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| View Poll Results: XP or Vista | |||
| XP |     | 68 | 76.40% |
| Vista |    | 21 | 23.60% |
| Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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06-05-2008, 05:25 PM
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| the reward is cheese  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SF Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 419   |  XP vs Vista Alright PCers, which one floats your boat and/or which one are you forced to use? My friend is running 64 bit Vista & can't use much of his hardware due to lack of drivers... I just did a requisite yearly fresh install of XP Professional & its running beautifully.  |
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06-05-2008, 05:41 PM
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| Until there are none, adopt at least one.  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West San Fernando Valley Co-Op: no Vendor: NO Patient: YES
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Rep Power: 450994     | Re: XP vs Vista XP for sure. My son got his new computer with Vista on it and has nothing but problems with that operating system. Three of my friends that have computer tech. knowledge, also advised against Vista. When I just recently had to get a new computer, I had to special order it from Dell so I could get Windows XP installed on it. None of the other brand of computers would put XP on it for me. So that is my answer. XP all the way. . |
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06-05-2008, 06:38 PM
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Rep Power: 279 | Re: XP vs Vista Niether... Mac OSX  But uh...Definitely XP over Vista... |
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06-05-2008, 07:15 PM
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Rep Power: 17592 |  Re: XP vs Vista Quote:
I've got a Mac w/Intel processor. I have no desire to use my windows capability...  | |
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06-05-2008, 08:11 PM
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| sucka free Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nor-Cal Co-Op: No Vendor: No Patient: Yes
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06-05-2008, 08:16 PM
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| Medicated since 1968  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East Bay Area Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 20570 | Re: XP vs Vista I am currently running Vista Ultimate..... I was a beta tester for Vista, so I have a couple years with Vista now... Honestly, I have had zero problems. It is stable with the computer I use, and I have had no problems with drivers for camera, scanner, printer, monitor etc. etc.... I have run both the 64 bit and the 32 bit (which is what I am using now), with the 64bit I was able to use more of my RAM, and I had good drivers for all my hardware, but I switched back to the 32 bit just for simplicity in other beta software I am working with....(some Adobe stuff).... With all that said, if Windows XP is doing everything you need done, I would NOT upgrade.... There simply are not enough "improvements" in Vista to justify the extra money for a new OS.... I think the Vista stability issues are pretty much a thing of the past, drivers are available for all but the oldest hardware, and new computers designed to operate under Vista are at least as reliable as any XP based computer ever was.... Where problems arise is upgrading older hardware.... Vista is more demanding of the hardware than XP was/is, particularly the video display cards... Older hardware simply does not have the horsepower to take advantage of the eye-candy built into Vista.... But, again, the bottom line as far as I am concerned is if XP is doing the job for you DO NOT CHANGE.... |
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06-05-2008, 08:35 PM
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| Re: XP vs Vista On this computer I run Windows XP Ganja Edition. But my laptop and machine at work are Penguin Powered.  |
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06-06-2008, 07:01 AM
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| Bless the Flowers, Bless the Weed ...  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: in the heart of the Saddleback Valley- OC Co-Op: NO Vendor: NO Patient: YES
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Rep Power: 23707 | Re: XP vs Vista I have an Intel MacBook Pro, and I installed Vista (via Parallels) on it two nights ago as a kick. I figured it would be handy for games. After trying (and failing) to install Battlefield 2 under Vista, I removed the virtual machine and did a fresh install with XP Pro- it's the only way to go. If I couldn't have XP, give me 98. I do like the new flashy stuff in Vista though. Just looking for more stability and standardization. - early mornin' stoned pimp  |
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06-06-2008, 07:25 AM
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| ONE BAD-AZZ MONKEY!  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Inland Empire-909 Co-Op: No Vendor: No Patient: Yes
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Rep Power: 84513 | Re: XP vs Vista Linux  ...................on the real......XP Media Center |
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06-06-2008, 09:18 AM
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| lovethehash in a past life Join Date: Oct 2007 Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 41 | Re: XP vs Vista been a tech for 14 years WINDOWS XP FOR THE WIN~ |
