Im about to buy a new computer or laptop. I noticed the ones that come with windows xp are more expensive the those that come with vista. Is xp more advanced then vista or is there some other difference?
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Its because vista sucks, and everybody knows vista sucks so noone buys it. I guess the shops sell it cheaper to try and get people to buy it.
Vista was a failure because its not easily compatible with older things, like XP or Diablo. So when everyone got Vista, all their old documents and technology and stuff wouldn't work on it.
At least thats my interpretation of it all, someone else will probably better be able to explain it.
Vista is a resource-hogger, you need three times better hardware to run it than you need for XP, and 3/4 of your hardware resource is consumed by the OS itself. It's sluggish, laggy, games work slower on it than they do on XP. But the main reason _I_ personally won't ever switch to Vista is because most of the software that I use (composing music, game dev, a bit of gaming) either do not work or are very laggy, sluggish and unstable. In other words, it doesn't have any legacy support.
I have two computers one next to the other, one running XP and the other running Vista. I run CoD4 on both of them and have them join the same server after a map restart. The Vista machine loads the map and joins the game approximately 25% later than the XP machine, and my Vista machine has twice more RAM and a newer generation CPU with a higher clock. That tells a lot.
The only upside of vista is DX10 support if that's what floats your boat. But I can assure you, by the time enough games support or even demand DX10, MS will have come up with another version of Windows, to replace Vista all together. Its going to be out very soon and Vista will be forgotten like Win NT. People will switch from Windows XP to Windows 7 just like they did from Win98 to Win XP.
If I were you I would buy the cheaper lap-top and a 32-bit copy of XP. Just see if hardware is any different and if you can gain from that difference.
Vista was a failure because its not easily compatible with older things, like XP or Diablo. So when everyone got Vista, all their old documents and technology and stuff wouldn't work on it.
The only thing I've outright haven't been able to install so far was Age of Empires III and one other program I can't recall the name of. Obviously I do not miss it.
Then again my program needs may not be the most extreme. I mainly use the computer for gaming, watching movies and writing.
On the flipsite, I like the design if Vista much more, so I'm happy.
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The only thing I've outright haven't been able to install so far was Age of Empires III and one other program I can't recall the name of. Obviously I do not miss it.
Agreed. Only thing I couldn't run was WAR, and that's because the comp didnt have a good enough video card, not because of the OS.
The OS is actually pretty good, and Micro&Soft has constant updates.
My one and only annoyance is that it occasionally (key word is occasionally) shuts the comp down randomly to install a "crucial" update, which seems more like the "crucial" updates are A) installed when im in a game and seems to be for stupid things like Outlook.
But that doesn't seem to happen alot. (Hence the word occasionally.)
well just to get out of the xp vista i here something of a windows 7 os. i just heard about it a couple weeks ago so i dont know if it was a rumor or if they are in production of making it. but hope it turns out better then vista did on its launch.
Its because vista sucks, and everybody knows vista sucks so noone buys it. I guess the shops sell it cheaper to try and get people to buy it.
Vista was a failure because its not easily compatible with older things, like XP or Diablo. So when everyone got Vista, all their old documents and technology and stuff wouldn't work on it.
At least thats my interpretation of it all, someone else will probably better be able to explain it.
That was pretty ignorant.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vista, It works fine with Diablo and all my other games.
I had no problem with it.
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id say go with vista, half the things you read about vista vs xp on the internet are people that never tried vista
I used it for a month and reverted to XP because it was too painfully unstable, slow, fucked up, etc.
People who say 'Vista is fine' are people who think that visual make up makes a good OS. Go figure. And yes, they do sell Vista computers cheaper just because of that. It is a FACT.
I don't care how many people take my word on stuff like this, or trust me completely, but if you don't you should at least definitely not trust anyone else.
If you are a software engineer, I'd like a list of all software you've worked on so I can avoid it like the plague.
You don't know shit, software engineer or not.
So many of you guys are retarded.
loool.. Why people can't believe that someone between us is a SE?!.. I worked on alot software's goddammit!!!.. C, C#, C++, Delphi, Java, .NET, SQL, Visual basic etc.. And before I studied SE.. I was 15 yo with A+ ITE!!!, 16 yo CCNA & 17 CCNP (system administrator).. You still some little boy who knows just to setup a windows.. You still know nothing boy grow up work hard to be a man.. I'm studying now for M.S.c and I'm 23 yo now.. And I'm a fan of DIABLO before you first saw the first sight Boooooy!!! xD.. Anyway anything you wanna check out just tell me you got my email out on my account so you're free to believe or not.. I'm going to eat some pizza so don't disturb.. Baby girl "aah boys of these days"...
Sry guys I'm talking too much :rolleyes:.. And thx for the comment goodgal!!!
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Vista was a failure because its not easily compatible with older things, like XP or Diablo. So when everyone got Vista, all their old documents and technology and stuff wouldn't work on it.
At least thats my interpretation of it all, someone else will probably better be able to explain it.
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I have two computers one next to the other, one running XP and the other running Vista. I run CoD4 on both of them and have them join the same server after a map restart. The Vista machine loads the map and joins the game approximately 25% later than the XP machine, and my Vista machine has twice more RAM and a newer generation CPU with a higher clock. That tells a lot.
The only upside of vista is DX10 support if that's what floats your boat. But I can assure you, by the time enough games support or even demand DX10, MS will have come up with another version of Windows, to replace Vista all together. Its going to be out very soon and Vista will be forgotten like Win NT. People will switch from Windows XP to Windows 7 just like they did from Win98 to Win XP.
If I were you I would buy the cheaper lap-top and a 32-bit copy of XP. Just see if hardware is any different and if you can gain from that difference.
Then again my program needs may not be the most extreme. I mainly use the computer for gaming, watching movies and writing.
On the flipsite, I like the design if Vista much more, so I'm happy.
Agreed. Only thing I couldn't run was WAR, and that's because the comp didnt have a good enough video card, not because of the OS.
The OS is actually pretty good, and Micro&Soft has constant updates.
My one and only annoyance is that it occasionally (key word is occasionally) shuts the comp down randomly to install a "crucial" update, which seems more like the "crucial" updates are A) installed when im in a game and seems to be for stupid things like Outlook.
But that doesn't seem to happen alot. (Hence the word occasionally.)
But Linux is the best. ;D
Linux>Vista>XP
That was pretty ignorant.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vista, It works fine with Diablo and all my other games.
I had no problem with it.
People who say 'Vista is fine' are people who think that visual make up makes a good OS. Go figure. And yes, they do sell Vista computers cheaper just because of that. It is a FACT.
If you are a software engineer, I'd like a list of all software you've worked on so I can avoid it like the plague.
You don't know shit, software engineer or not.
So many of you guys are retarded.
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http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17929
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loool.. Why people can't believe that someone between us is a SE?!.. I worked on alot software's goddammit!!!.. C, C#, C++, Delphi, Java, .NET, SQL, Visual basic etc.. And before I studied SE.. I was 15 yo with A+ ITE!!!, 16 yo CCNA & 17 CCNP (system administrator).. You still some little boy who knows just to setup a windows.. You still know nothing boy grow up work hard to be a man.. I'm studying now for M.S.c and I'm 23 yo now.. And I'm a fan of DIABLO before you first saw the first sight Boooooy!!! xD.. Anyway anything you wanna check out just tell me you got my email out on my account so you're free to believe or not.. I'm going to eat some pizza so don't disturb.. Baby girl "aah boys of these days"...
Sry guys I'm talking too much :rolleyes:.. And thx for the comment goodgal!!!