Have you moved to Vista yet?

***Veridian3*** · Apr 24, 2008, 10:43 AM

So Sp1 is now on automatic updates, and its been available elsewhere for a while. Have you made the move from XP yet?

Zelig · Apr 24, 2008, 11:58 AM

Going on 14 months since making the switch on my main rig.

glaurung · Apr 24, 2008, 01:11 PM

It's been a month already using Vista with quite a good experience but I'm actually thinking on moving back to XP 'cause of some compatibility issues, I'm waiting for SP3 first impressions.

**MIG-31** · Apr 24, 2008, 01:15 PM

Been using Vista Ultimate for the last 6 months or so....

defiantly more stable since sp1 was released.

***craig5320*** · Apr 24, 2008, 02:21 PM

Moved over at launch, never looked back

RoyBatty · Apr 24, 2008, 02:28 PM

I haven't moved yet and I won't anytime soon unless I buy a new computer.

Gizmo[5h1t3] · Apr 24, 2008, 02:43 PM

been on vista for a good while now, using Ultimate 32bit.
gotta say ive not had ANY compatibility issues at all driver wise, or software to be honest.
once u disable the stuff that blocks most of it, its a crackin OS

caqde · Apr 24, 2008, 03:18 PM

I'm dual booting... XP Pro 32-bit and Vista Business 64-bit, but I usually use XP so I voted No. I have Vista and use Vista, but I haven't really moved to Vista and I doubt I will anytime soon.

Lelisevis · Apr 24, 2008, 04:57 PM

Used Vista Home Premium 32-bit since launch and within the last fortnight moved to home premium 64-bit. Barely had a problem since day one and can hand on heart say XP caused me more problems.

On a separate note I now see that the top 3dmark 06 record is set on a vista system.

Judas · Apr 24, 2008, 05:10 PM

using vista pretty much as my main since Pre RC1

***Zardon*** · Apr 24, 2008, 06:32 PM

Have XP running on several machines, Vista X64 on the others.

Vista x64 is superior in almost all regards. I will keep saying it till im blue in the face.

CDsDontBurn · Apr 24, 2008, 07:23 PM

i'm still running winXP sp2. i will be waiting for sp3 and see how that goes.

however, i have decided that whenever i build my next rig, it will have vista x64 sp1

.

**dj_stick** · Apr 24, 2008, 07:28 PM

was stuck with XP for my Music apps until i got Mac OSX as my secondary OS in Nov, replaced XP with Vista Home Premium 32 pretty much as soon as OSX was stable

Dark Lord · Apr 24, 2008, 07:47 PM

wont move over to vista till i build a new system, which probably wont be for at least another 2 years.

Iria · Apr 24, 2008, 08:03 PM

I've got XP on some boxes, but I have bought some new PCs and they all had Vista on them.

swimtech · Apr 24, 2008, 11:12 PM

Voted moving to Vista in the next three months. XP stays on the Athlon 1.2 system. Vista Ultimate (32 or 64 bit, with Ubuntu 64 bit I think...) on the new machine.

Markius · Apr 25, 2008, 09:23 AM

i voted that i use XP as its whats on my gaming rig
although i have vista on my laptop im not sure how much longer i will own the thing

Mourgolikos · Apr 25, 2008, 11:26 AM

I have both Xp 32bit and Vista Ult. 64bit but i mostly prefer Xp because of their better compatibility with applacations and old games

BWX · Apr 25, 2008, 12:51 PM

Still using XP SP2. Will probably go to Vista when I build a new machine, but that might not happen for a while. In fact I might just wait until whatever comes after Vista, "Windows 7" or whatever the codename is... when is that- 2010(ish)?? Who knows.

OldBuzzard · Apr 25, 2008, 01:09 PM

I'm running a multi-boot system with XP Pro SP3, XP Pro x64, and Vista Ultimate 64. I'll soon be adding Server 2008 Beta.

I am having a bit of a problem with both 64 bit OS's, but that has only surfaced when I went to 8GB of RAM. With 4GB, all of them are rock solid.

I prefer Vista to either of the XP versions.

Pluvious · Apr 25, 2008, 03:19 PM

Nope.. and I will never switch. I'll goto Apple before I do.

