Even though many people would say Windows Vista isn't as good as Windows XP, I would personally say it is actually better. Windows Vista, even though there is some bugs here and there for gaming and so on, it still comes with good features.
Certain features that I like include the 3D icons on the desktop, and the whole new design of the UI. I also like the new feature that when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL, it brings you to a totally new window, so you don't have to worry about the game your playing crashing when it minimises.
Overall, I'm pretty please with Vista, even though a few improvements could be made. 8/10
For me, Vista is better than XP. But in Vista, it's prequisites is more higher than XP. This is the Prequisite(s) :
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Vista Basic : - 900 MHz or Pentium 3 Processor - 512 MB of RAM - 32 MB of Graphics Memory - Supports DirectX 9.0 or later
Vista Home Premium : - 1.0 GHz or Pentium 4 Processor or Later - 1 GB of RAM - 128 MB Graphics Memory, Supports WDDM - Supports DX 9.0 and Windows Shader Model 3.0 or Later
BTW, do you have Microsoft Office 2007???
Oh... this is Vista's Features : - Has WindowsFlip feature - New themes, like an Aero skin - Easier Naviation - has an integrated DVD Burning - Has Vista Sidebar - and more that I don't know
Any one know more about these features...?
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Vista or Xp? well ive used both. ive used xp pro longer than i have with vista the reason i switched to vista is due to the games direct x 10 had to have it
ive used xp, win2k, 95/98/me, vista,server 2k3, sabyon/backtrack/phlax,kubuntu,ubuntu etc. and I would have to say that i like linux because im a techhead. It runs smooth and the opensource development is incredible. Xp runs almost flawless at this point of its life and is a stable system which supports many games assoc. with windows. I however actually run vista ultimate on my desktop and I can't complain. Never has given me any trouble and the aero and eyecandy is great. Software support is finally catching up as well.
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ive used xp, win2k, 95/98/me, vista,server 2k3, sabyon/backtrack/phlax,kubuntu,ubuntu etc. and I would have to say that i like linux because im a techhead. It runs smooth and the opensource development is incredible. Xp runs almost flawless at this point of its life and is a stable system which supports many games assoc. with windows. I however actually run vista ultimate on my desktop and I can't complain. Never has given me any trouble and the aero and eyecandy is great. Software support is finally catching up as well.
Yeah i have to agree with you on vista. I like it, when i talk to my friends about operating systems, they are like i hate vista, i wish microsoft never made it. Well as i always say its the person that uses the computer that gets it screwed up most of the time. Now i'm a linux fan so i know where you are comming from when you say it runs smooth and its nice that its open source. That way you can edit what you want and make it custom to your likeings.
If you don't need any Windows/Mac only apps, I recommend Ubuntu. But since I need lots of apps that Wine doesn't run, I use Windows XP Pro Corp. It's just better than Vista! I did install Leopard on my PC. Except it was too buggy at the time to use well!
XP all the way! I haven't installed Vista yet, but none of my friends seemed to like it... mostly because of software compatibilities. It's just like when XP came out, not all games where compatible, but a year later everything was being made almost exclusively for XP.. I fear sometime in the future that might happen for Vista, I just pray that when the time comes, Vista would be way better than it is right now.
I read somewhere that microsoft apologized for Vista, that they are aware the operating system is not as good as XP is right now. In fact, XP users are trying to make microsoft extend support and store sales for XP until 2014 or somewhere around that date, because they feel Vista is not yet ready for current market. The only good thing Vista has is DX10.. nothing else. And they should stop being childish and port DX10 for XP Then Vista would be total useless hahaha.
Which do you think is better XP or Vista or Linux. I am constantly switching back and fourth and cant stick with either. vist has some pretty cool features but Xp has about twice the amount of performance.
Never used, or seen Linux. So I can't really say about that. However, I prefer XP. It's generally faster.
Which do you think is better XP or Vista or Linux. I am constantly switching back and fourth and cant stick with either. vist has some pretty cool features but Xp has about twice the amount of performance.
It depends upon your requirements... For development Xp id definitely the better option, but i would strongly recommend to use vista and start to get things done as in the future you will not have an option to switch back once the support to XP stops which is due in 1-2 years (i am not very sure of the dates... but i rad somewhere that it was soon and it was pushed back because of the demand from big companies...) and it will struck you hard when you do not have a choice...
