XP vs Vista

moonrakerz

robt wrote: »

It is a FACT that it is more secure. Opinion does not come into it.

If you got down off your high-horse you might be able to see that I did say just that !!!!

Apart from which, I didn't use the word "opinion" - please don't try and justify your argument by making false accusations about what I have said !

PS: This was the very first item on Google.

http://www.crn.com/software/199701019;jsessionid=G3URBXNE2TXXEQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN

Most of the other items started "MS claim Vista is more secure than XP"

Oh how the gullible are led !

LadyMorticia

I only own XP but I've used OHs laptop which has Vista on it and it seems to work a lot smoother as an OS in my opinion.

moonrakerz

LadyMorticia wrote: »

I only own XP but I've used OHs laptop which has Vista on it and it seems to work a lot smoother as an OS in my opinion.

Naughty - shouldn't say "opinion" - I got told off for saying that, even when I hadn't

lrr_2

Have xp on the older computer and vista on my newer one - prefer xp to be honest

GunJack

Oh how I love a good xp vs vista debate

okay, so my twopenneth for what it's worth, I use both.

I PREFER xp.

I don't like the way stuff you want to get to is more hidden in vista, or disguised with pseudo-plain english.

I don't like vista's excessive number of processes running when idle

I HATE the user account aspect of vista, even telling you to "check your settings" after you've specifically turned the blessed thing off :mad:

I prefer xp's networking over vista's.

I could go on, but I won't. I accept that vista is a more secure OS than xp, but I can run unobtrusive security programs in xp. I also accept that xp won't be supported forever, and hope that W7 is well-established by the time I need to buy another pc/laptop or am forced to change OS.

At the end of the day, which you prefer is totally down to you, your levels of understanding, experiences, how you use your pc.....there's really no point in turning it into an out-and-out argument

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moonrakerz wrote: »

PS: This was the very first item on Google.

http://www.crn.com/software/199701019;jsessionid=G3URBXNE2TXXEQSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN

Most of the other items started "MS claim Vista is more secure than XP"

Oh how the gullible are led !

There's a serious omission from that article. Nowhere does it mention that the Windows Vista machine had UAC enabled and Internet Explorer 7 was running in Protected Mode, which leads me to believe that neither of them were.

The reporters obviously had another agenda other than presenting a balanced article if they deliberately chose to ignore two of the major security features that Vista introduced, both of which would mitigate whatever damage the exploits were capable of doing.

GunJack wrote: »

I don't like vista's excessive number of processes running when idle

It's a more efficient way of handling I/O priority for processes, not to mention managing the privileges that processes are requesting and using, which contributes to an overall better secured system.

I HATE the user account aspect of vista, even telling you to "check your settings" after you've specifically turned the blessed thing off :mad:

There's no logical reason why anyone should use their account they use on a day by day with full administrative reign over the system. One of the most important objectives with computer security is Principle of least privilege, which is generally ignored by the masses on Windows. It's an obsurred phenomenon that is generally being phased out with the introduction of UAC, well, all but with 'power users' who think they know better.

custardy

while im waiting for my 2nd stick of 2gb ram to come i decided to switch off all of vistas visual effects

:eek: my pc flew with speed
i then turned a few back on and still retained speed
so for anyone finding it a bit sluggish maybe see whaty visual options you can turn off without really noticing the're missing

db-_2

I recently installed Windows 7 since i used to run Vista and it's so much nicer.
It's really light on resources and I think it's a massive upgrade. If you get a laptop, it'd be worth putting up with Vista for a few months until the upgrades come rolling in

Lum

Vista is a perfectly good OS that suffered a terrible reputation when it came out which was largely down to a lack of hardware support, which is common for any new OS that isn't just a cheapo re-hash of the previous version (XP was mostly just Windows 2000 with a bit of a polish and tune-up)

7 is really just a re-hash of Vista, they've addressed a lot of the complaints of Vista, such as reducing it's hardware requirements and getting rid of a lot of UAC prompts. There are some under the bonnet improvements, but they are incremental. Most Vista drivers work under 7 so hardware support is not an issue in 7, same as hardware support is not now an issue in Vista.

So while 7 is just a re-hash of Vista, that's perfectly fine, while I'm not sure I'd want to pay to upgrade from Vista, there is absolutely no reason to buy Vista now, unless it comes with the voucher for a free upgrade to 7 in october.

Some of the new stuff in 7, such as peek, jump lists and XP mode are actually pretty nice to have too.

Your question should be XP vs Win 7.

Taffybiker

I use XP, because it does everything that I need it to do. I saw no reason to upgrade when Vista was released, and I still see no reason to do so. I am sure Vista is fine, but I don't need it.
However, I haven't heard much to the negative about Windows 7, so maybe this would be the way to go.