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This is sorta tied in with my other thread but I think spun off enough to deserve its own topic. Anyway, when I get my new PC I need to also get a licensed OS as unlicensed XP sucks now (lack of updates makes me sad). So I'm really torn on what to buy between XP and Vista.
On one hand Vista is new, shiney and potentially a better investment for the future but on the other hand I'm comfortable with XP and never had any problems with it and there's nothing really wrong with it unlike Vista which all I ever hear about is negative things like how it crashes and etc.
You can see the rough idea of my new pc's specs in my other thread (even found the thread for you!). Basically I should have more than enough RAM (4gb) and in general I think it'll be way good enough to handle the OS, but I'm really mostly concerned with the problems I could potentially have, that others have experienced.
So, with all that said, what do people who have used/tried/experienced both OS's think? Price-wise Vista is about $5 AUSD more than XP (a bit more if you get the premium Vista) so that's really not an issue I just in general want a comparison of their abilities.
Thanks!
On one hand Vista is new, shiney and potentially a better investment for the future but on the other hand I'm comfortable with XP and never had any problems with it and there's nothing really wrong with it unlike Vista which all I ever hear about is negative things like how it crashes and etc.
You can see the rough idea of my new pc's specs in my other thread (even found the thread for you!). Basically I should have more than enough RAM (4gb) and in general I think it'll be way good enough to handle the OS, but I'm really mostly concerned with the problems I could potentially have, that others have experienced.
So, with all that said, what do people who have used/tried/experienced both OS's think? Price-wise Vista is about $5 AUSD more than XP (a bit more if you get the premium Vista) so that's really not an issue I just in general want a comparison of their abilities.
Thanks!