Windows XP or Windows Vista?
Windows XP
Side Score: 62
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Windows Vista
Side Score: 32
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Windows XP. Everyone knows how to use it already and is used to it. It runs all the latest games, has tons of programs for it, and is good for all kinds of office use because everyone knows how to get it to work. Dell keeps selling XP because people want it. At the moment, it's got the comfort of something you know and trust, and if it doesn't work for some reason, most people know how to fix it. Side: Windows XP
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Vista is a big blob of uselessness. I can have all the extra functionality and security on XP with free 3rd party applications for a fraction of the ressources. Vista may not be too terribly bad, but if someone offers you a 40" LCD TV or a 40" CRT TV for the same price, why would you pick the CRT? Side: Windows XP
Eventually Vista will grow into something good, but as of right now the truth is that I would rather use XP any day. It really isn't a big deal to me how my GUI looks, so that takes away basically the biggest advantage that Vista has over XP. DirectX 10 should be a big asset, but its lackluster performance so far says otherwise. The fact is, Vista doesn't bring a whole lot of new features to the table and still manages to bog down my system, especially in games that ran fine in XP. Not to mention driver issues left and right. Once a service pack comes out, then I'll switch fully. Only one of the four computers in the house uses Vista, and needless to say it sees the least action out of the four. If I could play Crysis on Very High without changing cvars in XP then I'd do it, but it's just not worth the hassle to me for a few more frames. I guess that's what it really comes down to: Vista offers too few features for too much hassle. Side: Windows XP
I use my computer for gaming. I worked all summer last year so I could build a tank of a gaming rig, and the one thing that stops my computer cold is Vista. Worst mistake of last year, period. I was swept up in the marketing campaign of it and thinking 'Oh Vista is the new kid on the block, it has all these pretty features and it's DX10 compatible, I am going to rock Crysis on this so hard!' It disappoints me on medium! And for some unknown and unresolved issue, I can not play anything with the source engine without the screen turning into a blender effect. Which by the way is TF2, CS:S, HL2, and Portal. Oh and the next best thing since Dead Rising, Left 4 Dead! Vista takes my quad-core, 8800 GTX, Twin Raptor hard drive, X-Fi rig and makes it it's bitch. Utter failure, I'm switching back to XP before they stop selling it. Side: Windows XP
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I believe Windows XP is better than Windows Vista. One reason is that Windows tries to improve their computers by trying to make it more convenient than the older version. However, many people are used to Windows XP, and everything is simple and easy to use and understand. As the computers got more advanced, some things got harder to understand. In Windows 7 (Which I am using right now), did not have Windows Movie Maker, which millions of Youtube users depend on. I tried downloading a Windows 7 compatible Movie Maker, but I couldn't understand any of it. I had to download an older version of Movie Maker. I know I am mentioning Windows 7, but this is just an example that Windows is taking out programs and making things difficult. Therefore, I believe that Windows XP is better than Windows Vista. Side: windows xp
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She's the new girl on the block. Designed to stand up to OS X and not have to blush. Shes carrying a few extra pounds of weight but under the hood theres a lot more going on. Can she go the distance with less than sterling driver support, surely good looks, more features and future proofing are enough? Side: Windows Vista
Beauty is in the eye of the "beerholder" as they say. Or at least you'd have to have a bit of a buzz to think that Vista is beautiful. I think I'd more closely describe Vista as a "block or more". You know, something that looks good from a block or more away. Once you get under the hood and start seeing all the issues that Vista has you'll realize you're better going on with XP at least until Microsoft releases a Service Pack. Side: Windows Vista
XP had so many problems it's hard to say that anything Microsoft pumped out would ever be such a problem. People have always been reluctant to change, there's still plenty running NT or even 98. Or would be if there was any support for them. The point is that while Vista still has plenty of problems it is a vast improvement over XP. I'd much rather have had the improvements without the bloated feeling that comes with running an OS that requires 1GB of RAM to even think about running well. Side: Windows Vista
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I'm pretty much on-board with what you're saying pvtNobody but (and there is always a but right? heh) with the money and time Microsoft have had to not only ship Vista but roll out a service pack too. Should there really be any bloat at all? I probably err more on the side of not minding it uses more resources when under the hood there is clearly more going on but then you see something like ubuntu with all its whizz bang graphical effects using compiz and a solid set of features running within a much smaller resource footprint, you have to wonder. Side: Windows Vista
Definitely Vista uses an enormous amount of memory and if I had to choose between Vista and Ubuntu I'd probably choose Ubuntu for most applications. Vista has, as far as I can tell, fewer overall flaws than XP, At least as far as my experience goes, and that was the topic of the debate. Side: Windows Vista
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I have windows vista home premium and never have problems... I guess depends and how much you run in the background and some junk that comes with the new PC. Other than that Vista is very responsive and stable here. Now I have to say something I don't like is the Explorer toolbar, I hate that cd burning Icon there and the inability to modify it. So I miss that from XP. Side: windows vista
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Windows Vista actually wasn't that bad. The main problem was that computer manufactures would not put the required amount of ram for the OS to even run properly. Microsoft did release updates that fixed some of the problems of Vista but by that time most people had gotten rid of Vista. I had a Toshiba laptop that ran on Vista and I never had any problems with it. I also have a Gateway desktop and I haven't had any problems with it either. Side: Windows Vista
Of the many distros I've tried it's the best all things considered. Additionally, I like the cut of their sponsor's (Canonical) gib. Also, even if there were only one distribution of the Linux operating system, it's the open source aspect that prevents it from ever becoming as constricting as closed products. Of course there will always be many distributions exactly because it is open. Side: Windows Vista
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