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    Posted: 19 May 2008 at 9:02am
Newbie here to the forum........... I'm in the process of spec'ing-out a new DS system and I'm trying to decide between Windows XP or Vista.  I have XP now and I've heard mixed reviews on Vista.  Any help is appreciated!
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lol so many post like this one.
its up to you really. do you want dx10 or not and some game penalties in frame rates. for me ill stick with xp. i too have read ALOT on vista and just dont want to deal with OS problems when i get my rig.
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Posts: 45 		  Quote tksuther Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 19 May 2008 at 9:58am
Thanks - I did a search and didn't see much on this forum.  I read a news headline where MS may keep XP alive and available.
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vista is great, the switch is a little bumpy, but if you take the time to learn vista you will be better off, unless you want to end up like those people who still run windows 98 because they are afraid to switch to XP
 
whats the point of building a monster system and not getting the most out of your OS, the "resource hogging" can easily be removed from Vista with all the tweaks availible, im idling as low as 26% ram down from 32-35 after putting some time in to learn the OS
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IMHO, the short answer is, "Stick with XP".
 
That said, there really is no short answer.
PROS:
  1. VISTA is the future. Everyone will want to use VISTA eventually.
  2. VISTA has gotten better since its initial release and will continue to get better.
  3. VISTA supports DX10 and beyond.
  4. There's some other stuff, but none of is seems significant ("better" memory management, etc.).

CONS:

  1. Most of the problems you read about on this forum are either VISTA or SLI related (or both). At least it seems that way to me.
  2. Only about 15% of the gaming computers on STEAM use VISTA. People have decided that there is no compelling reason to upgrade.
  3. VISTA may not be the future. It could be the reincarnation of Windows ME. Just like most people went from Win98 SE to XP, skipping ME, Most people may skip VISTA and go directly to Windows 7.

Lots of folks use VISTA without any problems. That strikes me as a pretty weak argument for picking it.

Let the flames begin!



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If cost is not a problem, DS will do a Dual Boot system, you just have to pay additional for the second OS.

This way you can take advantage of games like Crysis and others that on vista that will be coming later.
 
Most of the issues with Vista has been with the Vendor Drivers and as time goes on those issues have been cleaned up and will continue to get better.
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Posts: 45 		  Quote tksuther Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 19 May 2008 at 10:53am
Thanks for the input.  GuessWho - you mentioned SLI issues.  I'm going with one card for the moment so I should be okay.  gdhart - good suggestion on dual boot, but does this potentially present its own set of issues?
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The only real issue is that if a piece of software you use is needed on both XP & Vista, you have to install it on both
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