Re: OS: Windows XP is MUCH better than Windows Vista

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

Apparently my product code is not valid for vista, so if i need to contact
vista support if is going to cost me £46, even though I have a valid copy of
vista home premium.

Anyway, all I want to know is for every benchmark test, and just general use
vista is around 68.5% as fast as windows xp?

That is the average figure I have managed to achieve through several tests.
I have been benchmarking vista against fedora 7 on hardware (aparently
designed for vista) Intel E6850 with 8Gb DDR2 RAM. Fedora 7 completed its
benchmarks on an average of 43.67% faster than windows vista. That is quite a
margin! Also for anyone that is interested, Windows XP completed the same
benchmarks 39.24% faster than vista.

What am I supposed to conclude from this other than vista is a complete
waste of money. On a software side, there isn't actually anything in vista
that can't be done in windows XP or Fedora 7 as far as I can see. Well
actually vista has some better tools for looking after your hard drive built
in, than XP. but that appears to be it!

Anyway. I would quite like my money back, I already have XP, and most Linux
Flavours are free. If I wanted to pay money I would have bought a MAC...

"steve" wrote:

Windows Vista truly does suck hind tit, many say it's a downgrade from
XP. I say it's a downgrade from windows 98!

But don't take my word for it. Google around before you run out to buy
it. Those who plug Vista are either half crazy or lie or both, because
here's the statistical proof:

As of today, googling "VISTA ROCKS" gets 32,800 hits.
As of today, googling "VISTA SUCKS" gets 182,000 hits.

So there are nearly SIX TIMES more people complaining about Vista than
satisfied people (bear in mind that many of the "satisfied" people are
merely pumping Vista).

As of today, googling "VISTA ROCKS" in groups gets 116 hits.
As of today, googling "VISTA SUCKS" in groups gets 2150 hits.

You say more people use the term sucks than rocks? Ok, let's try this:

As of today, googling "VISTA RULES" in groups gets 41 hits.
As of today, googling "VISTA BLOWS" in groups gets 118 hits.
As of today, googling "VISTA STINKS" in groups gets 128 hits.

Nope.

I tried "VISTA IS GOOD" VS "VISTA IS BAD" and there were actually more
"VISTA IS GOOD" posters, HOWEVER, they can be snippets from unfinished
statements. ie "Vista is good for this or that, ..."







.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Sfio functions in wdm.h
    ... bandwidth reservation feature in Vista, googling for that should give you ... None of this will lead you to documents explaining the usage of these ...
    (microsoft.public.development.device.drivers)
  • Re: Start program when Vista starts
    ... After Googling for a while, I found the Delphi equivalent ... procedure, like CreateShellLink, also works on XP but on Vista I get a ... this issue on Vista will be appreciated. ...
    (comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc)
  • Re: Ask EU Technical Section: Networking questions
    ... In message, Martin Clark writes: ... just come up against blank walls with this, and Googling has so far just led me to lots of other people having trouble sharing files between XP and Vista. ... Vista and XP playing together" bit. ...
    (uk.media.radio.archers)
  • Re: OS: Windows XP is MUCH better than Windows Vista
    ... Windows Vista truly does suck hind tit, many say it's a downgrade from ... As of today, googling "VISTA SUCKS" gets 182,000 hits. ... googling "VISTA SUCKS" in groups gets 2150 hits. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Where were the background pictures taken that are used in Themes?
    ... I've tried googling to find out the location of the pictures used in themes in Vista and Windows 7 but haven't found any info. Does anyone know where this info is? ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)