XP versus Vista

**digmen1** · 10-21-2006, 06:57 AM

Now that Vista is finally on its way (?) can anyone help me with the question.

Will it work basically the same as XP, but with its fancy front end ?

By that I mean

1 Will most of the apps we all love and use run on it ?

2 Will a lot of what we know about XP apply to Vista, eg I am making notes on start up files, processes and services etc, will most of these still be in Vista ?

Kind Regards

Digby

**zapjb** · 10-21-2006, 09:56 AM

Imo stay unless you're a masochist.

Think VistaME but worse.

**peterjohno** · 10-21-2006, 10:53 AM

Ive just installed vista rc 2 and it rocks . ALL of my stuff works , thats nero 7, newzleecher, my old hp officejet printer. Im gonna try some games in a mo too. Use trends pc cillin for the antivirus. The only peripherals that are not working is my webcam , and my old tv tuner card . Think i can live without those.
Try it yourself , itl be good to reformat your system once in a while anyway.

**Shiranai_Baka** · 10-21-2006, 01:09 PM

Aren't they going to implement DRM technology into Vista?

**Sneakydave** · 10-21-2006, 01:18 PM

yeah, it looks nice but from what ive seen xp is better if you wanna play games without having the os hog all the RAM....

**peterjohno** · 10-21-2006, 01:53 PM

Just installed just cause pc game , installed smooth , and by the numbers . playin it now , runs great. Im running the 64 bit version too. Im not having any issues at all , so ill leave it on.

**alupizor** · 10-23-2006, 03:12 AM

i think we'll know as much of Vista as we knew of XP when we upgraded from 98.

i was one of the last to upgrade to xp, did it 2 years after it was released. i was a 98-hardcore-tweaker by then

i think i'll install vista by the end of 2009...

**boukisny** · 10-23-2006, 01:48 PM

Vista was a total new experience for me. Is fast it backward compatible with most of the software and hardware I use (problem with webcam also) and it just been a week. I m amazed every day and I hope it will stay like these. As for updating I will be doing it on the first day. Is been 5 years and I need a change.