Purchase Vista vs. XP

I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.

I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.

Comments welcome.
Thank you
harry...

DL
Sun May 11 15:26:19 PDT 2008

Vista works fine for me, how it works for you depends to some extent on the
hw of your proposed Laptop.
But then win2k worked fine for me, but I had to upgrade to winxp in order to
run certain software.

"harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...

Canuck57
Sun May 11 15:58:26 PDT 2008


"harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...

Depends. If everything you have works with XP, this perhaps should be your
first choice.

If you don't have dependencies on drivers, devices, don't mind a performance
hit on network and disk I/O, and want the latest Microsoft Vista, then
Vista. Aero looks nice, but the rest of Vista is a slug. Would trade Vista
in for XP Pro x64 if I didn't have to re-purchase a second OS. Something
about being double dipped...

If you are really a hacker, XP. Would not doubt XP has more and better hack
tools.

Steve
Sun May 11 16:11:58 PDT 2008

Vista requires more powerful hardware than XP.

I use both (Vista on my desktop, XP on my laptop). I prefer Vista, but to
be honest it's a bit of a disappointment, all things considered. Bearing in
mind that even really good laptops seems sluggish compared with desktop
machines, I'd probably recommend you choose XP for your new laptop.

SteveT

Mark
Sun May 11 17:37:09 PDT 2008

Vista is getting better and does have some nice features. It's also more
secure, however that security can make Vista a royal pain to use and there
is definitely a learning curve. With that said, if you never have Vista you
won't miss Vista but if you do get Vista there is a decent chance you'll
miss XP.

Mark

"harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...

HeyBub
Sun May 11 17:55:41 PDT 2008

harryhacker wrote:
> I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.

Most of the problems (92.7%) associated with Vista are due to incompatible
hardware (tube-type scanners with hand cranks, for example). You should have
none of these problems with a factory-installed OS.

David
Sun May 11 18:10:20 PDT 2008

Any Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM will run Vista Home Premium nicely. My
laptop runs Vista BETTER than it did XP. Lots of times XP became sluggish
when was doing something else. Vista stays responsive and quick.

Whether or not one is a gamer largely determines if integrated graphics is
acceptable.

"Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Vista requires more powerful hardware than XP.
>
> I use both (Vista on my desktop, XP on my laptop). I prefer Vista, but to
> be honest it's a bit of a disappointment, all things considered. Bearing
> in mind that even really good laptops seems sluggish compared with desktop
> machines, I'd probably recommend you choose XP for your new laptop.
>
> SteveT

Xian
Sun May 11 20:38:00 PDT 2008

Well, Vista seems to have a lot of "glitches". It seems not enough time was
spent on it. But anyways, for any problem, there's some way to get around it.
I just reccomend that if you select Vista, Back Up all your files ASAP!

If you are used to XP and can get XP on a laptop, I would go with that.
Although Vista is the newer operating system, its not the better one. The
biggest differences are that there are a lot of "visuals" that are pointless.

XP seems to be the better candidate.

"DL" wrote:

> Vista works fine for me, how it works for you depends to some extent on the
> hw of your proposed Laptop.
> But then win2k worked fine for me, but I had to upgrade to winxp in order to
> run certain software.
>
> "harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74D25E27-839F-4238-8A5B-E3EF63A1AA60@microsoft.com...
> >I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
> >
> > I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> > XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
> >
> > Comments welcome.
> > Thank you
> > harry...
>
>
>

David
Sun May 11 22:12:10 PDT 2008



"Xian" <Xian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Well, Vista seems to have a lot of "glitches". It seems not enough time
> was
> spent on it. But anyways, for any problem, there's some way to get around
> it.
> I just reccomend that if you select Vista, Back Up all your files ASAP!
>
> If you are used to XP and can get XP on a laptop, I would go with that.

> Although Vista is the newer operating system, its not the better one.

The opposite has been true for me.

> The biggest differences are that there are a lot of "visuals" that are
> pointless.

Simply wrong. There are MANY differences between XP and Vista beyond Aero,
etc. Some features like UAC may irritate some. Others like improved
indexing and SuperFetch are performance enhancing.

> XP seems to be the better candidate.

XP is a very good OS, no doubt. But Vista, SP1 with compatible drivers and
up-to-date third-party software, on a computer devoid of crapware, has XP
beat, IMO.

Steve
Mon May 12 01:20:49 PDT 2008

> Most of the problems (92.7%) associated with Vista are due to incompatible
> hardware (tube-type scanners with hand cranks, for example). You should
> have none of these problems with a factory-installed OS.

I agree. The one problem you will have is a machine smothered in crapware.
The first thing to do with a newly-bought Vista laptop is clean out all the
vendor-provided junk. It will start faster and run faster once you've done
that.

