Vista + XP

XRaiderV1 · June 21st, 2008, 01:41 AM

vista: Bloatware in the extreme sense of the word.........I mean, how many processes does XP have going when it's finished starting up, versus the number vista has?

Athene · June 27th, 2008, 11:08 AM

I'm not fond of Vista myself. Way too many bugs. I work with computers for a living. I myself use XP and am happy with it. I haven't had to reload my OS.

Darrell Lawrence · June 27th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Question: If you bought a new PC, and it has Vista on it, would you DELETE Vista in favor of XP? OR would you do what I did?

XRaiderV1 · June 27th, 2008, 07:57 PM

probably either delete it or go dual boot.

Darrell Lawrence · June 27th, 2008, 08:09 PM

..umm That was my question... which of the two

I did the dual, which is the second half of the Q

The Q though was to Athene.

XRaiderV1 · June 28th, 2008, 03:14 AM

well, if given a choice, I'd prefer to go dual boot, but, that's just me.

StarshipTrooper · June 28th, 2008, 07:57 AM

Athene?

Darrell Lawrence · June 28th, 2008, 09:50 AM

Why are you laughing at Athene?

Athene · June 28th, 2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Warrior

..umm That was my question... which of the two

I did the dual, which is the second half of the Q

The Q though was to Athene.

*oops* I would probably delete Vista and go with XP until all the bugs of Vista are worked out.
I hope I answered that question right. My brain is rather fried today.

Athene · June 28th, 2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Warrior

Why are you laughing at Athene?

He's just teasing me! It's OK.

Darrell Lawrence · June 28th, 2008, 12:30 PM

And there in would be a huge problem

Delete Vista until it gets better would mean you'd have to BUY Vista (again) to re-install. Vista doesn't come with install disks. It comes on a partition on the hard drive.

A dual boot means you can leave it there and not use it until Vista is stable

StarshipTrooper · June 28th, 2008, 05:05 PM

I think Darrell is teasing both of us, and doing various poses in his uniform to boot...

Darrell Lawrence · June 28th, 2008, 06:05 PM

Moi? Posing? HA!

StarshipTrooper · June 28th, 2008, 06:11 PM

*Looks up at Darrell on the roof of the guard shack and squints his eyes*

Is that a cup below the belt!?

Athene · June 28th, 2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior

And there in would be a huge problem

Delete Vista until it gets better would mean you'd have to BUY Vista (again) to re-install. Vista doesn't come with install disks. It comes on a partition on the hard drive.

A dual boot means you can leave it there and not use it until Vista is stable

I also back up Vista and other OS's on disk. I have done that quite a lot. I can do that in my sleep.

I'm a computer tech/instructor/IT. I eat sleep and breathe computer. Been in the computer field for 30 years. I'm known as "The Computer Guru "

I've also done the dual boot myself.

StarshipTrooper · June 28th, 2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Athene

I'm known as "The Computer Guru "

Very, very true. But I'm never going to call you that...

...unless you ask me to.

Should we toss a few tomatoes at Darrell up there?

Darrell Lawrence · June 28th, 2008, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Athene

I also back up Vista and other OS's on disk. I have done that quite a lot.

Well, that's good! Especially if you have a disk that can hold the entire Vista restore info, if you have deleted it off its partition.

Athene · June 29th, 2008, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by StarshipTrooper

Very, very true. But I'm never going to call you that...

...unless you ask me to.

Should we toss a few tomatoes at Darrell up there?

THANK YOU!

*no...we do not throw tomatoes at Darrell...he's my friend*

Athene · June 29th, 2008, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior

Well, that's good! Especially if you have a disk that can hold the entire Vista restore info, if you have deleted it off its partition.

Glad you think so!

StarshipTrooper · June 29th, 2008, 09:12 PM

*Now that Darrell is done diverting us, Starbuck pulls out his bag of olive branches and counts how many he has left*

Darrell Lawrence · June 29th, 2008, 10:13 PM

That cow over there ate the branches.

StarshipTrooper · June 29th, 2008, 10:32 PM

Youch!

*Thinks he just got hoofed on the head*

Athene · June 30th, 2008, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StarshipTrooper

Youch!

*Thinks he just got hoofed on the head*

oh..dear

*starts to laugh and has to hide from Starbuck*

StarshipTrooper · June 30th, 2008, 10:33 PM

*Starbuck closes his bag with an indeterminate number of olive branches, pulls out a water balloon, and promptly chases Athene*

Darrell Lawrence · June 30th, 2008, 11:11 PM

How the heck did this get turned into a flirting thread?

StarshipTrooper · June 30th, 2008, 11:33 PM

You know, one thing I've always liked about you Darrell is your ability to set boundaries!

*Stops kissing up to Darrell, and continues to chase Athene*

XRaiderV1 · July 1st, 2008, 09:02 AM

I have absolutely no idea what's going on.............

Athene · July 1st, 2008, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior

How the heck did this get turned into a flirting thread?

Can we please get back on topic? Thanks!

Now...we're supposed to be talking about Vista + XP.

Right? Darrell.

StarshipTrooper · July 2nd, 2008, 09:45 AM

Might watch Alicia Silverstone in Clueless.

*Just teasing...*

I like Vista, and it continues to get better now that Service Pack 1 has been released. But I always like to compare Vista to the psycho ex-girlfriend analogy: Pretty on the outside (Aero Glass GUI), but something entirely different on the inside (Product Protection Platform anti-piracy technology).

That's on-topic for the most part, right?

Darrell Lawrence · July 2nd, 2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StarshipTrooper

Might watch Alicia Silverstone in Clueless.

I am starting to wonder about you, man...