the 6 reasons...(or more)

ok, i just open this thread to see some way of thinking.....the question is this.


give 6 reasons for wich OS you should use....

i pick windows XP 32 BIts

my 6 reasons.

1: you can use ALL the programs
2: you can play ANY game
3: you have a hugh variety of programs
4: its weird to see a blue screen
5: the hardware is designed for xp
6: is the best OS to learn to program

 

Windows Vista Business 32-Bit

1. It's time to move on, usually Windows releases come out every 3 years or so, XP's been around for about 8. Tech has changed dramatically in 8 years, an OS should be able to keep up.

2. Vista runs well on my system, have had no major issues whatsoever with it. The minor ones were fixed by performance and reliability updates as well as SP1.

3. I like the security features, I'm not bothered by UAC one bit. After setting up the computer during the first week, I never really see a prompt in my daily computing. And that's with using a "Standard" user account.

4. I never see blue screens either

5. The UI is very nice looking, program windows don't "tear apart" when you drag them across the screen.

6. Instant Search, truly convenient, no need to download additional software, just plain nice.

 

+6

Almost similar, but for Vista Ultimate 32-bit. I love the Complete PC Backup and Restore feature in Ultimate. Its great. And as above, never had any major issues, and whenever I had a minor issue, 99.9% of the time, it was because of me fooling around with the OS.

 

just wanted to toss in that i've yet to have a BSOD, even a crash to desktop on my m15x w/ Vista Home Premium.

 

Vista also has better power management which gives you better battery life.
However, I still like XP very much and I'm still using it as my primary OS.

 

XP Pro - because that's what I've got and I see no point in changing (yet).

 

Heck, why not.

I choose MS Vista Home Premium 32-Bit because...

1. It's not as bad as everyone makes it to be.
2. It is MS based, thus is nearly universal in its compatibility.
3. It is the budget version of Ultimate, which is just a waste.
4. I love my black on red scheme.
5. By Service Pack 2, the OS will be nearly rock solid, just as XP went.
6. And last, that it would be weird to NOT see a BSOD, that is the whole challenge for me.

 

I chose XP Pro

1) Its faster than anything else on my pcs.
2) most games work on it
3)Longer battery life (with a bit of tweaking)
4) Hate UAC and constant updates
5) prefer start menu layout (popping out is so much better than a scroll)
6) hardware is designed for it.

Sp3 has really kept me on xp. Its so fast, uses less than 20% of ram and programs just work.
Used vista, yes its shiny and cleaner but apart from networking there is no reason to jump ship yet.

 

Those who hate UAC, are you guys so un-technical to just turn it off? It's really not that hard at all?!
It's a miracle even XP works fine for you who's arguing for that to chose XP, as that's not a choice to chose XP it's just a way to say you don't want vista (as vista was released after xp)! And as saying xp will give you longer battery life, that's when tweaking and changing stuf. Like you can't do that with vista too, but you don't need to from the beginning

And start menu is also changeable in vista to the same as xp has! So that's just another reason just to say you hate vista, because i don't think you're so lazy or un-technical to just click 3 times to turn that on instead?

Most hardware is designed for both XP and Vista, not just XP, anything working in XP should work as fine in vista AFAIK.


I'm going for vista! Though being a dedicated xp user for 6-7years!

1. Every application or game works excellent (and i got games since worms armageddon and star craft got released until now)
2. I've never even seen a blue screen in vista or felt that it's been unstable.
3. Love the system-respons, the system never gets "slow" even if it's been running for a week.
4. Instant search and other nice built in tasks!
5. Almost everything works when it's just plugged in (via USB and firewire for example)! Don't need external drivers for it, like i found some things need in XP don't need it in vista.
6. It's new, fresh and it's made to be installed on newer systems and take advantage of the hardware.
7. I like how vista uses the ram! It takes up much ram to actually use it, instead of leaving it all UNUSED like XP does, what's the bother to have much ram if the OS won't use it all? hehe

 

+6

Just a Small Change I use Vista Ultimate x64

1. It allows me to use all 4GB of RAM

2. Solid as Rock

3. Never had issue with Vista its the other way around I will create issue for Vista

4. Even being a x64bit OS it runs all 32bit just perfect and most of my fav apps have / being ported to x64

5. Thanks to Dell I have all 64bit Drivers for my laptop , so no driver issues

6. Final part is Vista refreshing to work

 

