Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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which is better if i was to buy a system now?
vista?
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xp?
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BaNNi
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Registered: 2nd Apr 05
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Just upgraded to Vista with all updates ..etc ... and it works brilliantly!
They've fixed all the little issues and SP1 is due for release (not long is it?)
So i'd say Vista... XP is out of date now 
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Adam-D
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if i get my machine it would be vista premium
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AndyKent
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Depends what your using it for....
My new laptop has Vista and works brilliantly - not one crash in 3 months - spot on. XP at work seems boring TBH.
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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got vista premium on my vaio, works well. even more impressed as i slotted a memory stick duo in and can use it to double my ram 
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Adam-D
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its for surfing the net, music, the odd game. thats about it tbh
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LeeM
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for basic use i think xp would be faster, but now when i use xp it seems so dated
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Adam-D
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im used to xp, it has only played up once or twice really on me in 5 years so.
im leaning towards xp
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
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xp vista sucks for gaming
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ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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xp, ive only played with vista a bit on my girlfriends laptop, but i just dont see the point at the min.
When theres something thats more benificial for me i will probs get it, as of the moment the driver issues ect put me off, not to mention i really dont care for pretty gui's in the least.
function over fashion. for me at least.
[Edited on 03-10-2007 by ssj_kakarot]
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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XP for the win
I have vista installed on my network at work, as well as XP and i permananently find myself changing everything to look oldschool, none of the crap that comes with vista, aero etc
Actually, get 2000, a million times more reliable than xp
do you know what, fk 2000 we should go old old school and use 3.11
3.11 fan club ftw 
If you want a serious response, wait till sp1 comes out for vista, till then get a deal for xp with free upgrade when you want and are ready for it 
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Adam-D
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well iv just phoned dell
a) bunch of "ethnic origin ppl"
b) tried to push me to a higher spec machine as the machin i wanted they couldn't put xp on 
c) i agreed to the higher spec machine, then when she read the spec back the chipset and video card lost half of its power.
so i fucked it off, il keep looking, sorry dell women on comission you just lost yourself £600 sale,
i had the cash
and you decided to try to rip me off
nope not gonna happen,
i now know how joe public get ripped off.
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drax
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Registered: 5th Feb 05
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XP!
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Adam-D
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i remeber 3.11 dead easy to set networking even with coax connections.
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
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Dont spend £600 on a dell pc, do what i did, i got all my parts seperatly of ebuyer cost about 450 thats without monitor though, and i really is easy to put it all together.
Ull get a pc 10 times better.
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BaNNi
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Registered: 2nd Apr 05
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I wouldnt say Vista is bad for games.
I play the new Medal of Honor, tried the new command and conquer, half life2, and I play WoW most of the time along with some counterstrike... all run fine.
Still on my test pc untill i've finished decorating too, not a large spec but it's running Vista Ultimate perrr-fect!
Only disabled one annoying thing which was the user account control that prompts everytime you want to run a program
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andy1868
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for what you listed vista will be fine tbh, as long as you get an alright spec'd machine.
personally i prefer XP, things run on vista don't get me wrong, they just seem to run better on XP at this moment in time.
there won't be alot of difference between the two for what you want. unless the supplier you're getting it from has XP licenses lying around you'll have to pay for vista anyway to cover you for using XP, as Microsoft aren't distributing XP anymore.
another alternative is if you're already using XP don't buy a new OS just get hold of an XP disc (if you don't already have one) and use your existing license key, which'll be found on a sticker on the side of your machine (depending on how confident you are at installing windows yourself)
[Edited on 03-10-2007 by andy1868]
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AndyKent
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Try speccing it off the Dell website, less arguing 
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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XP over Vista IMHO
It's faster and more stable ATM.
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Adam-D
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now looking at all these other lovly companys and im getting pissed off.
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
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vista definitely! ive had no problems other than one game not working (tiger woods) and at the beginning couldnt burn dvds... but nero have fixed that now.
a much more stable system, dont think its ever fully crashed? and thats since beta stage!
much better looking also personally, i could never go back to XP now
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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vista
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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have any of you who are recommending xp over vista ever even used it for more than 10mins???
VISTA ALL THE WAY
also the people who are saying xp is faster, is your pc equipped enough to run vista or are you using a pc that isnt upto vista spec?
[Edited on 03-10-2007 by 306CORSA]
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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windows me ftw!
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drax
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Registered: 5th Feb 05
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I say XP Because I play alot of games and im fully aware of the amount of problems alot of developers are facing with vista
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