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patrickl:
I don't have much problems with Vista. It's a tad slower, but other than that it works fine. I'd rather have Windows XP still, but I can't be bothered to install Windows XP for such a small difference.

To be honest I hate all the graphic nonsense so I switch to the classic (Windows 2000) look of the interface.

FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 18, 2008, 02:56:58 pm ---

...you may change your opinion slightly when you move to Vista.  I'm a PC guy and Vista made me consider moving to Macs.

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I will "NEVER" willingly move to Vista... the day I am forced to is the day it happens.   I think I'll end up skipping that OS all together.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on November 18, 2008, 03:57:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 18, 2008, 02:56:58 pm ---

...you may change your opinion slightly when you move to Vista.  I'm a PC guy and Vista made me consider moving to Macs.

--- End quote ---

I will "NEVER" willingly move to Vista... the day I am forced to is the day it happens.   I think I'll end up skipping that OS all together.


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The next version of Windows is supposed to come out late 2009 (so about a year from now) which means if you haven't switched to Vista yet, then you should be able to wait for the next OS.  The next version of Windows seems to basically be an enchanced service pack for Vista, but it looks like they've addressed most of Vista's criticisms so it will hopefully be pretty good.  I honestly think the majority of the new features would of just been part of a service pack if Vista was more popular (similar to service pack 2 for XP), but it makes financial sense to seperate it away from Vista.

IMO Vista's biggest technical problem was lack of driver support at it's release, but I think it's actually a decent OS now.  I even recently saw a video game benchmark comparison between Vista and XP and the frame rates were virtually identical.

Zero_Hour:
I run 3 OS on my current Rig.

Vista64 Bit - I mainly use it for MAME 64. I had been using Vista non-stop since Beta 2, with no crashes. There were issues (slow file copy for one) that were not resolved until SP1, but overall I have never had more trouble with it than I did in the early days of XP. Driver support has been a legit issue for Vista users, I just got lucky there.

XP 32Bit - For a while I had run Vista exclusively, but when I moved to Vista 64bit, I threw XP32 back on for the few games I play (none of which use DX10)

OS X - I Put it on because I'm using it more and more at work (University), and wanted to have a better understanding of it's features. I've started using the ADOBE suite on it, but for me there is not much noticeable difference in performance from one platform to another. I'm not a power user though.

I use all of them with a fair amount of regularity, and Firefox & iTunes are the only apps I run on all platforms. I am looking forward to Apple launching a 64bit version of OSX, as all of their 1st party applications are reported to be migrating to 64bit as well. If MAME64 is any indication, the boost on my system will be fairly noticeable, and one of the rare moments when a software upgrade nets me better CPU performance. I wish there were more 64bit apps for me to throw on Vista as well - The hardware advances are really outpacing the software advances these days.

Honestly I've always seen the PC vs. MAC argument to be about as stupid as the ATARI vs. Commodore argument was when I was younger.
They're just tools. Use the one that works best for you.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on November 18, 2008, 04:41:04 pm --- I even recently saw a video game benchmark comparison between Vista and XP and the frame rates were virtually identical.

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I'm not sure "it isn't slower than the last version" is much of an endorsement.

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