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You can disable UAC as well.
I'd use Vista 64 bit if using over 4G ram or XP if using 3G ram or less. |
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I just can't understand why any home user, for now, is willing to sacrifice the general compatibility of a 32 bit OS versus some hypothetical gain of a >4gb RAM system. The vast majority of home users gain little from more than 4 gig of ram unless they're photoshop kings. |
To further that comment, there's a "aftermarket" version of XP called "XP Performance Edition" available on various Torrent networks that strips out almost all of the crap included in a standard XP package these days (legacy drivers, Windows Messenger cruft, etc). I can't recommend this highly enough - it is super fast and I know it's not bogged down with things that will slow down a brand new PC needlessly. ANY new PC I get now is wiped clean and gets this Performance Edition loaded immediately.
While I have no real objection to Vista, I simply do not want to go through the hassle of using drvers that are still effectively in Beta for many products. My scanner and printer for example still haven't ironed out Vista driver bugs. For no practical benefit, why would I bother with Vista when the XP drivers work perfectly. (Same goes for 64-bit OSes as well) |
Originally Posted by adambadam
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The ribbon, mainly. Overall I became eventually pleased with the switch though it is like going on vacation only to have someone come into your kitchen and rearrange everything in all your cupboards and drawers. Everything is still there for the most part and there is some logic to it though it just takes some time to get used to. The one except to that is if you are a big big power user of Excel I hear there are some things that they really changed that ticked off heavy users. Compared to Vista everything seems to look a little bit nicer though underneath everything is pretty much where it used to be.
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Dell customer awarded Windows refund
Dell customer awarded Windows refund
Customer refused refund guaranteed in Windows licensing agreement sues Dell, settles out of court. Case first of its kind in Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...632861,00.html |
Originally Posted by cdma
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"Eudora for Vista"? I don't think there's a Vista-specific version of Eudora. And version 8 is based off of the same platform as Mozilla Thunderbird.
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Originally Posted by slawecki
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Give it up. xp is dead. if you throw all the garbage out, vista is about as fast.
I have xerox printers. my n32's and n40's are probably 10 years old. they run fine. i have xerox 60xx color printers. they are probably 5 years old. they run fine. hp's are disposable printers. if they don't run, just throw the junk out. That said, I know of at least 3 different Fortune 250 firms (well over 250k client machines in total) that are skipping Vista entirely and will upgrade when 7 comes out and not before. XP ain't dead yet. |
Originally Posted by BobbySteel
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To further that comment, there's a "aftermarket" version of XP called "XP Performance Edition" available on various Torrent networks that strips out almost all of the crap included in a standard XP package these days (legacy drivers, Windows Messenger cruft, etc).
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Originally Posted by elCheapoDeluxe
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I will dissent here. An absolute prerequisite for buying a laptop for me is the ability to downgrade to XP. My Intel Core 2 Duo Vista media center runs slower than my four year old P4 on XP. The "improvements" to vista are largely like the "improvements" to your frequent flyer programs.... Which is to say, with improvements like these who needs bugs! Almost every single "improvement" goes into the annoying column instead of the useful column.
Just one cheapo's 2 cents. |
costco.com is still selling computers with XP Pro installed.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...68*&lang=en-US I bought one and it's great. |
Originally Posted by meducate
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Based on my personal experience, downgrade! I have a Sony Vaio TZ270 that came preloaded with Vista. Despite spending an inordinate amount of time removing the bloatware, the system was slow on start-up and shutdown, and ran many programs incredibly slowly. My IT department has encouraged me to use the downgrade that came with the computer when I first got it, but I wanted to use the latest and greatest. After 8 weeks I acquiesced and I could not be happier!! Everything is faster and I am happy!!^
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