Vista vs XP

[Everlong18]

I've never had any problems with Vista since I've been using it, and when I have it's usually been hardware releated on my end.

Like some have said above, the main problem with Vista is users hardware setup. I've been round PC World a few times and looked at the PC's running Vista in there and they only just barely can run Vista, so naturally if you're going to buy Vista on one of them computers, it's not going to run well at all.

Vista on a mid to high range computer can run well and with a few tweaks with programs such as Vista Manager, it can run well with little problems. UAC (the security popups) can get annoying but they can be turned off, and UAC should only really be used if you don't have your own firewall. (If you do turn UAC off, then remember to turn off security alerts in Security Centre as well!)

 

[Problem_far]

Windows XP

I have a Windows XP and it works perfectly if you don't start speaking about games...

 

[Bradderz]

I'd go with XP, I've heard Vista has a lot of problems.

 

[kevinOC89]

XP all the way, i dont like the way vista uses so many resources.

 

[Everlong18]

XP all the way, i dont like the way vista uses so many resources.

SuperFetch service, my friend. It's how Vista is made to work and it looks bad at first, but when you read about it, it all makes sense.

 

[kevinOC89]

I guess. Im still not used to it. It always seems to block this or ask this or not allow this or that. i guess im jsut used to doing whatever i please in XP without any notice or block. seriously the first thing i disabled when i got vista as the UAC. my god its annoying, ticked me off so much.

 

[connell_2k7]

I personally prefer xp

 

[SNGX1275]

I guess. Im still not used to it. It always seems to block this or ask this or not allow this or that. i guess im jsut used to doing whatever i please in XP without any notice or block. seriously the first thing i disabled when i got vista as the UAC. my god its annoying, ticked me off so much.

If you turned that off, you get no more prompts for confirmation than you do in XP.

 

[Rogue_Zero]

just put xp on it until windows actually starts doing something with Vista

 

[windmill007]

If your a newbie and never used windows go vista. If you like to get work done and understand windows go XP.

 

[captaincranky]

Swords Sir, or Pistols.......

how do i duel boot (explain 4 a noob) ?

Actually you never "duel" boot. A "duel" is two men fighting to the death (or thereabouts) with a pair of chosen weapons.

Now "dual" booting is accomplished by installing two operating systems on different partitions of the HDD (or 2 separate HDDs).

This thread is a must read; https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic76345.html

 

[SNGX1275]

If your a newbie and never used windows go vista. If you like to get work done and understand windows go XP.

I don't really understand that statement. Can you explain why you said that? I can maybe extrapolate that you mean the more complicated something is, and if you learn it, the better off you are. I don't think that is a very good argument and is counterintuitive. So please, set me straight on what you meant.

 

[gamerex]

Vista absoulutly fine. Everything went bad after a new mobo... reinstall, everything is fine. THERE IS ONE VEERY IMPORTANT THING: Vista reccomended system ram is 2 GB. Any less and you'll have a slow system. 512 Mb for vista won't do it.

 

[ForeverSinX]

I have Vista and even run games that say they may not be compatible with it without any trouble at all.

 

[captaincranky]

Well.....

It's still pretty much more DRM with a bunch of "Windows" dressing. (Aero Glass). Great pun huh?