Should i upgrade?

[TheAJ]

From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...uirements.aspx,

I've looked at the 'recommended' requirments, and my laptop meets those requirments,

Quoted From Microsoft Vista System Requirments

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 GB of system memory
40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
WDDM Driver
128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
32 bits per pixel
DVD-ROM drive
Audio Output
Internet access (fees may apply)

I've ran vista on a 1.5 GHz, 512 ram and it didn't lagg so bad, it did take a shit long time to load at start-up

[iternalflame]

dont upgrade just look for a vista theme ^_^

[yjlasher22]

get at least 2 gigs of ram... 1 gb is merely enough and 1.5 gb is what you'll be running at most of the time when you are running the basic programs (firefox, thunderbird, msn for me)... a 2ghz processor is good enough but i think getting a 2.5 ghz one is a lot better?

[Rec0rd]

dont upgrade just look for a vista theme ^_^

Vista themes are pathetic. I used to use them, and by the time I got vista, I noticed that the Themes were NOTHING alike to the real thing.

Trust me....

Let the blue screen of death only haunt those who pirate vista copys "/

[frozenrat]

Vista themes are pathetic. I used to use them, and by the time I got vista, I noticed that the Themes were NOTHING alike to the real thing.

Trust me....

Let the blue screen of death only haunt those who pirate vista copys "/

The BSoD rarely has anything to do with rather the copy is legit or not.

And there are some shell changes that make XP look VERY close to Vista.

[zingmars]

Microsoft Windows 7 is comming out soon.
Looks much better than vista.

I mean, think about it? Whats different in vista than XP?

The layout is the same, they operate in the same sort of way..

think about it :p

Style and DirectX 10 says everything!

[ClericKn1ght]

Well, Vista slows down your com, use Xp better XD

[Regain]

XP - i would use for performance/gaming/office since it hasnt got them annoying shit in vista although u are able to disable it, it also doesnt have useless junk which uses up your memory...

Vista - for security reasons -> much more secure than XP because a lot of things.

if you want vista for the skin i suggest you use a skin package e.g. vista transformation pack, bricovista pack etc. or i see a lot of people going crazy over windows 7 which isn't coming out till around 2010 but there is a trans pack for it already.

but.. Linux still > Windows.

[frozenrat]

XP - i would use for performance/gaming/office since it hasnt got them annoying shit in vista although u are able to disable it, it also doesnt have useless junk which uses up your memory...

False, All OS's will have things you don't use to eat up your ram.

Vista - for security reasons -> much more secure than XP because a lot of things.

You do realize there are TONS of security exploits for Vista?
Even more than XP when it first came out, and SP1 for Vista didn't do a whole lot to secure it.

but.. Linux still > Windows.

Erm, Depends on what you're doing with your OS.

So
Dual-boot>Fanboys

[iternalflame]

fine i must agree vista theme sucks but then i changed to ALIEN WARE!!!! and its free

[Rec0rd]

The BSoD rarely has anything to do with rather the copy is legit or not.

And there are some shell changes that make XP look VERY close to Vista.

Yeh, when I had XP I was very curious of changing it into vista.

It's just a matter of trusting the websites eh?

Style and DirectX 10 says everything!

Well said, but you can get cracks for Direct X 10 on XP.

What I mean by that is, for games that support DX10, you can get hacks, to make the game in DX9 look like DX10.

I'm not sure about this, but I heard DirectX 10 on XP is called DirectX 9.0c. They are for high spec graphics cards that support DX10. Am I right?

[frozenrat]

Ermm...No
DirectX 9.0c, came out a LONG time ago, it has nothing to do with DirectX10

[Ramuthra]

the dx10 hacks for xp just make the text say you have dx10 it doesnt give you any of the capabilities

[Rec0rd]

Ermm...No
DirectX 9.0c, came out a LONG time ago, it has nothing to do with DirectX10

Okay, I got it wrong, just I breifly heard about DirectX 9.0c

the dx10 hacks for xp just make the text say you have dx10 it doesnt give you any of the capabilities

Theres better lighting, particles and shading quality, I think.

[frozenrat]

Okay, I got it wrong, just I breifly heard about DirectX 9.0c


Theres better lighting, particles and shading quality, I think.

The hack does nothing for you in a game.