SteveT

xfile
Mon May 12 01:34:54 PDT 2008

Hi,

It's really up to how one sees computers in general (i.e. are you a hobbyist
or enthusiast vs. a regular user who has no interests at all other than
seeing it as a tool).

My personal view is that the primary role of an operating system (of any
kind) is to support applications and hardware so that the user can
accomplish what he or she intends to, not the other way around. It is for
that purpose why compatibility and stability for an OS are important.

In that regard, I have no hesitation in buying new and high-end systems and
applications with a mature and dependable OS (XP, in this case) that is
quietly doing its supporting job without much of unneeded attentions from
the user.

My two cents for your reference.


"harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...

Not
Mon May 12 01:55:16 PDT 2008

I have seen many OEM installed Vista machines with problems.
But overall, they do a better job installing than Gramma...but Gramma knows
better...

"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> harryhacker wrote:
>> I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>>
>> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
>> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>
> Most of the problems (92.7%) associated with Vista are due to incompatible
> hardware (tube-type scanners with hand cranks, for example). You should
> have none of these problems with a factory-installed OS.
>

Mike
Mon May 12 02:10:23 PDT 2008

Get XP with SP3.

Enterprises' will be skipping Vista's deployment, choosing to wait for
Windows 7. Microsoft have even brought it's release date forward.



"harryhacker" <harryhacker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:74D25E27-839F-4238-8A5B-E3EF63A1AA60@microsoft.com...
> I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...

AURORA
Fri Jul 04 20:19:00 PDT 2008



"harryhacker" wrote:

> I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>
> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>
> Comments welcome.
> Thank you
> harry...
We have 3 xp computer, 5 printers, fax modem ect on Windows XP for the last
few years working on a network after upgrading from Windows 98. Xp proved to
be a relieable system....NEVER had any computers lock up, internet and home
network worked without any problems UNTIL we decided to upgrade one of the
older computers with the only OS system now available.....VISTA. WORST
MISTAKE WE EVER MADE......cannot network, computers see each other, (after
the wonderful Microsoft patch) but will not communicate. The Vista computer
connot find the printers, and since it's activation, the other XP computers
keep on "locking-up".
IF YOU CAN STILL FIND XP, GOT FOR IT. You will save yourself hours and days
of
trying to reconfigure something that should work from the start. STAY AWAY
FROM VISTA!!!!!!

Kotex
Fri Jul 04 20:42:14 PDT 2008

AURORA wrote:
>
> "harryhacker" wrote:
>
>> I have a desktop with XP SP2 and it works fine.
>>
>> I am planning on buying a laptop and want to know if I should get
>> XP or Vista in my new PC. I hear there are Vista problems.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>> Thank you
>> harry...
> We have 3 xp computer, 5 printers, fax modem ect on Windows XP for the last
> few years working on a network after upgrading from Windows 98. Xp proved to
> be a relieable system....NEVER had any computers lock up, internet and home
> network worked without any problems UNTIL we decided to upgrade one of the
> older computers with the only OS system now available.....VISTA. WORST
> MISTAKE WE EVER MADE......cannot network, computers see each other, (after
> the wonderful Microsoft patch) but will not communicate. The Vista computer
> connot find the printers, and since it's activation, the other XP computers
> keep on "locking-up".
> IF YOU CAN STILL FIND XP, GOT FOR IT. You will save yourself hours and days
> of
> trying to reconfigure something that should work from the start. STAY AWAY
> FROM VISTA!!!!!!

Vista works best on a new state of the art machine and not some machine
that's classified as a door stop that you were running Windows 9'x on it.

Did you even go back to the manufacturer's site to down load the drivers
for the make and model of the computer based on the O/S being used?

There is probably nothing that you could have downloaded from the
manufacturer's site for the make and model of that door stop that
applied to Vista.

Gordon
Sat Jul 05 00:13:28 PDT 2008

"AURORA" <AURORA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> VISTA. WORST MISTAKE WE EVER MADE......cannot network, computers see
> each other, (after
> the wonderful Microsoft patch) but will not communicate.

No problems here - did it straight out of the box.

>The Vista computer connot find the printers,

Use a print server or a proper network printer rather than printer
"sharing". Printer sharing is NOT a good way to use printers over a network

> and since it's activation, the other XP computers
> keep on "locking-up".

Co-incidence. Why would activating a Vista machine make totally separate XP
machines "lock up"?


> IF YOU CAN STILL FIND XP, GOT FOR IT. You will save yourself hours and
> days
> of
> trying to reconfigure something that should work from the start. STAY
> AWAY
> FROM VISTA!!!!!!

Rubbish. There's obviously a lot wrong with your network/systems that you
just didn't see as XP is not as stringent as Vista on these things..