost here let me tell you over the thousands of PC's ive worked on with that crappy OS.
