Should i bother dual booting with xp/vista?

my xps m1530 is coming in soon and the first thing i'm going to do is install the x64 version i'm probaly going to be doing moderate-heavy gaming so would it be worth it to dualboot xp and vista x64? xp would be for games and whatnot while vista will be for everything else

 

I would.

Here's why:

If one OS fails, crashes, or just stops working; then you'll have another to recover from.

I sometimes find Vista faster with some applications where as XP shines in gaming. So it's turn off on which OS I will using for today.

But then again, I normally have like 6 OS's on my HDD. So I'm always in the perplexed moment on every reboot.

 

Why not just get XP and install Vista Transformation Pack? It patches XP files so it looks and acts like Vista, but without all the slowdown that comes with Vista. You'll save valueable harddrive space, and I think the bootloader is a neusance, slowing down boot by 3-30 seconds (depending on how long you have chosen for it to wait).

Below is a screenshot of the end result of Vista Transformation pack, bet you can't tell it's not Vista!

 

Vista's Windows Explorer GUI looks a little different, and aside from the "My Computer" reference it looks pretty good.

Anyway, dual-booting would give a good opportunity to test Vista x64.

 

Unless he's going to be doing something 64-bit specific, there is no need to go 64. I used to be on the "dual-boot" bandwagon, and had Vista 64 installed, I found within 1 hour how useless it was for me and removed the partition.

 

I haven't had any problems with Vista and have no reason to use XP anymore.

 

i photoshop with HUGE files and do some video editing so that missing 800mb of ram really could come in handy

 

only because vista x64 still doesn't have as much support for hardware. I've had numerous problems with external USB to serial convertor problems that were x64 related. I guess there is more hardware that has problems too.

 

U r a LYING and FOOLING all of us.

if u see the Right corner of the screen it says Windows Evaluation and the Code.

its Vista.

and also this is the link of your screenshot which has been taken from internet and not Uploaded by u.

link: http://www.windowsxlive.net/screenshots/vtp/vtp8_desktop.jpg

Pls dont spread wrong info.

Vista transformation doesnt Give u Start Search feature..and it looks pathetic compared to Aero.




Dualbooting is Best option if u have more than 160GB of HD.

for 120 GB its not good.


and also,

Finding XP drivers for Vista made laptop is a really really really difficult task.

 

I game on Vista 64-bit w/o any problems. Forget XP!

 

I heard stories of the Vista Transformation Pack causing serious issues with crashes and blue screens from more than a handful of people. People may want to stay away from that, seriously. I was very interested in it, but after doing more research, I chose to stay far far away.

OP, I have both and they're both strong in different areas. I don't really see any reason why you should not dual boot.

 

Thats me >.< on my old Vaio

 

No, he is correct. That is Vista Transformation Pack. Take a closer look at this url http://www.windowsxlive.net/screenshots/vtp/vtp8_desktop.jpg

The VTP stands for Vista Transformation Pack, and I believe on the right down corner said it's Windows XP, I don't think it's evaluation version either.

And if you really pay attention to the transparent layer, in Vista the layer got blurred when you click the Start Orb, contrary to that, the VTP simply just use a transparent without additional blur level.

Take a look at this



Notice that on the left side, the window is blurred due to stacked layer, while on the right window does not suffer any blur. This is because the VTP doesn't scale the image to blur level.

If you really want to know about Vista Transformation Pack, either click this http://www.windowsxlive.net/?p=1639

or

http://www.jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27564&hl=

The latest build is dedicated for Windows XP SP3
They are trying to match a look of Vista. The VTP #1 is the first milestone of VTP final edition
Cheers...

 

when did he ever say it was his screen shot? he was just showing an example

 

yep, exactly



and you would find yourself eventually just using vista the majority of the time, then when you do use XP, you have to update all the programs, etc. It turns into a hassle sometimes..........

But I still dual=boot on my xps 700 desktop and game on it some.........