And when it comes to entertainment, personal use and looks Vista is the best. though the performance of the system sucks in Vista you always have the option of changing the settings to best suit to your work/performance and until you have that option i do not know why you have to switch back and forth between windows XP and Windows Vista. I have an experience of using some GIS software which did not have support for Vista and i had to uninstall and install Xp and the worse part is the support was releases the next week and i had to switch back. Uninstalling and installing is not the worse thing.. (I like to do that... i should say its fun).. but when some work has to be done... thats where the trouble is.
Coming back to your ques... It depends on your requirements.
I would say, Windows XP if u want a stable system.. Vista has many bugs, many are corrected with the SP1 but there are more... But the features in Vista cant be compared to XP.. I have never used linux b4 so cant say about that...
Hi all, I'm sure some of you gave a thought to this, why does Vista always show the login
screen when booting? In XP there was an option somewhere in control panel to "assume this user
always login to the computer" or something like that. That way if you used the same user 99% of the
time and wanted to keep a second user as say an administrator you could do so by setting that
option. If you ever wanted to switch to the "hidden" user you could do so with Log Off or Switch
User in Start Menu. Now this is not possible in Vista, the user is given the login screen no ma....
Hello. I tried Installing Windows Vista Home Premium today, but when it comes to the part
of the Installation where it says "Your computer will restart several times" my computer restarts
more then 40 times, and never loads after that. After like, 10-15 minutes of it being off, I switch
it back on, and it restores to XP (Witch is good because it wouldn't start up at all). I've
tried installing this 4 times altogether, and nothing. it keeps restarting continuously more then 40
times. The only time it restarts is after the BIOS loads, when switching/restar....
have heard that vista can only handle 3gig of ram. is this true? i have heard also that vista cannot
run smoothly on a 1gig ram pc. is this true? i'll be buying a desktop and a laptop in a month
and my budget is not that big. one will suffer if i add more to one and i'm trying to maintain a
balance. my option is to buy a 1 gig ram laptop and beef up the desktop but i don't want a slow
laptop also. anyone who has an experience on using a vista and a xp with the same softwares. is
there a difference. ....
Hey All What you guys think is the best programming language for Windows Vista? Ive been doing C#
for some months, but im looking for something else, something easier for making fast applications,
and no extra things needed like the .NET Framework. Doesnt have to be GUI Applications. Any Idea?
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So I just installed vista upon the almighty computer, and it worked fine for a day or less. (Bah). I
installed all my drivers and such and went on my merry way. Now all of a sudden it starts freezing
on me. It's completely random, I can find absolutely NO pattern to why it's doing this.
I've reformatted multiple times to make sure it wasn't just a bad install. I've updated
my drivers, they are ALL compatible with Vista. I've read it could be an issue with an April 06
Security update Microsoft released but I have no such update installed. Being a f....
Has anyone actually been satisfied with the release of SP1 for Vista? Does it solve the problems
that we've all griped about? Overview of Windows Vista SP1 From what I'm reading
from that document, I'm actually surprised, appalled, and in a way, now wondering if Vista can
actually be an upgrade. I laughed at: QUOTE Enhances support for high-definition (HD)
drives by adding new icons and labels that identify HD-DVD and Blu-ray drives as HD drives.
That's awesome. I never knew the HD drive that I bought was an HD until SP1. /rolleye....
I hear a lot of people talk about how bad Vista is, and how its gltichy and buggy and programs dont
work... But can somebody please go into detail? Ive been using Vista for almost a year and I havent
had any problems of the sort. In fact, I prefer it over my xp. Could it be that those who havent
tried it personally, don't like it? They have just heard horror stories? Or is it that somebody
had a bad experience and then spreads those stories until it gets to the point where some people
think vista doesnt even run properly? Vista came built on my laptop, then I swapp....
Well I have been thinking about building a new gaming rig pretty soon and I will be able to spend a
bit more than usual because I already have the essentials( Mouse, Keyboard, Printer, Monitor) but I
have a questions about Vista. I have a nice HP dv9000 laptop that I have had for a couple months
that came with Windows Vista Home Premium. Now what I want to know is there anyway that I can
somehow get that onto a new machine I build as long as I take it off the laptop? I mean I bought the
laptop and if it comes with Vista, or any OS for that matter, I am purchasing the li....
