xp 4 life

I use XP

I'm using 64-bit Vista, but wish I was using XP so that I could play my favorite game Diablo LOD. It won't play on Vista. I have a copy of 64-bit XP but had to uninstall it because of lack of device drivers at the time. I also have a copy of 32-bit XP but using it on a different computer. Vista Home was preinstalled on the HP computer I'm using now.

While that is true it does vary on how many problems there are and what type of problems. With the UAC security controls added, the UI for the OS completely overhauled, program virtualization (stop writing in C:\Program Files\App\blah.ini, rewrites to C:\Users\<Username>\App\blah.ini), and a more touchy firewall Vista manage to break a lot of applications and cause very quirky behavior. Too much change for a single release and broke too much existing software.

XP is the better choice in my opinion but not for much longer. We will have to move to a newer version of windows soon but I am holding out for Windows 7.

I have a Q8200 with 6gigs ram and couldn't get one of my favorite games (Act of War) to play on 64bit Vista. I ended up wiping vista out and installing Ubuntu....now I can play my games using wine.

Bottom line, if I can play games using wine but not in Vista...that really shows you how much vista sucks.

If you're into gaming stay with XP, unless you can fork out the money for a decent DX10 videocard. Yeah, you'll probably need to get a little more RAM also.

i think vista sucks because part of it is written with c# and uses clr instead of native code, which probably makes it slow.

I have just bought an Vista Laptop, but it has to be said, I think XP is better,