Proof that Windows Vista = Dogs dinner

[KeithD]

I've done the similar tests but mainly to compare performance and Vista is definately slower than XP with everything set up exactly the same and running the same apps on the same machine.
Iain.

With the indexing off, 2GB's ram, advanced disk management off, and all the services corresponding exactly, etc?

[IainBusby]

With the indexing off, 2GB's ram, advanced disk management off, and all the services corresponding exactly, etc?

Mostly, there are some inherent services in vista that don't exist in XP, but when I check in task manager it seems that they don't use up enough memory to make the difference. I think it's just the way the have re-ritten most of the inbuilt apps and interfaces that tends to bloat the whole OS in general.
Iain.

[walesrob]

2GB's ram,

And there lies the whole problem with Vista, it needs stupid amounts of RAM to run smoothly. You may remember I had an Acer laptop with Vista Basic, but only came with 512mb. Of course it spluttered, paused and even had some BSOD's (yeah I know its the fault of the manufacturer) Only by adding an extra 1.5Gb of RAM does it start to run to a degree where multi-tasking is possible. Having got this Advent Netbook with XP and 1024mb of RAM (it has a N270 Intel Atom processor), it seems very fast, and I can multitask quite easily. Bootup time is incredible - I made it about 18 seconds, never seen that before in XP.

Andypaul makes a valid comment regarding corporations not yet migrating over to Vista due to cost and technical restrictions, but also spare a thought for people in developing countries, Philippines for example - an XP machine is probably quite expensive, but if M$ force everyone onto Vista, the cost would be prohibitive for many, and I can only see more pirated copies of XP floating around or a bigger uptake of Linux distro's, such as Ubuntu. In fact, some manufacturers of these Netbooks use Ubuntu as the OS, and while I can't find any sales figures, there are more Linux laptops on sale now than ever before - even the local Currys store has 3 Linux laptops on sale.

As a footnote, if you had been following the dev. blog for Windows 7, you'll see that M$ have vowed to make the OS more lighter, with less bloat. Seems M$ have learnt a lesson. Less is more, so to speak.

[jimeve]

M$ thats cool,

[jimeve]

thinking of buying wife a lappie for xmas the for mentioned seems good for the
pries but she needs a bigger HD, 160 or more. loads of pics & vids.

[KeithD]

And there lies the whole problem with Vista, it needs stupid amounts of RAM to run smoothly.

2GB's is generally the standard, unless you are paying for a 'toy' .....Vista makes it clear what is required, so if you don't have it, don;t upgrade......you can't put the new Mac OS on old systems, and the new versions of Linux OS won't now work on some old servers...that's progression.