hi,
Ever since vista was released there was thousands of complains about bugs and performance Vista it self needs 2 gigs to operate, Windows Xp takes about 128 MB.
Windows Xp Was the best operating system Microsoft has ever made. If you you like to downgrade from vista this FAQ will help you.
FAQ: Giving up on Vista? Here's how to downgrade to XP
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9040318 y vista? vista is piece of crap. use linux, go go linux.
| csoftdev wrote: |
| y vista? vista is piece of crap. use linux, go go linux. |
That might be your opinion, but for a Windows lover it will not be. Also, XP only takes 64 MB of RAM to run alone.Vista may appear to take up more memory than it really does*, because of the fact that it tries to utilize all available system memory. (Memory usage displayed in Linux can be similarly misleading !).
Run it on a system with 512 MB of ram and the task manager ("ps" or "top" in Linux) will display usage of about 400MB. Run it on a system with 1 GB of ram and the displayed usage will be 700-800 MB.
Do you really want your OS not to make full use of your ram ? It's not like the memory isn't made available for user applications when needed.
And surprising as it may sound to the whole cult of Vista haters, applications actually run faster on Vista - if you have a PC good enough to run it. (full article).
* - Not to imply that it doesn't really use more memory than previous version of Windows, which is only to be expected. Hey, this isn't about Linux.
I'd go with XP over Vista. My personal opinion of course.
Morpheus standing up for Windows! 
That's awesome! Thank you for clearing this up, now I'm actually going to considering switching cause I've never seen XP run more than 800 MB of ram at a time. I stick with XP. It simply doesn't use all my system's resources. It's awesome.
Well, you only need to read my signature to know what I think. 
Maybe I should cut my hair like this to let you know what I think :
Seriously, as a Vista owner... I'd still stay with XP. on a fast laptop, I'd say vista has been a big improvement over xp.
Microfost wants to stop making updates for XP so you'll have to chose between Linux and Vista.
Vista does some things better than XP, but it also does lots of things much less well. All things considered, I'd stay with XP as long as you can run all the programs you want to run on it and not move to Vista until you absolutely have to.
My mother bought a laptop with Vista installed. I can't persuade her to install XP, and she hates Vista because of its speed.
Vista really is slow. It doesn't support some games like Neverwinter Nights (Which runs really good on Linux). If you want a Windows, XP is the way. But if you want an OS, Linux, it is.
XP is a whole lot faster and more usable than windows vista, which is why I am going to switch to it shortly here...try not to catch vistaids 
So many people claim Vista is a big piece of crap. I run Windows Vista Ultimate on one of my PCs, which is a 5 year old desktop. The PC is an HP 896c. I have not made any modifications or added anything to the PC, except for adding more ram to get a total of 3GB of RAM. Now when Vista first came out, it was flawed and had compatibility issue, but what OS is flawless upon launch? However, time has gone by and SP 1 came out and I don't have any problems with it. It runs smooth, fast, I have no compatibility issues, and I have yet to get a BSOD.
Now everytime I use an XP based machine, it irritates me. There are a handful of features that I just miss when I use Windows XP. Many people will still find an excuse why Vista sucks, but in reality, they just can't look over the review they read back when Vista first launched.
You can probably tell by now, so I say Vista, because the only problem with it is perception.
some people like pepsi and some people like coke. it just like windows and linux. same thing. you cannot ask people to like things like you. it just depends on your taste. just a matter of taste.
at least for now, i'd vote for xp over vista.
vista was pretty terrible when it first came out, but xp wasn't all that great when it first came out either. with enough service packs and updates, xp slowly turned into a viable (and the best to this date) operating system windows released.
maybe, just maybe, vista will go through the same thing. and with enough improvements and changes, who knows? it may even well be better than xp.
but like i said, at least for now, i cast my vote towards xp over vista.
| snowboardalliance wrote: |
| on a fast laptop, I'd say vista has been a big improvement over xp. |
True, XP faced similar criticism when it was launched, everyone will get over it, and will be praising vista in a few years, and will be dissing windows 7 
Sticking with XP. Less memory, greatEST compatibility. Dont feel like messing around with linux..., and Vista doesn't have the bugs ironed out yet.
Switch to Vista in 1 year from ... August 11, 08. (For compatibility and MS not updating XP).
Linux Supporters go post in the right topic.
Uhhh... yup.
| ProfessorY91 wrote: |
| Linux Supporters go post in the right topic. |
Linux hasn't been mentioned here for quite some time now (not that it should, either). 
xp is the greatest and most complete
I would use a Mac anyway. Vista is full of bugs, Microsoft will stop supporting XP in 2010.
| swizzy wrote: |
| snowboardalliance wrote: | | on a fast laptop, I'd say vista has been a big improvement over xp. |
True, XP faced similar criticism when it was launched, everyone will get over it, and will be praising vista in a few years, and will be dissing windows 7 |
true, and what windows user would still say xp is really buggy? I mean, in terms of windows.
That is a really good point. | ProfessorY91 wrote: |
| Switch to Vista in 1 year from ... August 11, 08. (For compatibility and MS not updating XP). |
Actually... MS said they would extend their support of Windows XP through to 2012, since a lot of their main business partners are considering switching to Linux from Windows XP because of Windows Vista's resource hogging and the previously claimed dropping support of Windows XP.
In terms of features, Windows XP has everything that most businesses want - they don't need to upgrade as long as support remains sound. They certainly don't want to invest in newer and faster machines just to be able to run an operating system that doesn't really offer a great deal more.I personally have been using vista for some time now. Initally i only wanted to test out the operating system so i could build an oppinion of it. I see alot of people saying how much they hate vista, but i think its much better than xp. I belive alot of people just dont like vista because they are soo use to how xp handles. I do admit that initally there were a few things that took some getting use to, and i cant stand the UAC security, but after disabling that and performing a few other personally tweaks, i have came to find vista has been alot more stable than i ever found xp to be. Perhaps it helps that i had upgraded my pc hardware when i switched to vista, but it has truly won me over. I wont be switching back to xp anytime soon thatz for sure! Vista is more bloated but containes some easy new functions for new/ non-technical users. However they screwed over the configuration menu's bigtime.