Iam the user of Windows Vista. I gone with Vista because of unavailability of other options. Windows
will shutdown its support for XP after few years like they done with 98 and other operating systems.
So I brought Vista Home Edition. My computer configurations: Core 2 duo processor. I GB DDR2
RAM. 160 GB Hard Disk And other best available features. Problems suffering with Windowis
Vista: Taking about 3 to 5 minuets for Logging and Sutting Down. Gives many error messages with
good application programs. It is 4 times slower than XP for any Operating System O....
1.) its better than previous os when it comes to spyware,adware,virus because it has a little bit of
its own defence? 2.) it's recommended specs is 2gig of ram and a new release video card to make
it running smoothly. they are endorsing that it can run in 1g ram and a gma X3100 video card and is
that true? 3.) service pack out yet? and if yes does it improve on backwards compatibility to
programs? how about the critical bugs? 4.) is the discounted price affects s.e. asia? by how much?
5.) does the vista has the compatibility properties like xp? then if yes, then how ....
I've heard this: Windows Vista is more Invulnerable to viruses, trojans, hacks, and more. And
I've heard this one: Windows Vista is not compatible on most Hardwares and softwares, and
Windows Vista isn't more invulnerable to viruses. Which one is right..? Thanks for your
postings....
Today I checked windows Update because I had nothing better to do, and I found that Windows Vista
Service Pack 1 was out. I'm going to install it and see what's so good about it. As I type
this sentence, the update has finished downloading 8%. I'll also be keeping a time log of
how long it takes, and how much time Vista takes to install the service pack. Okay,
here's the log: Start install (00:00:00) -----Installing Windows update portion (00:00)... done
(04:47) Restarting (00:04:47) Installing Service pack (00:06:09) -----Stage 1 of 3 (06:09....
personally, i prefer it the only thing i don't like is that i sometimes have trouble playing
older pc games EDIT:sorry, just relized i'm prlly in the wrong forum....
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Rules Trap17 Readme Please read the information in the link provided. Thanks QUOTE Could
Microsoft be the next IBM? Back in November, I wrote about how disappointed I was with both
Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007. I wondered if Microsoft was coming to the end of its reign as
the 800-pound gorilla of the computing world. Since then, I've had a chance to put Windows
Vista through its paces. If anything would help the kids in Redmond stay on top, it was th....
Well i purchased a computer, Dell Inspiron 530s (desktop) I am upgrading heavily, im upgrading my
motherboard now.. I chattted to dell support.. I hear that the operating system is not married to
the motherboard... heres what she said. QUOTE 1:08:04 PM System You are now being
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I have windows Vista and I just want to share some of my knowledge with the trap17 members and other
Vista users. Here I would be giving you some tips on setting up a backup for your computer and some
tips and tricks on how to use the control panel in windows vista more efficiently. SETTING UP A
BACKUP Its really simple.Just follow the given instructions: 1)Under the start menu(in the
"Start Search" box),type "ba r" and you should see Backup and Restore appear under programs.
2)Click on the entry to launch the program. 3)Now inside the Backuo and Restore Centre....
I am considering installing Ubuntu Linux to run as a double boot on my new laptop. I purchased the
laptop with Vista Home Premium and I need to keep it for some of my games and software. Ex. Guild
Wars, Halo, Visual C++ Express. I am just wanting to run Linux to see what it is like and I am
wondering whether or not I could run Vista and Linux on the same hard drive. I have at least 70GB of
space left and my C partition contaisn about 103 GB. I just bought the laptop a few days ago. I am
just wanting to know this because I am thinking of getting Linux and possibly an exte....
Well if thought hte software portion of getting a faster computer wasn't challanging enough how
about getting your hands and keyboard dirty with these fixes that actually get to the root of the
operating system. WARNING: Make sure you know what you doing or you might end up
reinstalling your operating system if you do something wrong by not following the directions they
give for these tweaks. Situation Starting windows: QUOTE Fast Fix 1: Your computer
could be loading device drivers for hardware you no longer use. To save on system reso....
