Yeah, it keeps Gates as the world's richest person...TxBrew said:Are there any Pros to Vista over XP I am missing?
Well I don't know your level of experience, but just a word of caution when it comes to reformatting a new Laptop/PC. Some new systems have a partition that is the "recovery" image. If you go to reformat and install a new OS be aware that you may be stepping on your recovery image. Even though they give you a "Recovery CD" sometimes all that does is just copy from the recovery partition to the active partition.TxBrew said:I just got a new Dell computer and it has Vista installed.
What garbage! I am about to reformat it and install XP.
Are there any Pros to Vista over XP I am missing?
don't be ridiculous. it's 3.1.Dude said:I thought you still used WIN 95?
Dude said:I thought you still used WIN 95?
God Emporer BillyBrew said:don't be ridiculous. it's 3.1.
TxBrew said:I just got a new Dell computer and it has Vista installed.
What garbage! I am about to reformat it and install XP.
Are there any Pros to Vista over XP I am missing?
the_bird said:...the only way I know how to change a file extension is to rename the file through the command prompt; I'm an idiot, but I've never been able to figure out how to do that through Windows...
Chimone said:Ive figured out how to deal with all the bugs from Vista
Im getting a mac
sause said:I still have a computer that I have to stick a DOS 5.25" disc into so I can load programs. I love new sports jepardy 1987. Penn State isn't in the Big Ten. Awesome!
For what? Hit me with pm or on chat or aim I'd be happy to help out w/ ubuntu.todd_k said:I haven't had too many problems with XP, all of the crashes were due to a faulty piece of RAM. I also have just started messing around with Ubuntu but finding drivers are a pain.
TxBrew said:I'm reformatting to XP.
Vista is complete garbage! What a huge miss for Microcrap. Maybe this will allow someone else to come into the market with a better product though I don't even know if they can with all Microcraps patents.
Security if you aren't already running anything, and DX10 if you are a hardcore gamer. Not enough to justify $110 upgrade.Are there any Pros to Vista over XP I am missing?
Interestingly enough Linux is no more secure than a properly configured XP box, If you configure it to do all the things Windows can it actually becomes less stable than XP. The fact there are literally a few hundred builds many of which are not compatible with each other. It is a good choice if you are a programmer, or just do basic stuff that doesn't need wide compatability. Give you another myth buster, per capita, Linux servers get more attacks and average more security patches than windows each year. I'm not a big gates fan but Windows is still the mainstream and more software is written for it than anything else. People who complain about the stability of 2K and XP are generally either repeating things they have heard or don't know how to configure a windows server or workstation.. We use both where I work and the linux servers are actually down more often than windows because they get patched more often...a tracker for every Linux Distro that is active.
What do you plan to do with it? If you are buying the "Home edition" I'd stick with XP. I have been working with Vista since the first Beta build and other than the new graphics have yet to be impressed.anyone have Windows Vista 64-bit? I'm about to purchase parts for a new pc build and I need to decide if I want 32 or 64-bit Vista
budbo said:What do you plan to do with it? If you are buying the "Home edition" I'd stick with XP. I have been working with Vista since the first Beta build and other than the new graphics have yet to be impressed.
TxBrew said:I just got a new Dell computer and it has Vista installed.
What garbage! I am about to reformat it and install XP.
Are there any Pros to Vista over XP I am missing?
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