XP or Vista

INTELCRAZY · 11-26-2007, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

zaroba,

It does run fine with 1 gig of RAM on a basic level. It doesn't run as fast as XP, Linux, OS X, Unix, Live Distros - like Knoppix, windows 2000, etc. Upgrading to 2 gigs of RAM doesn't really make a difference. I was never out of memory, because I had a minimal install and minimal processes running. More RAM is only useful when using more memory. You can have 20 tera bytes of RAM and it won't make your system faster until you start to need 20.1 tera bytes of RAM, then adding in that extra RAM will boost performance. More RAM does not equal more performance until you actually use that RAM. At boot I was maybe using 500mb of RAM in Vista and with office and firefox maybe 700mb of RAM total, in my system that had 2 gigs. RAM is not the issue here dude (to quote the big lebowski).

I have listed tons of new features of Vista that do not benefit the end user. In fact almost all of Vista's new features cater towards the IT/Enterprise environment. Stability monitor, better logs and crash reporters, NAP, IPv6, SMB 2 (which is actually bloated), Encrypted file systems, better remote desktop, IIS, QoS, so on and so forth. Really, there are not a lot of benefits to the end users at all for Vista. It is not worth the money at all.

What features benefit the end user? Not really any.

Who wants to run Basic? Besides, someone that doesn't want it...

A little redundant at best?

BS! You would gripe more if it didn't have any of that... And say "Oh, we were promised this, this, and that." With a new PC and with XP being $89.99 and Vista Home Basic being $94.99, why not go with newer software with your hardware? We are just now getting to where a basic PC can run it without too many complaints, which in the end are caused by a sorry user..

Jabes · 11-26-2007, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ukulele_ninja

Whoa Whoa Whoa! Thats not cool. Your directly attacking someone now and thats not cool. If he has XP and he likes who cares if his computer can or cannot run Vista? I run Vista because my rig can run it and I like it, but I dont think it makes me any better than someone running XP because they like XP.

its kool were friends and he was waiting for that

ukulele_ninja · 11-26-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jabes

its kool were friends and he was waiting for that

ah... ok then.

**oscaryu1** · 11-26-2007, 11:54 PM

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Easily said with a 2600+...

I see a Vista fan. FYI I never said I liked xp OR vista did I? Another thing you should know, I'll take Vista in like old XP anyday. I'm just waiting for prices to drop before I order my rig

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yea ur rig is a pos thats why u don't run vista

Bet my 166 could outlast your rig in a fire and getting runned over race

Don't leave out the older ones

This 166 is heavier than 3x my speaker set (X-230 btw)

tlarkin · 11-26-2007, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by INTELCRAZY

Who wants to run Basic? Besides, someone that doesn't want it...

A little redundant at best?

BS! You would gripe more if it didn't have any of that... And say "Oh, we were promised this, this, and that." With a new PC and with XP being $89.99 and Vista Home Basic being $94.99, why not go with newer software with your hardware? We are just now getting to where a basic PC can run it without too many complaints, which in the end are caused by a sorry user..

You still haven't answered my questions, what features benefit end users switching to vista?????

You don't know what you are talking about, and if you do then prove it.

Also, I wasn't running home basic, READ MY POSTS. I own a copy of windows vista ultimate that was given to me by an intel rep, and a copy of Vista business via my works MSDN subscription. I was running it on a basic level, doing basic things and it still sucked.

**oscaryu1** · 11-26-2007, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jabes

its kool were friends and he was waiting for that

Whatcha think AIM was for? It's INSTANT

You should see how many IM's/Hour I have over XP and Vista

Jabes · 11-26-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by oscaryu1

I see a Vista fan. FYI I never said I liked xp OR vista did I? Another thing you should know, I'll take Vista in like old XP anyday. I'm just waiting for prices to drop before I order my rig

Bet my 166 could outlast your rig in a fire and getting runned over race

Don't leave out the older ones

This 166 is heavier than 3x my speaker set (X-230 btw)

well ur rig can't run crysis :-P

zaroba · 11-27-2007, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

zaroba,

It does run fine with 1 gig of RAM on a basic level. It doesn't run as fast as XP, Linux, OS X, Unix, Live Distros - like Knoppix, windows 2000, etc. Upgrading to 2 gigs of RAM doesn't really make a difference.

ROFL. you can't be serious right?

so...vista with 2gb of ram wont run any better then vista with 1gb of ram? you actually think that? you have really got to be kidding me.

of COURSE vista with 1gb wont run as good as xp with 1gb. have you not read a single thing i said yet? VISTA's minimum requirement is 512mb of ram. it will often use more then that, like 768mb. that leaves at most 512mb free for other things. xp only used 64mb of ram. that left more then 900mb free for other things. so of course the xp machine will run faster.

are you actually going to sit there and say that you seriously think that a pc with 512mb free ram should run as good as one with 900mb? and that adding 1gb to that amount wont even effect it at all? geeze, i'm starting to think you don't even know much about ram (not meaning to sound offensive or anything).

ThatGuy16 · 11-27-2007, 12:04 AM

Im going to make some popcorn, anyone want some?

PC eye · 11-27-2007, 12:05 AM

"a dimension beyond sight and sound.... the Twilight Zone...http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/gallery/index.php " is where one thread on XP or Vista seems to have vanished to. "don't touch that dial! we will control what you read for the next several pages of....". "HEY! Where did the poll go? I didn't know I was in the off topic section.".

View Poll Results: XP or Vista
Windows XP	47	58.75%
Windows Vista	33	41.25%
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