XP 32-bit(Home on EEE, Pro on Inspiron 9100)

1. Came with each machine
2. Gets better battery life (XP on EEE is near 6 hours, Vista was 3.5)
3. Small install size (Vlite EEE is around 1GB)
4. Waiting for W7

 

+1, CompletePC has come in handy multiple times

Also want to mention Vista's Startup Repair tool. After I repartitioned my Hard Drive, (link in sig) Windows Vista refused to boot. All I had to do was pop in my Vista DVD and select "repair your computer." I thought that I would have to use the recovery console, but before I was even given that option, Vista detected that something was wrong with the startup files and fixed them. I didn't even have to lift a finger, and moments later I was back in business.

Even more astonishing? It didn't break my Ubuntu install at all, GRUB still loaded and everything!

Many people say that there was plenty wrong with Vista, I'll admit to that. But they have to remember some of the things that Microsoft really got right. The little smart features like Startup Repair make all the difference.

 

I chose XP Pro.

1. It's faster and more responsive than Vista.
2. Uses less resources, and doesn't fill the RAM with stupidites because some of us actually use a variety of programs with less predictability on what we startup the next time (plus we run RAM intensive applications that really don't need the OS which will take it for itself).
3. All games and software (even very old one) work on XP (and some people actually NEED that old software to work).
4. Takes up much less space on the hdd (even with third pary programs installed)
5. Can be modified to look like Vista without any extra resource use.
6. Takes advantage of newer hardware just like Vista does.

Vista had/has very little improvements compared to XP and as such did NOT justify the larger hardware demands or migrating from the older OS.
True, it's stable and most of the things work on it ... but is it really necessary to use it?
Hardly.
In terms of functionality and everything else, XP is virtually same as Vista.
There's no good reason to make the switch with Windows 7 around the corner (which is based on Vista, but is also everyhting that Vista lacks/should have been).

I don't consider Vista a failure per see ... more as an extensive beta test that shouldn't have been released to the general public for use until perfected to the level of Windows 7.

 

About ram-usage.
Vista will clear ram up if you run any program that'll need more ram or so.
So even if vista fills the ram with crap (it most probably will not though) it will not affect the user to run out of ram. So i don't see the point letting the ram being unused and saying that's a pro.

 

Vista Business 64-bit.

1. Volume control slider that works right
2. Built-in desktop search that's integrated with Start menu and Explorer
3. Improved security compared to 32-bit Vista, and even more so compared to XP
4. Slightly faster and snappier than 32-bit Vista
5. Nice Aero interface... the taskbar thumbnails saves me time too
6. When I plug in a USB device, Vista automatically finds a driver on the internet and downloads and installs it
7 (bonus reason ). A lot of maintenance tasks are automated by default: defrag, spyware scans, restore point creation.

 

I haven't said it's necessarily better ... for my personal use of the computer, I see it as unnecessary for Vista to load stupidities into my RAM despite it clearing up the space for hungry applications.
Loading programs faster is a feature I find a bit useless with present day hardware, and I'd prefer if the ram was used in another ... much more efficient capacity.

 

Dude...

What should it load into the ram if not for programs to run/start faster?

What else can you think that should be loaded into ram other than that?
I can't really think of anyting else.

Btw, those "stupid" programs that you're talking about being loaded into the ram are those that you're using frequently.

And the ram does represent todays hardware, if you didn't know that?

...and the ram is absolutley the fastest way to speed up things if loaded into it.

What's your respons to this? Are you holding onto information that m$ don't even know about their own software? Sure sounds like that!

 

Just because this is way subjective and the answer as to which OS to use is really "what works best for you" I'll give Mandriva Linux some reasons:

*It has a nice built-in software manager from which you can search for all kinds of entirely compatible, free programs - much better than scouring the Internet for software that may or may not be compatible/free.
*Windows automatically snap in to the edge of the screen or the edge of another windows, to avoid those slivers of overlap that keep driving you crazy in Windows.
*Built-in multiple desktops.
*Intuitive user interface; easy to adjust to
*Doesn't require any fancy Unix wizardry to set up or install programs
*It's free!

I still use XP as my main OS, but this is clearly bound to be a XP vs. Vista debate, so I figure contributing a third angle would be much more productive.

