Vista v. Windows

[OSUCowboy]

With this new os coming out, I'm just curious as to what the changes and improvements are over the Windows series. In essence, what makes Vista with getting?

Thanks.

 

[Blain]

Haul this over to the OS forum

 

[xitshsif]

You're talking about Windows Vista vs. Windows XP, right?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Where have you been for the last 6 months?

Wrong forum.

 

[OSUCowboy]

Sorry all, totally forgot to switch forums, I'm been in hardware for so long. Consider the topic closed.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: xitshsif
You're talking about Windows Vista vs. Windows XP, right?

Agreed. The OP's topic title is a bit redundant. You should really spend a bit more time writing up your topics when creating new ones. Two sentence topics with typos in the wrong forum usually don't make for good discussion material. However, since this is the first topic I clicked on and I haven't visited my favorite forum (General Discussion) in quite some time, I'll do my best with what's given.

To answer your question, essentially Windows Vista (Ultimate, anyway) adds high system requirements (read: ~800MB idle RAM usage for Vista Ultimate says my friend on the computing staff at BGSU), and a more aesthetically pleasing GUI.

Before people start flaming me for how I didn't mention all of the security improvements or built in capabilities, let me offer a "pre-rebuttal". For an advanced Windows XP user, security is not a problem. For an advanced Windows XP user, anything built in to Vista can be found for XP from a third party source. Yes, XP will take a bit of knowledge and effort to make it on par with Vista in security and integrated features, however, it is also a mature OS that won't have as many flaws as Vista will have until service packs are released. It is also something that an advanced user is intimately familiar with and a user like me knows pretty much every little detail about the operating system. I am not just out to toot my own horn, BTW.

For me, Vista will be something I will install on an extra partition on my computer for "novelty" until it becomes mature enough to really replace XP. Love it or hate it, XP is what we know and what we are good with. Why switch to Vista for an improved GUI and leave so much to question? Bah, maybe I'm just cynical, but that's my take on it.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: OSUCowboy
Sorry all, totally forgot to switch forums, I'm been in hardware for so long. Consider the topic closed.

C'mon BOLt - RTFP!

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: OSUCowboy
Sorry all, totally forgot to switch forums, I'm been in hardware for so long. Consider the topic closed.

C'mon BOLt - RTFP!

Actually, I started writing my post before he had posted that. I finished about five minutes after he posted that.

Yes, I know it took me a long time to write my post, but I tend to let my mind (and cursor) wander to other windows when I am writing something rather lengthy and involved on a forum.

So, corkyg, c'mon - RTFTS (read the fcuking timestamp)!