After a new PC but not Vista
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I had to buy new hardware to get my pc running even though it met minimum specs and to get connected online. There were no new drivers for the "obsolete" working hardware and the manufacturers just point blank refused to bring out new drivers for the new OS and only supported their new range of hardware. The interface and the way things were layed out were quite different so there were plenty of people who complained about the complete change in things, and it did take a while to get used to things.
That was my experience of migrating from 98 to XP. Don't see why Vista's getting all the harsh comments. People seem to have such short memories. I've used Vista for work a bit and I've got no problems when I build my new pc to install Vista on it."She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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The only problem is it comes with Vista.Ive started looking at buying a copy of XP but am so confused by all the seemingly different versions, services packs and varying prices I find on amazon, pc world etc.
PC world for example offer Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade with Service Pack 2 for £89.99
Yet amazon offer what looks to be the same product for a massivly different price £189.48 (see link) . Surely with such a massive difference these cant be the same thing?
and then theirs this version XP Home, Service Pack 2 (link) on amazon. for just £57.95. Is this just an update rather than a full version?
Im so confused. Also is their much difference between Home and Pro versions?
I agree with most, the compatibility issue will not affect the average home user. Where it can come into play is either with specialist software, and sometimes connecting to say, your work network which may be running non vista compliant applications.
As for XP pro, again for the average home user it offers no real advantages afaik the main difference is related to setting up networksHope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
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took ,me a long time to change, now running vista64 on one of my pcs and very happy with it so farUtinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0
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Just like to thank everyone for thier replies. I havnt really had any experience with Vista so have only had what ive heard to go by. Suprised to hear its been out for two years though, dosnt time fly?
Think ill give it a go and I guess I can always downgrade to XP at a later time if problems occur.
I still play quite a few old games (championship manager 01/02, age of empries 2, hotel giant etc) and that was my worry. Anyway I guess I wont know unless I try it.
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My sister got Vista laptop this year and she has had no probs at all, even connecting to her work as they've made the necessary changes. Unfortunately you might have a problem with you games, you could always run a VM with XP installed in it for those.Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
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gaming_guy wrote: »are you joking? a VM for running games?
it would be as slow as hell running a gameHope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
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Good, because it's a terrible game anyway :cool:Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
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Crysis is one of the most demanding games in terms of hardware at the moment which is why people talk about it. As a game it's OK but not great.
I've had no issues with playing old games on Vista. Not that I've installed that many due to my ongoing addiction to Company of Heroes.
If you're concerned about particular games then half an hour on google should tell you if you will have problems.It's my problem, it's my problem
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