Hpi_matrix_stock Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Not sure what to get with the new laptop Im going to buy. Im used to XP and like it, haven't really heard anything good about vista but everything seems to come with it now so its a bugger trying to get a laptop with XP and id also need to buy a proper copy of office. Is Vista ok now or should I stick with XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve0280 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 i voted vista as i do like it and get on with it. my dad has it on his laptop and im running xp but i like them both only quibble with vista is it asks too much stuff like do u want to do this are you sure and so on but other than that i think its pretty user friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willb Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Vista has come on loads since a year or 2 ago. The popup confirmation thing you can switch off quite easily. Since XP SP3, I started having issues with it. Moved over to Vista with SP1 and everything is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Terminator Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I have both and find Vista great for what I do,XP has its place but times move on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger906 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 visa has always been fine! i duno what everone is moaning about.... i was a beta tester for it and even then it was fine, lol everything has teething problems, its like for example slatting a hole brand of rc cars cus you had a few glow plugs go and had trouble tuning it... yeh it had the odd little thing wrong but its always been good. iv had it almost 2 years i think now going back to the vista days, and i havnt thought about going back to xp since, ok alot of older hardware is no longer supported but who gives a crap if its old it should be upgraded. well thats my 2 cents i suggest u get it.... what do you really thing will happen if u do? adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 vista was released too early in my opinion, its ok now, it has it perks so i voted vista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I've used Vista since last Christmas, I love it. Loads of useful gadgets, a lot easier to setup networks and the like than XP, and it looks a whole lot more classy. I wouldn't change back to XP in a hurry. Plus I use Open Office as this laptop didn't come with MS Office, and thats great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe of loath Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 vista is grindingly slow, and although ok for the average user, anyone who want to do anything vaguely advanced can't. I wanted to open command prompt. it's not in the menu anywhere. there seems to be no way to access C: drive, so I have to open 'my documents' and manually type 'C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' (yes even on 64 bit vista it still has a system32 folder. just like when 95 was advertised as being '32 bit ready' it had huge chunks of 16 and even 8 bit code in there too). I voted XP, but I infact prefer 2000. with service pack 4 it's got the same stuff 'under the bonnet' as XP (so you can play games designed for windows XP), but you can still do enough administrator wise. although I still prefer linux for anything other than gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3lyc Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Vistas great for me. The basic version came with the PC im on now, and I dont use it for much other than surfing the web, watching movies and playing on rail simulator and its never put a foot wrong. Ive only got 1 GB of RAM but its still very stable and runs quite fast. So yeah id say get it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamwatkins Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 i didnt get a whole lot of choise of which OS to use, as 99.9% of new laptops come with vista. So i have vista, im glad i have 3gb ram beacuse i hear vista can be slooow on low spec machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperhumding Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Linux Linux Linux point made... you could run a dual boot ( I do ) with linux and the windows os of your choice. I have a custom build pc (8gb ram, Intel quad core 2.6ghz, 500gb hard drive... the list goes on) and linux is soo much faster (albeit I'm a programmer and that's what I need but...) and when I use vista for course work it seems like I'm running a cheap processor and 512mb of ram not my custom build machine. dual boot will give you the best of both worlds adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hpi_matrix_stock Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Got a really good deal on a dell from ebay in the end. Comes with XP pro but should be really easy to upgrade to Vista if and when I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe of loath Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Linux Linux Linux point made... you could run a dual boot ( I do ) with linux and the windows os of your choice. I have a custom build pc (8gb ram, Intel quad core 2.6ghz, 500gb hard drive... the list goes on) and linux is soo much faster (albeit I'm a programmer and that's what I need but...) and when I use vista for course work it seems like I'm running a cheap processor and 512mb of ram not my custom build machine. dual boot will give you the best of both worlds adam yep, same here! except it's a 3 year old custom pc with 1gb of ram and an athlon 64 3400+ XP just feels slow. you click something and it appears, disappears, reappears, you click and as you click it disappears again. linux works. well, except from my motherboard doesn't like linux due to some shoddily written code in the bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperhumding Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 yep, same here! except it's a 3 year old custom pc with 1gb of ram and an athlon 64 3400+ XP just feels slow. you click