What edition of Windows do you have? Comparisons?

I want to know what edition of Windows XP or Vista you use? XP Home Edition, Media Center, what?

I bought Windows XP Home Edition with my new gaming system from Avadirect.com. I want to know how many other people are using the same OS as me. Oddball much? Heh.

How you found one Windows OS to be better than another?

I want to know what edition of Windows XP or Vista you use? XP Home Edition, Media Center, what?

I bought Windows XP Home Edition with my new gaming system from Avadirect.com. I want to know how many other people are using the same OS as me. Oddball much? Heh.

How you found one Windows OS to be better than another?

pseudonymph24

I use Vista Premium 64Bit!

Its great for gaming and i have no regrets.

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

I want to know what edition of Windows XP or Vista you use? XP Home Edition, Media Center, what?

I bought Windows XP Home Edition with my new gaming system from Avadirect.com. I want to know how many other people are using the same OS as me. Oddball much? Heh.

How you found one Windows OS to be better than another?

daytona_178

I use Vista Premium 64Bit!

Its great for gaming and i have no regrets.

Oh yeah? Cool. Does it currently have any real advantage over using an XP 32-bit OS though?

[QUOTE="daytona_178"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

I want to know what edition of Windows XP or Vista you use? XP Home Edition, Media Center, what?

I bought Windows XP Home Edition with my new gaming system from Avadirect.com. I want to know how many other people are using the same OS as me. Oddball much? Heh.

How you found one Windows OS to be better than another?

pseudonymph24

I use Vista Premium 64Bit!

Its great for gaming and i have no regrets.

Oh yeah? Cool. Does it currently have any real advantage over using an XP 32-bit OS though?

Well because its 64Bit i can use more than 3GB's RAM.

Also it just looks nicer.

XP is a little faster but its nothing massive.

I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.roulettethedog

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"][QUOTE="daytona_178"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

I want to know what edition of Windows XP or Vista you use? XP Home Edition, Media Center, what?

I bought Windows XP Home Edition with my new gaming system from Avadirect.com. I want to know how many other people are using the same OS as me. Oddball much? Heh.

How you found one Windows OS to be better than another?

daytona_178

I use Vista Premium 64Bit!

Its great for gaming and i have no regrets.

Oh yeah? Cool. Does it currently have any real advantage over using an XP 32-bit OS though?

Well because its 64Bit i can use more than 3GB's RAM.

Also it just looks nicer.

XP is a little faster but its nothing massive.

Yeah, I have 4gigs coming in my new rig, but I will still have 32-bit. I heard 32-bit can use up to 3gigs or something. I wonder if that extra gig I have will be resourceful to other parts of my PC though. Hmm. I can always upgrade if necessary later on though...

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.pseudonymph24

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.andyroo08

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Why on earth did you buy Ultimate?

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[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.daytona_178

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Why on earth did you buy Ultimate?

Delete your post immediately dude.You could get severely moderated for that.Spybot_9

Agreed!

ok it's edited:)

ok it's edited:)

andyroo08

LOL, the perfect crime!

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.andyroo08

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Oh okay, cool. How do you like it so far? I keep hearing Vista is a resource hog, but with 4gigs, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

[QUOTE="andyroo08"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.pseudonymph24

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Oh okay, cool. How do you like it so far? I keep hearing Vista is a resource hog, but with 4gigs, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

I have 2GB's with Vista and it runs very smoothly....although apparently if you have 4GB's it makes a bit of a difference.

[QUOTE="andyroo08"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.pseudonymph24

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Oh okay, cool. How do you like it so far? I keep hearing Vista is a resource hog, but with 4gigs, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

It's great, havn't had any problems with it after sp1. I only have 2gb of RAM and it runs fine, can't really notice much of a difference in performance since i was running XP.

Current OSes = XP Professional SP2, XP Home SP2 and Windows 2000.

The difference? XP can utilize quad cores, W2K can't. Thats about it. Performance-wise they're similar, though XP is more of a memory hog. XP Pro is better than XP Home at utilizing quads, so I keep the XP Home on my laptop (Pent M). Vista? I'm waiting for Windows 7. :roll:

Past OSes = DOS 6.0, DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE...

Bottom-line? Non-GUI OSes make me use my brain more...thank God for DOSSHELL... LOL!!! :lol:

Windows Vista 32-bit Business

It has all the features that Home Premium has, but some added components that I like for non-gaming App's like the MS Office Suite, for example, yet still has DirectX 10 for my gaming needs.

Maybe it's not a crime in his country?

Besides IMO there is nothing morally wrong in pirating windows.Microsoft deserves it.

