Looking to upgrade... XP or Vista???

Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a
newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows
Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that
is on "clearance".

If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I
have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista
and I was wondering why that is the case?

Thank You

Annie

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Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a
newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows
Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that
is on "clearance".

If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I
have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista
and I was wondering why that is the case?

Thank You

Annie


I still prefer XP and you can still purchase such machines.

However, with good enough hardware, Vista should run OK.
It definitely requires better hardware than XP
and many folks upgrading their XP machine to Vista
find that they do not have sufficient hardware.


Check the machine before you buy it...and if the Vista rating is 4 or higher
(out of a possible 5)
it should be OK

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Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a
newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows
Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that
is on "clearance".

If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I
have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista
and I was wondering why that is the case?


Vista is toast. That can be seen from how MS have had to allow XP to
continue to be installed on new machines, and by how MS are in such a
hurry to get Windows 7 ready.

I've had XP Pro for just under a year (my old rig still runs 98SE), and
I've only ever had one Blue Screen on it (and that was because the video
capture software is one cranky mother). It's very stable and does all
that anyone could reasonably expect it to do. I've no complaints.

--
Regards

Nigel Stapley

www.thejudge.me.uk

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If you expect (or just desire) that it *feels* like Win98 as far
as ease of use, it is easier to configure XP that way. XP's
initial setup allows you to configure it to have you as the only
user (it is a multi-user OS) and to have that user run with full
administrative permissions (it has a file system with security
in mind and there are things you can and can't do without the
proper permissions). This is really *not* a good idea to do -
(this running all the time with administrative permisions) and
Vista makes it more difficult to [mis]configure this way for
ease of use.

It can still be done though.

I got Vista with my new laptop because I wanted to have a longer
period of support than I would have gotten with XP - I have since
done some reading about Vista and my user experience has been
good. I use that machine as a household appliance, and once set
up, the UAC prompts everybody likes to complain about are not
an issue.

I recommend Vista, but not if you aren't willing to play by its rules.
I recommend XP because it is more forgiving if you don't want to
play by it's rules.

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Hi.. I've had Windows 98se for many years and I'm looking to get a
newer PC. I see that MOST of the systems today come with Windows
Vista. I do see an occasional PC with XP but it is usually one that
is on "clearance".

If I do get a newer PC, which operating system would you reccomend? I
have heard quite a few people say that they didn't care much for Vista
and I was wondering why that is the case?

Thank You

Annie

Thanks for all of the advice. But on most sites I've looked at, I
find very little in the way of XP systems. Can you guys reccomend
some places where XP PCs are in ample supply?

Thanks again.

Annie

If the site has a live chat feature you can usually custom order your
choice of hardware and software. My Thinkpad laptop was special
ordered (by someone else) and XP Pro was specifically requested
because she had heard about Vista's UAC being such a pain.

I got it from her after her cat sat on the lid while a thumbdrive sat
on the keyboard - cracked LCD. She had it set up as automatically
logging on to a sole unpassworded account with full administrative
privileges. On the desktop was a copy of her online chat where she
exchanged banking info as well as the way she requested particulars
like RAM and harddrive capacity 802.11x

Totally clueless...but I love her anyway. )


wrote in message
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Thanks for all of the advice. But on most sites I've looked at, I
find very little in the way of XP systems. Can you guys reccomend
some places where XP PCs are in ample supply?

Thanks again.

Annie

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Thanks for all of the advice. But on most sites I've looked at,
I find very little in the way of XP systems.

Are you looking for a new laptop PC, or desktop system?

In pretty much any case, buy the system you want based on your hardware
criteria, then download an XP cd on a torrent or borrow an XP cd from a
friend or from your workplace and wipe the hard drive of your new PC and
install XP.

It's just that simple. I can post a few never-before-used XP-pro
product keys here if you want to use them.

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Thanks for all of the advice. But on most sites I've looked at, I
find very little in the way of XP systems. Can you guys reccomend
some places where XP PCs are in ample supply?

Thanks again.

Annie



Try Newegg

philo wrote:

Can you guys reccomend some places where XP PCs are in ample
supply?

Try Newegg

What's wrong with you people?

Just buy a new machine and wipe the drive and install XP on the damn
thing.

It's sad how helpless Microsoft has caused people to become.

Hi... 98 guy, the thing is, wiping the drive clean and installing a
whole new operating system might be easy for some, but for a novice
like myself I know I would probably run into all sorts of issues with
things like BIOS, DRIVERS etc... Nothing I do is ever "smooth as
silk".

I also was looking for a newer PC with XP, but it sure would be easier
if it were already installed.

Thanks

~david~