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Which would you opt for on a new PC, XP SP2 or Vista ?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ravisunny2, Aug 28, 2007.

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As it stands now, which would you opt for on a new PC, XP SP2 or Vista ?

Poll closed Nov 26, 2007.
Would keep Vista 7 vote(s) 38.9%
Would reformat and load XP SP2 11 vote(s) 61.1%
  1. ravisunny2 TechSpot Ambassador

    As it stands now, which would you opt for on a new PC, XP SP2 or Vista ?
  2. Daveskater Banned

    if vista sp1 wasn't on the way then i'd put xp sp2 on because vista looks nice but it pretty annoying at times. seeing as sp1 is supposed to be out in a couple of months i'd probably leave it how it was. i'm using vista at the mo and i say bring on sp1
  3. Rik Banned

    XP all the way for me. Gotten to know all its foibles and problems well.
  4. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    I`d opt for XP at the moment. However, once the first service pack arrives for Vista, then I`d probably start using it. Let`s face it, we`re all going to end up using Vista at some point.

    Regards Howard :)
  5. Daveskater Banned

    ms wants everyone to use vista and i think more people will do after sp1

    eventually they'll probably do some big thing to make people use vista, but i don't know what ;)
  6. Po`Girl Newcomer, in training

    OEM,Vista.

    Retail,XP
  7. Daveskater Banned

    actually thinking about it, most of the pc's sold in this country with vista on aren't really good enough to run it, so specifications would probably tell me what to do :D although knowing what i know i'd fork out for a decent pc.

    hoping for a new build in a few months, we'll have to see :D it's not exactly gonna be a quad core 3gb ram beast but it's gonna be fairly good ;) should be able to get an amd athlon x2

    a bit off topic but oh well :D
  8. God Of Mana TechSpot Paladin

    i would take vista
  9. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    I like Vista but a very important factor for this question will be the specs of the PC.
  10. hamas123 Newcomer, in training

    Xp professional is the one for me,thats what i use all the time,vista is memory hungry and some other stuff aswell.No point of reformating and that because it will take ages thats why i'll just stick to the good old xp.
  11. Daveskater Banned

    well if you bought a new pc and wanted xp you'd have to reformat and vista is memory hungry but if you have enough memory it's not really a problem, that's one of the reasons you have to check the specs of the pc
  12. LinkedKube TechSpot Project Baby

    I was running vista with 4 Gigs of ram on my ddr2 mobo, it was upsetting how much resources it needed. Now I have this p5k3 board, and im definately afraid of Vista now, I paid 650usd for 2 gigs and cant afford another two, just to lag around my desktop again.
  13. rickk1 Banned

    To me, Vista is basically Windows-Me all over again. What a nightmare! My advice is to stick with XP. It is definitely more stable, fewer problems, and more user-friendly.
  14. ravisunny2 TechSpot Ambassador

    Seems like it's going to take a little longer than that.


    http://www.techspot.com/news/26800-microsoft-sheds-more-light-on-vista-sp1.html
  15. mailpup TechSpot Special Forces

    I just built a new gaming PC last week and installed Windows XP Home. Eventually, I might go with Vista in a future build but not at this time.
  16. Dabears Newcomer, in training

    Windows XP for me.
  17. majorblenks Newcomer, in training

    Yep, XP all the way. Vista looks good, but im not liking all these software compatibility issues im hearing with the old games and such
  18. Barney_Calhoun Newcomer, in training

    I had too. The built in video card sucked on vista.
  19. rickk1 Banned

    Just for the record, I reformat every 9-12 months regardless of what operating system I have installed. I've had XP now since 2002 and love it. I've tried Vista but hated it. Why do I reformat so often? It keeps my system clean of all c_rap in it and it makes my system a healthier system too. I've noticed it runs alot better by doing this too.

    Doing this also gives me the chance to refresh my backup as well and to enusure it works.
  20. ravisunny2 TechSpot Ambassador

    Thank you, every one, for your opinions.

    I've decided to go with XP SP2.

    I'll probably move up to Vista when their second SP comes along.