Punkster
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Nowadays, it's hard to come by a pre-built PC with windows XP already installed on it.
Some of the reasons why i'd prefer XP is that i've heard Vista takes up more valuable processing resources and also some older games which i still play regularly such as Battlefield 2 and BF2142 have some problems when running on Vista. i haven't fully researched what these problems are yet.
My question is, is it worth getting XP for the extra few frames per sec when you have a Vista PC for gaming? what's the cheapest legal way of getting windows XP? would you dual boot or do a fresh installation?
are OEM Windows XP supposed to be sold to regular consumers like me or is it only supposed to be allowed for system builders?
btw, i have used vista and think it's ok to use, but again, is being able to get the extra few frames per sec on XP worth it?
Some of the reasons why i'd prefer XP is that i've heard Vista takes up more valuable processing resources and also some older games which i still play regularly such as Battlefield 2 and BF2142 have some problems when running on Vista. i haven't fully researched what these problems are yet.
My question is, is it worth getting XP for the extra few frames per sec when you have a Vista PC for gaming? what's the cheapest legal way of getting windows XP? would you dual boot or do a fresh installation?
are OEM Windows XP supposed to be sold to regular consumers like me or is it only supposed to be allowed for system builders?
btw, i have used vista and think it's ok to use, but again, is being able to get the extra few frames per sec on XP worth it?
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