Vista vs. XP

[BuTTHeaD]

Which is faster and better?

[xcurious]

linux

[Andomis]

Depends on what you are using it for. Vista security wise, functionality, looks, compatability (now- used to not be), and all of its small tweaks over the years since xp makes it better as a overall OS for anyone who knows 2 cents about computers. However, vista has alot of resource problems, and tends to be slow. So for my work machines I use windows vista, and love it, but for any of my servers I use XP (if not linux/a true server OS) because of its performance speed being higher than vista's. Windows 7 will replace any arguements between these, because it will combine the good features of vista with the speed of xp.

You cannot really say which is better, but you can say which does specific tasks better.

[BuTTHeaD]

Alright, now which is better for gaming?

[Andomis]

Currently I would say XP because most games were made for it.

[DenyTheTruth]

Currently I would say XP because most games were made for it.

I disagree.

Doom 3 would not play (multiplayer co-op, mind you, so it was a mod) with my quad-core on XP. I had to install Vista to get the affinity on my Q-core to work properly and play the game. I was experiencing frames around 5 to 10/s with a computer that can play Crysis on max settings.

I would say it depends on your hardware specs and what games you're attempting to play. If you have a single core and possibly a dual-core, XP. If you have a quad-core, Vista.

Note: This is my opinion based on one game that I enjoy very thoroughly. I would probably kill for a chance to work for id or blizzard and I would definitely kill for a Doom 4. All statements made above are directly related to my obsession with Doom.

[The_Computer_Wizard]

to put it simply, vista is good if and only if you have enough resources to pump into it
(like i have 3gb of ram a dual core and a 512mb graphics card)
i run vista and i love it

compatibility problems are less and less the longer its out, and it is better for gaming than xp (especially because of DX10, and yea i know there are hacks for xp but they barely work if at all) as i have not seen too many games that dont work (2 or 3, but one i saw, KOTOR2 has a vista fix)

if you have anything less than a gig of ram go with xp, as vista will run WAY too slow (granted there are ways to mess with it to make it run better, but for the average user it is a good minimum for 1gb)

XP is a good solid os. As far as a server goes i wouldnt use vista. There is no need to have your server need that much more resources to run the OS, not to mention server 2003 works and is easy to set up, plus vista, xp, 2000, and many others are perfectly compatible with it just fine
vista server pretty much offers no bennifits as far as i know

Personally i run all three, Vista on a partition, Ubuntu on a partition and VM, and XP as a VM