Software has no material cost thus it's not stealing.

Spybot_9

That's laughable. Software has no material cost? You honestly believe that? What about the man hours involved, the toll free numbers, the packaging materials, the advertisement costs, the umpteen various department and infrastructure upkeep and costs, etc. the list goes on. I guess because you can't really touch Windows with your hand, it should be free. I mean honestly just because they spent a bunch of money and time on it, doesn't mean they should be compensated one dime.

Your logic needs repairing.

I got XP pro (32bit AND 64bit.. came with two cds and two CD keys) for 30 bucks...

Next semester my school will sell Vista Pro with 32bit and 64bit CD with two different CD keys for 30 bucks..

The good thing about being a college student is REAAAAALLY cheap software.

The only reason I have vista 32-bit business edition is because my college gives us a copy as part of school. So I agree with what you said.cyber360

[QUOTE="andyroo08"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

[QUOTE="roulettethedog"]I have xp home on my 160 gig drive and 32 bit Vista home premium on my 250 gig drive. Vista crashed after a power outage and I had to reformat both drives.:P I didn't back up stuff, but I still like Vista and use that drive almost 99% of the time.pseudonymph24

I was under the impression all Vista was 64-bit, no?

Just like XP, there is both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista, i'm using vista ultimate 32-bit.

Oh okay, cool. How do you like it so far? I keep hearing Vista is a resource hog, but with 4gigs, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

I have Vista and 6GB Ram and while playing games it can easily surpass 2GB usage.

No one answered my upgrade question though.

How easy is it to upgrade to a newer version of Windows on your own? I often hear of people having driver issues when doing so...

No one answered my upgrade question though.

How easy is it to upgrade to a newer version of Windows on your own? I often hear of people having driver issues when doing so...

pseudonymph24

32-bit XP => 32-bit Vista = easy. No problems.

32-bit XP/Vista => 64-bit XP/Vista = not recommended. Driver/program incompatibility issues.

If you choose to do the latter, you should dual boot with both OS's for optimum compatibility. If not, a full reformat is your best bet.

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

No one answered my upgrade question though.

How easy is it to upgrade to a newer version of Windows on your own? I often hear of people having driver issues when doing so...

luamhtrad

32-bit XP => 32-bit Vista = easy. No problems.

32-bit XP/Vista => 64-bit XP/Vista = not recommended. Driver/program incompatibility issues.

If you choose to do the latter, you should dual boot with both OS's for optimum compatibility. If not, a full reformat is your best bet.

Thank you for answering.

What are the disadvantages, if any, to having 32-bit vs 64-bit right now?

argggg, me windows is a....

nvm

What are the disadvantages, if any, to having 32-bit vs 64-bit right now? pseudonymph24

RAM, currently. As has been stated before, 32-bit OS's only have 4GB of addressable memory allocation. This includes any additional RAM to your system RAM including VRAM. To utilize more than 4GB of total memory, you have to use a 64-bit OS. Plus, 64-bit is the future of computing. Maybe not now, but more sooner than later (as it pertains to the technology timeline), 32-bit will be obsolete.

64 bit Vista Ultimate.

Can't wait for Windows 7.

64 bit Vista Ultimate.

Can't wait for Windows 7.

Sherpico

What's special about windows 7? From what i have seen it looks exactly like Vista.

Current OSes = XP Professional SP2, XP Home SP2 and Windows 2000.

The difference? XP can utilize quad cores, W2K can't. Thats about it. Performance-wise they're similar, though XP is more of a memory hog. XP Pro is better than XP Home at utilizing quads, so I keep the XP Home on my laptop (Pent M). Vista? I'm waiting for Windows 7. :roll:

Past OSes = DOS 6.0, DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE...

Bottom-line? Non-GUI OSes make me use my brain more...thank God for DOSSHELL... LOL!!! :lol:

Sentinel672002

[QUOTE="Sentinel672002"]

Current OSes = XP Professional SP2, XP Home SP2 and Windows 2000.

The difference? XP can utilize quad cores, W2K can't. Thats about it. Performance-wise they're similar, though XP is more of a memory hog. XP Pro is better than XP Home at utilizing quads, so I keep the XP Home on my laptop (Pent M). Vista? I'm waiting for Windows 7. :roll:

Past OSes = DOS 6.0, DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE...

Bottom-line? Non-GUI OSes make me use my brain more...thank God for DOSSHELL... LOL!!! :lol:

Trilvester

Thanks for the insightful replies, y'all.

64 bit Vista Ultimate.

Can't wait for Windows 7.

Sherpico

Hmm, when is Windows 7 supposed to debut?