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CForever · July 22nd, 2008

Alright guys, I've been seeing alot of things go back and forth here, alot of which is pretty damn correct (And that which hasn't been... was shot down promptly XD) I use Vista Ultimate on my new Dell Inspiron 530 (1GB RAM, 1.8 Dual with 8m L2 Cache, nVidia 6300GS)
And I haven't had too many problems. I've had random ethernet crashes, but whether I could attribute that to Vista itself or the drivers/hardware having it's own issues is up in the air. Every now and then Aero crashes, but that is why I turned it off, NOT BECAUSE IT EATS SYSTEM MEMORY/GRAPHIC MEMORY. I wouldn't want to play games on it, not because it won't run them (I haven't had trouble running ALOT of things), but because I do feel like I would be running my processor and RAM harder than is necessary w/out turning certain services off (UAC and Aero being good examples) I am a certified MCP and MCTS (WinXP and Vista), and have spent quite an amount of time on identical computers with either (or both) operating systems on them, and in the end the idle differences are negligible (2% [XP] as opposed to 5% [Vista] CPU power on my Inspiron 530 according to TaskManager, and 0% [XP] and 4% [Vista] on my Latitude D620) I was opposed to Vista when it first came out, mainly because of the re-arrangement of explorer and some administrative tools. Whether it be XP or Vista on a home computer, I say you should stick with what you LIKE. SP1 for Vista fixed quite a few bugs, and since has given very few home users any trouble at all. So, go with what you like, and if you haven't had a chance to fiddle with Vista, then find a friend who has it and ask them if you can poke around their HDD.

July 22nd, 2008	#74 (permalink)
CForever Chancellor of Chronopolis Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA/Indiana Posts: 3	Alright guys, I've been seeing alot of things go back and forth here, alot of which is pretty damn correct (And that which hasn't been... was shot down promptly XD) I use Vista Ultimate on my new Dell Inspiron 530 (1GB RAM, 1.8 Dual with 8m L2 Cache, nVidia 6300GS) And I haven't had too many problems. I've had random ethernet crashes, but whether I could attribute that to Vista itself or the drivers/hardware having it's own issues is up in the air. Every now and then Aero crashes, but that is why I turned it off, NOT BECAUSE IT EATS SYSTEM MEMORY/GRAPHIC MEMORY. I wouldn't want to play games on it, not because it won't run them (I haven't had trouble running ALOT of things), but because I do feel like I would be running my processor and RAM harder than is necessary w/out turning certain services off (UAC and Aero being good examples) I am a certified MCP and MCTS (WinXP and Vista), and have spent quite an amount of time on identical computers with either (or both) operating systems on them, and in the end the idle differences are negligible (2% [XP] as opposed to 5% [Vista] CPU power on my Inspiron 530 according to TaskManager, and 0% [XP] and 4% [Vista] on my Latitude D620) I was opposed to Vista when it first came out, mainly because of the re-arrangement of explorer and some administrative tools. Whether it be XP or Vista on a home computer, I say you should stick with what you LIKE. SP1 for Vista fixed quite a few bugs, and since has given very few home users any trouble at all. So, go with what you like, and if you haven't had a chance to fiddle with Vista, then find a friend who has it and ask them if you can poke around their HDD.