QUOTE Just days after Microsoft Corp. delivered a release candidate preview for Windows Vista
Service Pack 1 (SP1), it has quietly issued a similar milestone for Windows XP SP3 to about 15,000
testers, the company said. The service pack, the last major update to the six-year-old operating
system, is slated for release sometime in the first half of 2008. Microsoft has not been more
specific than that six-month stretch, and Tuesday even took the time to remind everyone that the
half-year window is not a lock. "We are targeting 2008 for the release of XP SP3 RTM , t....
Hi, I own an acer aspire 5570 laptop with vista home premium on it. It was a display model so i
didn't get any cds. I have recently tried to install WindowsXp on a partition, which I did
because my internet router wasn't support by Vista, anyway i installed xp but then find a few
devices xp couldnt run(i tried to find drivers on the Vista parition but couldnt) so I then
formatted that partition to remove XP.. but now the computer wont boot up into vista. Won't boot
up into anything. I know i could do a system repair using a vista disk, but i dont have one ....
i do not know whether or not this is placed in the right forum or not but if ever it is in the wrong
place, please move it... here goes.... I am using vista home basic and installed daemon tools
34.7... after installing it, vista restarts without warning... is it a virus or is it an
incompatibility issue... and how do I fix it... already searched yahoo but found no answers...
havent tried google though... maybe tomorrow... as of now, im really sleepy... oh yeah... thanks for
the help and time.......
idk whats wrong.. i was just browsin the web, just installed latest version of AIM, i signed out of
aim, loaded GunZ to play, and then the noise wouldn't work.. It didnt work for itunes either,
but it worked for like youtube.. so i restarted, now everthing is like.. fat.. i mean like slow and
not working, i clicked system restore, it said it was already open, and now something is flashing on
my screen idk what.. im scanning for viruses now......
I'm currently saving up for a laptop for several purposes. One of these is gaming and another is
graphics. I can't decide whether to go used and get XP or new with Vista. The main games
I'll be playing are Guild Wars and Halo. I have heard that Vista is horrible and eats up a
crapload of memory. Well what should I do.....
View: http://mstpblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/windo...-tip-sheet.html Taken from Microsoft
Technology Playground QUOTE Windows Vista is designed for businesses of all sizes and across all
industries. Windows Vista will make a difference in any business setting. Windows Vista also helps
PC users to be more effective in their work by offering improved connectivity with advanced
integration across technologies, networks, and systems, as well as providing them with quick access
to better organized information. Tips & Tricks Folder Navigation 1. Getting around your PC ....
Windows Vista Rocks so much!!! At Trap17 we request you post with quality. Please try to make
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C:\Windows\winsxs or Click My Computer > C:\\ > Windows > winsxs. For the few vista users that are
on here on the forum, do wonder why your hard driver seems to be shrinking even though you know darn
well all the stuff you have installed hasn't blown through gigs of space? Well I did because at
first I though it had to do with a memory issue that SP1 was suppose to fix, but after running the
Disk Analyzer to Glary Ultilities I finally found the culprit as why this was happening. So after
doing a little bit of research thanks to google I found some answers as to wh....
I have recently put a mask over my XP operationg system that i found on the net. What it does is it
changes the appearance and look of XP more into Vista without it being the actual Vista OS. It even
has teh gadgets on the side. But it doesn't have the annoying security details with it. It is
still XP but with the Vista look. anyone want the link?....
Ok, so I've done some looking around trying to see if it's possible I could dual-boot my pc
with Windows XP Home and Vista Ultimate Edition (x64). Well, I know it's possible, but I'm
not understanding many guides I read because many people have mentioned assorted stuff like
requiring two hard drives (I only have one 250GB one), and other assorted stuff like software
I'd need to supply certain space to the two separate partitions. I was thinking of making my
Windows XP be more of the serious partition, and having Vista be the more media-centered one, ....
Hi, We have been seeing Windows Vista Screenshots and from that we can take a look at the new GUI
for Windows. Its called Aero. But i believe it looks more like Linux. Dont you think so. Now the
Windows GUI is no longer unique. The are back with same GUI that other Operating Systems Already
have and Also just take a look at the icons. They are not good at all. Any information about Windows
GUI or you views on it. Please Reply Thank You....
Then Vista would be total useless hahaha.