Falstaff · Apr 25, 2008, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluvious

Nope.. and I will never switch. I'll goto Apple before I do.

that warms my heart....
"sniff"

Falstaff · Apr 25, 2008, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Have XP running on several machines, Vista X64 on the others.

Vista x64 is superior in almost all regards. I will keep saying it till im blue in the face.

I just bought the A305 Toshiba with Vista Premium, do you think moving to a 64 bit version is necessary?

caqde · Apr 26, 2008, 12:02 AM

64bit OS's are definitely going to be necessary in the near future. You can only do so much with 2GB of RAM for applications(Yes only 2GB not 4GB[2GB applications/2GB OS]). Although currently this limitation effects Desktops far more than laptops because it is easier to exceed 4GB of Physical memory, but that is not the only issue.

As new applications take up more memory eventually the user is going to exceed 4GB of total memory usage while just using the desktop (2GB Application + 2GB OS (Virtual Memory/ Graphics/ Other System memory)). Having a 64-bit OS will allow you to exceed these limitations and allow programs to have access to more memory than it would usually have access to.

Heck it's the future, I don't see why all these companies have been clinging to a dead computing platform for so long.

Al_Vampyre · Apr 26, 2008, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig5320

Moved over at launch, never looked back

Same here

**temeteus82** · Apr 26, 2008, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falstaff

I just bought the A305 Toshiba with Vista Premium, do you think moving to a 64 bit version is necessary?

How much you got RAM in that thing?

khelben1979 · Apr 26, 2008, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluvious

Nope.. and I will never switch. I'll goto Apple before I do.

I really like your comment! I personally thinks that Vista stinks all the way! It's a bloated system. It's like a hog just draining resources.

Why would one use a system which requires 2GB of RAM to work correctly and 4GB of RAM if one is really serious about good gaming performance? That really sucks!

I use XP because of the games and Linux when I want to do more serious stuff.

Lowfat · Apr 26, 2008, 11:34 AM

I do not like how there is no poll option for 'Moved to Vista, but then moved back to XP'

Just Learnin' · Apr 26, 2008, 12:41 PM

Personally the only benefit I have seen in Ultimate 32bit is DX10, built in DVD burning ability and it's back-up ability. Other than that I fail to see any reason to upgrade.

RoyBatty · Apr 26, 2008, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by khelben1979

I use XP because of the games and Linux when I want to do more serious stuff.

What is this "serious stuff" that it can't be done in XP? I'm just curious...

Apr 24, 2008, 10:43 AM	#1
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 2,997 Rep Power: 72	Have you moved to Vista yet? So Sp1 is now on automatic updates, and its been available elsewhere for a while. Have you made the move from XP yet?

Apr 24, 2008, 11:58 AM	#2
Zelig DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,159 Rep Power: 53 System Specs	Going on 14 months since making the switch on my main rig. __________________ --

Apr 24, 2008, 01:15 PM	#4
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,243 Rep Power: 180 System Specs	Been using Vista Ultimate for the last 6 months or so.... defiantly more stable since sp1 was released. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Apr 24, 2008, 02:21 PM	#5
*craig5320* DH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 5,338 Rep Power: 278 System Specs	Moved over at launch, never looked back __________________

Apr 24, 2008, 02:43 PM	#7
Gizmo[5h1t3] DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochdale MCR England Posts: 184 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	been on vista for a good while now, using Ultimate 32bit. gotta say ive not had ANY compatibility issues at all driver wise, or software to be honest. once u disable the stuff that blocks most of it, its a crackin OS __________________

Apr 24, 2008, 01:11 PM	#3
glaurung DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	It's been a month already using Vista with quite a good experience but I'm actually thinking on moving back to XP 'cause of some compatibility issues, I'm waiting for SP3 first impressions.

Apr 24, 2008, 02:28 PM	#6
RoyBatty DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,657 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	I haven't moved yet and I won't anytime soon unless I buy a new computer.

