XP or Vista?

PC eye · 04-15-2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jgotfire

I’m stuck in between the 2 right now. I do most of my video editing on vista but once I’m done I switch back to XP for everything else.

I only have vista on my desktop because of the 64 bit.

I dual boot both along with the ubuntu 7.10 distro of Linux at the present time. The only reason XP is still on for video capturing/editing since I still haven't found the Vista equivalent on the software needed I would use. Plus some other games as well as softwares were written primariliy for XP.

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Originally Posted by jgotfire

will not let me edit...

There are too many different versions of vista. Make sure you sit down and read about the differences in all of them before you decide witch on if you go that rout.

Too many editions? Not really! XP saw Home, Pro, MCE, and the 64bit Pro(first 64bit Windows) editions there while Vista sees Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise(corporate edition). Basic is the essentials only while Business is more for the small or home business environment.

Home Premium and Ultimate are the more widely used on home pcs with Ultimate offering networking support. To see the comparison between editions, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...s/default.mspx

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Originally Posted by darkplanet

If you got more than 2GB of RAM just get a Vista. Xp is outdated. it's a fact. You are gonna change to Vista sooner or later why not now.

The one main thing about XP is that it's been the main version for twice as long as any previous version due to the lengthy delays seen with Vista. Once you run Vista as the default version for a good lengthy period of time and then run XP it feels like someone running XP suddenly going back to 98/NT!

Despite some things not preferred about the new version there are some long needed improvements. One is seen easily when a game or app locks everything up Vista displays far better crash control. In XP when a game locks solid you hit the reset button for the hard boot.

With Vista you hit the ctrl-alt-del keys and have the option of opening the task manager to close something up and return to the desktop or simply shutdown. As for using more memory I would expect to see with any updated version of Windows since when XP was first seen 512mb to 768mb was the big numbers as far as ram was concerned on desktops. Now that you see boards with 8gb and 16gb max capacities who worries about 512 over XP's 128mb?

jgotfire · 04-16-2008, 05:17 PM

PC eye
I still have a stack of SPARC 10’s and 20’s and an 800 MHz Intel some thing that I do all of my Linux (Red hat 7) and sun micro on. I do a lot of telneting.

IMO and running 20 some comps what is an OS unless it has good networking support.

PC eye · 04-16-2008, 10:35 PM

With XP or Vista you would then have to go with the edition that offered support in that area. For XP that would be the Pro edition and with Vista you would look at the Ultimate if not Enterprise for the increased support seen there. Your sig already shows the 64bit edtition of one of the two mentioned as far as Vista is concerned.

The current addition of ubuntu here is temporary since the live cd install is limited in too many ways. That was simply to test with a beta program being run at the present time. For OSs in general however the particular one selected as far as OS, version, edition, etc. has to be done according to what the system is primarily used for.

Which would you use for networking and desktop application only 98SE or NT 4.0? The question is certainly a one look answer there. Namely you wouldn't be using 98SE for networking while NT wouldn't be any good OS for strictly desktop application.

Irishwhistle · 04-16-2008, 11:30 PM

One vote for XP!

You can always change the look of the XP interface if you want to.

PC eye · 04-16-2008, 11:47 PM

There are also customizations being seen for Vista as well. You can't run an XP theme on Vista quite yet while most customizations are essentially a few changes seen in the system registry along with a file or two added. When the next version is about to come out you'll probably see "Vienna themes for Vista"!

cohen · 04-17-2008, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Irishwhistle

One vote for XP!

You can always change the look of the XP interface if you want to.

Yes - you can make it look like Vista

henery008 · 04-18-2008, 11:05 AM

When I bought my new computer it had Vista home edition on it I love it I think it is so much better than XP! There are alot of programs that won't work with Vista though so it just depends on what you want to do with your computer.

Bob Jeffery · 04-18-2008, 11:25 AM

i would NOT get it if you are a gamer. THe kernel and eveything else is a ram hog and not much is left for the game.

cohen · 04-18-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Jeffery

i would NOT get it if you are a gamer. THe kernel and eveything else is a ram hog and not much is left for the game.

Yeah most games run better on a XP machine and some are not compatible for vista....

Calibretto · 04-18-2008, 03:34 PM

I won't get Vista until it's the standard OS. Most programs still don't have support for Vista.

04-16-2008, 05:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
jgotfire Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SW, VA Posts: 63	PC eye I still have a stack of SPARC 10’s and 20’s and an 800 MHz Intel some thing that I do all of my Linux (Red hat 7) and sun micro on. I do a lot of telneting. IMO and running 20 some comps what is an OS unless it has good networking support. __________________ q6600 / Antec NeoPower 650 P5KPL-VM / Lian-Li PC 61 aluminum 4 gig ddr2 / XP pro / Vista Ultimate 64 They need to make googling a word.

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	With XP or Vista you would then have to go with the edition that offered support in that area. For XP that would be the Pro edition and with Vista you would look at the Ultimate if not Enterprise for the increased support seen there. Your sig already shows the 64bit edtition of one of the two mentioned as far as Vista is concerned. The current addition of ubuntu here is temporary since the live cd install is limited in too many ways. That was simply to test with a beta program being run at the present time. For OSs in general however the particular one selected as far as OS, version, edition, etc. has to be done according to what the system is primarily used for. Which would you use for networking and desktop application only 98SE or NT 4.0? The question is certainly a one look answer there. Namely you wouldn't be using 98SE for networking while NT wouldn't be any good OS for strictly desktop application. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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Irishwhistle Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 14 Posts: 1,804	One vote for XP! You can always change the look of the XP interface if you want to. __________________ The Heron Has Been Unleashed! CPU: Intel Celeron 1.5GhZ :P GPU: Integrated Intel :P RAM: 256MB :P OS: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron! :D The statement below is true. The statement above is false.

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	There are also customizations being seen for Vista as well. You can't run an XP theme on Vista quite yet while most customizations are essentially a few changes seen in the system registry along with a file or two added. When the next version is about to come out you'll probably see "Vienna themes for Vista"! __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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henery008 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 21	When I bought my new computer it had Vista home edition on it I love it I think it is so much better than XP! There are alot of programs that won't work with Vista though so it just depends on what you want to do with your computer. __________________ Computer Rentals Windows Computer Rentals Speaker Rentals

04-18-2008, 11:25 AM	#18 (permalink)
Bob Jeffery Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 207	i would NOT get it if you are a gamer. THe kernel and eveything else is a ram hog and not much is left for the game. __________________ MY SPEEDTEST http://www.speedtest.net/result/238475138.png Windows xp home 2.1ghz amd sempron 1gig of ram 8600gt

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