 

I surely hope not; I'm getting really tired of that stale debate, and it gets annoying having so many threads continually closed because of it.

 

Vista Home Premium X64

(1) I ran XP since release and Vista since its release. I find Vista to be smoother and a blast to use.
(2) I like how secure it is and how the UAC works and has helped to keep my system bullet proof.
(3) It has ran everything I have put on it.
(4) Sleep modes work awesome and faster than XP.
(5) Aero is awesome and is even better in 7.
(6) WIFI is stronger in Vista over XP.
(7) Media Center and all the media extensions are sweat.
(8) No regrets. Would be devastated if I had to go back to XP.

 

Vista Ultimate 64

4 Gigs Of Ram
Stable (Not Saying Other Operating Systems Are Not)
Media Center For My Tv Card
Autocad 64
3d Max 64
And I Just Like The Way Vista Looks

 

I know the programs I use get loaded into the ram, but ultimately it's a feature I don't need.
Again the programs just sit in the memory doing nothing until you actually use them.
Getting a few extra seconds out of loading a program is not essential.
Plus if you reboot the OS on a regular basis, it takes time for the hdd to load everything back into the RAM (depending on it's size) upon going back to Windows (and restarts happen on a regular basis because of new installations of programs or something else entirely).
I don't have any inside knowledge that MS doesn't have, it's just my personal opinion that RAM can probably be utilized in a different fashion that is much more productive than superfetch.

 

Well what does it matter if you never notice it loading it into the ram anyways? The only thing is that you know it is, but you can't feel it or see it. So it can't bug you or get you out of resources!

And ofcourse it'll sit there until being used, comon, what else did you expect?! That it'd be knowing of what you'd do next before you even know it yourself?

Usualy there is a page_file where it's all saved to, so it won't bug you anyways making you noticing it loading it back to the ram when rebooted. And there is no other option to get reloaded into the ram after a reboot, as the ram can only hold information while it's powered!

 

+6 to this. I use Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit and I'm really satisfied with Vista.

(I wonder why people keep complaining about RAM usages by Vista nowadays when RAM capacity is more than enough to run Vista, come on we are not using 512MB RAM again today! )

 

That's exactly how our world works: if there ain't a problem, there's no need to change OR why change when its already working. Its like our economy: why should we stop speculate when we are making millions out of this? Why change capitalism when we (most of us) are happy

I said this many times: if you have XP, stick to it. If your computer came with Vista, then don't downgrade. Its not really smart to bash XP or Vista since both have their advantages.

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

Am I still in the right tread or is this still the (give 6 reasons for which OS you should use) thread.

 

Uh-oh, I think it's starting to mutate; threads always did have such unstable DNA.

 

LOL, that's why I now stay away from these threads, anyway here's my Pick 6

Windows XP Home or Pro

1) I prefer the UI in XP. It's very logical whereas Vista is just a disorganized mess at times.
2) I prefer the look of XP.
3) I still find XP to be the snappier OS on all my PC's.
4) I still get maximum performance from my games in XP.
5) All of my games run in XP. Some still don't work post SP1 and others are a stuttering mess with Vista.
6) I never had a crash sans a bad memory stick, stable as the day I used it in 2001.

To it's credit Vista does some really nice things which one of them is it's more secure and it's finally a step in the right direction. The bottom line for me is I still have more reasons why I should use XP over Vista. I'm hoping MS learned from Vista and gives me a reason to use Windows 7.

 

windows vista ultimate x86

1,feels smoother, more responsive
2,dx10
3,the aero "look"
4,got it free


only four, but thats pretty much it for me.

 

Yeah, but I'd wager that reason (4) can fill in pretty well for reasons (5) and (6), no?

 

I failed to mentioned that I also received a free copy of Vista U 32/64bit from Microsoft and still prefer XP.

 

Can I have the copy of _Vista, then - purely for research purposes, of course?

 

Sure but there's a fee to research the 64bit version.

 

DOS
1. Very small memory footprint
2. Command line interface
3. No BSOD
4. quickest way to REALLY learn how to program
5. The software that ran on DOS in 1983 still runs on DOS.
6. Fast boot times even from a floppy (3.5" OR 5.25")
7. Don't need 2GB RAM for "best performance"

You do sacrifice one or two modern conveniences...

 

LOL

If they could just manage to put DX10 in DOS then I think we would have the greatest OS in the world...