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Which operating system do you prefer. Windows XP or Windows Vista?
For me I would have to say I liked Windows XP better. Although I like the new features in Windows Vista like the gadegt bar and the Windows Aero, every PC I use that has Windows Vista on it is really too laggy... Even the brand new ones with extremely high specs...
Well... I know that there is already a thread on this... But I thought I would like to see a poll... If that's ok.. :P
Last edited by Perfect7; 05-09-2008 at 09:34 PM.
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I would say Windows XP. It may be slow and have millions of bugs but at least for me I have some experience with mucking around and fixing the more annouying bugs. "An enemy you know is better than an that you don't".
As you discussed the specs for vista are also a bit too high. I think my best computer can just run it meaning that would run very slowly on it.
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XP all the way untill the next REAL version of windows...
Vista is nothing more than a "Windows ME" for the XP generation. Most of the new windows features were left out of Vista, and in a bid to make it look like M$ wasnt lagging behind they pushed out this half assed fancy dress Vista, and at the same time try and push there existing user base off XP 1. by limited dx10 to vista, and 2. saying that support and sales of PC's with winXP Will cease.
Vista is waaay too bloated and system resource heavy.
Oh, and if you like the visual improvments of Vista, you can easily get XP to look the same... just takes a lil tweaking and a bit of software :P
Last edited by tektrnica; 05-09-2008 at 09:45 PM.
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Ha ha... I'm not at all knowledgable in tweaking things... So fixing things like fixing bugs are out of my area. I can just use it as it is.. Sadly
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theres a very simple "complete" transformation pack for XP floating around the net...
http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=16
check it out. a friend has run it for ages and has had no problems with it... (i dont run it as i run the litestep shell)
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My gaming computer doesn't lag. Those computers must've had bloatware or users who like to cram stuff into it and not maintain it :D. Gaming computer the last time I gave it a reboot started Vista up in 20 seconds, and had everything including all of my gaming programs, IM, Firefox, and Aero, etc loaded within a minute, then the HDs were idle.Originally Posted by Perfect7
Otherwise, I'd have to say Vista. XP had the same problems that Vista used to have when it first came out, though because Vista is using the NT kernel still, it's still has the stability of Windows XP and Windows 2000, but there's a twist to it; closed system shell. Really, it's very hard to compare XP and Vista and which is better because of this closed shell. Honestly, many companies like McAfee and Symantec wanted Microsoft to open up the shell for their programs. They may have whined a bit, but they eventually had to recode their software since Microsoft wouldn't budge.
Believe me when I say this, I get calls all the time from around town and even sometimes out of state from family relatives and their friends asking me about Vista, and telling me all of the rumors they've heard. Mostly, it's about how Vista is slow and unstable, and uses too much RAM, and I always tell them that if they don't want Vista using so much RAM, I told them to simply shut Aero off, SuperFetch off, and the other new features in Vista and that'll easilly make it run with a very small amount of RAM. Also, I send them a picture of my uptime gadget from a C++ program someone created for me of my computer, which has recorded that my computer has been up and running for MONTHS without a reboot except for those that are for updates. Many times after them telling me this, we'll both sit in front of a computer, and I'll follow along where they are going to look for a new computer. Many times, they look at a Dell, and they ask me what system I recommend, and they tell me what they use the computer for and what they want to pay, and I'll either see if I can get them some good stuff either from Dell or another company, or if I can build them a faster one and ship it to them.
So honestly, I've only been with Vista for 6 months, but being that I have loads of experience with fixing and building machines and software, I can honestly tell you that Vista is better in the long run than XP. XP was just as bad (I has gotten XP the month it came out, you don't wanna know how many blue screens of deaths I had before I found out what was the problem lol).
Also, don't forget, most people these days can't use DX10 because DX10 cards from nVidia and ATi only started coming out around a year or so ago and they are pretty expensive for most people. I have two of these cards from nVidia, and they are awesome, but also don't forget that game makers that make games with DX10 still run perfectly fine with DX9 technologies. They're going to have to do this and will be doing this for a while until more and more people get better PCs. Take Crysis for example, Crysis locks out the Very High setting on non-DX10 systems, so it can adapt to it just fine.
I like all of the BS people say. Makes for a nice debate and a way to raise my telephone bill by $20 :D. The internet? Pssh, burn up bandwidth :P
Last edited by Smith6612; 05-09-2008 at 10:14 PM.
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Personaly, i like windows xp. I am used to all the little bumps in it and it seems to never realy give me any trouble. I own an internet radio station and thus have a ton of extra crud in my pc. I could loose a bunch of that crud to speed it up a bit, but my wifes vista would still be a ton faster. As we all know, faster is not always better.
My wife has a new pc ( 5 months old) that came with vista on it. For her it works great and she has managed to figure it out for the most part. From working on it myself ( to install broadcasting software and such) I found it complicated and not very user friendly. It took me three times as long to set the vista up then it does xp. Sure, vista is the future, and i know i will get used to it but i think it was released way too soon.:dunno:
One thing that they dropped the ball on is the use of microphones. Trying to configure the mic settings is like finding your way thru a maze that has no exit. You realy need to know what your doing to accomplish much of anything on vista. sure its pretty to look at, but they still have alot to do befor i want to use it myself.
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Microphone is plug and play. Just tell Vista that you want it as your default device once you plug it in, and it's all set. Just like any other version of Windows. I can see how it can be harder to do though because of the new style in the sound properties.
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Windows XP by far, I have another computer that runs on Vista. Horrible operating system, the first day we got it, the computer was as slow as if you had an XP filled with adware.
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XP now, and most likely XP for a fair while to come. Why? I've been using XP almost since day one, I know my way around the operating system, I know how it works and many tweaks for it.
I'm not going to go through my long lists of likes and dislikes for Vista, but lets just say that I'm not ready for Vista, and Vista isn't ready for me.
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