Gelan Blackburn
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Posted - 2007.12.18 17:15:00 -
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Originally by: Daevron Wraithguard
Originally by: Arctius
Originally by: Daevron Wraithguard
Originally by: Hacc
Originally by: ChangWufei You people all make me laugh. The only people who ever complain about vista EVER are the people who don't buy it cause they believe what everyone who doesn't have it says about it. Anyone who has bought Vista knows that it is fine and runs really well with very few problems (no more than xp has). If you wanna wait a year to get it then go for it but seems a bit pointless to me as everyone will get it in the end.
I would have to say yes on the people that complain part (some of you have tried it and failed) but xp is way more stable than vista, vista has way to many sucurity issues and incompatible compatibility layers.
XP way more stable? What mysteriously unstable version of Vista did you get your hands on? I've been using Vista since Beta 2 and it's been rock solid. Better than XP is now and MUCH better than XP was at launch.
It depends... if you don't use network drives at all (I do), if you don't copy large quantities of data (again, I do), if you don't care about any sort of DRM'd content (iffy), if you have all vista-supported hardware (problematic for many), if you don't mind programs taking 20-50% longer to load (yes I've timed them) - then Vista is just fine.
Personally, I'll take XP until Vista SP2 arrives - by then my 32-core P8 with 64GB of RAM will run it just as well as XP.
1) I use network drives all the time. My brother copied his entire DVD collection (something like 60 movies) and I play them on various other computers in the house, including through my Xbox. No problem there.
2) I do move large quantities of data (see above). No problems there, either.
3) The DRM stuff hasn't bothered me yet.
4) All my stuff is Vista supported since my computer is recent. No problem getting a driver for my 3 year old Canon printer, though.
5) My programs load faster under Vista than they ever did under XP. I dual booted XP and Vista together for about 3 months before finally wiping out XP and switching to Vista 100%. Vista is definitely faster on my machine.
I agree that there is no sense in upgrading a current XP machine to Vista, but if you're getting a new rig there's little reason not to switch to Vista.
I do fear i will have to disagree with most of what were said there..
When it comes to Vista there is fare to many problems.. One of the key problems of Vista is how much of an system ***** (excuse the language please) it is.. For ex sample just take Ram uses.. Windows Xp can run smoothly at 512mb (thats what i am running it on atm) But Vista takes at easily Swallows 1gb of ram on its own. and THEN it don't even run smoothly.. (And before the flaming and such starts.. Let me just add that i DO know what i am talking about.. My Job is as an Administrative Server Supporter. Which means i has to be on top of these tings.. And i have run Multiple Test on both Xp and Vista to see what i should advice my company to use for its Employee Pc's)
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