Vista or XP (3 Viewers)

[Lizakith]

AFAIK you can't actually buy a laptop anymore with XP preloaded on it. I know Microsoft aren't actively supporting XP anymore, which is a dirty tactic to force people with less technical skills to upgrade to Vista.
Anyone know if this is correct?

 

[Evilo]

i bought a dell about a month ago, and i thought i saw the 'build with xp' logo on the website. I looked at the costs, and they're actually charging more for xp, and less for vista.

 

[Evilo]

if you are going to get vista i would say get 2GB of RAM

(at least 2gb of ram)

I reckon just get 4 and let that be that. Ram isn't *that* expensive and its just easier to max it now, rather than upgrading later. I went with 4.


However ive seen my mate run a 2.3ghz, 3 hard disks (including a e-sata) ,30" lcd screen and external soundcard on a 2GB ram laptop on vista with no problems.

For the record, im running - 2.5Ghz, 4GB ram, 320GB, 256 Nivedia and havent has any major problems.

 

[shinji]

gone are the times when we used to brag about having 512mb of ram. hahah

 

[dwarven]

ummm go for vista...
all the new software coming out are for vista

and office 07 has way more features than the 03 (like smart art)
and the UAC does piss you off but i turned mine off

anyone know if they are bringing out 07 frontpage?

most printers are supported by vista

im running Vista Home Premium SP1 with 1 Gb ram CoreDuo 2 ghz on an Aspire laptop.. runs pretty smooth but def. upgrade the ram to 2Gb

 

[iamsickofyear12]

Vista is shit, but XP isn't really a choice unless you buy it separately and install it yourself.

Office 07 Works on XP

 

[JonnoisBored]

Id get XP on a Laptop because of Vistas drain on hardware, not that Vista is THAT bad, they updated it with a service pack and now it seems to be alright.

 

[MTP]

I am currently waiting for windows XP service pack 3, not sure when it is going to be released though.

 

[dwarven]

I am currently waiting for windows XP service pack 3, not sure when it is going to be released though.

its already out....

 

[mr_brightside]

I am currently waiting for windows XP service pack 3. It was meant to be released a while ago, but they didnt release it yet..

Nah its out. We upgraded our work PC's just the other day.

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[MTP]

Nah its out. We upgraded our work PC's just the other day.

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ohh, my bad. Thanks dude.

 

[emytaylor164]

i think vista is better then what people think. Windows 7 is due 2010 anyway