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I've been running a non-legit vista ultimate release for sometime now and have been getting really fed up with them, not only cause they won't hold activation but it seems to get sluggish really fast after a reformat. Due to these factors, i'm contemplating wether to reformat with vista for the 100th time or partition my drive, throw all my files on there and reformat with XP (which I have a real key for). What do you think? :frusty::dry:
There's vista releases that have the activation crap removed.
I've had one that i downloaded in march running on one computer since then with no activation issues ever popping up.
Not sure if it's gotten any updates from windows update though. Maybe those might fck something. Not a big issue though, just don't update.
Mine has been running a few weeks with a version i just downloaded, that has sp1 integrated, also no issues with activation...
I don't even put in a key. :unsure:
Probably one of the monthly "BIE" releases, I was thinking of just using one of those but I don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by tesco
been running vista since it came out haven't had any real big issues with it. but if you are a big gamer i recommend you stick with XP Pro.
vista sucks
It's all about preference.
I don't like Vista so I would go back to XP
I vote XO too.
As I type I'm installing XP on my new vista laptop. I like performance in my computers, but I'm kinda funny tat way.
I agree with lostdemon.Quote:
Originally Posted by lostdemon
i agree. imo, i would use xp sp3.Quote:
Originally Posted by lostdemon
send vista out and stay with xp.
if u are planning on timetravelling to older OS' , then why not Win95 ?
Thank you so much for such an erudite and expansive post.Quote:
Originally Posted by LuckIEE
Muppet.
I'll say you're funny - performance preferred so laptop it is!Quote:
Originally Posted by mbucari1
xp :p
YES, thats exactly what I did.
Vista blows, if you dont want XP go linux.
lol. I need a laptop for school, so I want it to be as fast as it can for as little as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChewieThank you so much for such an erudite and expansive post.
Muppet.
I'll say you're funny - performance preferred so laptop it is!Quote:
Originally Posted by mbucari1
i prefer vista, because it is more faster and there isnt so big problems about programs, most of them working perfect
Some super-useful people in this thread :ermm:
Depends on what you use your computer for and what your system is like, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by S!X
Most of this should be stating the obvious, but just in case:
You'll probably get more speed out of XP Pro irregardless, even if it's the 32-bit version running on a 64-bit system.
What Vista has over XP is being able to use RAM over 4GB at all, and RAM over 3GB "well", and 64-bit support (I hear the driver support for XP 64 can be dodgy). Oh, and dx10 without resorting to something homemade to get it working.
It does seem to get sluggish pretty fast, not sure exactly why that is, yet. Maybe it needs a third party defragger and a separate partition for pagefiles, and getting rid of all tempfiles and other junk from updating at even intervals, and shutting a shitload of unnecessary stuff down, obviously.
I tossed in a 4GB flash drive for readyboost and completely removed my page file. Vista worked great.Quote:
Originally Posted by SneeSome super-useful people in this thread :ermm:
Depends on what you use your computer for and what your system is like, really.Quote:
Originally Posted by S!X
Most of this should be stating the obvious, but just in case:
You'll probably get more speed out of XP Pro irregardless, even if it's the 32-bit version running on a 64-bit system.
What Vista has over XP is being able to use RAM over 4GB at all, and RAM over 3GB "well", and 64-bit support (I hear the driver support for XP 64 can be dodgy). Oh, and dx10 without resorting to something homemade to get it working.
It does seem to get sluggish pretty fast, not sure exactly why that is, yet. Maybe it needs a third party defragger and a separate partition for pagefiles, and getting rid of all tempfiles and other junk from updating at even intervals, and shutting a shitload of unnecessary stuff down, obviously.
Only reason I reverted back to XP was I needed to use some older programs that would never be updated to Vista. And, I gotta say, I miss Vista. Gonna be installing Vista Ultimate 64bit once I get my E7200 installed.
Vista + large music collection = sex.
I still prefer XP pro , I think it's faster on my systems . I'm using XP Indego 9 on one computer and Black XP 19 on the other .
I wonder if its the performance tweak that's included ?
PERFORMANCE TWEAK: CORE OS & KERNAL RUNNING IN RAM
xp ftw ;)
I never liked those home-hacked things, preferring to know exactly what alterations I've made myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
You can do that sort of thing on any xp, though. Lookie here: http://kadaitcha.cx/performance.html (scroll down a bit).
Found a few sites for tweaking Vista as well. Here's one: http://www.tweakvista.com/VistaPerformanceTweaks.aspx (not seen any reviews of it, and can't be arsed going through everything, so use at your own peril). And don't bother with the utility on there, just those articles.
I have been is same situacion like u.
For few months i have used Vista and it was good (not many problems also) untill one day i started to ask my self why i really need vista for so much??
there was also some programs that still havent work with vista yet even tho vista was out abouth year and half...then i have started to get some errors with my video card bla bla so this was very good time to go back to my favorite OS ever XP,and just in than time(one or two week later) SP3 was released and i have no more reasone to go back vista..
now im on dual boot XP and Ubuntu, so next time when i will use new windows it will be windows 7..
even Bill Gates said vista is not that great
@ Snee , ya I knew some of those tricks from the first link and use them religiously, as for the other are they the same people as Tweak XP ?
I know it helps that I have a dual quad and 3 gb of ram but still tweak and use programs like Windowblinds and Styler to give my computer a personal feel .
go back to xp install nod32 v3 and sygate firewall debug build. xp seems more prone to malware/advertising trojans. i find vista too annoying for that to be a reason to use it. although if the problem is with the activation; get one of the monthly releases of vista from the usual places. the activation patch works flawlessly.
I don't like Vista so I would go back to XP
No idea, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
I strongly recommend you to use microsoft windows sp2 Student variant of ETH0
xp is perfect for me, but i like the vista design, maybe windows 7 will be better than these.
This poll is idiotic and some of the responses are even worse ("Vista sucks"...oh yeah, that's helpful).
First, basing your impressions on an admittedly "non-legit", cracked copy of the OS is silly...what did you expect?
Second, you didn't mention your PC specs or what you intend on doing with the machine, so how can anyone pretend to give pertinent advice?
I think if you have at least 3 or 4 gigs of memory then you won't see much of a difference between XP and Vista. Also, Vista is more stable than XP.
send vista out and stay with xp!
Hoi, I tried :dabs:Quote:
Originally Posted by clocker
if you have a good pc use vista (special for games)
if you have a pc with low ram use xp
I just ordered a DX 10 card off eBay and now I'm going to finally make a permanent switch to Vista but I'm going to need more memory lol :(.
Well as we all know that' s what keeps driving the computer hardware industry , new , better stuff for gamers that only works with Vista . Not ! There's third party groups still trying to port DX 10 to XP with not very good results ..yet .Quote:
Originally Posted by silent h3ro
Its coming tho time will time . I'v yet to find a hard core gamer running Vista , at lest with most of the online games like Final Fantasy 12 or WOW .
Dual boot, keep both.
edit: wait a minute, this is not the BT forum, how did I get here?
XP ofc
what an unequivocal answer.
i vote this. if ur pc is so under hardwared then just go back to win95. vista runs great and i for one have NO problems with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabalo