Poll: I'm Reformatting. Vista or XP?

[imported_Stew]

I think it's time for a reformat, after a year of having my copy of XP installed.

I have access to free copies of Vista Business and XP Pro 64-bit, through my school.

Which would you choose?
(I kept this out of Operating Systems, since it's more of an opinion thing)

Specs are:
Athlon 64 3000+
2GB DDR (4x512MB)
ATI Radeon 9600

 

[Q]

Def. XP

 

[BigJ]

2GBs of ram? XP.

 

[Canai]

XP for sure, unless you want to upgrade your proc and vid card.

 

[Shawn]

Uhh, well definitely not XP 64bit. Either XP (32bit only) or Vista. I've been using Vista since October 2006 with no problems (even with the beta/RC1) so I say go with Vista.

edit: Actually your computer might be a little slow for Vista, but since you have a key go ahead and try it. If it's too slow just format.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Win98SE.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

With that rig XP

 

[pcslookout]

Vista

 

[Ns1]

xp by a landslide

vista is the new ME

 

[imported_nightfox]

XP

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Ns1
xp by a landslide

vista is the new ME

Just ask mem and he will get you.

 

[pcslookout]

What happens when someone has 4 GB of ram then ? Are you forced to go Vista or should you use xp 32 bit still ?

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: Ns1
xp by a landslide

vista is the new ME

Bull.

ME was the most unstable operating system I've had the displeasure of working with.

My Vista install has crashed twice in almost a year, and both times were due to crappy drivers from Nvidia.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: pcslookout
What happens when someone has 4 GB of ram then ? Are you forced to go Vista or should you use xp 32 bit still ?

If you want to use all 4gb, then yes you need Vista.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: pcslookout
What happens when someone has 4 GB of ram then ? Are you forced to go Vista or should you use xp 32 bit still ?

If you want to use all 4gb, then yes you need Vista.

Is it worth being able to use all 4GB ? Lets say you don't care? How many GB or MB of ram will you loose ?

 

[ViviTheMage]

xp, your pooters too slow.

 

[Maleficus]

XP, vista sucks.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrPickins

Originally posted by: Ns1
xp by a landslide

vista is the new ME

Bull.

ME was the most unstable operating system I've had the displeasure of working with.

My Vista install has crashed twice in almost a year, and both times were due to crappy drivers from Nvidia.

That's great. Vista is the most god awful slow ass bloated POS I've had the pleasure of consistently working with.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: BigJ
2GBs of ram? XP.

I've been running 2GB with Vista32 and love it. I even game.

 

[mcvickj]

Another XP vote. Windows XP can only see 4gb of ram period - system ram and virtual ram. If you want it to see the full 4GB you will need to disable the pagefile.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
XP, vista sucks.

 

[Baked]

Oh crap, I was gonna pick XP but hit Vista by accident.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: BigJ
2GBs of ram? XP.

I've been running 2GB with Vista32 and love it. I even game.

So have I and the XP install felt much faster and smoother, even with all effects turned off in Vista. Vista is also a complete memory hog. The only reason I'm keeping Vista on is for MCE.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: pcslookout
What happens when someone has 4 GB of ram then ? Are you forced to go Vista or should you use xp 32 bit still ?

If you want to use all 4gb, then yes you need Vista.

Is it worth being able to use all 4GB ? Lets say you don't care? How many GB or MB of ram will you loose ?

You can use around 3.2GB of it. For XP you don't really need that much ram anyway. It's not like it can make use of it. Vista has Superfetch which will make use of all of your ram. It's why ignorant anti-vista trolls say Vista is a memory hog. It isn't, it just actually uses your ram instead of letting it sit there doing nothing.

The only problems with Vista are driver problems, and it's really not the fault of the OS. It's been a year now and Hauppauge has yet to release a working 64bit HVR-1600 driver. It's the only think keeping me on 32bit Vista. Needless to say I will never buy another Hauppauge product again.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
Another XP vote. Windows XP can only see 4gb of ram period - system ram and virtual ram. If you want it to see the full 4GB you will need to disable the pagefile.

Does this really work ? If so that would be awesome. Though would disabling the page file in windows xp effect anything ?