Windows XP Computers?

Question

1. IS it true that windows XP is better than Windows Vista? if so, look int further detail before answering.

2. is it true that Microsoft is going to start supporting Vistas instead of XP's in a couple of years. (if so, then haha to ppl that said Vista sucks b/c XP is not goin to be supported anymore in a couple of years. suck on that). any further details should be added.

3. Why do most ppl say that vista sucks?
4. What loser would install Windows XP into a desktop or laptop that has windows vista on it? (possible to downgrade from vista to XP). Its so stupid, and those ppl r D^^^

Answer 1

People don't like vista because it needs a good 2 Gig of ram to run and a decent graphics card for windows aero. Microsoft will try to support Vista more... this will make people buy vista. Vista isn't that bad, but it does crash sometimes... Anyway, upgrading to Vista is inevitable sooner or later.

Answer 2

Vista was pretty lame at first. Games were joke, despite that DX10 was supposed to make them much better. That has changed, and gaming is pretty comparable between operating systems. There's still a concern over legacy products, though. Good luck finding Vista drivers for old printers, etc. XP has a pretty strong library of drivers available that allow you to run older hardware, whereas with Vista you're taking your chances.



If you buy all-new stuff, you're OK with Vista (probably). If you're thinking about upgrading an older system, consider it carefully and research all the hardware and software you want to use; it may not be supported.



With a lot of people it comes down to reliability. If you have a huge investment in older XP stuff then Vista might screw that up royally. There's a lot of people still running Windows 95 and 98 because a) it still works, and b) they don't need a bunch of new, pretty crap.



That said, I like Vista, but I have a dual-boot so I can run software on XP that crashes on Vista.

Answer 3

1. XP IS better than Vista. I'll get into why in answer 3



2. Microsoft has already removed XP from the shelves as of last week. Whatever is out in circulation is all that's left. Updates can be expected for about 3-5 more years.



3. Vista, for one thing, has taken the method that people have used for years to navigate their computer and manipulate files and changed it up with new icons and regrouped everything. Moved things to different places, and slightly altered names of everything. Basically, making you relearn how to preform basic functions.



Another thing is that Vista has software compatibility issues. And you would be surprised how many corporate software will NOT run on Vista. Look at your local supermarket for an example. Even though Vista has Program Compatibility back stepping, some software fails to run in an emulated environment.



Vista is a resource hog as it is loaded with tons of needless eye candy. If your machine is beefy, than you won't have this issue but most common pc's are not designed to run most of these features.



Vista is not a complete OS. In fact it was intentionally released to us for a fee and we the public beta tested it. Then they released the first service pack. (evidence of an incomplete OS) Then the Service Pack totally screwed matters for some folks. And of course Microsoft is already talking a bout SP2.



And finally, Vista has that darn UAC (User Access Control) which is a great concept gone horribly wrong. More of a pest than anything, the UAC (while actually preventing some bad stuff from happening) prevents you from doing many remote functions without someone manning the local terminal. This makes for a useless VPN Remote Desktop Server under the Vista OS. Some of us rely on remote desktop and VPN. Vista would require us to be in two places at the same time.



4. Losers that install XP on a Vista machine are people who know from experience that Microsoft has been consistent in their OS patterns. They release a version, it fouls bad, they release an SP, it fixes some crap but fouls other crap, they keep busting out SP's until t hey get it right. In Windows 2000's case, it took em 4 tries to get it right. XP (Built on 2000's core) needed 2 more service packs until it was stable.



Why would you wait to have TODAY's technology and a stable os instead of buying GREAT TECHNOLOGY with a Faulty OS? Your PC is only as good as the OS. You can have a Cadillac of computers, but with a messed up OS, you might as well have a Windows 95 machine.



Problem is, Microsoft has forced Hardware manufactures such as Compaq and HP to only make VISTA hardware from this point out with NO XP or 2000 support or Drivers. This leads us to a driver issue and some unuseable hardware..



Vista will be decent in about 1 more year and/or service pack.

Answer 4

- Windows vistas features are better than windows XP

- Because Vista need some specific hardwares and does not work properly on old PC and Laptops so some people say XP is better.

- Vista has some problems with some programs, which now you can easily install vista compatible versions of those programs.

- Vista SP1 has less security problems than older version

Answer 5

1. Yes



2. No. XP will not be sold as a seaparate os package on shop shelves for much longer, (only old stock of the stand alone os as they are not making it any more) but ms have committed to provide support for it until 2014. Computer manufacturers of machines that fit specific criteria will continue to be able to offer the os as an alternative to vista as an OEM OS.



3. because its annoying to use, has crappy software compatibility, and performs poorly on hardware that xp will fly on. SP1 has fixed a lot of its annoyances but the compatibility and performance issues are still there. The issues with DRM and user accounts remain.



more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista#Criticism



4. no. You only have to spend a couple of days watching the posts on Y! answers to see that there are lots of posts from people fed up with vista wanting to change back to XP. (there really are a lot of these posts, every day) There are very few posts from people wanting to do the converse. This tells you a lot about what people think about it.

Answer 6

Vista sucks nuts. It slows down everything since it's a RAM hog, plus it sucks to be a Vista owner cause Vista is not going to be supported. Vista has been discontinued due to allll the problems.....so.....whoever has Vista is the loser, not the person with XP. Plus, Vista has many compatability issues with drivers and hardware so suck on that!

Answer 7

Vista is not as bad as people say it is, its just you need a nice comptuer for it to run nicely and yes microsoft will stop supporting xp but that will be a few years from now and you can downgrade from vista to xp but i myself would never do so

Answer 8

XP works excellent on 1GB/512MB RAM.

Where as Vista works excellent on 3GB RAM.



Even 2GB RAM is 'ok kind to' Vista. So people are saying it sucks.



Now a day you RAM is becoming cheaper and cheaper, may be by next 2 years everyone will be having 5 GB RAM in there PC.. Then Vista will be excellent.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

they said vista sucks because the don't know how to use it.