Windows - Vista or XP?

[Harry Longshanks]

Yup, dial-up.

Bummer dude.

I could never go back to dial-up.

[nevets88]

I have the 64 bit version of Vista and OS X (haven't gone to Leopard yet) and I'm in the minority as far as being happy with Vista.

Vista loads up and shuts down faster on my notebook than most XP notebooks. I reinstalled it with no frills and I have 4GB of memory on my mid priced notebook. I've never had to reboot in Vista (yet). The new security features are a pain, but I'm used to them now.

Vista loads up literally in less than 10 seconds, shuts down in 5. Apple OS X on my Mac loads up and shuts down even faster.

I use a virtual machine, VMWare workstation, for XP in case of unsupported hardware for Vista, but it's gotten alot better.

Dialup? Ouch, I found it hard to let go of wireless broadband (internet from anywhere) and am eagerly awaiting FIOS. The US is so behind in terms of network availability and cost. Yes, we have alot of surface area to cover, but to stay competitive, we need to get our butts in gear.

[winders]

The key to getting Vista to work best is having the right hardware to support it. If you have enough horsepower, Vista is a much more elegant and sophisticated operating system than XP.

I have had virtually no trouble with Vista. But I have been in high level support in the computer industry since 1980. So maybe I know how to avoid problems. And all the applications I need to run are Vista compatible.

Personally, I could not go back to XP now that I have been running Vista for about a year.

I just wish all the apps I need to run were available on Mac OS X....that is the best consumer OS available.

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