Vista or XP?

Jo_Mc_2

GunJack wrote: »

personally I don't like vista much and would prefer to stick with XP...but I am curious as to what W7 will turn out like...

I've been using Vista for around two months now since buying a new laptop, I much prefer XP

jasonwatkins

having used pretty much every operating system going (bar anything from apple since i don't have a mac ) i have to say i ultimately find myself always coming back to vista.

Colin_London

Jo_Mc wrote: »

I've been using Vista for around two months now since buying a new laptop, I much prefer XP

Why do you prefer it? If it's because of 'look and feel' you can do a lot to change Vista to appear like XP (for example, I have changed my Start menu to the classic XP appearance rather than the new style).

To correct my above post the 'Windows 7 upgrade program' does not start until July 2009:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-7-Upgrade-Program-Debuts-July-1-2009-101367.shtml

You may not want to wait that long of course, wo if you eventually want to move to 7 you would have to buy a retail upgrade package.

Little_John

thomas01155 wrote: »

But if you swaped the hard drive there would be no windows 7

Added addition drives I have a bunch to format and clear before destroying them.

Airwolf1

I've had no issues with Vista.

BillScarab

I've been running Vista for two years, not one crash yet. It takes about 10 minutes to get used to the different interface as it's not really that different to XP. You do find a few other thigns that are different as you use it but nothing major.

I certainly wouldn't buy an XP machine now.

I am looking forward to Windows 7 though and will probably be getting a new machine running that next year.

aliEnRIK

I have both. Ive found Vista ok once ~
UAC is switched off
Auto defrag is switched off
The size of the 'shadow service' is lowered
Windows defender is disabled/uninstalled
Its fitted with codecs to actually VIEW media files (A lot dont work in its 'out of the box' state)

(Ps ~ I dont recommend ANY of the above unless you know what your doing )

Inactive

I have 2 computers, one with Vista the other with XP, I use the one with XP as my favourite.

Bielzibub

XP is not as secure as Windows Vista, even moreso if you use Internet Explorer.

As regards to save-a-lots comments, has he tried to see if there are updates to the drivers and software that he alledges won't work?

Joe_Brewer

Vista was pre loaded on my recent laptop. The first thing I did was to change the desktop theme to "Windows Classic". Once I did this there was little difference between XP and Vista.

Personally I would recommend Vista over XP.

Joe