something and it appears, disappears, reappears, you click and as you click it disappears again. linux works. well, except from my motherboard doesn't like linux due to some shoddily written code in the bios. There are soo many Linux distributions these days (not that I would know much I'm 14 lol) some even are compatable with all windows programs now too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rex x boy Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 vista is grindingly slow, and although ok for the average user, anyone who want to do anything vaguely advanced can't. I wanted to open command prompt. it's not in the menu anywhere. there seems to be no way to access C: drive, so I have to open 'my documents' and manually type 'C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' (yes even on 64 bit vista it still has a system32 folder. just like when 95 was advertised as being '32 bit ready' it had huge chunks of 16 and even 8 bit code in there too). I voted XP, but I infact prefer 2000. with service pack 4 it's got the same stuff 'under the bonnet' as XP (so you can play games designed for windows XP), but you can still do enough administrator wise. although I still prefer linux for anything other than gaming. No you don't... you just type cmd in the search box in the start menu and press enter and Vista isn't slow, its quicker than XP by far. Vista will be slow if you have a PC with less than 2GB of ram, but with the current low ram prices i can't see why anyone would have a problem with getting more ram. Vista is a great OS as long as you get the 64bit one, the 32 is pointless really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperhumding Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 but linux will make the pc more efficient, faster and need less defragmenting. running a dual boot work a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut-nut Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 When it comes to Microsoft Windows, it has to be Vista for feel and XP for older machines, my laptops running XP and my media centre is running Vista. Never really been into Linux, I am Microsoft Certified so without Windows I have less chance of work "Down with Linux!!!" nutnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 vista is grindingly slow, and although ok for the average user, anyone who want to do anything vaguely advanced can't. I wanted to open command prompt. it's not in the menu anywhere. there seems to be no way to access C: drive, so I have to open 'my documents' and manually type 'C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe' (yes even on 64 bit vista it still has a system32 folder. just like when 95 was advertised as being '32 bit ready' it had huge chunks of 16 and even 8 bit code in there too). I voted XP, but I infact prefer 2000. with service pack 4 it's got the same stuff 'under the bonnet' as XP (so you can play games designed for windows XP), but you can still do enough administrator wise. although I still prefer linux for anything other than gaming. on my vista it command prompt is in accesorys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hpi_matrix_stock Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Think iv made the right choice with XP then, my laptops only going to have 1.2ghz and 1gb of ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe of loath Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 on my vista it command prompt is in accesorys wasn't in this one. there was a university lecturer next to me and he couldn't find it on one of his own room's computers. from a programming perspective, vista is an accident waiting to happen. imagine cutting 3 weeks worth of newspapers up, getting the best bits, and sticking it back together with tape again. sure, there's new stuff there, but the other two thirds is older, and some is ancient. you can read it and get information, but compare it to an operating system that is pulled apart and rewritten every release (all distributions of linux). linux for everything (openSUSE supports most windows applications out of the box, and the rest of the distributions with the simple installation of a program.) xp or 2k for games. I'll only get vista when the next version of windows is released. xp only became any good. a year or so before vista was released. I still run it as a dual boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoclick Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Vista is a great OS as long as you get the 64bit one, the 32 is pointless really. Same as the OPster, im considering upgrading from XP Media Center to Vista on my laptop (Core2Duo T5600 1.83ghz, 2GB RAM). I was worried about performance as even now, my laptop can occasionally lag. Also i wasnt sure which version to go for, 32 or 64. I thought there were compatibility issues using 64bit OS and i may have a hard time finding some programs to actually work. Since i havent been in touch with computers for years, could you please explain if there will be any compatibility issue or is this more of a problem from the past? Edited August 27, 2008 by yoclick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 well i see no problm running 32 vista, i do and iv got 4gb ram enabled - just do this http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen84 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I've had vista ultimate since it come out and I've not really had any major problems with it, I much prefer vista to xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masochist Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I've been using vista 64bit ultimate since release and its been brilliant for me no driver issues or any problems., though if you have a older machine dont bother with it and 2gb ram min i'd say. Vista is quicker on my machine than xp was for sure, people say that it uses alot of memory but its just making the most of whats available osx leoperd is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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