slowpoke

is it worth the £70 for the x64 home premium oem disc ?

or should i just stick with xp ?

BM08

I was pondering this last week and decided to stick with xp, for now anyways, and apparently it doesnt offer anything over xp other than looks and DX10 gaming.

AND, if it aint broke.........................

slowpoke

my gfx card doesnt support dx10 anyhows

Rossco

My new PC came with Vista, not really any better IMHO.

Matt

waaaaaaay better functionality than xp imo matt but be warned you may have early compatibility issues eg ...
https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...083&highlight=

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orionmojo

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dont go for vista yet, wait for a few months until the first service pack comes out.

its not bad, but it seems to have gone 'all mac' like its supposed to be easier to use, with shit loads of wizards and shiny stuff. it looks nice on the outside, but to me it seems like its gona collapse on itself. i dunno though, it hasn't won me over yet

i've installed a few, its dead easy... but still i prefer XP at the mo.

slowpoke

cheers matt

BM08

all you will get is abit of eye candy then and a few functionality extras, i dont think its worth it especially as you will more than likely encounter software issues etc, and plus if you dont have a decent graphics card you wont even be getting the eye candy

SS1

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pay for software ....

slowpoke

pmsl theyre crafty

slowpoke

someone in work walking past me said i could download the "thing" that makes xp look like vista ???

whats tha ?

aduz

i have to agree ive installed it on one of my pc's and apart from looking pretty i dont think its a huge step forward

ive left xp on my laptop as i just dont think its worth changing

Matt

ERM - eye candy and a bit of functionality differs to previous ms os releases how exactly?

wait for sp1 is a good call though as its a bit buggy.......but still worth it over xp though imo

Jim Galbally

its a bit easier to use (once you learn where everything is) and looks pretty

at the moment thats all it's got going for it.

has a lot of potential tho, just nothing we're utilising yet tho

Matt

you massively out nev me jimbo but....... "easier to use"...........

job done for non nevs!!!!

BM08

For starters with pervious versions of MS they didnt require you to have such a good graphics card just to use it how it was intended AND to run at a nice speed.

Matt

not to mention requiring a gb of ram being recommended, heaven forbid the os requirements moving forward from previous! LOL sorry mate wake up its called progression! no offence
PS ive got some radeon x700 pro on board thing which imost likey shat but nit works fine on vista. but then i dont play games anymore................... i'm not 12 LOL

Markb_s1

user account control

pretty good in general imo.
need a pretty high spec PC to really get the cool stuff out of it though.

bigneck

i bought myself a sec hand laptop other month with xp and im now totally screwed, went to update it and microsoft said i had an illegal copy and they blocked it, cant update or anything now

Matt

its optional

slowpoke

still dunno weather to bother

Turbocabbie

I would not bother simply because there is no need. Windows XP is pretty stable in general and if it does all that you need then upgrading will only serve one purpose.
And that is an attempt to impress your peers with eye candy which is not a touch on what is available for OSX and Linux

Considering that Vista offers nothing new other than DX10 which XP is capable of actually running but will not due to Microsoft's plans, the advantages of running vista over xp are minimal other than slightly better security