XP or Vista on new laptop?

[SDone]

Vista works fine for me. I run Pokerstars, PT, and Pahud on it with no problems.. except for when I used flicker free drawing on PAHUD... then pokerstars starting freezing on me.

[Kraada]

From a guy who does tech support:
use XP, you'll be much happier at the end of the day.

From a guy who tinkers with computers:

you could always make a VM of each and use both for a while and see which you like better. Then, when you realize it's XP, just use that one [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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[ryanj247]

it's too bad that everyone is struggling so much with vista. i think it is really a significant improvement over xp. i've had very few problems getting everything working with vista, and i would loathe going back to xp.

[choccypie]

Vista looks prettier but that's about it

If you don't want to be tearing your hair out whenever you try to make something work, use XP

[1meandog4u]

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get vista if you get a new computer...

every new OS uses more resources...

its easy to handle and will improve with those servicepacks...

if you have 2 gigs memory get vista, else get xp

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2gigs is the minimum they recommend when I got Vista. I upgraded with another 2gig flash chip, which really picked up the speed. Vista really likes flash memory plugins. I got mine from Kingston.com and was really affordable.

Here's what I got (I am NOT affiliated with them in any way)

DTR/2GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler w/ReadyBoost1 $52.00

I've had it for about six months and love it. I allocated all two gigs to flash and none to storage on the USB chip.

[TheMetetron]

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it's too bad that everyone is struggling so much with vista. i think it is really a significant improvement over xp. i've had very few problems getting everything working with vista, and i would loathe going back to xp.

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Seriously, vista is a huge improvement and not just graphically. Sucks people are too stupid to figure out how to make it work because I couldn't imagine going back to XP ever at this point.

[Hoopster81]

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39...3700-10,00.htm

[MasterLJ]

I'm actually going through the incredibly painstaking task of downgrading Vista to XP as we speak just because I hate Vista so much. It's much harder to do on a laptop than a desktop.

[MasterLJ]

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it's too bad that everyone is struggling so much with vista. i think it is really a significant improvement over xp. i've had very few problems getting everything working with vista, and i would loathe going back to xp.

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Seriously, vista is a huge improvement and not just graphically. Sucks people are too stupid to figure out how to make it work because I couldn't imagine going back to XP ever at this point.

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Lol... at least give us a one paragraph summary of at least one thing you find better/faster/easier on Vista than on XP.

[stigmata]

vista sux