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DB7 · July 20th, 2008

Even if DirectX 10 was capable of being installed on XP, Microsoft would never do it as they want people to move onto Vista. Some enertrpising people might get it to run but it isn't worth the time or effort at the moment since most games still have a DX9 .exe even when installed on Vista.

But onto the subject of the thread, is Vista good or bad? Well I'm going to say good but not worth moving to if you are happy with XP.

On the times that I've used Vista I've been quite happy with it most of the time, being able to install most of my programs from XP (I needed a new version of Nero) and the only drivers for my hardware I needed to get were a new graphics driver and one for my Lexmark X1180.

The great problem with Vista for me is the new user interface, which is completely counter-intuitive for me, and the fact I am doing nothing on it that I can't do when my PC is running Windows XP.

I'd suggest sticking Vista on a virtual pc for a while and see if you can get accustomed to the new user interface because I think that will be the sticking point.

On another off-topic (kind of) point I find it quite amusing that people call Vista ME II, because that was another Microsoft operating system that I had few problems with, in fact I had less problems with Windows ME than I did with 98SE. I also had far more problem moving from ME to XP than I had moving from XP to Vista.

I think that because XP has been on the market for so long people have developed rose tinted glasses about how crap it was on launch. I still remember the problems XP had with USB modems before service pack one came out.

July 20th, 2008	#21 (permalink)
DB7 Miserable Bugger Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,061	Even if DirectX 10 was capable of being installed on XP, Microsoft would never do it as they want people to move onto Vista. Some enertrpising people might get it to run but it isn't worth the time or effort at the moment since most games still have a DX9 .exe even when installed on Vista. But onto the subject of the thread, is Vista good or bad? Well I'm going to say good but not worth moving to if you are happy with XP. On the times that I've used Vista I've been quite happy with it most of the time, being able to install most of my programs from XP (I needed a new version of Nero) and the only drivers for my hardware I needed to get were a new graphics driver and one for my Lexmark X1180. The great problem with Vista for me is the new user interface, which is completely counter-intuitive for me, and the fact I am doing nothing on it that I can't do when my PC is running Windows XP. I'd suggest sticking Vista on a virtual pc for a while and see if you can get accustomed to the new user interface because I think that will be the sticking point. On another off-topic (kind of) point I find it quite amusing that people call Vista ME II, because that was another Microsoft operating system that I had few problems with, in fact I had less problems with Windows ME than I did with 98SE. I also had far more problem moving from ME to XP than I had moving from XP to Vista. I think that because XP has been on the market for so long people have developed rose tinted glasses about how crap it was on launch. I still remember the problems XP had with USB modems before service pack one came out.