that ticks me off, is that there is no "reasonable cost" alternative to those people that built systems with OEM copies of Vista 32. We've got to buy a full retail copy with another license in order to get Vista 64, bulls**t. I'll wait until Windows 7 or...

is still a safe choice and since Vista failed so badly, many people want to stay with XP and therefore, XP has received a longer 'shelf life.' There is no shortage of websites regarding the problems with Vista. Vista depends on service packs or it will...

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,...

as good as Windows 7? I see it costs less, but I, like everyone else, hate Vista. Can you help me decide what to do? Thanks If you hate Vista, why would you consider upgrading to Vista Ultimate? it's the same OS with a few extras most of which you will never...

the same partition, you should be just fine (at least in my opinion anyway). Might want to also look into obtaining some form of multi-boot manager software for Vista. Or you could consider running something like Microsoft Virtual PC (although I think that...

2500). It ended up a thousand more after upgrades I wanted (that I couldn't get on the Mac), but the Mac was right in the running. Isn't it obvious? If OS X could be installed on any PC hardware, people like Dell would step up and make a killing. Consider...

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () There is starting to not be any official support for any Windows versions below XP. As for Vista, do not consider this as an option for upgrading from any version of Windows below XP. First looks indicate that...

the system. But i really doubt an extra 2gb will solve my problem with fps dipping. Win xp only reconizes 3gb so having 4gb would be a bit of a waste. I refuse to upgrade to vista. I would consider it if it was free but otherwise i cant justfiy paying $$$ for...