BF2S Forums Goodbye XP, hello Vista!

russ)=spetsnaz wrote:

dude fuck windows, install linux for all ur daily needs

Hurricane wrote:

If you're not a gamer, go for it. If you're a gamer, make sure you have an uber system (read: 8800s, preferrably SLI, quad core, 4GB DDR2, and some nice hard drives). I learned the hard way that Vista + Gaming does not play well with so-so computers.

Entertayner wrote:

Vista > XP.  I just love the native tablet support in Vista.

justice wrote:

Mac>all

ghettoperson wrote:

When you say DivX 10, do you mean DirectX? Or was that some joke that is far beyond my inferior intellect?

Zimmer wrote:

Guys.... I am fed up with all the niggles; the snail speed; the gayness; the utter unreliability and the shittyness of XP.

XP fails. Yes, you may be telling me that Vista is not that big of an upgrade. Oh, but it is. Very much so.
- Everything is easier to access
- Most software runs faster
- It is visually nicer
- I can start fresh with just the basics I need ( CS3, Opera, Xfire ) ; no erros, no crashes, no crap.

I don't play many games anymore, and the ones I do play are compatible with Vista.

I just want the ease of it. Just that. If XP had a simple fixer that just sorted out everything ( I wish ) then I would stick with it. But what is the point? Really. In 2 years, DirectX 10 will be out and showing off and I will be ready to take it on.
I have all my files on 10 DVDs ready to be transferred. I just cannot be bothered with this shit operating system.

If you think otherwisel; please....tell me.

But, remember this, Vista > XP; for people who don't play games anymore or only play them rarely. I don't care about "core" gamers. They can go stick with XP for all I care.

Zimmer wrote:

Drunken_Tankdriver wrote:

Just remember that vista tags your bios, if i were you i would switch to linux.

You mean it monitors it? Or takes note of it?

Ki][mE wrote:

Vista is pretty good. Not too many programs are compatible with it yet, but most programs will be after a few months.

Ty wrote:

Vista is a RAM eater. I suppose if you don't care about that than it's all hunky-dory.

Last edited by Titch2349 (2007-04-25 14:47:29)

heggs wrote:

Hmm, in keeping with the current trend:

BF2S IRC > Hitler > Vista, Mac, xp

Titch2349 wrote:

Ty wrote:

Vista is a RAM eater. I suppose if you don't care about that than it's all hunky-dory.

Generally, wrong.

Vista comes with a new thing called "SuperFetch". If i was to look at my RAM usage now, it tells me that I have 16mb free. Is all of this used by the resource hungry Vista? No. As much "free" RAM as possible is used by SuperFetch to preload commonly used applications into the RAM. Therefore, instead of having free RAM doing nothing, and then loading up applications when you need them, SuperFetch already has commly used applications loaded into memory, so things operate much quicker with Vista.

However, Vista does use more memory than XP, however nowhere near as much as people think.