Windows XP/Vista Partition. PLEASE HELP

I just ordered a new HP 6000t. Im really excited. But, I hear that XP is better to play graphically intense games on because it takes up less memory. Does anyone recommend partitioning a drive to run both XP and Vista??? If so, can someone tell me how and then how I would access both OS's. My main concern is GAMING. CAN ANYONE HELP?

 

If you're biggest concern is gaming, make sure you do not have any Intel graphics card An Intel CPU is fine, but make sure you get the nVidia graphics card.

But about the real question, you might as well just make the Vista recovery discs and just completely reformat the system and install XP as the ONLY OS. Vista is nice and all, but it has bugs...

 

If your only concern is gaming, I agree with Night2004, XP will run all your games better. A dual boot system is a fine choice if you need 2 OS's, I run 2 dual boot computers, one with Ubuntu/win xp32 and one with win xp32/xp Pro 64. The system with the 2 windows OS's simply asks me when I start what OS I would like to use (this was configured automatically when I installed the 2nd OS). I have the same situation as yours, my new laptop came with Vista as well. While I have had no problems with it, and overall I like the OS, it has absolutly zero benefits over XP, and XP would outperform it on every level if I had it instead. However, my laptop is not a gaming machine, so I'm reluctant to go to the trouble of installing XP.

To make a dual booter, you simply have to partition your HD to add a second partition and when you install your 2nd OS put it there. When you boot up your system should recognize it and ask you what OS you would like to boot too.

 

You can made dual boot on your machine . it's easy , go to www.google.com , and then type "dual boot winXp and Vista" , you can see a lot of links to help you do it .

 

thanks g.uys. Ill check out my options.