"All promised features were cut from Vista." This is a commonly heard complaint about Windows Vista on the internet. While there certainly is a lot to complain about when it comes to Windows Vista, the mythical 'cancelled features' certainly is not one of them. Let me explain why.
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Member since:2007-07-13
With Compiz I have problems on my ATI box (even with the latest direct-from-ATI drivers). This should disappear with time since the drivers and specs are getting open sourced.
The Nvidia boxes (which I've just bought recently) seem to run Compiz much better.
To me Compiz seems lighter/faster than Aero to me, but I haven't been able to compare them on the exact same hardware. And as much as I prefer Linux to Windows (for the ethics and user control), I have to confess that Compiz is still behind Aero (even if it is just due to the GPU manufacturers making it easier to configure and install on Windows). Both of them are defintely behind the Mac's Darwin.
So, Aero currently beats Compiz, in my opinion, but I think that could well change in a year or two.
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2005-11-12
I'd love to know where you get your facts from, compiz uses just about 18mb ram and window movement is much more fluid. It's dictated by your GPU reducing the load on your CPU.
I dont know what you mean by it's not stable, I use it all the time even when playing games and it runs just great(Thanks to "Unredirect Fullscreen Windows" in Ubuntu by default for that type of thing). I'm playing UT2004 with compiz on and it never drops below 100fps(ETQW is not affects either) so I dont know what your on about.
BTW, the beta nvidia driver does alot of good for compiz, you never thought it could be the driver right?
Edited 2007-12-16 23:36