Many still using XP?

[swinnie]

I've got XP on my desktop, but Vista on my laptop.

I much prefer Vista. It works a lot better in my opinion to how XP did. Yes, there are some downsides, like I find audio a pain, but I think that is down to drivers rather than the operating system.

Using XP on my desktop, and on other machines really highlights the features that I really miss from Vista, such as the way it handles the start menu, search feature in the start menu (I just use it for finding applications).

On any new machine I buy, I will definitely be getting Vista, and when Windows 7 comes along I will be getting that on any new computer. However, I wouldn't necessarily consider upgrading a current installation to Vista.

 

[Margaret]

XP runs a lot faster and better on the higher spec PC's rather than it running vista.

lol?

 

[romperstomper]

That is probably THE worst reason for not going Vista.

Huh

If you read loads of poor reviews about somthing and then buy it anyway that would be pretty stupid .

 

[Royal Fleet]

When I upgraded to XP it was from ME - now THAT was a reason to upgrade. Right now I'm thinking I'll probably skip Vista entirely.

Oh God yes. ME was just awful. It was the only time I have bought an OS outside of a new machine, and very glad I did.

I have Vista on my HTPC (mainly for the sleep mode), and to be honest, there is nothing in it that would make we want to spend the money on Vista for everything else. Sure it looks nicer and has some useful functions, but there is not enough there to make we want to invest the money, or more importantly time to learn it to the extent I would want on my main rig. I will wait for Windows 7 I think.

 

[Mr-White]

i was until i became broke, currently using a trial of server 2003

MW

 

[Burnsy2023]

Huh

If you read loads of poor reviews about somthing and then buy it anyway that would be pretty stupid .

Not in this case. There is a lot of misinformation about Vista and most of the stuff out there is biased opinion.

 

[TheMagic1an]

I haven't used XP in over a year, i still like it tho, but i find Vista a better overall OS.

 

[Phil2008]

i don't hate vista at all

on my gaming machine i'm still using XP64, as i only have a 8800gt, so need to squeeze every last drop out of DX9 , since it can't really handle DX10

i have Vista on my work and Media pcs

you prob wont see any fps loss between xp and vista. That was my excuse for not using vista, and it was true about a yr ago cos my 1900xt ran crysis much better in xp then vista. But drivers and vista has improved quite a lot since then, and now theres no diff between them on the gaming front

Oh yeah I upgraded to vista last march.

 

[Luke]

Still running XP on my EEE PC 701

Same here.
I do run Vista on one general use laptop though, but XP on my gaming laptop.

 

[Phil2008]

XP runs a lot faster and better on the higher spec PC's rather than it running vista.

Everything loads instantly on my vista machine, even when it needs to pull stuff off the hdd. I grant you I havent used xp on my system, but I think xp would be slower

 

[.Sean]

I'm on XP right now but I used Vista for about a month and loved it. The only reason I went back to XP was because a few things weren't working correctly and had no fix at the time.

I've decided I'll not install Vista again, but instead use Windows 7 when it comes out.

 

[linktoinsanity]

...organizing the start menu alphabetically is so annoying on XP! Vista did it automatically.

Right-click -> Sort by Name , that difficult?

Personally I have both vista and xp. I tried vista for a couple of months, but due to IE7 constantly freezing at random times for no apparent reason i switched back to xp as my main os. It seems much snappier in xp and red alert 1 runs much better! Vista is a reasonable OS, but I just prefer xp much more!

 

[slowrunner]

Still have XP on my old base unit (thoroughbred XP2400+) but it only gets used when I need to look up a part number for the cars (parts catalouge wont run on vista full stop). Vista 64 in the new rig only took a few days to get used to, and that was mainly working out were things had been moved to.

 

[Red_knight]

Base unit runs XP home - Vista was really new when I got it, and experience has shown to stay away from new OSes until SP 1. New laptop has Vista 64 home premium and seems to run pretty well - main issue has been working out where it puts stuff and how it does things compared to XP.

No intention to change the OS on the desktop, but I won't jump through unnecessary hoops to avoid Vista if I do a full replacement rather than a component by component job.

Oh, emailiscrap - Serv - cool. I'm one of the Kent riders.

 

[Ben643]

I still use XP on my laptop. Vista on my PC though, really like it.

 

[Craigius]

Im still using XP but i am looking to move over to Vista

 

[4T5]

I have XP Home on my games system & Lappy & Vista Ultimate on my other Tower, I am on XP 99% of the time. My Vista tower has a purpose though & it is Very good at what it does. I just have XP ingrained in my blood & can't be arsed to learn Vista like I know XP as I don't only use my systems I game on them. My XP tweaks are second nature to me where as with Vista it takes me time & effort & I have to think.
Basically why bother thinking when there is no need





/Lazy *******.

 

[FMF]

I'm using XP. I have no problems with it performance wise and DX10 is not really that great from what I've seen. Thus I haven't seen the need to change, I probably wont till game developers stop supporting it.

 

[thevet]

re

built a new pc in december 08 and vista works great..i have no problems whatsoever..i will not be going back to xp

 

[hamesy]

I'm still running xp. I have got a copy of Vista which I will probably install when I next format my machine. Although I may hold out for Windows 7.