Solve : vista. v xp pro?

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Answer» G'day I am thinking of buying a new laptop and would like to hear the professional view on the pros and cons of the two systems. I have used vista on other PCs but found it to be very confusing can anybody offer any constructive advice please. I am a long time user or xp pro. Thanksyou should probley stick with xp pro it is simple yet secure very strong os vista is not so greatWill you actually have a CHOICE? How much have you used Vista? I haven't found myself recommending to anybody that they upgrade from XP to Vista but I'm inclined to say you might as well get Vista on a new laptop unless you have important software that won't run on Vista. Just make a commitment to learning Vista. You probably have to do that sooner or later anyway, don't you think?Quote vista is not so great Are you using it?I'm using Vista myself. I've seen on these forums that Vista uses RAM differently, but I still think that 750 MB of RAM on factory START up without extra anti-virus is a bit much. I haven't heard or seen why the different handling of RAM would make an difference or how the two systems are different. The only things that I can say for Vista is that it has the best error handling I've ever seen and it looks good, or you can do like I did and make it look like 95, 98, 2000. I disabled most if not all of the pretty graphics as I don't need it and replaced that difference with anti-virus. Mind you, a large part of it is the included 18 month subscription to McAfee. Most errors, it will tell you what messed up, a possible solution, and the BSOD is an auto-restart. I can't wait to get rid of McAfee because that is the number 1 source of BSOD. But does its job so it stays until subscription goes. I don't like that Ctrl+Alt+Del twice doesn't restart. The BSOD does not include any "USEFUL" information, just a bunch of white dots placed at apparent RANDOM locations. The locations may be useful to someone, but as far as I know, only Microsoft knows what it is all about. I recommend a system reinstall out of the box to remove 20 something unnecessary processes, but you'll need to know were to get the drivers and other programs you might like first so get those versions and sources before reinstall. If you get a Dell laptop, pull it apart and put it back together only tighter. I've lost at least three screws, two of which hold the hard drive in and that was all of the screws that do that, and my CPU fan came loose with a drop of a few centimeters and is hitting something.A few of the Major Manuf. of laptops are now still offering XP as an option.... This was because of high consumer demand. You will need to do some research and price comparisons but i believe Dell is one of them.Quote 750 MB of RAM on factory start up without extra anti-virus is a bit much Good luck with Vista on 750MB of RAM. In my opinion, you need 2GB of RAM to run Vista flawlessly, which is even impossible with McAfee installed.I'd say XP as most things coming out on Vista still WORK on XP - or they offer an alternative which works on XP anyway. Vista is only a filler anyway - Microsoft's newest OS due out in 2009 will replace it. I mean, heck, I don't even think you can beat win98SE!! Vista requires a lot more ram, and I personally have had experience troubleshooting both Vista and XP - Vista is a bit more complex. And hey, its not THAT great. It's just a fancy version of XP, with a few more bells and whistles.

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G'day I am thinking of buying a new laptop and would like to hear the professional view on the pros and cons of the two systems. I have used vista on other PCs but found it to be very confusing can anybody offer any constructive advice please. I am a long time user or xp pro. Thanksyou should probley stick with xp pro it is simple yet secure very strong os vista is not so greatWill you actually have a CHOICE? How much have you used Vista? I haven't found myself recommending to anybody that they upgrade from XP to Vista but I'm inclined to say you might as well get Vista on a new laptop unless you have important software that won't run on Vista. Just make a commitment to learning Vista. You probably have to do that sooner or later anyway, don't you think?Quote

vista is not so great

Are you using it?I'm using Vista myself. I've seen on these forums that Vista uses RAM differently, but I still think that 750 MB of RAM on factory START up without extra anti-virus is a bit much. I haven't heard or seen why the different handling of RAM would make an difference or how the two systems are different.
The only things that I can say for Vista is that it has the best error handling I've ever seen and it looks good, or you can do like I did and make it look like 95, 98, 2000. I disabled most if not all of the pretty graphics as I don't need it and replaced that difference with anti-virus. Mind you, a large part of it is the included 18 month subscription to McAfee.
Most errors, it will tell you what messed up, a possible solution, and the BSOD is an auto-restart. I can't wait to get rid of McAfee because that is the number 1 source of BSOD. But does its job so it stays until subscription goes. I don't like that Ctrl+Alt+Del twice doesn't restart. The BSOD does not include any "USEFUL" information, just a bunch of white dots placed at apparent RANDOM locations. The locations may be useful to someone, but as far as I know, only Microsoft knows what it is all about.
I recommend a system reinstall out of the box to remove 20 something unnecessary processes, but you'll need to know were to get the drivers and other programs you might like first so get those versions and sources before reinstall.
If you get a Dell laptop, pull it apart and put it back together only tighter. I've lost at least three screws, two of which hold the hard drive in and that was all of the screws that do that, and my CPU fan came loose with a drop of a few centimeters and is hitting something.A few of the Major Manuf. of laptops are now still offering XP as an option....
This was because of high consumer demand.
You will need to do some research and price comparisons but i believe Dell is one of them.Quote

750 MB of RAM on factory start up without extra anti-virus is a bit much

Good luck with Vista on 750MB of RAM.
In my opinion, you need 2GB of RAM to run Vista flawlessly, which is even impossible with McAfee installed.I'd say XP as most things coming out on Vista still WORK on XP - or they offer an alternative which works on XP anyway.

Vista is only a filler anyway - Microsoft's newest OS due out in 2009 will replace it.

I mean, heck, I don't even think you can beat win98SE!!

Vista requires a lot more ram, and I personally have had experience troubleshooting both Vista and XP - Vista is a bit more complex.

And hey, its not THAT great. It's just a fancy version of XP, with a few more bells and whistles.

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