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Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:18 am
by Locketart
I currently use XP and I need some good reasons to use my copy of Vista. It's been sitting in my desk since February. I'm asking now because I have spyware on my computer that I can't get rid of so I need to format. Should I stick to xp or install my copy of Vista?
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:18 am
by Kirkaldi
Keep XP. Don't you guys notice Windows Vista makes your computer slow?
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:20 am
by piootr
I'm an XP fan. If you know what's what, then all the annoying problems vista has with games shouldn't trouble you. However, compared to XP, vista is a huge RAM hog. I
XP
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:27 am
by XemnasXD
Vista will make your computer slow if you have an old computer. Anything good will run vista with no problems and i'd suggest you upgrade. I like Vista alot better than i thought i would and have had no problems with it so far.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:30 am
by Disconn3cted
I love vista but I have 4 gigs of RAM and had 2 gigs when I had xp so it actually runs faster for me
btw had it for about 4 months and its never crashed or had any bugs even once
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:35 am
by StealMySoda
This comes up time and time again.
If you have a computer good enough to run it, then yes get it. But if you've got 512mb of ram, then no, don't.
I've got 3gb and a 1.8ghz dual core and it runs perfectly. Vista is just as, if not more stable than XP.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:38 am
by Blurred
wait for windows 7, so for now keep windows xp.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:40 am
by Locketart
Yea my system specs:
abit ip35 pro
q6600
2 x 1gb crucial ballistix
2 x 2gb g skill
gtx 260
I don't think I'll have problems running vista. My friend just keeps telling me I'll get a performance hit. He works in a government office and tells me the computers there are still using xp and don't dare touch vista for some reason. I'm curious though. I also want to try Fakefactory mod for HL2 which works best on 64 bit.(keeps crashing on xp) And doesn't windows 7 come out in 2010? That's at least a year away and then another year for it to become affordable. I got Vista for free so I think I am going to put it to use.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:52 am
by Phaidra
Blurred wrote:wait for windows 7, so for now keep windows xp.
That's what I'm doing, my comps only 4 month old and he asked before he built if I wanted XP or Vista, I went for XP.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:22 am
by MiKe 51-50
At least try vista. If you own a copy you should give it a shot if your going to reformat. My windows xp media center is lacking in the media center department(SP3 broke it). Now I wanna upgrade to vista x64 to use my 4gb ram but I do not want to get stuck with a pirated copy that dies in 2 months.
If you have or can get a second hard drive that is blank give it a shot.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:53 am
by DeepEvil
nothing beats an apple mac os X leopard
with boot camp you can switch from mac to vista when you restart your computer,in fact powerpc has a slight advantages when using vista on it, since they come with great specifications they can run vista perfectly without any problem since they have intel processors installed
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:26 am
by Toasty
I love vista.. never noticed it running slowly on my laptop, and my specs ar enothing special.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:02 pm
by BloodyBlade
Kirkaldi wrote:Keep XP. Don't you guys notice Windows Vista makes your computer slow?
not true, if your pc slows down you'll probably have like 500Mb ram >,>
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:28 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
if vista slows down a old computer it slows down a new computer just a new computer has more RAM to handle it, therefore you can jump to the conclusion vista sucks
Stick with XP nothing better is out yet so dont bother
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:05 pm
by StealMySoda
Locketart wrote:Yea my system specs:
abit ip35 pro
q6600
2 x 1gb crucial ballistix
2 x 2gb g skill
gtx 260
I don't think I'll have problems running vista. My friend just keeps telling me I'll get a performance hit. He works in a government office and tells me the computers there are still using xp and don't dare touch vista for some reason. I'm curious though. I also want to try Fakefactory mod for HL2 which works best on 64 bit.(keeps crashing on xp) And doesn't windows 7 come out in 2010? That's at least a year away and then another year for it to become affordable. I got Vista for free so I think I am going to put it to use.
Well if you have 6gb of ram? :S
2+4, then you should definitely upgrade to vista, and considering you have Ultimate you will have 64 bit as well, so upgrade to utilize all your ram. Even if it was a typo and you have 4gb, it's still worth upgrading just for 64 bit.
