Anyone want to argue a case for XP?
I'll take it you want me to completely kill your argument then?
/start disecting argument
Well I have recently got a pc for my birthday and it has vista on it, and despite what people say I have had no problems with the system itself.
You are lucky then there are just as many people who would say the exact opposite.
Vista was very efficient in repairing itself
what exactly did it repair? Really i'm curious plz tell me.
I may not be a super-hyper-uber pc person
Nope your not
In my opinion, people write off vista simply because they are so used to WindowsXP and are scared of switching to Vista.
Well of course people are scared. All the network admins are complaining about how vista's networking sucks. Desktop users have had hardware probelms (largely due to gay hardware manufacturers). Vista is a memory pig so the chances it will even run on your year old pc are pretty slim. etc. etc. what is there to be not scared about?
Think how old XP is now and how many viruses etc have been developed for it therefore with updated software on Vista it is more secure.
XP is old that means there has been alot more time for security updates. Sure its still not completely secure but users would complain if it was too secure. (like they are with vista). Vista has been made very secure against some things but it is still wide open to attacks from others. Sure you can't write a virus to wipe the whole hard disk with vista but you can sure as hell wipe out every file the user has ownership to. So its still insecure. Also with new software comes new bugs. Many bugs can be exploited by 'hackers' / dodgy software makers which leaves vista wide open here where as XP since it has been updated so much has alot fewer bugs to allow insecurities through.
Also, the change-over to vista fully will occur (Yes it will, maybe not soon) so sooner or later people will have to use vista and not XP if they're going to keep up with the development of technology.
What makes you think this? There are other OS's like mac and linux. People know that these operating systems are very secure. And with the eye candy thats coming out for linux whos to say people won't decide to use linux instead? Wine can run old windows programs well enough and can run many new ones fairly well. So people do not have to worry about backwards compatibiity issues unless they are worried about programs newer than two years old. In which case there are many open source alternatives and some of the newer programs will run fine through wine anyway. I would like to point out that linux needs only 192mb of memory for latest versions to run (full desktop versions not just the linux kernel although i think you would be alot better off with 256mb) compared to vista's 1gb (most people recommend a minimum of 2gb). You only need 192mb of ram for a desktop version linux to run from a live cd!
and most people use trial versions and other useless ones which I feel is very harsh on the software
The thing with open source software is that nearly all of it is free (as in money). If people moved to linux which is largely open source they will find a whole lot of free full versions then they wont want trial versions anyway.
and it is faster and more secure
I've already explained the more secure thing. The faster bit well.... have you tried dual booting xp/vista on same pc and benchmarking them?
We are disappointed that CPU-intensive applications such as video transcoding with XviD (DVD to XviD MPEG4) or the MainConcept H.264 Encoder performed 18% to nearly 24% slower in our standard benchmark scenarios. Both benchmarks finished much quicker under Windows XP.
www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/page11.htmlthats a nice comparison of xp vs vista. sure the benchmarkings a bit old but the vista sp1 is supposed to be even slower so... :S
After all the reasons I have given why do people judge so easily?
Well after i have finished killing your argument perhaps you shall see?
Furthermore, I think people should try Vista
Well sure, if you know someone who already has it go try it on there pc. There is no guarantee that it will work the same on yours but it lets you see vista. At prices between $130-$300 nz i don't think you want to be going and buying it so you can see if you like it. What if you decide you don't? Shops don't often take back software.
You don't lose any files or data and can easily re-install XP.
Well you don't lose them in the 'upgrade' but if you try reinstalling xp your gona have fun keeping all your files/data in the reinstall (it can be done but it requires a bit of work).
They complain that some programs can't run on Vista -this is utter B***s**t.
take a look at this
www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_Listsee the incompatibility list?
And they sure as hell have not tested every program ever written.
Simply change the compatability of the program "Run as Admin" and "Run program in XP" and it is no problem at all...
Sure try the compatibility thing. it may get a few apps going but it wont work for alot of apps. Same thing happened in 2000 + xp i could no longer run any games written for DOS/95 no matter what compatibility i set.
People are scared of Vista because it is different from XP, and in most ways better.
Yep people are scared. Sure vista is in quite a few ways better but also in the same number of ways worse.
They don't want to change and without change how can anything develop?
Well thats why you need to give people a d**ned good reason for the 'upgrade'. Vista is not a good enough reason. Maybe when linux or mac developes a little more there will be a good enough reason. (I hope it will be linux i could really do with some decent hardware support from ati + my tv card manufacturer
)
I remember when XP came out, many people disliked it and did not trust the new software and therefore kept on with windows 2000.
Thats because when xp came out hardly any drivers were half decent. As soon as they got good people started switching. Alot of drivers are now out for Vista (fairly good ones) and still noone is switching. What does that tell you? People are still unsure of vista.
Recommended system requirements are
1ghz 32bit or 64bit processor (well yeah sure it will run on that but can i play wolf with that?)
1 gb memory (microsoft seems to have pressed the wrong button maybe that should be a 2?)
40 gb hard disk with at least 15gb of space (what on earth is it using all this space for? ubuntu only uses 8gb and it comes with a full office suite a whole lot of games a fully functional image editing program that works about as well as adobe photoshop and tons of other stuff or you can take the extra's out (the stuff windows doesnt come with) and it only needs 2gb.
support for dx9 graphics:
Card has to have a vista driver (well drivers seem to be out and working)
128mb memory (most onboard chips have between 32 to 64 so probably about a two thirds of people wont have this)
pixel shader 2.0 (well say good bye to your old geforce cards only a 6600 or better can do this i think and onboard gfx? well i doubt they would have it)
32bit colour
Also if you have only one single or dual core processor your fine but if you have two in your pc then your gonna have to fork out more cash for a business version of Vista (or ultimate).
And i would like to point out vista doesnt have even half decent opengl support atm so if you want to run some awesome games that use opengl instead of directx be prepared for low frame rates.
/end disecting argument
did i do good? lol
sorry riggs, if i offended you anywhere in that i didnt mean to. I'm just crazy
and sorry for long post