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Old Apr 28, 2008, 07:32 AM   #46 (permalink)
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I voted no coz am running XP X64 and it kicks all the way from here to there! What are the main advantages of vista over XP? I never really got into the Hype.
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Old Apr 28, 2008, 07:51 AM   #47 (permalink)
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a few days ago i watched a discovery channel show about the Beijing new airport terminal,
and there was a test running show on the very hugh passenger baggage systems, it came to my surprise, well, if i were not mistaken, i saw a few times on several monitors that, the OS's that were in use by the system in monitoring the baggage systems was XP's.
i kinda figured and assumed that the whole system were not based on XP, but i mean with that kind of know-how and a very, very high investment costs, i'm still wondering, what makes them choose XP's over other OS's.
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Old Apr 28, 2008, 10:47 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Old Apr 28, 2008, 09:38 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Nope.. and I will never switch. I'll goto Apple before I do.
haha that's exactly what i did... but for different reasons, moved to OSX so I could get a newer version of Logic running so I could ditch XP once and for all
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Old Apr 29, 2008, 12:12 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Been using Vista for a long time now, And I dont regret it at all. I only installed Xp on another partition so I can use my XtremeTv turner.

When I get time I just gonna slap in my Msi tv turner which does have Vista 64 drivers,and get rid of my Xp partition for good.
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Old Apr 29, 2008, 10:38 AM   #51 (permalink)
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Have been using Vista x64 for some time now. Really like having all 8GB RAM back :P.

On laptops - still prefer XP though, on Desktops, very happy with Vista
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Old Apr 29, 2008, 03:24 PM   #52 (permalink)
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I tried Vista Ultimate in my main rig but... comaptibility issues and the lack of full support for my sound card (Audigy 2 ZS Platinumo Pro) made me return to XP...
Today, with SP3 out, I'm thinking keep myself on XP a long long time


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Old Apr 29, 2008, 05:10 PM   #53 (permalink)
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I tried Vista Ultimate in my main rig but... comaptibility issues and the lack of full support for my sound card (Audigy 2 ZS Platinumo Pro) made me return to XP...
Today, with SP3 out, I'm thinking keep myself on XP a long long time


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Nice to read that people prefer XP towards Vista. Vista looks good outside, but inside... it's a bad operating system. To be honest I don't know so much about Vista as someone in this thread already has mentioned(I confess!), but XP works really good with all the latest patches which has been installed into XP. I have had bad experience from XP in the past and I have had many bad crashes(ouch!), but nowadays it works really good! I haven't had a serious crash for several months! I don't know what they have done, but XP feels far more stable today than what it did last year.

Is Vista better than Windows XP when it comes to the total memory it can handle? Anyone knows good facts about this?
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Old Apr 30, 2008, 12:41 AM   #54 (permalink)
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Is Vista better than Windows XP when it comes to the total memory it can handle? Anyone knows good facts about this?
This is a good question that I would also like to know the answer to. Any one out tyhere who can help?
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Old Apr 30, 2008, 02:08 AM   #55 (permalink)
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Vista Ultimate, Business and Enterprise x64 can handle up to 128 Gb of memory if my memory serves me right. And Home Basic up to 8Gb and Home Premium up to 16Gb. Note that they all are 64-bit versions of Vista. The 32-bit is limited to 4Gb.
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Old Apr 30, 2008, 06:56 AM   #56 (permalink)
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This means that people need to get Windows Vista Ultimate in order to have an operating system which can handle as much RAM as Linux has been to handle for years... Ridiculous.

The standard version of Vista should offer what the ultimate version can offer.
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Old Apr 30, 2008, 09:38 AM   #57 (permalink)
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I bought a copy when I built my new system. I had problems immediately and they never stopped. I gave it two months and after two months of constantly fighting with it I went back to XP 32, I may in the future go to XP 64. As far as Vista I don't know if I'll ever go back, maybe I'll wait for Windoz 7 but the one positive thing I can say about Vista is it's the prettiest piece of garbage you'll ever buy.
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Old Apr 30, 2008, 09:52 AM   #58 (permalink)
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Don't forget Microsoft will likely lift the restrictions of how much a system can handle via service packs in the future.

Same way that It lifted the restrictions on windows xp home edittion from being able to create and install itself on an NTFS system.
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This means that people need to get Windows Vista Ultimate in order to have an operating system which can handle as much RAM as Linux has been to handle for years... Ridiculous.

The standard version of Vista should offer what the ultimate version can offer.
Does normal user need 128 GB of RAM?? No! I think that the current limits are good enough for the avarage joe and his needs...
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Does normal user need 128 GB of RAM?? No! I think that the current limits are good enough for the avarage joe and his needs...
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