Which Windows do you like Better? XP pro or Vista? - Page 7

redflea13 · 02-21-2008, 04:39 AM

I just got vista and like it. But I have 3G ram.

kevalin · 02-23-2008, 01:17 PM

XP Pro all the way. I have had vista on my laptop and it drives me nuts. I can leave my laptop running for a few hours with no programs going, and all of sudden I will check the Task manager and Vista will have started one of the several Memory hog services by itself, and I will have to stop them on a regular basis, or else my computer becomes as slow as a 200 mhz computer.

priji · 02-25-2008, 10:27 PM

stay with XP pro.. it is more stable and would be faster.

mallipeddi · 03-01-2008, 09:57 PM

XP is fast

sniper07 · 03-03-2008, 07:02 AM

XPP would be the best one for me.

davcheong · 03-09-2008, 09:40 AM

For the moment, XP i still stick to it, while for Vista, guess i have to wait for more updates and service pack. Vista is nice looking graphical os but are still not meant for my pc yet. My pc is not nice and not fast at all.

"..spielerfrau.." · 03-10-2008, 03:26 PM

I love Vista..!

jowsefpirate · 03-11-2008, 02:03 PM

i vote for xp. xp is much better to use its more faster aswell than vista. vista is only good for personal stuff, but if you are into business i suggest use xp.

breilly12 · 04-11-2008, 10:20 AM

Love it or Hate it?

**Cricket** · 04-11-2008, 10:31 AM

I have heard so many people absolutely hating it that I have not yet had the courage to even try it.

**StarLab** · 04-11-2008, 10:40 AM

Haven't tried it. I doubt I will either. Just heard of too many problems.

I'll wait until 2010 when Windows 7 (or whatever it'll be called) is released.

catch22media · 04-11-2008, 10:45 AM

It is terrible, don't go anywhere near it.

mabagwell · 04-11-2008, 06:59 PM

I've been using it for over a year and I love it! It's been even more stable for me than Windows XP and I punish it sometimes with many apps open at the same time.

I think it's like when Windows XP first came out. Folks didn't like it for a number of reasons. But after they got used to it, they loved it.

Martha

**Cricket** · 04-12-2008, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mabagwell

I've been using it for over a year and I love it! It's been even more stable for me than Windows XP and I punish it sometimes with many apps open at the same time.

I think it's like when Windows XP first came out. Folks didn't like it for a number of reasons. But after they got used to it, they loved it.

Martha

I think you probably hit the nail right on the head. Many of us are creatures of habit, and slow to make changes.

It is good to see you here Martha!

TheFriend · 04-12-2008, 08:55 AM

I only go with xp and i love it. I heard a lot of bad things about vista
so i will not try them now, maybe only in few years, will see......

catch22media · 04-12-2008, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cricket

I think you probably hit the nail right on the head. Many of us are creatures of habit, and slow to make changes.

It is good to see you here Martha!

Not at all the case for me - I am always open to knew technologies and software. Heck I have Linux running on 6 machines I work with. Vista is just a big, bloated, piece of junk. By building a new kernel (MinWin) that is less than 10% the size of Vista Microsoft is admitting the same thing themselves.

In my opinion Microsoft is caught in the middle of two great operating systems and is trying to chose a direction to go. On one hand you have Apple, which is really going after the entry level consumer market huge right now. Then you have Linux sitting on the other side, on the outskirts of consumers but is very much becoming a viable and plausible choice for corporate customers.

Then there is Microsoft with Windows XP. A product that is great, but cannot continue to produce the dollars they are used to because it is already in nearly every PC you can find. Windows Vista is their attempt at competing with Apple. They made it cool looking and apparently "safe" but completely lost site of functionality, compatibility and ease of use. Windows 7 (built on MinWin) will be the Linux combatant and it will be very interesting to see how/if they are able to deliver.

My 2 cents. :S

Luke

ewomack · 04-12-2008, 11:36 AM

I was afraid to try it based on reviews and opinions out there. Using Vista became taboo as listening to ABBA. But I forged on undeterred into the unknown. Months later I have experienced zero problems. All of my old software works (though one program has some extremely insignificant quirks) and the neighbors still talk to me. One hitch: I bought a new system with it already installed. I did not upgrade. Many of the problems seem to come from people upgrading from 2000 or XP. That I would not recommend.

Cloudine · 04-13-2008, 06:05 AM

Vista gave me so many problems. The only way you can like Vista is if you have it running on a Vista approved (not vista ready) computer. Aka: a really good computer that runs on relatively new hardware and software.

and about that whole "people didn't like xp at first". It didn't take xp this freaking long to fix its bugs.

Even people who used to be high ranked members of Microsoft were disappointed by the new OS.

Of course one of the biggest reasons why it's lame is because a lot of computer making companies were selling 'vista-ready' computers that weren't really ready. Which is why microsoft brought the requirements for computer manufactors up so that they could only put vista on real vista-made computers.

gridsix · 04-14-2008, 07:05 AM

Love it... been using it for almost a year now and not a single problem.

jakeruston · 04-14-2008, 09:49 AM

I have it on my main PC, and I absolutely hate it. I have 2gb RAM and it runs so.... slow...

Why do you think I use my Laptop with XP on all the time