XP or Vista
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tlarkin
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i didn't ever hear the specs on that system
Which one?
Macbook Pro, C2D 2.18, 2gigs of RAM, radeon x1600
HP Buisness class desktop (dx 5150 i think)
AMD 64 3500, 3gigs of RAM, Radeon x800
iMac C2D 2.16 , 2gigs of RAM, radeon x1600
custom built C2D e6300, 2gigs of RAM, radeon x1600 (i think the video card could be different in that model).
Gateway 450 ROG laptop (not very good specs for vista)
HP NC4200 laptop w/ 2 gigs of RAM (google the specs)
and like 3 other HP business class desktops, dx5150, dc5000, and I can't remember all the models. All were P4 3.0 w/ at least 2 gigs of RAM or better.
Jabes
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I think hes sayin the one with vista on it is wat he didn't here the specs on
ThatGuy16
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So.. you tried vista on all those computers?
i'm just messing with ya, we all know you don't like vista for whatever reason it may be/or whatever you were doing wrong.. ok i'll stop
you should respect everyones opinions here... or atleast bite your tongue and try to
*cough*vista is better*cough*
i'm just messing with ya, we all know you don't like vista for whatever reason it may be/or whatever you were doing wrong.. ok i'll stop
you should respect everyones opinions here... or atleast bite your tongue and try to
*cough*vista is better*cough*
You weren't the only one going for RC1 last year. I didn't bother looking at RC2 since that was still another beta. I never did get stuck by rushing into ME and waited for SP1 for XP to come out before dual booting it with 98SE.
For Vista I decided not to wait for SP1 since I knew that would take a good year or so with Q1 2008 supposedly seeing that. First it was supposed to be this month which sounded premature anyways since it took a full year for XP's SP1 there.
tlarkin
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Yes, I have had vista on at least a dozen machines since RC 1. Of course you are entitled to your own opinion, but at least I explain why I think a certain way and just don't say its better because I say so.
Like I said beforehand many times, vista is just a disappointment. I really wanted EFI hardware support in windows, and they dumped it because MS probably has horrible project management is what I am guessing.
You can agree or disagree or agree to disagree, I don't care and I am not calling anyone out. Just speaking from my personal experience
Like I said beforehand many times, vista is just a disappointment. I really wanted EFI hardware support in windows, and they dumped it because MS probably has horrible project management is what I am guessing.
You can agree or disagree or agree to disagree, I don't care and I am not calling anyone out. Just speaking from my personal experience
With any version it mainly depends on what you are looking for in it. I was never "thrilled" about the "eye candy" MS is using to sell the new version like many were there. My reason was to see if it was going to be suitable for the type of system and applications run here.
I originally paid $200 retail for 98SE those years back so spending $119.99 for the OEM for system builders edition was lower priced option there just to see how this one shapes up. Vista certainly runs better on the newer hardwares out since XP is not seeing the adequate driver support it should.
I originally paid $200 retail for 98SE those years back so spending $119.99 for the OEM for system builders edition was lower priced option there just to see how this one shapes up. Vista certainly runs better on the newer hardwares out since XP is not seeing the adequate driver support it should.
INTELCRAZY
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What is EFI? Electronic Fuel Injection?
deankenny
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i have a copy of vista here, and i installed it twice and twice i have wiped and put XP back on, its jus more compatible with most things, vista is just pretty colours they spent too much time on bodywork rather than the engine, XP will always be better and the more popular OS, WHY? because its more stable ALOT FASTER and ALOT less blue screens
Jabes
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always be a better and more popular os lmao I disagree
Jabes
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are u sayin that cuz of my sig?
tlarkin
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Extensible Firmware Interface. It means that firmware can be gigs in size, run its own 32bit or 64bit applications. Basically, it makes drivers obsolete. All the software you will need to run the hardware will be stored in firmware and talk to the other hardware through EFI. It is actually a very cool technology. The BIOS is old and busted technology and it is like over 20 years old. It is time they ditch that and go with EFI.
Google it or wikipedia it.
patrickv
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tlarkin
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How is it more stable? Why have so many companies allowed users to downgrade to windows XP if it was so much more stable? You never see that. You didn't see downgrade options for XP, 2k, or even ME.
My XP machine at boot has like maybe 250megs of RAM being used when idle, my vista install on the same machine would have over 700megs of used memory idle. how is that more efficient? It is the band-aid approach.
Diamondsleeper
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The only reason I voted for XP now is because of compatibilty and support issues. The performance is not an issue for me because my system is robust enough to run either one. Maybe later if they get all the bugs worked out I will vote for Vista. 
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