Which is better:Windows XP or Windows Vista? Page 2

Started by Blaziquaza August 7th, 2009 1:51 PM
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XP or Vista?

.Seth

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Pixelated? If you're refering to fonts, then XP has a better font rendering engine than it shows as default. Cleartype is usually disabled in new installations, but it's simple to turn on and can be turned up or down.

I'd still suggest waiting for 7, but Vista is okay. The bugs have been ironed out with the service packs.
Pixelated as in it's taskbar and main graphics, not just fonts. I admit, it's fonts look wonderful, it's overall graphics (folder icons, taskbar, start menu) look very low reso compared to vista.

I couldn't say what the average Vista computer's Ram Memory is, but my computer has 52.1 GBs of memory to it, and with everything I have on it, there's only 16 GBs of memory left.

I never had a XP (I skipped from a 2000 to a Vista), and since I can't really say which is better, I just say Vista. I hear people complain about how Vista worries too much about security, but you know what: when they get a virus because their computer didn't warn them, they can't say that Vista couldn't have prevent that (most likely unrealistic, but it's bound to happen).
That's hard drive space. :\
Control Panel - System and Maintenance - "See how much Ram your computer has"

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I couldn't say what the average Vista computer's Ram Memory is, but my computer has 52.1 GBs of memory to it, and with everything I have on it, there's only 16 GBs of memory left.

I never had a XP (I skipped from a 2000 to a Vista), and since I can't really say which is better, I just say Vista. I hear people complain about how Vista worries too much about security, but you know what: when they get a virus because their computer didn't warn them, they can't say that Vista couldn't have prevent that (most likely unrealistic, but it's bound to happen).
Wrong kind of memory. She was referring to the Random Access Memory, or RAM, not hard disk drive storage space. Most computers have between 0.5 GB and 8 GB of RAM.

And I'd guess you're not using an anti-virus program. You may want to get Avast! or Avira.
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XP, I always think the simpler the better. Though, I use Ubuntu heaps more now, in fact, I RARELY use XP. Windows 7 however, looks really good, I got it free with my PC User magazine, so I might as well try it out.

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I choose XP simply because I have never had a computer that could run Vista without self-imploding. If I had more money, that would not be a problem...

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I choose XP simply because I have never had a computer that could run Vista without self-imploding. If I had more money, that would not be a problem...

What is a sixteen-year-old that cannot find a job to do? :nervous:
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Once you have enough money, try CyberPower's configurators. You can get a spectacular computer for about $800. May as well get Windows 7 while you're there, now that it's coming out.
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vista all the way I am sick of xp and vista has a dock and the tool bar to the right side
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XP.. clean, light resource usage, and ALL THE DRIVERS WORK PROPERLY (mostly)

Win7 MAY change this but since I can't do an in-place upgrade to 7, it may be a long while.
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Well, Vista for graphics, XP For performance, compatibility, and overall (at least with 896 MB Ram). I say XP is better as long it doesn't have SP3 (Stupid Pack 3), otherwise I would say same.
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XP for me. Never had any problems, it's super quick, stable, none of the applications from vista have any use for me. The graphics side isn't important either, can easily download various themes to mimic Vista.
For gaming & drivers, XP will be my OS. Only until they stop supporting XP will i migrate to Windows 7.
I don't really need more than 4 gb of RAM either..

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For those saying vista won't run on older machines.

I was using vista basic on a machine with 512 mb ram, and a 3.2 ghz single core, and 64 mb vid card. It ran with no problems.

But that aside i don't like vista. Not very stable compared to xp.

So Xp all the way until win 7 comes out (That is... unless win 7 proves to be worse then vista)

Anyway that aside whats the reqs for win 7? If my computer can support it (Or if the upgrades are cheap enough) i might upgrade to win 7.

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Not being very technically-minded, I can't really tell the difference between XP and Vista. I'll just go with Vista because it has that cool flickbooky window viewer thing.

You probably facepalmed after reading that.

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I prefer windows XP. It's better for me. It's easier to use, and it is less complicated.

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I still have XP on my PC and it's what I support at work...I've actually never touched Vista. o.o

I'm probably going to do like work and just change straight to Windows 7 if I have to upgrade. My PC is still running quite happily as it is.
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A while ago, I would have said Vista...

But no. Only improvements in vista is security and unless youre a dimwit, you will know how to work firewalls and antivirus suites.

