What edition of Windows do you have? Comparisons?

[QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

Thanks for the clarification about upgrading my Windows OS guys, thanks.

With Clean Install, does it just backup the system files, or everything like my documents and pictures, etc? If not, I know I can just put those things on my External HD.

SP3 was only released a couple days ago, huh? I hope my new computer will be shipped with that.

pseudonymph24

It backs up system files and everything in my documents so pictures and whatever is backed up. I didn't know computers still ship with XP. Do you plan on buying Vista? I think your PC should come with it because you don't get a discount by chosing the soon to be discontinued OS.

If I were to upgrade to Vista, I would be more comfortable doing a clean install and letting it reformat my harddrive; I'd have all my important documents and such backed up on my External HD. I just hate dealing with driver issues.

I bought my new rig from Avadirect. It is custom-built, and yes, they still offer different editions of XP, including 64-bit versions, which I opted not to get.

Why not have it ship with Vista? I am sure there is no price difference.

[QUOTE="pseudonymph24"][QUOTE="Deihmos"][QUOTE="pseudonymph24"]

Thanks for the clarification about upgrading my Windows OS guys, thanks.

With Clean Install, does it just backup the system files, or everything like my documents and pictures, etc? If not, I know I can just put those things on my External HD.

SP3 was only released a couple days ago, huh? I hope my new computer will be shipped with that.

Deihmos

It backs up system files and everything in my documents so pictures and whatever is backed up. I didn't know computers still ship with XP. Do you plan on buying Vista? I think your PC should come with it because you don't get a discount by chosing the soon to be discontinued OS.

If I were to upgrade to Vista, I would be more comfortable doing a clean install and letting it reformat my harddrive; I'd have all my important documents and such backed up on my External HD. I just hate dealing with driver issues.

I bought my new rig from Avadirect. It is custom-built, and yes, they still offer different editions of XP, including 64-bit versions, which I opted not to get.

Why not have it ship with Vista? I am sure there is no price difference.

There IS a price difference to my knowledge, but more importantly, the things I'm hearing about Vista doesn't make me comfortable enough to get it at the moment. Plus, the particular game I will be playing on my new PC runs a lot faster on XP versus Vista, as I've heard from numerous sources who've tried running it on Vista and XP. I'm content with my decision to stick with XP for now.

I just checked that site and they charge extra to get Vista but with no OS they take $160.00 off. You can get Vista for 89.99 so I would chose the no OS option.

It really doesn't matter which OS you use but i can tell you that Vista is a lot better. There are some really good features that make it faster and more productive than using XP. XP came out in 2001 and there are so many things it doesn't do well as a result. The whole gaming thing is really a non issue. Drivers are constantly being released and basically they both will play games pretty much the same. No one can tell the difference between 50 fps vs 45. It's up to you though.

I just checked that site and they charge extra to get Vista but with no OS they take $160.00 off. You can get Vista for 89.99 so I would chose the no OS option.

It really doesn't matter which OS you use but i can tell you that Vista is a lot better. There are some really good features that make it faster and more productive than using XP. XP came out in 2001 and there are so many things it doesn't do well as a result. The whole gaming thing is really a non issue. Drivers are constantly being released and basically they both will play games pretty much the same. No one can tell the difference between 50 fps vs 45. It's up to you though.

Deihmos

Mind posting your specs for me? I'm just curious.

what game are you wanting to play pseudo?floridaskater05

The Sims 2...and every simmer I encounter tells me to stay away from Vista as far as the game is concerned.

[QUOTE="floridaskater05"]what game are you wanting to play pseudo?pseudonymph24

The Sims 2...and every simmer I encounter tells me to stay away from Vista as far as the game is concerned.

I've read that as well...especially 64bit Vista.

1 question, why is everybod so sure that the next windows will be this wonderful thing. Or are Windows versions only liked when they are way off in the future, or just about to lose support.

I am willing to bet that when the next windows come out, we will hear the same crap as we are now, just replace XP with Vista, and Vista with Windows 7. I can hear it now "Why would you get Windows 7, it is such a resource hog over Vista, and Vista does everything I need it to, I am just gonna wait until Windows 8 comes out" Yup, that what it's gonna sound like

1 question, why is everybod so sure that the next windows will be this wonderful thing. Or are Windows versions only liked when they are way off in the future, or just about to lose support.

I am willing to bet that when the next windows come out, we will hear the same crap as we are now, just replace XP with Vista, and Vista with Windows 7. I can hear it now "Why would you get Windows 7, it is such a resource hog over Vista, and Vista does everything I need it to, I am just gonna wait until Windows 8 comes out" Yup, that what it's gonna sound like

opamando

I don't think anyone is sure Windows 7 will be wonderful. They hope it'll be wonderful. They hope it's better than Vista. They hope Microsoft won't repeat the mistakes they've made in the past. In the end, the performance of the OS will determine whether, or not it is liked. If Windows 7 is buggy, bloated, slow and filled with MS spyware, then yes, people will complain.

Vista 32bit is the way to go at this point. 64bit will be beneficial when there are actual 64bit software and at this point they are very few. The 64bit version will have issues because it emulates the 32bit environment and in some cases it doesn't always work well.Using 32bit might actually be faster since your programs are operating in their native environment.Deihmos

Umm as far as I know there is no emulation done on Vista x64 with reguards to 32-bit applications. I don't know were you heard that from.

I might be interested in dual booting. Did you set that up yourself?

[QUOTE="Deihmos"]Vista 32bit is the way to go at this point. 64bit will be beneficial when there are actual 64bit software and at this point they are very few. The 64bit version will have issues because it emulates the 32bit environment and in some cases it doesn't always work well.Using 32bit might actually be faster since your programs are operating in their native environment.threepac81

Umm as far as I know there is no emulation done on Vista x64 with reguards to 32-bit applications. I don't know were you heard that from.

The 64bit version has an emulation layer knowsn as Windows 64 on Windows that translates 32bit instructions to 64bit instructions (WOW64). It's like running Windows 32bit on Windows 64bit since almost everything you are using will be 32bit including your web browser.. Until more 64bit programs exist, thus eliminating the need to emulate, I find it to be useless.