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  1. arbiter2005

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    Vista installs alot faster then XP..and escpially if you are doing an upgrade. Takes a few minutes
     
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    scrap WOW and get halo on vista lol

    My dad has a new desktop with vista on. He has upgraded to 3gb of RAM to memory is not an issue any more. photoshop runs fine. There is going to be a new dreamweaver coming out in the coming months for vista users.
     
  3. xlink

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    I'm waiting for decent vista drivers...

    I just won 2GB RAM so that brings me to 4GB so I'm not worried about having too little RAM.

    just need good 64 bit drivers...
     
  4. [.Xero.]

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    Facts [proven] and knowledge to back that up? Don't open your yap if you don't know what you're talkin about.
     
  5. Ey3ceman

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    How about im using VISTA? I work on computers alot and can tell the difference? Vista loads and run's progams smoother.
     
  6. xlink

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    How about im using VISTA? I work on computers alot and can tell the difference? Vista loads and run's progams smoother.
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    fair enough... but that's only because it loads common programs into memory -------automatically based off fo your usage paterns... you can do that in XP by having the program startup with windows... big f'ing wow...

    but the real question is... how well do programs perform once open?
    http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-...ista/page3.html


    fairly decent system (would cost around 3k if bought from the likes of Dell or around 1.5-2K if DIY)... 2GB RAM, 1000$ CPU fairly highend graphics card.(and the ones that are mreo powerful more or less don't work in vista due to ----
    drivers...)

    vista has a better API but programs

    A aren't optimized for it

    B vista needs time for the drivers to mature(badly, especially on the nVidia side where good drivers were the big thing they had goign for them under XP)

    C users typically need more RAM to make up for vista's agressive memory caching... the typical user doesn't run 2-4GB and up.

    ehh... I got 4GB though(I just won a contest... so i got a 2GB micron d9GCT RAM kit from Teamgroup[prominent overclocking brand for FREE and am unpatiently awaiting delivery)
     
  7. [.Xero.]

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    How about im using VISTA? I work on computers alot and can tell the difference? Vista loads and run's progams smoother.
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    I said fact, not opinion dickhead. nice job.
     
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    The fact is Vista still has a lot of kinks in it that need to be ironed out.
     
  9. Henri

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    Iam gonna buy vista only if all the games don't run under xp anymore, untill than i use xp.
     
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    Vista still got allot little bugs, I recommend Windows XP ---.
     

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