Apr 24, 2008, 03:18 PM	#8
caqde DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 44	I'm dual booting... XP Pro 32-bit and Vista Business 64-bit, but I usually use XP so I voted No. I have Vista and use Vista, but I haven't really moved to Vista and I doubt I will anytime soon. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2/ MSI K9A Platinum MSI X1900 XT 512MB / 2x1GB of OCZ DDR2 6400 5-5-5-15 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Samsung SH-S222A DVD-RW drive Western Digital 7500AACS(Primary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Fortron AX500-A PSU / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsuugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Apr 24, 2008, 04:57 PM	#9
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,655 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	Used Vista Home Premium 32-bit since launch and within the last fortnight moved to home premium 64-bit. Barely had a problem since day one and can hand on heart say XP caused me more problems. On a separate note I now see that the top 3dmark 06 record is set on a vista system. __________________ Im not dead

Apr 24, 2008, 06:32 PM	#11
*Zardon* lifeless Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 31,957 Rep Power: 3148	Have XP running on several machines, Vista X64 on the others. Vista x64 is superior in almost all regards. I will keep saying it till im blue in the face.

Apr 24, 2008, 07:23 PM	#12
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,842 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	i'm still running winXP sp2. i will be waiting for sp3 and see how that goes. however, i have decided that whenever i build my next rig, it will have vista x64 sp1 . __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Apr 24, 2008, 07:47 PM	#14
Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,556 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	wont move over to vista till i build a new system, which probably wont be for at least another 2 years. __________________

Apr 24, 2008, 08:03 PM	#15
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	I've got XP on some boxes, but I have bought some new PCs and they all had Vista on them.

Apr 24, 2008, 11:12 PM	#16
swimtech At Your Service... Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,989 Rep Power: 100 System Specs	Voted moving to Vista in the next three months. XP stays on the Athlon 1.2 system. Vista Ultimate (32 or 64 bit, with Ubuntu 64 bit I think...) on the new machine. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Apr 25, 2008, 09:23 AM	#17
Markius DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 2,350 Rep Power: 0	i voted that i use XP as its whats on my gaming rig although i have vista on my laptop im not sure how much longer i will own the thing __________________ DriverHeavens Aussie... "Lifes tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late"

Apr 25, 2008, 11:26 AM	#18
Mourgolikos DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Greece, Salonika Posts: 242 Rep Power: 13 System Specs	I have both Xp 32bit and Vista Ult. 64bit but i mostly prefer Xp because of their better compatibility with applacations and old games

Apr 25, 2008, 12:51 PM	#19
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,559 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Still using XP SP2. Will probably go to Vista when I build a new machine, but that might not happen for a while. In fact I might just wait until whatever comes after Vista, "Windows 7" or whatever the codename is... when is that- 2010(ish)?? Who knows. __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Apr 25, 2008, 01:09 PM	#20
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek? Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,151 Rep Power: 81 System Specs	I'm running a multi-boot system with XP Pro SP3, XP Pro x64, and Vista Ultimate 64. I'll soon be adding Server 2008 Beta. I am having a bit of a problem with both 64 bit OS's, but that has only surfaced when I went to 8GB of RAM. With 4GB, all of them are rock solid. I prefer Vista to either of the XP versions. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Apr 25, 2008, 03:19 PM	#21
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,328 Rep Power: 42	Nope.. and I will never switch. I'll goto Apple before I do. __________________

Apr 26, 2008, 12:02 AM	#24
caqde DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 44	64bit OS's are definitely going to be necessary in the near future. You can only do so much with 2GB of RAM for applications(Yes only 2GB not 4GB[2GB applications/2GB OS]). Although currently this limitation effects Desktops far more than laptops because it is easier to exceed 4GB of Physical memory, but that is not the only issue. As new applications take up more memory eventually the user is going to exceed 4GB of total memory usage while just using the desktop (2GB Application + 2GB OS (Virtual Memory/ Graphics/ Other System memory)). Having a 64-bit OS will allow you to exceed these limitations and allow programs to have access to more memory than it would usually have access to. Heck it's the future, I don't see why all these companies have been clinging to a dead computing platform for so long. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2/ MSI K9A Platinum MSI X1900 XT 512MB / 2x1GB of OCZ DDR2 6400 5-5-5-15 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Samsung SH-S222A DVD-RW drive Western Digital 7500AACS(Primary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Fortron AX500-A PSU / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsuugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Apr 26, 2008, 11:34 AM	#28
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Apr 26, 2008, 12:41 PM	#29
Just Learnin' DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 35 System Specs	Personally the only benefit I have seen in Ultimate 32bit is DX10, built in DVD burning ability and it's back-up ability. Other than that I fail to see any reason to upgrade.

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