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Why is Vista better?
No bashing Vista but I'm just wondering what make Vista that much better then XP home/pro? The over all opinion.
I have messed with it and see really no frills about it! and you can't say it is just for security reasons. Last edited by toomyg; 11-15-2008 at 09:07 AM. Reason: added to post again.... |
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11-15-2008, 09:55 AM
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I don't think I have heard anyone state that they believe Vista is better. In fact I usually hear the opposite. I have Vista & XP on one machine in a dual boot config and I hardly ever use Vista. It's prettier and has a few cool things like Aero.
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11-15-2008, 10:25 AM
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11-15-2008, 01:58 PM
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I have a dual boot system Vista 64 and Windows XP, I'm hardly ever boot up in Windows XP. I like Vista for it seems snappier and (knocking on wood as I type this
 ) never have the BSOD happen to me when using Vista.
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11-15-2008, 02:40 PM
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There are several lengthy threads on this subject already
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11-15-2008, 03:23 PM
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11-15-2008, 04:02 PM
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Yes, mainly a personal preference. I have found superior about Vista compared to XP......it's just different.
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11-15-2008, 05:01 PM
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11-15-2008, 06:53 PM
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I dont know why Vista is better than XP... I just know that I like it way better than any other Microsoft OS yet for a number of reasons already explained on various comparison threads on here.
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11-15-2008, 08:22 PM
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I'm convinced on Vista Premium... Vista Basic was a complete dog and I hated it.. it came on my Dell... I formatted and put XP on it... Even after upping the RAM to 3GB.. I hated it... but I have Premium on my new build and on my laptop and quite like it. I think I may format that Dell and put the Basic back on and hit the anytime upgrade.
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11-16-2008, 04:02 AM
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11-16-2008, 08:44 AM
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Well I had started this topic on the words Vitsa is an UPGRADE to XP this is why I asked why Vista is Better because it is considered an UPGRADE not CHANGE ME I like XP it works for me it's solid as a rock for what I do with the exception of the sp3 add on it works 99.99% for me  Tom |
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11-16-2008, 09:19 AM
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Vista is not just an upgrade from xp, it's a different operating system. You just can't think of it as an upgrade.
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11-16-2008, 11:58 AM
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Sounds like a plan too me it's just M$ wants to cancel out XP support pretty soon if not already thats to make everyone change to there new O/S
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11-16-2008, 12:02 PM
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They're not abandoning xp just yet. There will be a while before that happens, but eventually it will. That's business. If they don't try to move on, then they won't make money.
With that said, I think Vista is an improvemen over XP. I prefer it now. |
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11-16-2008, 03:07 PM
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Whether Vista is better or not depends on you and your hardware. Forget putting Vista on an old machine...if it runs at all it will run like crap...generally.
I prefer Vista 64 over XP but that's because I like the new GUI better and I have a relatively new machine. I have only come across one piece of software that XP can run but Vista 64 cannot....Zone Alarm.
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11-29-2008, 09:10 AM
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I guess it is a matter of Taste in O/S's I guess.
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11-29-2008, 03:43 PM
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12-06-2008, 10:34 PM
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I've only come across a printer driver problem with Vista 64-bit once...that's basically the only problem I've ever had.
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