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princepilot   10-01-2007 at 07:52:36 PM

Hi,

Currently running vista on an athlon xp 2000+ and 1gb ram , it runs ok but not brilliant as you can imagine. Just about to buy the stuff to build a new computer and after some advice.

Which in your opinion would run better?

Vista with 4gb ram and quad core intel
Xp with 2gb(or 4gb for that matter) and quad core intel


Im not a big gamer , just surf the internet , and encode avis , stuff like that.

Matt :D

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leexgx   10-01-2007 at 08:07:28 PM
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XP with 2gb of ram and the Quad be the best option (as you do encodeing) But an dual core will still be fine as moveing from an Old cpu like that to an dual or would will make things fly

you have less problems with encodeing on XP then on vista you have to make sure all your encodeing software works under vista

but you did state you was running vista on that old pc if you have found vista to be fine then stick with it but its up to you (i give vista an year before useing it unless you want DX 10 and aero now)

------------------------------ AM2 AMD64 5600+ X2 (OC 3.1Ghz)<> Mini typhoon <> Asus M2N 32-SLI Deluxe <> 4gb ram <> Nvidia 8800 GTX
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princepilot   10-01-2007 at 09:23:44 PM
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I like the visuals on vista , and think going back to xp would be like going back in time. Its just vista seems alot more sluggish under my spec than xp.

Imean going on a website in vista using ie seems to take ages (3-4 secs) everytime i try , where under xp it took 1-2 secs max!

Matt

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dmroeder   10-01-2007 at 11:14:19 PM
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If you plan on running Vista (or XP) with 4 gigs of RAM, then you would need the 64bit version.

Vista works just fine for me. I've been running it for a little over a month now with zero issues.

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loneeagle   10-02-2007 at 04:32:00 PM
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Vista love memory. Why don't you just add 1GB more of RAM? Are your banks full?

Maybe you could just change your CPU for the fastest your mobo support? Cheap upgrade instead of a whole computer if you don't do gaming.

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zargian   10-05-2007 at 10:36:47 PM
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I just got a new Dell Inspiron 1720 (1.5 GHz, Core2Duo, 2GB RAM, blah blah blah).

It came with Vista and I'm not impressed. For starters, it seems slow considering what's under the hood. Secondly, I have heard some software has problems with Vista (R, QGIS, etc).

Is there an easy way to get XP instead of Vista? Does Windows offer any kind of exchange, "downgrade", etc? Is my only option to throw down $$$ for XP? If not, MS's reasoning is absurd.

Thanks

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loneeagle   10-06-2007 at 01:07:22 AM
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zargian wrote :

I just got a new Dell Inspiron 1720 (1.5 GHz, Core2Duo, 2GB RAM, blah blah blah).

It came with Vista and I'm not impressed. For starters, it seems slow considering what's under the hood. Secondly, I have heard some software has problems with Vista (R, QGIS, etc).

Is there an easy way to get XP instead of Vista? Does Windows offer any kind of exchange, "downgrade", etc? Is my only option to throw down $$$ for XP? If not, MS's reasoning is absurd.

Thanks


I read that M$ is offering a special CD to downgrade to XP but only for Ultimate or Business I believe. I believe that you must do a full install, not really a downgrade. Google it.

It the manufacturer that sell you Vista instead of XP. For example, the Dell XPS 720 is sold with XP or Vista :o .
Unfortunately, some are Vista only :fou:.

I understand M$ but I understand that most business are not ready to go Vista. Even I could get a free upgrade for my office, I don't believe I could install it.

It's like 64bits, started slowly but it's the future and developper will have too adjust and provide drivers and software for it.

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dsharp9000   10-13-2007 at 09:14:27 AM
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xp is best bet; maybe move to vista when sp1 released. when you go vista, consider 64 bit version as it is future.


Message edited by dsharp9000 on 10-13-2007 at 06:27:47 PM
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