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Just downgraded (or you can say Upgraded) to XP, Vista isn't a bad OS, just does not work with what I do, but i have to admit, Vista is a lil more organized and looks better, but i am liking my Service Pack 3

i've had vista for 7 months and i've had no major problems yet. i had freezing issues and problems that made me restart my computer a lot with xp but nothing like that with vista. if a problem does end unexpectedly, vista handles it much better than xp. no compatability issues either.shoeman12

one of the reasons i down graded is b/c Adobe After Effects was running mega slow, and its not my PC

I still run on xp, but after school is over I might upgrade to vista. My brother has it on his computer and it looks real nice.Nintendo-Nerd

yea i said the same thing up there too, i looks nice and it is more organized, but when stuff doesnt run as u want it, then youll get mad

[QUOTE="Nintendo-Nerd"]I still run on xp, but after school is over I might upgrade to vista. My brother has it on his computer and it looks real nice.Egyptman786

yea i said the same thing up there too, i looks nice and it is more organized, but when stuff doesnt run as u want it, then youll get mad

yeah thats why i pretty much dont want to upgrade

stop being babys just have seperate drives ... ...

Btw I hate gates=SCUMBAG DOG RABIED FILTH an I was nearly sent to jail after him old days, GtF

just split your drive ..lol

Is Service Pack 3 Available for XP? EVOLV3

I second this.

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]Is Service Pack 3 Available for XP? clyde46

I second this.

The only real issue I had with Vista was with my girlfriend's iPod - for the first six months iTunes was about as stable as an arthritic 90-year-old after downing half a dozen tylenol 3s. It would crash importing songs, it would crash randomly while updating the iPod, and it would crash randomly just playing music. Not innocent crashes, either, but big ugly blue screens of death only fixed by a hard restart.

Other than that, it's actually been more stable than my laptop running XP - I've only kept XP for compatability reasons, since a lot of older games just plain hate Vista, and I have an old printer that simply will not work in Vista, even with generic drivers.

Vista is easily the worst operating system I've ever used. shoubra

I'am going to guess you haven't been using a computer for too long then............

[QUOTE="shoubra"]Vista is easily the worst operating system I've ever used. limpbizkit818

I'am going to guess you haven't been using a computer for too long then............

Yeah, ME is many times worse than Vista and that's not even going back very far. The original Windows was pretty awful, too - I remember avoiding it whenever possible and running stuff in DOS because it wasn't much clunkier and had a huge speed advantage. Plus, games.

And System 7.1. Pretty much gave you a bomb every time you tried to click something - anyone who's 100% pro-Mac obviously never had the fun task of managing extensions to avoid conflicts and constant crashes.

I downgraded to vista a while back. 2 of my parts weren't "Vista Certified" So I was pretty much fraked. So I upgraded to xp got service pack 3 and I couldn't be happier.ferrari2001

lol

I don't like XP's visual appearance anymore, its wayy too old, i like the Aero Black theme much better, it matches WMP as well.

I just said bye to Windows instead

Yeah, but now try playing a game on it. :P

Why Vista can be made to do better than XP...

Once you have atleast 2GB RAM and a fast processor. Put vista on, then tweak the hell out of it.

Vista offers these better features:

• Battery lasts much longer on laptops
• Better memory usage. XP does not utilise RAM efficiently, instead it relies heavily on Virtual Memory (aka Page File)
• Vista is much nicer looking

umm....yeaa

That's about it.

So did I convince you to go back to Vista with SP1?

Vista came with my laptop, so I set it up to dual boot XP.

Right now I only run XP, but if I ever need Vista I got it.

Also the big thing for me is software compatibility. I have some very expensive software that won't run on Vista, and I don't want to upgrade to the latest versions.

Yeah, but now try playing a game on it. :Prb2610

Vista made me vomit for weeks. XP gives me heartburn, but it's needed for some things. However, I never have stomach problems when I had DOS 4 dinner. However, DOSaronni grill is closing down pretty soon, so I may try that Ubuntu place around the block.DOS4dinner

[QUOTE="DOS4dinner"]famicommander

One thing I have always been wondering: How fast does Ubuntu boot up and shut down? That is one of the many things that drives me nuts about Windows, and especially Vista.

[QUOTE="famicommander"][QUOTE="DOS4dinner"]DOS4dinner

One thing I have always been wondering: How fast does Ubuntu boot up and shut down? That is one of the many things that drives me nuts about Windows, and especially Vista.

[QUOTE="famicommander"][QUOTE="DOS4dinner"]DOS4dinner

One thing I have always been wondering: How fast does Ubuntu boot up and shut down? That is one of the many things that drives me nuts about Windows, and especially Vista.

Just leave Windows in hibernate/sleep mode then, that's what I do.

Start ups do take a while, but it only takes 15 seconds for Vista (on my computer at least) to boot down.