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22nd October, 2008 at 11:04:06 -

XP, I'm always the last one to switch over to the latest OS.

 
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22nd October, 2008 at 12:40:31 -


Originally Posted by Ricky
Windows 98: 16 MB RAM, 66 MHz processor
Windows XP: 64 MB Ram, 233 MHz processor
Vista: 512 MB Ram, 800 MHZ

The requirements went UP 4x between 98 and XP (3 years between operating systems)
The requirements went UP 5x between XP and Vista (5 years between OS)

sorry Dr. James, you're wrong. Vista hasn't leaped in requirements. It has gone the ususual pace.


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Congrats on getting confused by the megahertz myth Go fish out a Pentium 3 800mhz CPU and see if you can run Vista . Vista coughs a lot on our Pentium 4 3ghz but works okay on a 1.8ghz CD.
And for kicks one of our systems is running XP Home on 32mb ram. Besides XP on 64mb will run perfectly (just not so when you run other apps), Vista on 512mb? I wouldn't recommend it on anything less than 1 or 2gb ram if you want useable performance.

 
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22nd October, 2008 at 13:14:28 -

I suppose it depends on if you use the new visual gimmicks in Vista. I have them turned off and my comp runs fairly well (although I just bought it a couple of months ago ) with them turned on it was SLOOOOW

 
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22nd October, 2008 at 16:42:18 -

I don't even have the option to turn on the transparent hardware-accelerated bollocks on Vista Home Basic. Good riddance

 
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22nd October, 2008 at 19:31:45 -


Originally Posted by Phredreeke
I suppose it depends on if you use the new visual gimmicks in Vista. I have them turned off and my comp runs fairly well (although I just bought it a couple of months ago ) with them turned on it was SLOOOOW



Oh really... that's interesting. When I turn Aero off is when I notice the drop in performance. It's whenever I turn it on that everything runs a lot smoother. I'm dead serious, I hate working with programs like 3D Studio Max anymore, because they turn Aero off. The whole system feels so sluggish. Takes me back to XP whenever windows would clone themselves when dragged over loading programs. (Redraw)

 
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23rd October, 2008 at 04:09:09 -

To go back to the 4GB myth, using the /PAE boot switch switches the processor to a strange 36-bit mode (should your processor support it - any 64 bit one will) where it can address a lot more RAM. That's how I have 6GB right now on my main machine, XP sees it, and utilizes it.

 
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23rd October, 2008 at 04:17:57 -

Microsoft thought it would be clever to limit their different versions of Windows to have higher or lower max ram values before it ignores other ram. Seems pretty stupid for Microsoft to make me pay for something I already paid for initially. If the technology is there, why should my operating system be allowed to stop it from being used because I didn't pay enough money for an upgraded version.

Either way though, I mean... it's still a higher maximum ram then Windows XP. My complaints are legit, but it's by no means against Vista, but Microsoft.

 
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23rd October, 2008 at 12:54:22 -

i love my xp

ive used vista and osx and got annoyed while i feel at home on xp

 
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1st November, 2008 at 20:44:00 -

I usually use XUbuntu Linux, but I'm almost completely fine with working with XP (and playing the games that won't run under Linux).

 
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1st November, 2008 at 21:22:48 -

I found Vista to be almost identical to XP, it doesn't even look much different. It also runs fine on my pc but it was a new pc that came with Vista so i can't really compare performance.

I just feel there isn't a big enough difference to upgrade if you still use XP.

Oh and the only problems I've ever had were some old games not working (a few more than with XP)
So when i see people complaining about Vista i wonder if they're just listening to all the other crap they see and blaming any problem they come across on the OS when it's well known that no Operating system is perfect. Including Windows XP...

 
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1st November, 2008 at 21:52:02 -

In terms of what computer i buy, I always definitely go with apple (cause I can run both windows and osx). If I had to choose one system over the two, I'd have to sacrifice something (namely MMF for windows or FCP for mac). why isn't there an "I have two OS of choice" option?

 
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2nd November, 2008 at 10:46:15 -

"cause I can run both windows and osx"

So can a non-mac system, nowadays. Though you'll still have to watch out with the kind of hardware you buy if you do that, OSX doesn't support ALL hardware after all.

 
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2nd November, 2008 at 14:34:39 -

Windows 7 starts its beta test next year. It looks just like Vista to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

 
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2nd November, 2008 at 14:36:37 -

Yeah, but remember Vista looked pretty much like XP until they stuck Aero up it in the later stages.

 
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2nd November, 2008 at 14:45:55 -

Remember that Windows 95, 98, 2000, and Me all looked like each other.

 
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