coolcat50
Oct 9 2007, 01:16 AM
| | 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. |
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bk2070
Oct 9 2007, 01:29 AM
Most definitely Vista. If you ever looked through and compared Vista with Xp then you would see how much better Vista is. Vista is the counter-part of Macintosh. Microsoft specifically made it to compete with the macintosh. I think they have done a pretty good job, seeing that Vista has much better graphics, a much better interface, and just a much better look to it. Plus, I never really liked Macintosh's as my school had them, plus they cost way too much. So vista is much better i think, and is much better than Macintosh's(but thats another topic  )
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coolcat50
Oct 9 2007, 01:52 AM
Macintosh? I'm debating between two Microsoft systems. Lol
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BuffaloHELP
Oct 9 2007, 04:13 AM
I've heard that only Vista would let you play Halo with other online players. So if games are your motivation the latest Operating System would be best. Send the extra money to purchase more RAM for your laptop. When purchasing a laptop be sure to find out the maximum RAM capacity. You don't want to be stuck with a laptop that only has 1.5GB RAM as its maximum upgrade. Personally, I would still stick to Windows XP but the PRO version (not the HOME edition). It's still the very best for Windows networking OS without whole bunch of crap built-into it. Dell is still offering Windows XP Pro with their business lines. If a company like Dell is still offering XP Pro, there's something to be said about that particular OS. Any Vista version to match XP Pro's administrative and networking functionally is Vista Business Premium Edition or higher, and who wants to pay all that money for something that is the copycat of XP Pro with fancy GUI? It's a scam I tell yas! Command prompts and DOS keys all the way! (Okay, I'll stop rambling) Okay, one more: I predict Vista would be as a failure as Windows ME. Do you remember how long that edition lasted? Only a year, at best.
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Unless you have some critical need that only Vista can relieve, then I really recommend that you stick with Windows XP. Do not get Vista just because it looks better, there are plenty of ways of making Windows XP look just like Vista. If it's because of DX10 games, I would recommend you wait longer, since there are very few of those at the moment anyways. Better yet, why not run a Windows XP and Linux dual-boot system? The two operating systems work very well hand-in-hand for me, where one can do anything the other can't.
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csp4.0
Oct 9 2007, 08:08 AM
I would need specs because if your 'going to become yours' computer has bad specs i.e. 1GB ram, single core processor etc then its XP (personally I prefer MCE) but PRO is good for networking as BuffaloHELP said. but if the computer has 2GB+ RAM duo/quad core CPU etc then its definitel Vista, Im running Vista x64 right now and I gotta be honest... its one if the BEST OSes ever made, even though I still have XP installed (I don't trust MS that much) just in case Vista didn't suit me.
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ZaM0
Oct 9 2007, 09:18 AM
If you want Vista, your system must be descent. RAM - 512 if you want to run the Starter Edition with no problems. 1024 MB+ if you want the Ultimate, couse it eats up much resources. I recommend you to stay with Windows XP few more time, couse of the Vista software incompatibility, and couse of the bunch of use of resources.
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Soviet
Oct 9 2007, 01:39 PM
Windows Vista just isn't quite ready for a lot of business users just yet. There's a lot of industry specific software that gets broken by it. I know of a number of large format software RIP applications where that is a fact. I have even heard of issues regarding Adobe's own applications, such as problems with Acrobat. Vista is even turning out to be problematic on home computers running a lot of different games. It seems the games run a lot faster under XP. I'm also wondering if Windows Vista will allow the old Adobe Type Manager 4.1 program to run. I have a number of old Type 1 Multiple Master fonts that I still like to use. But you can't install them straight into Window's own font manager. One more thing -get the standard 32-bit version of WinXP. Avoid the 64-bit version. None of Adobe's applications are compiled in 64-bit word lengths at this point. And 64-bit breaks some functions. Reply With Quote
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fffanatics
Oct 9 2007, 02:27 PM
Go with vista. I know it still is quite new and SP1 has not come out yet for it, but i have had no problems with it and have been using it since it came out to licenced buisness customers roughly a year ago. Therefore, that is say much. Originally, a few drivers were not available so i could not print and so forth but that did not bother me. By the spring time, all of the drivers were released and no issues there. From an end-users point of view, it is very similar to XP except a few small changes in the interface and security options. However, as an advanced user, you would notice lots of changes and I tend to think they were for the best and still are not to hard to adjust to.
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deejames
Oct 9 2007, 02:35 PM
I prefer windows XP service pack 2... I'm more comfortable with it.. and feeling more secure.. I have read and observed that the windows vista Windows Vista proclaimed "Me II" Could Windows Vista proof a repeat of Microsoft's Windows Millenium Edition (Me) marketing disaster? Several people are starting to ask just that question after Microsoft released a $3 software bundle for developing nations and Dell brought back Windows XP systems. Windows Me was released in 2000. Microsoft at the time was the laughing stock of the high tech world. It had just been convicted of abusing its monopoly and had completely missed out on the internet boom (well, it acquired Hotmail, but that was it). The Windows Me launch prompted headlines like "Windows washes even whiter", to indicate that the launch was 99 per cent marketing fluff. The market agreed. Consumers held on to their Windows 98 systems and Me sales tanked. reference: http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2007/04...ws_vista_p.html
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williamm
Jul 17 2008, 04:11 PM
QUOTE(audiovia @ May 27 2008, 02:24 AM)  I'll would say i had enough of both OS, now i turned to MAC OS X, it is definitely the best OS in the world right now. They are developing their OS with true understand of user's needs (not blaming their users when something went wrong), take iphone for example how their engineer really fill all the gaps of what other mobile phones are lacking and more. Yes i agree with you, I've had enough with Microsoft. You have made a good choice going to MAC. They made their own operating system and still use the same kind of ram, processor, and hard drive space than microsoft does with their windows and MAC is way more stable. Very Agreeable lol.
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minimcmonkey
Jun 25 2008, 01:31 PM
Unless yourcomputeris VERY fast- say 2.4gb dual coreprocessor, with 2.5gb of RAM. I would recomend XP. Because VISTA uses up so much of the system resources, it slows down your compuyter considerably. So if you want to run high performance and graphics games,you want the fastest PC you can get. and XP will slow down your computer a lot less than vista.
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samlockart
Jun 25 2008, 01:01 PM
Vista for looking pretty, XP for real users (well actually gentoo for real users, mac os x for artists/home users and xp for the rest) Leave Vista for now, wait untill your next computer, after this. Then get it, it will be a better experience 
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litchy
Jun 25 2008, 11:20 AM
My sister has a laptop with vista on it.... Its quite smooth running but thats all i can say about vista in general. I can't really comment on how well it performs on the laptop. Vista in my opinion is still developing (more things are gradually switching to support vista now) it's having a slow migration from Xp to Vista and slow could mean any long term period. Slowly applications are begging to support vista but not only software, hardware as well - such as graphics cards etc. my opinion would be to stick with Xp for a while if some of the well used things you own aren't compatible with Vista 
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Eureka
Jun 25 2008, 09:17 AM
You should go XP for both because vista still has problems that need solving and many games cannot use vista, xp is fast versitile and supports many games, pretty much all games. The XP has many functions that can be applied to it, even vista features can be applied to an XP, the looks, the games, the components. choose what you would rather get, XP or Vista
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