Re: Should I switch from Vista to XP?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:16:52 -0700
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:23:03 -0800, Dual Trace
<DualTrace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you all for posting.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
The computer in question is stuffed with:
AMD dual core 3GHz
2G RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8500GT
I guess it?s not bad.
That sounds fine.
It will be used by my son mostly for games. A friend scared him by telling
that games that work flawlessly with Windows XP may not with Vista.
The friend is right. Although *most* XP-era programs (games or any
other kind) work fine with Vista, a few do not, and may have to be
upgraded to newer versions.
Therefore
I searched the net and found the comment about this particular computer that
supposedly has some Vista related bugs. I guess I will wait for it to come
back and then test drive it.
Thanks again,
Dual Trace
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:13:04 -0800, Dual Trace
<DualTrace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have just bought a brand new Gateway computer from COMPUSA. The computer
was completely dead, but could not exchange it because COMPUSA is closing all
the stores, so I sent it back to Gateway. While waiting for the repaired
computer to come back, I browsed the web (wished I had done it before) and
found complaints about this particular model not working well with Vista. Is
there such a thing? Why would a particular model be more prone to Vista
trouble then others?
I will see how it behaves, but I am also contemplating some options:
uninstall Vista or re-format the hard disk and install Windows XP. If you
advise me doing this, what should I get: XP Home or XP Professional?
Three points:
1. My experience with Vista is that it works fine if your hardware is
adequate for it, and I see no reason to take a step backward to
yesterday's operating system.
2. Your thought that you might want to replace Vista with XP is
greatly premature, in my view. You haven't even tried Vista yet, if
the computer arrived dead. Try Vista and learn to use it before you
even consider changing operating systems.
And recognize that Vista is different from XP in many respects. Don't
just try Vista for a couple of days, and decide that you prefer XP;
anything new can be difficult and frustrating at first. Give yourself
time to learn and become accustomed to the differences before you make
such a decision--a month or two at least.
3. If you do decide to go back to XP, whether you should get Home or
Professional depends on *your* needs. Beware the person who tells you
that you should get Professional because it is somehow *better* than
Home. It is *not* better. XP Home and Professional are identical
except that Professional includes a few features (mostly related to
security and networking) missing from Home? Most home users don't need
and would never use these extra features and will see no benefits by
upgrading.
For details go to
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
Also note another point, not included in any of the above:
Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only
five.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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