whether one should stick to windows XP or upgrade it to vista?
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eggman
I have Yolks not Brains!
I'm a vista user. and I suggest stick to XP, as of now.
1)Its memory hogging.
2)DX 10 isn't out yet, and its still long way before it gets mainstream.
3)MAny S/W which used to work on XP, doesn't work on Vista.
4)Its hard to get dual-boot with Vista(specially, if Vista is installed first)
5)Its bloody expensive.
1)Its memory hogging.
2)DX 10 isn't out yet, and its still long way before it gets mainstream.
3)MAny S/W which used to work on XP, doesn't work on Vista.
4)Its hard to get dual-boot with Vista(specially, if Vista is installed first)
5)Its bloody expensive.
ssdivisiongermany1933
Still in war with allies
stick to XP for some time
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
eggman said:
1) Nope, it just uses memory more efficiently then XP. Caches everything
2) Yup, take 1 years atlest for DX10 games to come out
3) There are new version coming fast or alternatives
4) Nope, use Vistabootpro if u like to manually edit the boot configuration. I m myself using dual boot with XP, though i hardly use XP now.
5) Point
comrade
foreign return(0)
with 1 GB i think it wont perform anything better....anything over 1gb is reasonable but still i dono why its making my system with 2GB ram a bit slugish.
as far as from what i observed i cud say vista is slightly low on IO performance...more hard disk thrashing than in xp is what i noticed...& even when i dont do anything hard disk seems to be active.
as far as from what i observed i cud say vista is slightly low on IO performance...more hard disk thrashing than in xp is what i noticed...& even when i dont do anything hard disk seems to be active.
nishant_nms
Cyborg Agent
vista is a better choice if ur PC can handle it
XtremeFuturistic
Broken In
What stupid creep is vista.
U guys may not know that it needs amazing 3 gb ram to perform like xp with 512mb ram.
if 3 is in ur pocket, then even why vista - get nod32/kav n be a bit more secure.
+ indexing service must be stopped in vista even else what the hell is gonna be ur HD life
+ think of torture ur vista does to lifespan of ur ram n other peripherals
U guys may not know that it needs amazing 3 gb ram to perform like xp with 512mb ram.
if 3 is in ur pocket, then even why vista - get nod32/kav n be a bit more secure.
+ indexing service must be stopped in vista even else what the hell is gonna be ur HD life
+ think of torture ur vista does to lifespan of ur ram n other peripherals
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
XtremeFuturistic said:
1) Nope, have you used it yourself. KAV 6.0.2.631 just came out today & it is no longer slowing down vista. even With 1 GB RAM it is rocking.
2) Indexing service works only when your computer is idle. Just leave it on over night & everything on your computer will be index within 8 hrs anyway. or if you have an organised computer turn it off. Who searches this much anyway.
3) What torture? Tell me if you have compatible hardware
. It uses the existing components efficiently then XP SP2, I do think this is better.
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
Short and sweet:
If you are a <1> Power user/programmer <2> Gamer <3> New User <4> Bussiness user, Vista is the way to go. [also pirated Xp user]
If you are: a home user, a multimedia ...um.. user
Wonder what catagory I will come in
1) Power User
2) Home user
3) Multimedia (a lot)
4) XP with (mostly original) software
aneesh kalra
Mclaren F1 Long tail
Get this
*www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx
and run it.At present I do not recommend immediately switching to vista
manly because of the hardware costs involved,the cost of the os itself is another isuue.Slowly prices will drop beacsuse if this does not happen vista will not be successful .At present there are not many apps for vista I strongly recommend for you wait for about 6 months (at that time dx 10 cards may also become cheap).In the meantime if you are so impressed by vista's interface try linux out for a few months along with xp.
*www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx
and run it.At present I do not recommend immediately switching to vista
manly because of the hardware costs involved,the cost of the os itself is another isuue.Slowly prices will drop beacsuse if this does not happen vista will not be successful .At present there are not many apps for vista I strongly recommend for you wait for about 6 months (at that time dx 10 cards may also become cheap).In the meantime if you are so impressed by vista's interface try linux out for a few months along with xp.
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gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
Do you already have a computer or buying new one? It depends on wether u have AGP or PCIe slot.sanju said:
The lowest end graphics card recommended to run aero is GeForce FX 5700 or Radeon X300 . Anything above it wether Geforce 6200 or 7300 or Radeon X700 or X1300 is enough to run Windows Vista.
Which slot you got?
All the apps which work with Windows XP work fine in Vista. DirectX 10 is already out in Vista
NikhilVerma
Padawan
Just make sure your hardware has got drivers for Vista...
I still can't get Hardware Sound Mixer of my motherboard to work with Vista. Hence I can't play any modern games either...
It's ridiculous
I still can't get Hardware Sound Mixer of my motherboard to work with Vista. Hence I can't play any modern games either...
It's ridiculous
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