Another "I'm buying a new computer - help!" thread

[jodal]

Well you should get better performance from XP than vista for the near term. But if you're getting it as part of the package you might as well get it from the word go.

Exactly, and also surely the computer I'll be getting (see specs above) will easily be able to run it fine without issue.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Why not? If I get a free upgrade anyway. Whats the point in waiting for a year???

The same reason that most business won't touch the first release of an OS until the 1st revision at the very least.

I'll be sticking with XP for a fair old while I think.. it's been refined over 6 years and does everything Vista does (to a point) and probably does it faster.

Vista might look pretty, but it's new and with newness lurks problems.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Vista might look pretty, but it's new and with newness lurks problems.

You can say that again, I just tried to install something and it was blue-screening all over the place, it's slooooow, clunky, it asks your permission any time you try and do stuff. . I'm wiping it tonight.

 

[jodal]

The same reason that most business won't touch the first release of an OS until the 1st revision at the very least.

I'll be sticking with XP for a fair old while I think.. it's been refined over 6 years and does everything Vista does (to a point) and probably does it faster.

Vista might look pretty, but it's new and with newness lurks problems.

Fair dinkums.

 

[Sunray]

Yeah but XP is boring.