Keep Vista on G50V-A1 or switch to XP?

I'm not familiar with Vista as I'm currently running XP on my desktop.

I haven't heard too many good things about Vista so I'm wondering if I should just leave Vista on my laptop when it arrives or switch to XP?

Thoughts??

 

You might as well test it out if it's going to come with it and see how you like it. Install the programs you use, see if they perform adequately, and if everything works well, no use going to the expense/effort of switching to XP. If, on the other hand, you software/hardware doesn't get along with Vista, don't hesitate to switch to XP - if it doesn't get along with Vista now it probably won't in November.

 

Why not to get new experience and play with Vista.
Firstly this is safe at least in compare with playing with BIOS -quotation below


I posted in another thread but figured i should note it here. i received my f8va-c1 last week, got home from work, opened all the boxes and sub-boxes, fired it up, went through the first-time vista config, it downloaded updates and rebooted, i went into the bios and had a look around - changed one item 'enable intel TXT'. i thought this unit had the TPM security module, and also figured that it wouldn't have the option in the bios if it wasn't there.

and he successfully bricked new machine


Secondly you can build your own opinion about Vista.

After all it never late to come back to XP

 

All good points, thanks.

So far Vista isn't too bad, just a little foreign looking.

It sure seens like a memory hog because it's using half of the memory all the time.

 

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to post anyways

I went through the same ordeal when i got my g50v. However, IMO, dual booting will be your best bet. Vista has a lot of nifty features and, if you use it for gaming, some of the new games coming out are made exclusively for vista. plus, if you have 4gb of ram, the vista 64-bit can fully utilize it. Xp 32 bit only uses 3-3.5, usually, at most. And 64 bit xp is horrid.

It's a bit of a challenge to get xp on the g50v for some reason....it took me weeks to finally get it in. And its a lot easier to get it than one would think. If you choose to dual boot, I'll show you how to get it in without the headache

Plus, if you stick with vista either way, get this program called "tweak". it comes with easybdc, which is a program youll need to get the boot menu back after installing xp (xp is a boot nazi-- it rewrites the boot.ini file so you cant get into anything else!). it gives you alot of great features for optimizing your vista experience... and puts all the tools available int he control panel in one easy little menu so you dont have to go digging for it!!

I hope this helps

I'm currently running a triple-boot setup with her. Vista 64x, XP 32x, and Ubuntu. Best of all worlds

 

I hate them both. But I hate XP more and for much longer.

 

Actually Vista isn't bad after all.