QM2000.NET jumpy output!?

[pelosh]

Hi Mark
You have exactly the same problem as I had.
I bought laptop with Vista as well but firts think I did was downgrade to XP.

You will have to do the same I guess and quickly, becouse with that jumpy output it is impossible to do anything.

Try to borrow some XP laptop from friends...

GOOD LUCK!

[Insanity]

I whole heartedly agree with both of you...

Allow me to bore you with another story... In my real life I am a technical training consultant for a large telecoms company that our US buddies are probably all very familiar with... Let's just say it had a lot to do with UUNet (My original employer) For those that don't know, UUNet stands for Unix to Unix networks... See, I'm training you already

With that in mind I am used to solid flawless and very configurable operating systems such as IOS, Junos (both routers and firewalls, not for PC's)Sun Solaris and other flavours of unix... Though I am no expert with Unix (networking is my field)..

I recently got an iMac... I have to say this machine is rock solid and a pleasure to work with. After a day or so of playing with Vista, it seems to me that this is a poor attempt of copying the features and functionality of OSX Leopard... And when I say poor, I mean POOR !!!!!

Anyhow, I'm waffling now.... Still hyped up I guess... I'm writing this having just returned from doing a show

I will install XP on this machine and I have a licensed copy of XP Pro of my own... But, I had spent two days fighting with Windows on my Vaio and the fact that the new laptop worked allbeit after a couple of restarts, led me to leave it alone... with only one day before the show, I really didn't fancy risking a new Windows install..... We've all been there and suffered the consequences... And as we say, "If it aint broke don't fix it".

Just as a point of interest, my laptop was connected to a touch screen and a Remote Zero... Now bearing in mind there were no crashes or system failures, how did my laptop loose my remote zero at least 5 times in one show ??????

I will see if anyone at Pangolin is aware of this or knows of a fix, will jeep ya posted

Oh, I love Windows

Mark

[JeroenVDV]

I recently got an iMac... I have to say this machine is rock solid and a pleasure to work with. After a day or so of playing with Vista, it seems to me that this is a poor attempt of copying the features and functionality of OSX Leopard... And when I say poor, I mean POOR !!!!!

I'm using a MacBook, running OSX Leopard and XP (via Bootcamp). I'm seriously thinking to remove XP and start using Parallels to be able to run Windows XP INSIDE my Leopard. I think that'll be much more stable and easier to recover in case there's a problem.

[danielbriggs]

I'm using a MacBook, running OSX Leopard and XP (via Bootcamp). I'm seriously thinking to remove XP and start using Parallels to be able to run Windows XP INSIDE my Leopard. I think that'll be much more stable and easier to recover in case there's a problem.

Bootcamp will always be more stable than Parallels. Parallels is good for XP (make sure you have at least 2GB of RAM in, preferably more) otherwise the thing just sits there paging everything out. Also, a fast hard drive is recommended, as that is the main area my MacBook Pro is bogged down with.
And whatever you do, DON'T run Vista on Parallels. It can do it, but bogs the system down so much, it will hammer the HDD hard for a good 10 mins to get into a useable state.

I run Parallels with XP Pro for 'light' applications such as Visio and whatnot, and Bootcamp for Vista, for the heavier CAD work, then OS X for all the other bells and whistles.

Have a look at VMWare Fusion, its rumoured to be slightly faster than Parallels, but I can't really make the switch, as I've invested so much money in licences for Parallels it would be a costly experience (Upgraded every time since version 1!) I do think Parallels has more features, but if you are after performance, Fusion may be worth a good look.

*End threadjack*

Dan

[JeroenVDV]

Bootcamp will always be more stable than Parallels.

Try to get your macbook in sleep running XP via Bootcamp (so, native). After a sleep half of your USB devices, built-in WIFI or other peripherals stop working at random. Filesharing between OSX & XP is irritating. That's just the top of the iceberg, I can give you a list of many more problems running XP native via Bootcamp..

[danielbriggs]

Well, we've obviously had completely different experiences then. The only issue I've ever had with windows and bootcamp was getting my FW-800 external drive working, but that is all fine now. (Windows never liked firewire anyway)

I take it you've used the very latest apple driver cd? (I installed it with 2.0.1 if that helps)