Someone explain to me something

[Banshee7]

I've never read up on Vista, and I always hear bad things about it.  Apparently all of the new computers come with Vista on them.  So, my question is:  What is the difference between Windows XP and Vista?  Pros?  Cons?

[Wingnutt]

See Rule #4

[mensa180]

I dislike vista, don't ride Skuzzy's sack, and am not waiting for nor do I want Windows 7.

Did I just blow your flippin' mind?  Vista clogged up my system, even with 8 gigs of RAM and a quad core with 2.6 Ghz per core.  It just had too many unnecessary processes and treated the user like a child. 

I'm not a rebel, I just prefer XP until they come out with something better. 

I have ubuntu as well, if it makes you feel any better .

[Masherbrum]

I see myself taking the plunge when we're able to purchase Windows 7. 

[Slash27]

I've never read up on Vista, and I always hear bad things about it.  Apparently all of the new computers come with Vista on them.  So, my question is:  What is the difference between Windows XP and Vista?  Pros?  Cons?

I'm having hell trying to play AH with Vista. Huge con.

[Nilsen]

Vista works great on my laptop, but not on my fathers weaker laptop. When i first got the machine i had problems with warping in AH but it just went away and i dont know why. Now its a snappy lappy. Maybe it will be even better when SP2 gets available in my language in a few days... dunno.

[stran]

I only use my computer for gaming and web browsing. The only noticable difference is the GUI. Services can be disabled and the vista os runs fine. I'm quite content with vista on my computer and it has never crashed unlike my older computer running XP. I really don't understand why people hate on vista.

just don't ever buy a computer from manufacturers such as Fujitsu, HP, Compaq, or comp you find at bestbuy.

oh and on a side note. anti virus programs... Norton, McAfee, etc.
i believe these are viruses themselves. Running constantly in the background, difficult to remove, hogging resources, hate them and don't use them.

[OOZ662]

I'm sure I'd be fine with Vista if I made a slipstreamed install CD for it. But, in that case, it would pretty much be XP.

If you leave Vista as Vista, it's a more resource-consuming, harder to support OS than XP. I mean, if I upgraded my hardware, I'd rather use the extra bandwidth and clocking on applications, not the OS...

[bozon]

I only use my computer for gaming and web browsing. The only noticable difference is the GUI. Services can be disabled and the vista os runs fine. I'm quite content with vista on my computer and it has never crashed unlike my older computer running XP. I really don't understand why people hate on vista.

Because to make it run like XP, you shut down everything new, till it becomes XP. What is the point of paying for a new OS then and going through all the teething and adjusting problems? And just for the record, you pay for it even it comes already installed on your computer.

[BoilerDown]

I don't like Vista because I already have XP and "upgrading" is a waste of money.  If Vista was free, I may have upgraded to it by now... but it in fact costs money to obtain Vista and for the money it costs, there's very little benefit to the "upgrade".

If I were getting a new computer, it would undoubtedly come with Vista, and I probably wouldn't immediately "downgrade" it to XP... I would see if it really was as fast as XP or not.  A year ago I wouldn't have even tested it... I would have "downgraded" to XP immediately.

Its true that Vista and/or Windows 7 is the future... but the present is XP and I live in the present.  Until XP is the past, not having Vista is just fine.  XP ain't in the past yet.  Won't be for a while.

All that said, I will probably eventually upgrade to Windows 7 and skip Vista entirely.  That means I'll save a chunk of change over everyone that bought Vista.  What will I have missed by skipping Vista?  Absolutely nothing.

[Wingnutt]

What is the point of paying for a new OS then and going through all the teething and adjusting problems?

most vista "teething and adjusting problems" are user end..


any the point of the new OS is that it is no longer new, its current, its what everything is being made for now, and trying to drag XP kicking and screaming into the new stuff coming out is going to give you much greater problems than vista will.

[Wingnutt]

See Rule #4

[j500ss]

Vista is ok, I prefer xp like is in my laptop at work. Vista requires more power for lack of better terminology. Vista is real good at hiding things ( files, folders and what not) unless you are very specific in where you direct it to go.
Vista was supposed to be more secure, not real sure if it is or not. I have it @ home on my main computer that I play AH on. I noticed no real quality or playability issues with it vs xp. I'm told I was lucky. I'll take luck anyday I can get it.

Best I've been able to get os far as processes go is around 50. But I've no complaints so far.


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[NOT]

I have Vista ultimate 64bit, and i love it. installed OS, loaded programs and away  i went. The only things i shut down to game are my AV and the side bar. seems stable, and runs everything i need it to.




NOT

[Anodizer]

If you're a gamer/sim-er, there's only one real advantage to Vista and that's DX10/10.1..
Other than that, everything (as far as games and most software are concerned) will run faster on XP even using the same hardware..
Wingnutt, kudos to you for being a Vista Fanboi..  I can find no reasons to use it and went back to XP Pro SP3 after a few months of
using Vista..  All the questions popping up...Seriously...They should just have a setting for "I know wtf I'm doing" instead of having to
disable 100's of different options and processes which are useless to the above average user for the most part...
It's an absolute waste of money..  You have this notion in your mind about those of us who continue to us XP to cool or something..
That's preposterous...   If anything, you're the poser for buying into the hype of having what
Microsoft wants to you think is "current"..  

Vista=The Windows ME of this era....