yeah, the memory usage was INSANE...but i think that also comes from a lot of apps not being ready for vista quite yet and me using them

I don't want something I have to tweak out of the box to run better...I want something that is minimal out of the box that I tweak to beef up

that is how xp is for me, I can install a fresh copy, do all the updates and it is a pretty slim OS with bare bones only loaded from a fresh install.....vista was instant bloatware, I guess if I had a few days of free time to tweak it out and research shit, it would be great, but I just don't have that kind of time

I actually like Vista..Much more secure than XP and I have a 4 gig USB stick inserted taking advantage of ReadyBoost which makes it even snappier.

Running both. Vista on athlon 64 1 gig ram. Was very fast in the beginning, has slowed down since then.

Still running xp on the laptop and have no complaints.

There's quit a bit you need to tweak in XP as well. That's the main reason I stayed with 2kpro for 7 years. XP didn't do anything 2kpro couldn't do. It wasn't any faster or more stable.
Even today I'd still recommend 2kpro over XP. My only reason for using Vista is that it's simply faster for what I do on a daily basis once setup properly.

It's all personal preference though. Go with what ever OS you're most proficient on and causes you the least amount of stress.

Nice :)
Can you just buy a copy for PC, or du you have to crack and shit like in the beginning?

Ofc it's different, it's based on Unix - therefore it's nicer than Windoze :p

Think it's worth a try :)

I think XP is faster than W2K, but maybe it's me.

Eitherway Windows 2003 server is much faster than Windows 2000 server, but's that's another debate. :winkwink:

My brother sent his laptop to get fixed and also asked them to take Vista off and put XP on it for him. They did it no problem and told him everyone is doing the same. Seems not very many people like Vista.

After a couple of days i bought 1gb more so i now have 2gb. If you do some Photoshop 1gb is not enough for Vista.

I think that's true. A flot of apps aren't made specifically for Vista yet. Eventough i think Vista uses a lot more memory.

i will use vista if the beta or should i say "better" version comes out!

Ohhh I think u misunderstood I have the following.

My mac whit 2x 3,0-GHz quad-core and 8Gb memory i run OSX. On my 2 pc's i run windows XP pro Photoshop i do on the mac surfing and hanging arround on icq and stuff i do on the slowest pc. (If u want to know a e6600 2GB memory)

My third pc I use for games (I love games) and that is a q6600 whit 4GB memory but xp pro only see 3,2GB and a geforce 8800


In total 5 screens. Some people spend their money on cars I like computers

Ohh i forgot my laptop i use now ( i like to be outside sometimes :)

Only use it for sitting outside and surf.

I'm seriously considering dropping back to Vista on my new machine here. There are just too many issues to deal with.

The one thing I'm worried about is converting all of my Documents and files back to xp, along with office 2007 etc.

Oh okey... I was thinking of installing OSX on my HP nx9420. But don't think you can buy OSX for normal PC's?

I just took VISTA off a computer for a friend and put XP back on, OS is not ready for release nothing works with it and its slow

I have a dualcore and 2 quadcore systems for my 3d animation business. Everything runs smoothly enough with xp 32 and xp64, I'm scared to rock the boat.

What I've been hearing confirms that I should stick with xp.

i stick with xp, vista was below expectations

I've told many times - Vista sux. XP has everything you need. Why spend money on a candy-looking shit?

xp still good for me.

xp ALL THE LIFE. works decently. doesnt crash., you know the rule... if it ain't broken, dont fix it.

xp is doing good :)

I'll wait at least another year before migrating...

vista 64 bit sucks. Vista 32bit runs great for me. XP is fine too, but it also needs a lot of tweaks. win2k was my fave...

I love this debate. Whenever MS launches a new OS people are always blah blah blah this sucks that sucks I'm staying with MS Old Windows. Good times. I don't have vista so I'm just enjoying the entertainment of this conversation.

I think (and Im stating the obvious to a point) but...
If you buy a new PC / Notebook and it comes with Vista, then that's great...
IN that case Vista will be fast enough, compatible and with a bit of practise... second nature...
It can be a robust OS, in those situations...

However if your PC is running XP and your thinking to upgrade 'for the fun of it'
DONT!
That is where the problems lie...

yeh i'm putting xp back on in a week just need to find my disk

+1, you can still find Vista cheerleaders who are basically Microsoft ass lovers or MS Vista domain owners, no objective individual could say that Vista is better than XP. A majority of Visa users seems to be downgrading to XP within days or weeks :1orglaugh

This Vista Beta release was a complete flop, but MS is still racking billions :Oh crap

This MS company sickens me, the government should break them, i'm sure there is conspiracy to commit fraud. Their product is total crap, is overpriced because its a monopoly, and will cost its users TENS, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in disk craches, computer upgrades, hours lost....etc etc.

FUCK MICROSOFT AND BILL, THE BIGGEST CROOK IN THE UNITED STATES. I WISH APPLE AND LINUX WOULD BE NUMBER 1 AND 2, THEY WOULD DESERVE IT, BUT THIS FUCKING MICROSOFT RUNS A COMPUTER OS RACKET.

I've got a quad core CPU w/ 4GB of RAM and I still won't touch Vista.

resistance is futile.

:helpme omfg...

I switched to a Mac 2 years ago and i will never go back with Windows. If only people tried Apple, they would realize that its well worth it.

I sent two laptops back with Vista (the first one I thought it was the computer's problem until I had the same problems with #2 from a different company). Got a new Dell with XP and not a single problem.

I use a LOT of old software though - I don't do change well.

I'm sticking with XP for now....

windows2000 all the life

I agree 100%. I love Windows2000/Fedora on my desktop and XP/Fedora on my laptop.

Vista 64bit has the inherent problem of software and driver support.. being 64bit.

Give it some time.. it's just a matter of apps migrating from 32 to 64bit code.

Vista 32bit is more stable...and should give people the general stability of XP. I havent had a problem with it on my laptop at all.

I really havent had Vista for long but I think it works fine

if you know microsoft you never buy anything from them until at least service pack one comes out :thumbsup

I never installed vista,always stayed on xp.Os which need graphic card with 128 minimal ram cannot be good.

The service packs won't make Vista faster and less resources-greedy. The main problem is DRM protecting system which won't be removed, so Vista will stay slower and more resource-intensive than XP in any case!