vista v xp
 

ok so i am getting a new laptop and as with most nowadays its coming with vista which i am not familiar with and i know takes up a lot of space just to run the thing. so is it possible to get rid and have xp instead? would you recommend this?

Vista isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
Seriously.
Just turn off the stupid security shit and it's exactly like XP.

I believe you are out of luck. I think last June was the last date for XP. Commercial users can purchase a 'downgrade' but that is not available to normal people.

Belay that. Maybe it was June of next year.

And yeah, there is nothing wrong with Vista--its just that XP does pretty much everything it needs to do. I think they've got at least one service pack no? That should take care of most stuff.

i'd stick with xp till the new win7 comes out, but getting rid of vista on a new lapto could invalidate the warranty....search for one with xp installed, I heard that due to a lot of requests they're shipping both versions of a bunch of models. symbol guy and fishfinger will probably be more helpful.

damn blasted microsoftocracy!

Like Winston Smith drinking his Gin at the Chestnut Tree Cafe, I've come to terms with Bill Gates' abomination.

Does it still suck? Yeah. But most of the time it works resonably well.

My grandpa bought a badass computer with Vista and gave it back to the company and bought a less badass but more expensive (?!) computer with XP on it. Because Vista sucks.

My friend installed XP over Vista on his laptop... which caused some problems but fuck it. He'd rather have XP.

And I know at least 4 other people with Vista who hated it.

Honestly, I don't think it's... that... bad. But certainly, the majority of opinions think it's the devil. I'd stick with XP, personally, you can't go wrong. But I'm still on ME so what the fuck do I know.

mac os x

mac tax

i am hoping i can get at least a year and a half left out of my laptop in time to see if win7 turns out to be better then xp (cause it WILL be better then vista)

if not then i'd have to weigh options of other OS, maybe someday some one else will jump in like Google (they have OS for PDAs and such) or maybe Linux

it's a hard call as of right now what to chose, would you consider going to Apple jonboy? or are you thinking it has to be a microsoft OS?

usually for laptops that come loaded with vista you cant find drivers for xp so many laptops wont work w/ downgrade to xp. desktops are more flexible.

vista's bugs are mostly patched, though it was buggy when it came out-- less buggy than xp when it came out though. my mac w/ the lates OSX (some kinda wildcat) still requires frequent updates and i get the "color wheel of death" every now & then. plus the programs take forever to start. even the fucking chess crashes 10% of the time-- it becomes frozen and won't let me win. it's all hype, i say.

re: old people who hate vista. old people hate everything new cuz they are used to their old ways & their brain isn't growing anymore. it's to be expected.

next im buying an hp workstation to edit on avid. i might not need vista, i think newegg sells the downgrades, but i hear vista business is good anyway so i just might-- what can't dual xeons handle anyway? now, dual xeons on a mac-- 50% EXTRA. plus another grand for 1/2ghz faster. ha ha ha ha! oh, the hilarity.

My Mac Pro:
-2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
-26 GB Ram
-Two 1 Terrabyte Glyph GT062 Storage Devices


HOLLER

I am OFFICIALLY hollering at your machine.

Seriously, I would like to mount the thing, just to see how fast it renders.

i know, I am using this shit too,

going Mac is like choosing between Mussolini or Hitler..

excactly

I prefer the tiger over the panther. most stable OS Ive ever used

i think that comparison lacks a little bit of A LOT

i do like macs but for the the things i want to do then a mac would be no good.

And that would be everything, amirite?