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06-06-2008, 09:23 AM
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| lovethehash in a past life Join Date: Oct 2007 Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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06-06-2008, 09:41 AM
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| www.petorphans.org  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks.... Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 291954 | Re: XP vs Vista Vista was almost as bad as Windows ME but safer. M$ is working on a new version I think at the time I heard it was called Windows 7. Vista will go the way of the Titanic very soon. much love, zb1 |
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06-06-2008, 09:45 AM
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: XP vs Vista I've got XP Pro. Luv Vista. Once you learn how to navigate the Vista interface, it is pretty and easy and easier on the eyes than the earlier Windows versions. Macs are okay. Linux is fun. But, the most diverse software for sure is XP Pro. It runs nearly everything I've ever thrown at it. I can leave the computer on forever. But, next holiday season, you can bet there will be more Vista software compatibility and then the new Vista hardware and software won't run the old software and hardware and we'll have a whole new generation of software and hardware. intel cpu's, for sure. and, you gotta have a lot of computer power to run Vista smoothly, a lot! At least 2 gigs of ram on the mo-board and at least a gig on the video card and a knarley sound card that has its own resources, and etc. I've got xp pro humming on resources that would not run Vista, no way! Huge difference between xp pro and vista. |
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06-06-2008, 09:48 AM
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| www.petorphans.org Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The wrong side of the tracks.... Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 291954 | Re: XP vs Vista Quote:
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06-06-2008, 09:49 AM
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| ONE BAD-AZZ MONKEY! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Inland Empire-909 Co-Op: No Vendor: No Patient: Yes
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Rep Power: 84513 | Re: XP vs Vista Especially if you're into overclocking etc..... |
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06-06-2008, 10:07 AM
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: XP vs Vista Yeah, the xp mo-bo bioses and the xp pro hardware utilities are highly tweakable. There's easy over-clocking of the ram, cpu, and video card in the bios menu as well as within XP Pro. But, I just fiddled with over-clocking and wasn't impressed by it. I got better performance from more ram. I run in normal mode with all of the resources maxed out and this hardware has worked error free for years. xp multi-tasks extremely well too. just seamless computing. But, with the right software hardware, Vista is the way to go. |
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06-11-2008, 01:32 PM
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Rep Power: 3681 | Re: XP vs Vista If you're not running ancient peripherials or software you're not likely to have driver issues. This computer is Vista Ultimate 64bit and I love it. I haven't had any driver issues, ever. Still, my favorite OS to work with is Solaris. Linux blows, it's like having training wheels. |
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06-12-2008, 01:53 PM
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06-13-2008, 08:35 AM
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Rep Power: 18776 | Re: XP vs Vista My laptop came with XP. when I was down to one USB port I tried to install a card that would give me two more. Only thing was, you can't download a driver for XP .... I'm screwed. |
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07-16-2008, 11:47 AM
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07-16-2008, 01:18 PM
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| more human than human  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LBC Co-Op: No Vendor: No Patient: Yes
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Rep Power: 305924 | Re: XP vs Vista Quote:
So I just had to buy a new scanner  And now everything is fine (or the same bad as any other OS I've had)  | |
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07-16-2008, 01:29 PM
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Rep Power: 42766 | Re: XP vs Vista Uh, XP Pro for me. I have in my system: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0Ghz Video Card: BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB PCIe Memory: CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Mother Board: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS4P LGA 775 Intel Power Supply: Athena Power AP-P4ATX55FEC 550W ATX12V Case:Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower with 7 fans. This is my gaming system. It blazes! |
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07-16-2008, 02:42 PM
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Rep Power: 556705 | Re: XP vs Vista neither. Windows 2000 ftw!!!!! .......yeah, i need a new computer  |
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07-16-2008, 02:48 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: XP vs Vista i just wanna say - the entire saucer AND Gort's CPU are running on... yep, OSX! |
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07-16-2008, 04:31 PM
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