my laptop should i use vista?

[ants83]

amd turion mk-36 2.0ghz 512kb l2 cache
radeon express 1100 gfx
12gb hd
2gb ddr2

any good?or stick with xp?

 

[Energize]

What would vista give you that xp doesn't?

 

[Amnesia]

would vista even install on a 12gb hd?

i wouldnt want vista especially on a laptop.....laptops lack power as it is so why stress them with vista

 

[BillytheImpaler]

XP all the way. Since that laptop wouldn't make use of the ACPI improvements in Vista you'll get better battery life out of XP.

 

[LabR@t]

ubuntu

 

[Hxc]

ubuntu

Hilarious.

 

[LabR@t]

Hilarious.

why exactly it has pretty good support and a notebook of that spec ain't going to be used for gamming. In my mind if its just for web and work ubuntu is a lot better than xp/vista.

 

[thehmsjellyfish]

Im sure that laptop has more than a 12gb hard drive.

 

[mattyrigby00]

i assume you mean 120gb hd?

 

[Dingleberry88]

nLite XP.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

why exactly it has pretty good support and a notebook of that spec ain't going to be used for gamming. In my mind if its just for web and work ubuntu is a lot better than xp/vista.

I quite agree.

 

[ants83]

120gb sorry
mabye xp would be best

 

[Hades]

Serious point here... I agree with Ubuntu unless it's going to be used for any kind of gaming (can that gfx card handle many modern games?), in which case go with XP.

 

[Kalpsn2000]

At the end of the day it probably depends on what you gonna use it for.

Gaming (assuming the radeon express 1100 gfx can handle (the latest) games) – then XP

Internet and work – then ubuntu

 

[Rainmaker]

If you do go with Ubuntu hang on for a couple of weeks and try 7.10, which will have better laptop support. OpenSuse 10.3 is out and has many improvements (including half the boot time of 10.2), and F7 is a safe bet too. Several distros have 'laptop modes', have a read around - you'll get more out of your hardware with Linux if you just want a work and web machine. Just thought I'd chip in