windows vista

[anigen]

ive been asking around but it's time i get real progress so i will ask some questions copy pasted from a newgrounds journal thing ok

im looking to get a laptop, but the majority of them sell with vista. if it so happens that i actually buy a vista laptop, is this as bad as i've been hearing? well, now you can answer in a simple survey!

1. Is Windows Vista an acceptable operating software?

2. If so, tell what you like about it. If not, leave this question blank.

3. If not, tell what you dislike about it/think is wrong with it. If you like it, leave THIS question blank.

4. If you said "no" to question 1, can you also let me know if/how it's possible to load a copy of XP onto a Vista laptop? If not, leave THIS question blank.

5. Final question; Is it possible to take an old recovery disk for Windows XP and put it on a reformatted vista laptop and load on Windows XP as the OS? If not/you don't know, leave this question blank.

i want you guys to be serious about this, no shitty jokes attempting to be funny or "i hear u liek vistaz" or any other predictable shit that i spent an hour factoring in and out when i was considering making this post.

- anigen

ok well the 4chan shit doesnt really apply to you guys but i would like some serious answers

[ghostinglostfan]

vista is certainly acceptable, but XP is superior. ive been using vista for the past couple months on my new computer and i can say for myself if i could i would use XP but im too lazy to install/pirate it.

im not using your shitty format fuck you

[anigen]

eee yeah typing like that really does suck

[rtil]

not worth it at this point

[Crabarms]

Well some things will not work in Vista,
and if your not sure what your doing then switching to xp will not be a good idea.

I haven't used vista that much but its not horrible. Just very pretty...

(this requires some knowledge of partitioning, which you will need to boot the windows xp cd(you need activation key)
in the laptop,
and then you will have to go through some steps to get xp as your main OS, because it is possible to have
more then 1 OS but you have a risk of ruining your computer)
If its a newer laptop then you may be forced to use Vista because they will not have drivers for it.

my suggestion is dont

[Dagolith]

not worth it at this point

for sure, wait until a few updates come out for it then use it. maybe the 6th service pack.

[psi43]

90% of all the things out there work for vista already. They've all managed to get it to work on Vista in a pretty short amount of time.

If vista is preinstalled, just leave it on there. It's not worth installing XP on it, it'd just be a waste of time.

[anigen]

psi's input was my favorite

[shittyfurryass]

If you are uncertain then just dual boot your computer and see for yourself.  i have been using both for plenty of time now, and I would recommend XP over vista.  Vista is before its time and I have noticed that some programs do not run very well at all on it at this point.  You will also run out of RAM quickly if you have only 1 gig, and use resource hungry programs and multi task.  I have never had memory problems due to I have 4 gb of ram in my laptop, but I did notice some services would eat up my cpu that would normally be completely insignificant in XP.  Also games that would normally run like butter in XP on my computer, lagged like hell on vista.  Vista just needs time for improvement and technological advancement so the performance difference is insignificant.

[anigen]

ok that gives me a pretty accurate read on it, im pretty sure its time to go for XP. now here is my ultimate question

can i take a recovery disk that has XP on it and load it into a 2 gig laptop with vista preinstalled, without duel booting, but just like completely taking vista off? thats what i need to do otherwise i have to go buy shit online which is supreme ga

[shittyfurryass]

is it the recovery disk for the computer you are using it on? if it isn't, then no.  It preinstalls drivers and programs meant for that particular computer, and it would just be annoying.

[anigen]

yeah, it looks like the recovery disk is a no-go

alright, well, would I be fine using vista on a 2 gig laptop, if my intentions using it are to run programs like Maya, flash, dreamweaver etc, or do you recommend i just go out and buy a pre-installed XP laptop

[rtil]

i would highly recommend not running maya on a vista machine. maya 8.5 already has enough bugs as it is, running it on a fairly new and unstable OS as well would cause lots of problems for you. bottom line is, if you do not need vista, don't get it. to me, it sounds like you do not need it.

[zomfgbie]

my laptop came with vista. all thats changed are that it has swisher desktop icons but i changed them to the xp ones anyway cause they made it slow.

[rtil]

haha, that is not the only thing that has changed. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-abou...oft-58752.shtml

[anigen]

i was too lazy to read all that but ive pretty much decided vista needs to die in a ditchr

[Sinitron]

get linux yellow dog

because it sounds cool i mean come on "yellow dog" how hardcore is that!!

[psi43]

I need to get vista cause whenever I install sevice pack 2 my internet stops working and I need sp2 for cs3 products!

[Sinitron]

hahaha queer

[rtil]

says the guy who told someone to get linux