Vista, XP or W7RC? Read first post before voting.

**||Lz3||** · 07-12-2009, 02:24

So my laptop will finally arrive on Friday but I still have to make a final choice. Which OS to use.

Now I'm planning to get Windows 7 as soon as it gets to shelves. I totally hate vista and would prefer to skip it entirely or just use it for a few weeks/months. XP is still great but it does not support some interesting additions made for the later windows...

The laptop comes with Vista home premium 32 bits preinstalled, however, I have an unused XP pro instalation disc as well as a Win7 RC 64 bits installer.

My options are:

-Windows Vista Home premium 32 bits
-Pros: It comes pre-installed with drivers, so I avoid the hassle of installing a different OS. Capable of DX10 graphics.
-Cons: It's the worst OS in the market. Only 32 bits so I won't be using ~.3 of my available RAM (4Gb)

-Windows XP pro
-Pros: It's stable. It's fast. I'm used to it. (I have never used vista regularly).
-Cons:I have to get rid of Vista first, then install XP. Does not support DX10. 32 bits.

-Windows 7 Release candidate 64 bits (Pseudo-beta)
-Pros: Latest Microsoft OS. 64 bits so I can use all 4 Gb of RAM. More stable than vista and still good looking. It supports DX10
-Cons: It's a release candidate so bugs are less likely but still happen so it's not 100% safe. It would turn useless by mid 2010.

**Hooahguy** · 07-12-2009, 05:15

id say go with xp for now.... when W7 comes out, go to that.

**Lemur** · 07-12-2009, 05:19

Hmm, if the laptop is new, there may not be XP drivers for everything. I know at least two people who ran into this problem when they tried to upgrade from Vista to XP. Check driver availability very carefully before wiping the hard drive.

**TosaInu** · 07-12-2009, 14:27

Sorry,

I voted XP thinking it was asking for my pref. I don't like Vista and I was totally not impressed when I heard about 7 last year. Lemur is right: it can be very difficult to get XP and the right drivers for it on laptops. For me, a XP recovery CD/supplied XP drivers was a must when I purchased my laptop a couple of months ago. I tried Vista for two days and I really hate it even more.

You may need to learn to love Vista.

**caravel** · 07-12-2009, 14:49

XP is less bloated and thus better for gaming in most cases. The 32 bit issue is really a non issue. There are few (if any) games for 64 bit arch. anyway. Windows 7 will likely be a more polished version of Vista and will probably be more bloated on release that the RC versions. It is actually Windows NT6.1 where Vista is NT6.0 so I'm not sure where they're getting the "7" from...

**Beskar** · 07-12-2009, 14:59

Windows 7 RC, then buy it when it comes out. It is very good.

**Che Roriniho** · 07-17-2009, 21:49

I really don't get all the hating on vista. Yes, you have the UAC, but for that, you have the off button. I just don't see what the problem is with it.