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#1 SaintLeonidas
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I bought a new laptop this christmas and Im allowed to get a free upgrade to Vista, should i do it?
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#2 gameboi_92
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I heard you can only rum 3 programs at a time....
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#3 freakyzeeky1986
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Unless you really want it... you should wait a bit so that any bugs would be ironed out
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#4 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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I think it is a big resource hog.  I'd give it a little time.
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#5 sandlot76
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if you do, buy a new hard drive so that you can switch between OS.  If you're a power laptop user, then VISTA isn't stable enough for you.  If you're a basic user then it will be alright.  We have it and have found many problems with it and are very... "meh" about it right now
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#6 DJ_Lae
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I heard you can only rum 3 programs at a time....gameboi_92

I need a little cartoon double-take smiley.

I don't think that's true...that sounds more like a Windows 3.0 limitation or something equally old.

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#7 Cyrax-Sektor
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Personally, no. I'm good with XP. It's just been released and as always, nothing's flawless. Wait a little for bugs to be fixed and prices to drop.
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#8 SolidSnake35
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No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...
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#9 iangrima
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I bought a new laptop this christmas and Im allowed to get a free upgrade to Vista, should i do it?SaintLeonidas
Its free why not...
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#10 jamjam17
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I heard you can only rum 3 programs at a time....gameboi_92
I think 3 rums is enough for anybody.
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#11 Bidiot
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Depends: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno
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#13 IrishPunk
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Yes. Vista is superior to XP, and if you are getting it for free I don't see any reason not to. If any of the programs you use are not compatible yet, tthey will be shortly.

I heard you can only rum 3 programs at a time....gameboi_92


That is only true for the starter edition which is not availible in North America, Europe, or Austrialia.
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#14 mimic-Denmark
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No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...SolidSnake35

Alba properly uses Windows like every other normal human being :)

But use XP if you are a gamer, and Vista if you uhhhhm if you want hmm if you want ARRRRR i dont know, dx10? which you not gonna get to use very much for many years because current consoles are dx9 and most pc games gets ported down to those family machines, and better sercurity, well how many people have seriously had that many secuirty problems in xp??? Stability, personally xp never crashes on me, and its the truth if a program screws with me that its quick ctlr-alt-delete and your problem is solved. Better performance then XP, NOPE Vista is a resourse hog.

How many fanboys did i shoot with that post ;)

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If you like what you see here then sure go for it http://youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwn
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#16 IrishPunk
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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...mimic-Denmark

Alba properly uses Windows like every other normal human being :)

But use XP if you are a gamer, and Vista if you uhhhhm if you want hmm if you want ARRRRR i dont know, dx10? which you not gonna get to use very much for many years because current consoles are dx9 and most pc games gets ported down to those family machines, and better sercurity, well how many people have seriously had that many secuirty problems in xp??? Stability, personally xp never crashes on me, and its the truth if a program screws with me that its quick ctlr-alt-delete and your problem is solved. Better performance then XP, NOPE Vista is a resourse hog.

How many fanboys did i shoot with that post ;)



Don't listen to this guy.
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#17 DJ-PRIME90
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yes.
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Personally, no. I'm good with XP. It's just been released and as always, nothing's flawless. Wait a little for bugs to be fixed and prices to drop.Cyrax-Sektor


That's the way I feel about Vista. I'm probably not going to get it until I buy a new computer in 2-4 years.
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It's just been released and as always, nothing's flawless. Wait a little for bugs to be fixed and prices to drop.Cyrax-Sektor
I'd have to agree with that, wait for the bugs to be gone. I have XP now and I'm planning on getting Vista soon as well but I'm waiting for the smoke to blow over and for all the mishapes to be fixed before really getting it.
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#21 mimic-Denmark
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[QUOTE="mimic-Denmark"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...IrishPunk

Alba properly uses Windows like every other normal human being :)

But use XP if you are a gamer, and Vista if you uhhhhm if you want hmm if you want ARRRRR i dont know, dx10? which you not gonna get to use very much for many years because current consoles are dx9 and most pc games gets ported down to those family machines, and better sercurity, well how many people have seriously had that many secuirty problems in xp??? Stability, personally xp never crashes on me, and its the truth if a program screws with me that its quick ctlr-alt-delete and your problem is solved. Better performance then XP, NOPE Vista is a resourse hog.

How many fanboys did i shoot with that post ;)



Don't listen to this guy.

And why not??? I wasnt lying...

