XP to Vista customization

[eits]

i just got a new netbook and it's badass... the only problem is that it doesn't run windows vista. anyone know any good xp to vista customization downloads?

 

[SickBeast]

You can hack the themes.dll file, and then I think it's called "Luna"; it's the best I've found and doesn't use any resources. Get version 5 of Luna if you can. It might be called "Luma". 😕

 

[bsobel]

Install W7 RC1

 

[eits]

i have a netbook... 1 gb ram. installing vista isn't advised and i highly doubt installing w7 rc1 would be a good idea either.

 

[tcsenter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_Transformation_Pack

Don't put anything important on the netbook until you've thoroughly tested it. I would give W7 RC a test drive first.

 

[SickBeast]

I would install Windows 7 RC way before I would install that crazy transformation pack. Even Ubuntu would be better. If you don't like how XP looks, there are the theme customizations I told you about, or else I would just use a different OS. If you're relying on 3rd party software to make it look like something it's going to eat up resources unnecessarily.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: eits
i have a netbook... 1 gb ram. installing vista isn't advised and i highly doubt installing w7 rc1 would be a good idea either.

W7 is being designed with netbooks in mind...

 

[California Roll]

I just got a Dell Mini 9. 2gb ram, 16gb ssd. It runs W7 amazingly well.

 

[SickBeast]

TBH Windows 7 and XP perform about the same. The only reason to get 7 is because you're so sick of XP at this point really. Until there are things that only Windows 7 will run, XP is just fine and people can save their money IMO. The beta is fun because it's free, but I doubt I would ever buy Windows 7. Linux is good enough to run as a daily OS, and XP can do the job for compatibility.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: eits
i have a netbook... 1 gb ram. installing vista isn't advised and i highly doubt installing w7 rc1 would be a good idea either.

1GB ram on my nforce 2 board,Win7 beta runs fine.