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#1 £6 In Tokens

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 07:39 PM

OK - Got a new Laptop coming with Vista home edition on it. I'm thinking about putting XP on it which is what I currently use, only because I know nothing about vista. Question is:

Do I keep the vista on or change to XP - Also Pros & Cons of Vista vs XP?

Any advise would be appreciated.

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 07:48 PM

would it be possible to partition the HD and place XP on the second partition therefore you have the best of both worlds.

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 07:53 PM

best suggestion is to trial Vista for a bit and see how you go.

Right now its a bit like Marmite, either you love it or you hate it. I used it for a few months and was pleasantly surprised with it. The only reason I went back to XP was that iTunes wasnt compatible with a 64 bit OS at the moment so if I wanted to use it I had to go back to XP for the moment. However I would have no qualms about going back to it again.



Some will come here and tell you Vista is rubbish, most have probably not even tried it to come to that assumption so dont be swayed by what other people tell you. Give it a go for a while and see what you think, if your not fussed with it format and install xp

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 08:31 PM

personally i am not a vista fan and basically you could partition it for both but i myself prefere xp


maybe in a couple of years i might think about switching to vista but until then i'll stick to what i know best





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Posted 22 November 2007 - 08:32 PM

Vista, it is great. It gets a lot of bad press and there are a few bugs in it but nothing that stops you doing anything.

The new search facilities alone make it worth while.

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 08:45 PM

It gets a lot of bad press and there are a few bugs in it but nothing that stops you doing anything



this is what concerns me about vista until its actually 100% bullet proof with all the glitches n software probs i'd rather jus stick to xp till microsoft fix all


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Posted 22 November 2007 - 08:48 PM

Vista, it is great. It gets a lot of bad press and there are a few bugs in it but nothing that stops you doing anything.

The new search facilities alone make it worth while.


dont stop you doing anything ?

hmm apart from the fact its not backwards compatable with some software that is

microsoft Visual Basic 6 for example as well as some others

oh and all the blue screens of course

but yes its all personal taste

once they got all the bugs out and let me use the programs i want to then yeah i will go to vista - till then XP is for me.

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 08:50 PM

me thinks i can understand the jest of what your saying and i totally agree with the bugs and software issues tho

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 09:32 PM

Thanks for the help guys - appreciated :)

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 09:34 PM

Thanks for the help guys - appreciated :)

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 09:34 PM

I use vista ultimate edition and i never have problems,no bugs,no blue screens,it boots up and shuts down faster than xp and i find it so cool,i would'nt go back to xp even though i used it for years but ultimately the choice is yours!

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:07 PM

i had no bugs or software issues whatsoever in my time using Vista.

The only thing that caused me to change back was not a situation caused by vista, it was caused by apple not supporting a 64 bit OS.

Otherwise everything ran perfect. As I say, try it for yourself and see what you think

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:08 PM

XP rules, Vista is a memory hungry animal.

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 10:15 PM

Just looking at Microsofts site..apparently there is a new Vista comin to the market.
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Posted 23 November 2007 - 02:51 AM

XP anytime, Vista sucks donkey balls !

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Posted 23 November 2007 - 04:30 AM

£6, depending on laptop I reckon you will come into problems finding drivers. They WILL be out there but for another model.

I installed XP on my Advent and could not get XP drivers for my soundcard and a couple of other things, ended up using some HP drivers.

Eventually I went back to Vista using the restore partition. If yours has one dont wipe the restore and you can easily go back.

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Posted 23 November 2007 - 03:03 PM

£6, depending on laptop I reckon you will come into problems finding drivers. They WILL be out there but for another model.

I installed XP on my Advent and could not get XP drivers for my soundcard and a couple of other things, ended up using some HP drivers.

Eventually I went back to Vista using the restore partition. If yours has one dont wipe the restore and you can easily go back.

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I have also had this problem putting xp on a laptop built for vista.

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Posted 23 November 2007 - 09:06 PM

I installed XP on my Advent


Buy shite, get shite support.

Real manufacturers provide drivers for both.




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