Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

re: Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

Neil Brenner — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:08:17 GMT

Excellent presentation. Many thanks for your time and efforts. Opened my eyes as to what Vista can do. Tell me, though, what sort of spec was the laptop you used for the demonstration, I can't get Vista to fly like that on any of the many PC's we have here.

Very very much enjoyed the show. And killing Matt on Halo was a bonus. That wiped the smile of his face ;-)

Glad to see our photo's that George took have not been uploaded to here.

Vista After hours

James O'Neill's blog — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:38:42 GMT

A little while back we dreamed up a session to look at what you do can do with Vista when the day job

re: Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

James Senior — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:32:39 GMT

Thanks Neil!

I have to say it was rather satisfying filling Matt full of lead :-) I always try and have the last laugh!

The demo machines we had included a rather tasty Sony Vaio VGN-SZ3XWP with Intel Core Duo @ 2Ghz with 2GB of RAM. My pride and joy Media Center is as follows:

Product Number SST/LASCALA/LC13S/SL

Product Desc. Sstone SIL LC13S LASCALA D/TOP

Quantity 1

Price Each 60.99

Serial Number 558844955

Product Number GIGA/965P-DS4

Product Desc. Gbyte 965P-DS4 s775 Conroe

Quantity 1

Price Each 88.55

Serial Number 028945520

Product Number SEAGATE/ST3500630AS

Product Desc. 500G Seagate SATA2 ST3500630AS

Quantity 1

Price Each 79.89

Serial Number 569062165

Product Number GIGA/NX73T256PRH

Product Desc. 256M GBYTE 7300GT NX73T256PRH

Quantity 1

Price Each 45.99

Serial Number 528935125

1 x Antec NeoHE 430W Modular ATX2.0 PSU 80mm low speed/noise fan @ £40.50(47.59) each.

1 x Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 1066FSB LGA775 2MB cache Retail inc.Fan (3yr Manufacturers Warranty) @ £117.99(138.64) each.

1 x OCZ® Platinum Series 2GB DDR2 PC6400 800Mhz, Dual Channel Kit with Platinum Heatspreader @ £115.50(135.71) each.

plus a Haupagge Double Digital Tuner ~£50

So in total I spent about 650 quid on the machine, but then I also bought some nice silent fans that cut down the noise nicely.

Hope this helps

Cheers

James

re: Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

Simon Painter — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:49:44 GMT

Really good event. MS should consider doing a similar event showing the cooler side of Vista in the workplace and the interoperability with other new products like the new office suite, ex07 and Longhorn Server.

Vista After Hours

Views on Windows Vista — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:34:47 GMT

Reading last night - phew what a gig... By the end it was pretty warm in the room sorry about that -

Home Server Wake on LAN

Views on Windows Vista — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:47:00 GMT

Having talked about Home Server in our recent Vista After Hours events I was pleased to come across this

Vista: After Hours - Follow Up...

Peering through Windows... — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:37:52 GMT

Firstly, a MASSIVE thanks to everyone who came along to the 2 events that James and I put on last week

re: Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

sandra wilson — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:22 GMT

I am sorry i couldnt make the meeting i understand you gave out some literature, mags etc is it possible to have thoses sent out to me.

IF possible please send to

sandra wilson

Artistic Strokes

21 shillbank view

mirfield

west yorkshire

wf14 0qg

re: Vista: "After Hours" Thoughts and Feedback

James Senior — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:50:29 GMT

Sure i'll get someone to send some stuff out to you.

Cheers

James

Windows Vista: After Hours - Update

Peering through Windows... — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:54:08 GMT

Just a quick update, tickets are going fast for the Vista: After Hours events, but you still have a chance