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[QUOTE="IrishPunk"][QUOTE="mimic-Denmark"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...mimic-Denmark

Alba properly uses Windows like every other normal human being :)

But use XP if you are a gamer, and Vista if you uhhhhm if you want hmm if you want ARRRRR i dont know, dx10? which you not gonna get to use very much for many years because current consoles are dx9 and most pc games gets ported down to those family machines, and better sercurity, well how many people have seriously had that many secuirty problems in xp??? Stability, personally xp never crashes on me, and its the truth if a program screws with me that its quick ctlr-alt-delete and your problem is solved. Better performance then XP, NOPE Vista is a resourse hog.

How many fanboys did i shoot with that post ;)



Don't listen to this guy.

And why not??? I wasnt lying...

You didn't provide any evidence backing it up, you just made random claims. For example "XP runs fine for me", doesn't mean it runs fine for everyone else. Ctrl-alt-delete doesn't solve everything, recently Opera started randomly freezing (due to a duplicate QuickTime plugin, but that's another story) and ctrl+alt+delete did nothing, as it wouldn't load, nor would any other app, and I had to reset my computer.
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#23 jm4847
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I bought a new laptop this christmas and Im allowed to get a free upgrade to Vista, should i do it?SaintLeonidas
You just answered your own question. I'm using Vista and it's totally worth it.
I heard you can only rum 3 programs at a time....gameboi_92
You heard lies, ALL LIES!
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I think it is a big resource hog. I'd give it a little time.sonicare
Agreed
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[QUOTE="mimic-Denmark"][QUOTE="IrishPunk"][QUOTE="mimic-Denmark"]

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]No. Get Mac OS X. It actually works...EJ902

Alba properly uses Windows like every other normal human being :)

But use XP if you are a gamer, and Vista if you uhhhhm if you want hmm if you want ARRRRR i dont know, dx10? which you not gonna get to use very much for many years because current consoles are dx9 and most pc games gets ported down to those family machines, and better sercurity, well how many people have seriously had that many secuirty problems in xp??? Stability, personally xp never crashes on me, and its the truth if a program screws with me that its quick ctlr-alt-delete and your problem is solved. Better performance then XP, NOPE Vista is a resourse hog.

How many fanboys did i shoot with that post ;)



Don't listen to this guy.

And why not??? I wasnt lying...

You didn't provide any evidence backing it up, you just made random claims. For example "XP runs fine for me", doesn't mean it runs fine for everyone else. Ctrl-alt-delete doesn't solve everything, recently Opera started randomly freezing (due to a duplicate QuickTime plugin, but that's another story) and ctrl+alt+delete did nothing, as it wouldn't load, nor would any other app, and I had to reset my computer.

Look on toms hardware site or other hardware review sites, they all confirm that vista takes some fps from you and make your games slower, plus the fact that xp has all the drivers they need is working perfecly with that, so why upgrade to a new OS that hasnt very good drivers yet. And the opera part i cant comment on because i have always used internet explorer and never had a single problem.

If you can handle your computer great and have it updated with the newest drivers then xp wont make any problems.  An OS shoudnt be responsible for your lack of care.

Plus vista has a lot of copyright issues with stuff, and i want all my things to run without any problem.

I dont give a rats ass about vistas new graphics interface, i dont want a shiny OS i want an OS that runs all my things great, and right now XP is still on the front in that department.

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#26 deactivated-5b4bf92fc902e
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I would, I like the newest stuff. At the moment, I'm still waiting for my Vista rebate.
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#27 EJ902
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Look on toms hardware site or other hardware review sites, they all confirm that vista takes some fps from you and make your games slower, plus the fact that xp has all the drivers they need is working perfecly with that, so why upgrade to a new OS that hasnt very good drivers yet. And the opera part i cant comment on because i have always used internet explorer and never had a single problem.

If you can handle your computer great and have it updated with the newest drivers then xp wont make any problems.  An OS shoudnt be responsible for your lack of care.

Plus vista has a lot of copyright issues with stuff, and i want all my things to run without any problem.

I dont give a rats ass about vistas new graphics interface, i dont want a shiny OS i want an OS that runs all my things great, and right now XP is still on the front in that department.

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I've heard mixed reports regarding Vista's performance, some say it runs well, some say it runs awfully. I'll just wait and see when I get it (I intend to keep XP, plus I'm not the one paying for it :P). The point I was trying to make initially was your lack of evidence, I wasn't questioning whether you were right or wrong. Now you've suggested some sources there is no problem here. The Opera problem I fixed by uninstalling Quick-Time (should re-install it at some point), I was only using it as an example of ctrl+alt+del is rendered useless at some points.