which do you prefer ? XP or Vista?

which ? why ?

 

Vista. Faster.

Mike

 

Vista is faster ??? only this ?? the ram of your computer may be 2G.

 

I'm undecided!

Vista is definitely faster for everything - boot up, program load,
etc.

But some things take a lot longer to do. Admittedly familairity is a
problem there, but some things are harder. For example I do loads of
work in Explorer, and it's jst not as easy to use (simple example: in
XP you could highlight a filename to copy it to the clipboard, but
Vista prevents you doing this if the file is on a read-only drive).

And of course the first thing I do on the Vista installs is disable
UAC. UAC is just plain inhibitive/ Nice concept, just very poorly
done.


Overall conclusion: Give me Vista's speed with XPs GUI and I'd be
happy!


Jim

 

Ubuntu, faster and safer.

Alias

 

I've done this, but still get that annoying pop-up advising me that uac
is switched-off.

Is there a way of disabling this?

 

Go into Security Center and look to the left, you'll
see "Change The way Security Center Alerts me".
The third option is what you want.


-Michael

 

There's no preferring one or the other. XP is dead. Vista is where it's at.

 

please provide proof that vista is faster.

It is not faster. Its your imagination, or you are comparing XP that had
lots of
applications and codecs and stuf loaded, with a freshly installed Vista.
Other than the boot and shut down, vista is not faster at all.

In fact I reformated this pc and installed XP again AFTER I had vista...
and its so fast I am astonished!

 

delusions are common in here..

Vista is slower, only the boot and shut down time has improved.

 

Many thanks.

 

Ubuntu is Linux and Linux sucks. End of story.

 

Vista.

Many reasons why, but the number one reason is because I'm a geek and like
learning new stuff.

 

Thank you for your uninformed opinion. 'Course we all know what an MS
fanboi you are so we will take your opinion with a grain of salt.

Did you think you were being cute and clever by changing my post?

Alias

 

Vista 'is' faster on high spec PC or 64Bit PCs. Standard 32 bit and lower to
mid range PCs Vista is a lot slower. Infact XP is faster.
On my machine, which is a 2.8Ghz with 1.5GB RAM the Vista boot up time is
exactly the same as XP (this machine dual boots bothe XP and Vista).
Shutdown is somewhat faster, but only fractions of a second. Program startup
is also slower than on XP, even worse if UAC kicks in.

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Windows Shell/User

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Many reasons why, but the number one reason is because I'm a geek and like
learning new stuff.

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This works for me too
I'll have Vista Ultimate when it is available
BChat

 

No, XP isn't dead. It will be around for years, as will the support for
it. Where do you get this fantasies from?

Alias

 

Vista. Faster. Easier Internet and Network connection

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE

 

I basically agree. I have been using Vista since Beta2, and it has
become my main OS on this laptop. I also have RC2 installed on
two desktops. All three computers are dual-boot environments;
WinXP Pro and Vista. Overall, XP just feels faster and more responsive.
I have become used to Vista, though. For me, the difference in XP
being "faster" is not by much, and I have actually grown fond of Vista's
GUI. My biggest complaint with Vista is the gawd awful slowness in
transferring files, especially, over a network- except when I use WinXP
in VPC 2007 on Vista. It is quite amusing to me that a virtual XP transfers
files quicker than my host Vista. Ironically, the one machine that Vista
might be a bit faster on, is an older Dell desktop that doesn't have Aero
Glass available- the old Nvidia card won't do it. Because of that old card
I get a rating of 1 on that machine. However, Vista still looks nice on that
computer and performs very well. I was pleasantly surprised.


-Michael

 

I think ultimately I'll be happy to move to Vista, but until the hardware
vendors get drivers sorted out I'm sticking with XP. Beta drivers that are
designed for Vista RC2 don't fill me with confidence... Hopefully only a few
more weeks and this will be history though.