Vista versus XP PRO sp2

[cichlaguapote]

Vista is ok with me.. But I do find XP easier to use.

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

I run XP pro and love it.

 

[cassharper]

Saying Vista works fine on your machine isn't good enough of an argument. It is common knowledge that vista has resource allocation problems, you shouldn't have to have extremely fast RAM to just run the OS.

Most of my problems are annoyance problems, I get tired to telling the OS 3 times that I agree to do something such as open a program on my computer. On Destops, it takes a long time to start up. On laptops, it takes a long time wake up.

On my mac, it is 3 seconds after I pull the screen open that I am surfing the internet. 2 of those seconds is because the computer is still connecting to a network. When my mac is in hibernating, it uses almost no battery power either. None of these things I could say for any PC.

I liked 2k the best. Had great options for networking and mainframe maintenance, obviously not needed for most. For ease of use and speed, I like XP just fine.

Once you start video/photoediting, vista quickly shows it's weaknesses.

 

[Reefscape]

I have to say this. I dont use a computer to normal standards. I dont just surf the web and listen to music. I have some very intensive programs that absolutely eat vista alive. and xp pro runs them like a champ

Programs such as??

Saying Vista works fine on your machine isn't good enough of an argument. It is common knowledge that vista has resource allocation problems, you shouldn't have to have extremely fast RAM to just run the OS.

Most of my problems are annoyance problems, I get tired to telling the OS 3 times that I agree to do something such as open a program on my computer. On Destops, it takes a long time to start up. On laptops, it takes a long time wake up.

On my mac, it is 3 seconds after I pull the screen open that I am surfing the internet. 2 of those seconds is because the computer is still connecting to a network. When my mac is in hibernating, it uses almost no battery power either. None of these things I could say for any PC.

I liked 2k the best. Had great options for networking and mainframe maintenance, obviously not needed for most. For ease of use and speed, I like XP just fine.

Once you start video/photoediting, vista quickly shows it's weaknesses.

Then turn the feature off

 

[r3d]

Vista sucks
all the graphics on it sucks up most of my ram

all the bugs in the OS drive me crazy
xp is as perfect as an OS will get for a while

but if i remember right there was the same issue when XP replaced 98
so i figure someday vista will be much better than xp ever was

 

[Red Devil]

Vista sucks
all the graphics on it sucks up most of my ram

all the bugs in the OS drive me crazy
xp is as perfect as an OS will get for a while

but if i remember right there was the same issue when XP replaced 98
so i figure someday vista will be much better than xp ever was

now thats what i want to hear....HURRY....

 

[andro23]

I love Vista...it has some diffrences expecially in 07 Word, but once you get used to your system its great. IMO you have to have a powerful system to run it, Ive seen them selling Vista on 1Gb and 2Gb ram systems and no wonder people are complaining about it. Try it on a 3-4Gb system and then say its terrible, my laptop runs like a dream with Vista and 4Gb of ram...I can multitask to my hearts content. Ive had it a year and havent been able to lock it up or make it stall yet.

 

[Kobeclone]

Just for comparison, truthfully, how many megs (or gigs) of ram are you guys running with your respective operating systems on idle.

I am running 800-850 megs with every feature enabled on Vista home premium. I would like to get a comparison between XP Pro, Vista home basic, Vista home premium, and Vista ultimate.

 

[TacoBud]

vista all day