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    Vista Or XP for former Mac users.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by g4mer135, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. g4mer135

    g4mer135 Notebook Enthusiast

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    im a former mac user. im going to get a pc FOR THE FIRST TIME. what do u think is more user friendly to a former mac user, Vista, or XP.
    (im lookin' for simplicity here, and gaming horsepower)
     
    g4mer135, Mar 5, 2008
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    I'm going to say Vista. XP and Vista are more or less very similar in the way everythings placed, but Vista just looks nicer, and gives you a sense that things are more simple since the icons and menus are visually easier to navigate with more descriptive pictures.
     
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    Simplicity + Gaming boost= XP
    Visuals and good looking and bugs= Vista


    Gaming enthusiasts will go for XP..if u want full performance on Vista u would need like 4GB ram to handle the aero stuff
     
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    g4mer135 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ;) im gettin 4gb of ram
     
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    Our Inspiron can handle Aero perfectly well with 1GB of RAM, let alone 4. The small performance hit taken by Vista won't be noticable since as far as I can tell from his other thread he'll have an 8800. XP though will give you about a 5-10% boost in FPS.

    Also just note that when running something full screen, aero is disabled, so having aero shouldn't reduce performance.
     
    Arquis, Mar 5, 2008
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    Ya 4gb is a bit of an overstatement; you'll be good with anything over 2gb.
     
    dmacfour, Mar 5, 2008
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