Vista vs. XP

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: stealthc
that sure the heck was a long repost.... ummm let's just say Ubuntu is more legitimate of an Operating system than Vista. It has all of it's features and eye candy, perhaps only needing a few volunteers to work out a handful more bugs in an upcoming distro. Linux usage has doubled over the past year. Expect it to double over the next 6 months again. Think Vista is *that* great? It's what is going to kill Microsoft's operating system monopoly. Microsoft sure did pick a bad time to make Vista, right when Ubuntu is so close to making something cohesive enough to kill M$. People have been touting for years that Linux is going to win eventually, and thanks to Vista, that day will come much sooner now. I got one of those "Vista Capable" laptops too, looks like I'll be more than happy to wait for that class action suit, I'll save my receipt and send it in so I can join because their marketing is a bait and switch and there's no fighting it (they forgot the * next to the word capable, or rather had they not intended on being deceptive it would be Vista Basic Capable). Either way they seriously shot themselves in the foot, and I'll be more than happy to join in to see them out of the operating system market.
The only reason why I'd keep XP is because I like doing some things in it, such as working with photoshop and audio software, which I don't think I'll do in Linux due to POOR 3rd party app support; but don't kid yourself software makers are going to be taking further heed to Linux's furtherly increasing user-base.
And I'll be doing my part as well. It is Linux users that are inducting angry Vista users, and I'll be inducting a whole slew of people to the world of Linux myself. WInning me over will get another couple dozen people using Linux, and both of my computers. I happen to have 6 people I'm planning to upgrade to Linux over the next week I think that's a good start. Once I bring my laptop over and show them all the cool things I got loaded and working perfectly on it they will be begging me to switch them over. And yes I'm going to be taking advantage of using my laptop in public places so that people can have a look and judge for themselves. The biggest problem with linux is marketing, how many linux units you see sitting around best buy? Microsoft has done nothing good for us but tell manufacturers to release models exclusively with their operating system on it. Just try and buy a laptop nowadays without a copy of windows XP or Vista on it.....let me know if you see any out there (LOL).... I'd imagine the percentage that there are, is quite significantly smaller of a ratio than actual install-base.

P.S. I've heard through the grapevine, that Acer is still doing 10 copies of XP for every 1 of Vista for their box's and laptops.

***YAWN*** Wake me when they release Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe FrameMaker, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and many other apps I use every day. Till then, Sorry, I got work to do.

GOD, I get sick of Linux drum-bangers. You're worse than the Mac OS people.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: JesseKnows

Probably due to a bug in the Nvidia driver for Vista. The 8 series has new features that remove the rendering from the CPU. The 6 series still requires the CPU to render.

I used the FX6200 because I needed a low profile AGP and that was the one I could find.

Nvidia probably is not concentrating as hard on getting the Vista driver on the 6 series on par with XP since most Vista users will be using 8 series cards.

I guess this reinforces the notice to potential Vista users with older hardware: be ready to get abandoned.

The CPU is actually an Athlon XP 2700+ (I misremembered when I wrote before), but it's still a low end box.

Yeah, inevitably with change comes some pain.

Totally legit observations in any case by you. I'm not surprised XP worked better than Vista in that context. Now your HTPC can go run HD content for you for five years. Very clever. Congrats on a cheap solution! You should probably post your description and techniques in a new thread somewhere. I'd read it.

 

[Sir Anonymous]

Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Apparently nobody remembers how bad it was when Windows XP first came out. And how much of a pain Service Pack 2 was. Vista is no different.

Vista isn't a failure, and never was. Swallow that. 1000 reviews on the 'Internets' won't change the fact that many manufacturers have switched to it and were in full swing when it was released. Businesses are on the top of the list of those that haven't adapted to Windows Vista. If you remember, the same thing happened with Windows XP. Nothing has changed, it's a rough start everytime.


This thread should be locked up. These complaints are a bit too redundant. Show sup maybe once a day, and should be locked out of habit.

+1 on the realization that there should have only been a 64-bit version if Vista. The new generation thrives off of more than just 3.5GB of RAM.

I have to say, excellent post.

For additional amusement....

In 2009, the MS OS Exoticname is released. Here is a post by someone in Anandtech Forums regarding Exoticname:

Exoticname is a failure. Way too many bugs, too much memory usage, and the drivers don't work. I am sticking with Vista, it's old, relliable, and SP3 is coming out soon. Why spend rediculous amounts of money on another Microsoft blunder? Remember how cheap Vista was? I spent almost nothing on Vista and it works fabulously!