5:46 PM - The Bowls of Hell: I mean Windows Vista x64
I've defended Microsoft for the last time. Windows Vista sucks. I upgraded to 4GB of RAM and now Windows will not boot. It corrupted the boot loader and screwed some of my data. The whole point of a 64bit OS is to use more than 4GB of RAM!
During research, I learned that video card RAM has to be addressed in the same address space. So you can figure out the max ram for your system by taking 4GB and subtracting your video RAM. Vista has a nasty bug where it double counts it when using direct x 9 compatibility. That means subtract double unless you patch for it. That limits me to 3GB stable.
I'm going back to 32bit XP as we speak. What's the point of vista. The big feature is gone. At least i'll get my games back. Interestinly, Ubuntu will also not boot with 4GB of ram (32bit) on 7.10 but an older version does. MidnightBSD is working fine and memory tests are ok.
Say no to Vista!