Try it, if you don't like it, switch back. But to me Vista is a lot more stable, sure it might take a bit more to run but to me that is worth it for the consistency you get.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:59 pm
by [SD]happynoobing
they changed the location for "add or remove programs", and thats why i dont like vista
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:02 pm
by BloodyBlade
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:if vista slows down a old computer it slows down a new computer just a new computer has more RAM to handle it, therefore you can jump to the conclusion vista sucks
Stick with XP nothing better is out yet so dont bother
Read the thing StealMySoda said
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:27 pm
by KHReborn
its just a matter of pc specs and/or user preference
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:33 pm
by Nixie
XP, because Vista is just like Millennium was, an OS 'connection' between 2 different OSs.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:03 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
BloodyBlade wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:if vista slows down a old computer it slows down a new computer just a new computer has more RAM to handle it, therefore you can jump to the conclusion vista sucks
Stick with XP nothing better is out yet so dont bother
Read the thing StealMySoda said
yeh?
he only says dont run vista on 500mb ram
tbh no matter what you all say xp speaks for it's self its a better OS, people only like vista because it look's cool, the only technical advantage is direct x 10 and seriously games all games except halo 2 pc can run on xp
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:10 pm
by XemnasXD
XP was the glitchiest piece of crap of an OS i've ever had the displeasure to run, if you want vista to look like XP just turn down the settings and it'll look like XP, take up less RAM, and still be 1000x better...and thats all i have to say about that
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:26 pm
by Nixie
Just to make my previous post clearer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_ ... f_releasesThere was Win2k. Not long after it there came WinMe, which wasn't that good, but it was the 'template' for the todays WinXP.
At there days our WinXP is just like Win2k in the old times. So now we got WinVista which is something like WinMe was. And as I said before Win7 will be just like WinXP.
It may be confusing, but the point is, WinMe and WinVista are just a temporarily Windows. Anybody can confirm me (may be that I messed up with the Win2k/win98) but it's like that. Vista will go away before XP, trust me.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:08 pm
by BloodyBlade
[SD]Master_Wong wrote:BloodyBlade wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:if vista slows down a old computer it slows down a new computer just a new computer has more RAM to handle it, therefore you can jump to the conclusion vista sucks
Stick with XP nothing better is out yet so dont bother
Read the thing StealMySoda said
yeh?
he only says dont run vista on 500mb ram
tbh no matter what you all say xp speaks for it's self its a better OS, people only like vista because it look's cool, the only technical advantage is direct x 10 and seriously games all games except halo 2 pc can run on xp
I hear someone complaining that he can't afford vista
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:31 pm
by Blurred
Nixie wrote:Just to make my previous post clearer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_ ... f_releasesThere was Win2k. Not long after it there came WinMe, which wasn't that good, but it was the 'template' for the todays WinXP.
At there days our WinXP is just like Win2k in the old times. So now we got WinVista which is something like WinMe was. And as I said before Win7 will be just like WinXP.
It may be confusing, but the point is, WinMe and WinVista are just a temporarily Windows. Anybody can confirm me (may be that I messed up with the Win2k/win98) but it's like that. Vista will go away before XP, trust me.
Yup, that's why i don't have vista. Windows 7 should be released in June of 09. (I think)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:38 pm
by Disconn3cted
windows 7 looks just like vista.....is it vista?
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:49 pm
by Nixie
WinVista is used as the base for Win7 therefore the designs are the same I guess.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:05 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
Nixie wrote:WinVista is used as the base for Win7 therefore the designs are the same I guess.
Xp looks like ME, is it the same?
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:07 pm
by [SD]Master_Wong
BloodyBlade wrote:[SD]Master_Wong wrote:BloodyBlade wrote:Read the thing StealMySoda said
yeh?
he only says dont run vista on 500mb ram
tbh no matter what you all say xp speaks for it's self its a better OS, people only like vista because it look's cool, the only technical advantage is direct x 10 and seriously games all games except halo 2 pc can run on xp
I hear someone complaining that he can't afford vista
i bought a £1000 comp not 3months ago, sure i cant afford to put vista on it
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:10 pm
by StealMySoda
Funny thing is, I was in the exact same mindset as all you vista haters before I got vista. Look up my posts if you really want, but I was saying the exact same thing and that I would never switch to vista. THEN I used it, I loved it.
I could easily switch back to XP if I wanted to, I have my old disc. I even made a nLite edition that's stripped bare for performance then decided to go back to Vista cause I forgot how inconsistent XP is.
Re: Xp vs Vista Ultimate
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:11 pm
by Melez
Blurred wrote:wait for windows 7, so for now keep windows xp.