VISTA OR XP?!!!

[MattZani]

lol, not with them, you have to buy your own copy and have it installed, they just have the PC in a box.

[tmandt]

omg i know that! i asked them once i get home can i install xp and they said no. its not possible becasue windows wont let me

[ProperBritish]

ive downgraded about 300 PCs from vista to XP in my work experience.
Boot CD first
If fails just reformat and install, simple as. Cos Vista has an anti-downgrade lock i think
One of my colleagues then wrote a program that ran in vista on startup and auto downgraded. Made it all the more fast.

[tmandt]

oh icic. well when i get my pc i guess i'll need your help

[ProperBritish]

I would do a reformat and install it, cos it's the easiest way by far

[tmandt]

ok

[spelman07]

u can downgrade any computer... its not a :censored:ing psp

[ndrew2505]

you cant downgrade you have to format and install xp which means you need a copy of xp.

[ra1n]

XP is better like some people said vista is way too new and thing has trouble working with it. Even viruses, cause i sent one to this  and i ask if anything happened to he computer yet and she said no... 
(don't ask me how i got that virus to send)

[jrfhoutx]

Vista is better than most people make it out to be. Yes, it is a memory hog, don't run it on anything less than 2GB of RAM if you don't like freeze-ups. As for being buggy, all MS software is buggy, it's a marketing strategy... what most developers consider Alpha testing MS considers Beta testing, they have the end user do what most companies consider Beta testing. it saves cost on development if you can have the end user not only find your software's bugs but pay to do so. but yes Vista is buggy, but then again so was XP when it came out, hell MS is still releasing updates and fixes for XP and it's been on the market since 2001... so is it a surprise that people have found some bugs in Vista? No. at least it shouldn't be. idk how many of you actually remember when XP was released but everything that has been said about Vista was said about XP, and every parallel between Vista and XP was made between XP and Win98.

I loved 3.0, I loved 3.1, I loved 95, I loved 98, I loved XP, and since I upped my RAM to 2GB I love Vista (even though I shouldn't have to go to 2GB, god I want RISC to be adopted...). My advice, update any outdated hardware (like video and sound cards), switch to an AMD chipset (if you aren't already on it), up your RAM to at least 2GB (most of you already run at least that much anyway I'm sure), and switch to Vista, it's better than people make it out to be, don't believe the nay-sayers...

[MattZani]

To add ontop of JrF's great advice, get a new Phenom AMD, theyre using the more efficient chip set, so should OC Better and run cooler!

[drobes34]

i'd stick with xp i tried vista and its got bugs and sucks battery life

[noah03ark]

definitely XP