should i get vista??

im building my own pc, i will use it mostly for gaming, and im wondering should i get vista? i was going to just take the hdd from my current pc which has xp on it, and use that, but its quite a complicated process, xp is old now, and this is a big brand new system (so it would be nice to have a new os), and the exchange rate right now from sterling to euro is excellent, and with 64 bit, i could use 4gb of ram.

BUT theres a lot of talk of how rubbish it is, now, i have only seen it on laptops, and it seems extremely slow, but so did xp on laptops, so i guess thats a bit unfair.

also, all sorts of noise with incompatibility, and the like, and a downgrade in gaming performance. i dont mind these sorts of obstacles too much, i quite enjoying getting round stuff (to a certain extent of course), but the thought of a spastic os that "alerts" you when you insert a cd- an unidentified program is trying to access your computer-is pretty upsetting.

do you guys have problems with it? and if i do get it, which version should i get?

final point, windows 7 isnt too far away, should i just hold out for that? or will it be compatible with my pc now? my mobo is p5q pro if that helps, i cant imagine any of the other hardware would have an effect on it.

cheers

Shadowrun and Halo 2, I believe are the only two PC games that were strictly made for Vista DX10 only - though, I think there are some hacks out there that did the leg work to allow you to play them on XP in DX9. Not like I cared to play either of those games, so I'm just going off memory here.

I've read that XP will be supported by Microsoft up through 2014 and that Windows 7 is being built for release in 2010 sometime (if I'm recalling correctly). If you're not having any issues with your current XP, just stick with it. If you feel you absolutely must upgrade to a 64bit OS, see about getting XP's 64bit or just take the plung into Vista.

Maybe you just need to try out Windows 7 beta (partition your HDD, if you have the room and install Windows in your partitioned section) or Vista for yourself and see how you like things.

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is vista worth it people? and what version do you advise?

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is vista worth it people? and what version do you advise?

jpph

Normally i would say vista is worth it, but with windows7 release just around the corner may be best just to wait till that comes out. I do suggest you download the windows7 beta and use that for the next 6 months then from there decide which one to use.RingX5

have they set a release date yet? i cant find one. and im definitely not going to use a beta for 6 months.

get vista, windows 7 is still a bit away, and when it comes out it will jst be 100 bucks OEM anyways.. so go for vista mannimatoad2000

vista is 100 bucks oem atm! alternatively i could go for xp for about 70 and hang on til windows 7.

does anyone know how to just use the os that is installed on my hdd? i dont have the disc cos its a prebuilt. surely there must be a way of doing this without purchasing more stuff?

never wait for stuff to come out.. jst get it.. and its sopposed to be Q1 2009.. so its not really close.. who wants to wait a year?nimatoad2000

its q1 2009 now! do you mean 2010?

supposing i go for vista, is the oem version alright?

[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]get vista, windows 7 is still a bit away, and when it comes out it will jst be 100 bucks OEM anyways.. so go for vista manjpph

vista is 100 bucks oem atm! alternatively i could go for xp for about 70 and hang on til windows 7.

does anyone know how to just use the os that is installed on my hdd? i dont have the disc cos its a prebuilt. surely there must be a way of doing this without purchasing more stuff?

[QUOTE="jpph"]

[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]get vista, windows 7 is still a bit away, and when it comes out it will jst be 100 bucks OEM anyways.. so go for vista manferret-gamer

vista is 100 bucks oem atm! alternatively i could go for xp for about 70 and hang on til windows 7.

does anyone know how to just use the os that is installed on my hdd? i dont have the disc cos its a prebuilt. surely there must be a way of doing this without purchasing more stuff?

okay, have you tried that?

dude its only 30 dollars more.. thats 1 budget game FFS.. i mean .. vista vs xp for 30 bucks.. thats a no brainer VISTAnimatoad2000

okay, what about oem?

is it a good or bad idea?

my vista 64 bit is OEM, its fine, all it means is its a system builder model. nimatoad2000

so no difficulties installing or anything?

and would you recommend 64bit? i have heard bad things about it

Go for XP if you're using your pc primarily for gaming - Frame rates are still 5-10% better than under Vista and DX10 just isn't worth that loss for me. Having said that, I'm running Vista 64 as a secondary OS, and it's more stable than anything else I've come across.jimmyjammer69

[QUOTE="jimmyjammer69"]Go for XP if you're using your pc primarily for gaming - Frame rates are still 5-10% better than under Vista and DX10 just isn't worth that loss for me. Having said that, I'm running Vista 64 as a secondary OS, and it's more stable than anything else I've come across.nimatoad2000

Heh my word of advice is to wait until Windows 7 comes out. It's going to be the latest and greatest. I say not to get Vista because you will get a few errors (as I did when I first got it pre-installed).

I miss my XP :(