Vista + XP

[XRaiderV1]

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]

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]

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]

probably either delete it or go dual boot.

[Darrell Lawrence]

..umm That was my question... which of the two :LOL: I did the dual, which is the second half of the Q ;)

The Q though was to Athene.

[XRaiderV1]

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

[StarshipTrooper]

Athene?

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

Why are you laughing at Athene?

[Athene]

..umm That was my question... which of the two :LOL: 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. :blink:

[Athene]

Why are you laughing at Athene?

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

[Darrell Lawrence]

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]

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

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

Moi? Posing? HA!

[StarshipTrooper]

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

Is that a cup below the belt!?

:rotf:

[Athene]

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 " :D

I've also done the dual boot myself.

[StarshipTrooper]

I'm known as "The Computer Guru " :D

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

...unless you ask me to.

:salute:

Should we toss a few tomatoes at Darrell up there?

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

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]

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

...unless you ask me to.

:salute:

Should we toss a few tomatoes at Darrell up there?

:rotf:

THANK YOU! :salute:

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

[Athene]

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! :salute:

[StarshipTrooper]

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

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

That cow over there ate the branches.

[StarshipTrooper]

Youch!

*Thinks he just got hoofed on the head*

:erk:

[Athene]

Youch!

*Thinks he just got hoofed on the head*

:erk:

oh..dear :blink:

*starts to laugh and has to hide from Starbuck* :duck:

[StarshipTrooper]

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

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

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

[StarshipTrooper]

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

:rotf:

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

[XRaiderV1]

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

[Athene]

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

:rotf:

Can we please get back on topic? Thanks! :salute:

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

Right? Darrell. ;)

[StarshipTrooper]

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?

:rotf:

[Darrell Lawrence]

Might watch Alicia Silverstone in Clueless.
I am starting to wonder about you, man... :LOL:

[XRaiderV1]

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

I think, at this point, we all are............

[Athene]

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?

:rotf:

:D

I think you're back on topic. :cool:
Still don't like Vista much myself.
Will wait and see. :duck:

[Athene]

I think, at this point, we all are............

Me too! :D :rotf:

ahem....*cough* now back on to the topic :duck:

[XRaiderV1]

once you turn off aero and UAC, and implement a few tweaks, vista runs pretty darn good, helps to have a 2.0 ghz dual core processor, and 3gb of ram, of course.

and, for the record, a dedicated 3d card of some caliber is a definite MUST, for best results.

under the hood, its surprising how much of XP survived when they coded vista.