XP may not have the security Vista has, but its got everything else (except for the system requirements) as XP is much more customisable, as said by apple.SHAMPOO, "eight year old operating system"; its known to work, whereas Vista has only been around for three years or so, and its still getting negative reviews due to its resource hogging.

Additionally, you cannot call Windows 7 a Vista SP3 as if this was so, many system files would be the same and they could be used cross-SP (i.e. to a SP1, Vista), but they will not be supported;

XP may be better in terms of overall, but its really old and I dont see why you'd use XP, especially as a 64-bit operating system as it has too much problems.


32-bit; go for XP

64-bit; go for Vista

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I was close to choosing XP, because of a number of issues I've had with Vista, but then I looked at Windows Aero and I was like: "What am I thinking?" and chose Vista. People say it's a RAM-eater and all, but when you have plenty of RAM to spare, you shouldn't have a problem with it. Same goes for your CPU. A really fast CPU with a big cache should do the job for Vista, as well as a compatible graphics card.

I can't wait for Windows 7, though. Dell's giving it to us for free :D
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Nope! I'm talking about resource hogging and also more memory leaks compared to XP
Memory leaks are an Application problem; not an OS problem. An OS inherently allocates memory based on what the application requests. If the application doesn't cleanly mark it's memory as "free" when it's closed; you get a memory leak. Vista as an OS has no such "built in memory leaks"; I run Vista on my media machine for weeks at a time and it gets no slower over time since last reboot ~ therefore there's no memory leak.

As to "resource hogging"; you do realize that when an application requests resources that would otherwise be used by a Vista background service; that service is suspended; right? That's why Aero disables when you load a directX game.

Personally speaking; if you have a machine with a grunty GPU and a good amount of RAM; why SHOULDN'T an OS use it for day to day use? Mac OSX does. Nobody complains about it being "bloated".
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Memory leaks are an Application problem; not an OS problem. An OS inherently allocates memory based on what the application requests. If the application doesn't cleanly mark it's memory as "free" when it's closed; you get a memory leak. Vista as an OS has no such "built in memory leaks"; I run Vista on my media machine for weeks at a time and it gets no slower over time since last reboot ~ therefore there's no memory leak.

As to "resource hogging"; you do realize that when an application requests resources that would otherwise be used by a Vista background service; that service is suspended; right? That's why Aero disables when you load a directX game.

Personally speaking; if you have a machine with a grunty GPU and a good amount of RAM; why SHOULDN'T an OS use it for day to day use? Mac OSX does. Nobody complains about it being "bloated".
Well I have experienced vista being slower after use for a long time. Applications could not be causing such memory leaks unless WLM + Photoshop + Firefox somehow causes leaks.

Also; thats the thing... Vista runs all these programs in the background, yeah, but thats just file indexing :| Also, completely turning off Indexing makes vista search heaps slow compared to xp.

If you owned a supercomputer and you had the chance to control Weather Satellites and there were two models to choose from;
An older model that works great, has been around for 8 years, requires less resources on your computer to use and has a simple to-the-point GUI
A newer model that also works well, but is more costly and requires more resources but its filled to the brim with eyecandy
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Well I have experienced vista being slower after use for a long time. Applications could not be causing such memory leaks unless WLM + Photoshop + Firefox somehow causes leaks.
Photoshop doesn't release the memory for the files it has opened until you close the entire program and not just the individual files. This is prevalent in the OSX version too; but worse ~ it takes up GPU memory :(
Also; thats the thing... Vista runs all these programs in the background, yeah, but thats just file indexing :| Also, completely turning off Indexing makes vista search heaps slow compared to xp.
Indexing is the backbone of any proper desktop search. XP doesn't even *have* a proper search; just a simple match-string-in-filename. To compare it to Spotlight or Windows Vista Search is ridiculous.
If you owned a supercomputer and you had the chance to control Weather Satellites and there were two models to choose from;
An older model that works great, has been around for 8 years, requires less resources on your computer to use and has a simple to-the-point GUI
A newer model that also works well, but is more costly and requires more resources but its filled to the brim with eyecandy
It's not about the eyecandy. It's about the functionality. If the latter model offers me more functionality; makes my life easier; is updated to be compatible with more recent companion technologies and still manages to be snappy and responsive when I sit down to use it? Pretty obvious choice.