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[genedefcon]

But, you are forgetting one point. Those with a slower machine, or just want faster performance, should either stick with XP, or purchase Windows Vista Home Basic.

[AlanStafford]

Oh, we know about the performance issues; we're testing XP vs. Vista right now. For this small article, we were just curious about what people are buying. And just as an aside, Microsoft wouldn't tell us what the breakdown of Vista sales is, so we had to go to a different source.

[finebldr]

Running dual boot on separate hds. (XP 32 sp2, Vista ultimate 64 sp1). No problems. I haven't "renamed" boot to an "earlier version of windows" yet. My biggest annoyance is getting either OS to let me run display at "native resolution". Dell UltraSharp 24" HC 1900x1200.

[Tech4me]

The least I would get is Vista home Premium, Most of new comps.ship with Vista( I don't think you have much choice,Unless custom build)

On the business side, like myself would like to hang on Xp,Cause we like to hold on to our Old printers.....(Old Stuffs) .

[DocDek]

I came across your post re: dual boot XP32 / Vista Ult 64 and was intriged! I have been interested in taking advantage of the greater Ram capabilities of V Ult 64bit for my video editing but was unsure if i wanted to do this (wiping out my XP pro). Your suggestion provides a way around it for me. could you explain your hardware set up and any other particulars that came with this dual boot? (if this doesn't belong here lets email off blog) Thanks.

[mphenterprises]

Hi DocDek and welcome to the PCWorld Communities. :D




Dual Booting is very easy, as long as you have the hardware specifications. Please review this WikiDocument for some popular Dual Booting options.

http://forums.pcworl...m/docs/DOC-1111

Now, if after reviewing this WikiDocument you still have questions, please open your own Discussion by clicking here. If you create a separate Discussion, please be as detailed and concise as possible so that other members can assist you with the best information.

I currently am running Windows Vista and Windows XP within the same computer. I intend on installing Ubuntu this weekend to create a Tri-Boot system. If you would like to see my system specifications, please copy and past the url from my signature into your address bar.

[finebldr]

hi Doc, if mphenterprises can't answer you question I would be happy to communicate. Although mphenterprises probably has a lot more experience than I. email is public in profile, for a day anyway. good luck to you

[mphenterprises]

Hi FineBldr. If Doc does open a new Discussion, feel free to contribute your knowledge. Even if I do know more about Dual Booting, that does not mean that you may not be able to shed some light on this situation. We are all here to learn from each other. :D

[DocDek]

Thanks for the help here folks. I think i'll look at the direction given by mphenterprises and get back to you all on how it works (Start a new thread). My main issue is having as much ram as possible for video editing (adding 2 more gigs to the 2 i have) but, knowing XP can't handle it, and yet so many programs work well with XP at 2 gigs. THanks again for your help:D

[smwhitacre0]

Basically it all comes down to this - is your computer doing what you want it to do? If the answer is yes, then why upgrade to Vista. If the answer is no, then which OS will?

[DocDek]

I'm with you. I'm not that eager to move to vista. The main reason I'm considering it is 64bit OS allowing me to gain more than 3 gig for video rendering/editing. I'm running some games but they are fine in XP. It would be nice to get DX10 but i'm not an intense gamer to move to vista just for that reason. Any advice on trying XP pro 64?

[Evildave]

75% of PCs COME with Vista on them. Joe Public walks into computer store, gets box off of shelf and puts it into cart, pays for box, brings box home, plugs box in, and finds Vista on it. People don't CHOOSE Vista. They get Vista shoved down their throats and are told to like it.

As for me, my reasonably buff Vostro 1700 came with Vista. I tried to make do. It just sucked too bad. So bad I gave XP a miss and finally switched over to Linux full-time. No more Microsoft. EVER. For them to pass off Vista as they shipped it is too high a crime to ignore.

The much-shrunken Vista partition is still there on my boot drive. I even put SP1 on it this evening. Then I got bored and rebooted to Linux again. The virtual fish that live behind the multiple Compiz managed 3D desktops were lonely.

[mphenterprises]

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Hi DocDek. Please keep the topic of conversation to the discussion at hand. If you have a specific question related to something other than this discussion, please open a new Discussion.

[aweysham]

My first Vista computer came with Ultimate. Of course at first I hated it. I turned off Aero mode, did not need it. Media Center I hated too. It basically took over my comptuer, no mouse. Of course maybe I should have learned to use it but I really don't need it. My second one came with Vista Business. I like it and don't really see any difference to the other. Now that I've gone through about 6 months of trouble shooting Vista and fixing all the problems I was having ( thanks to the help from many people on various forums), I'm OK with Vista now. My plan for my second computer was to format the drive and install XP Pro, adds to the cost of the machine but I figured it would be worth it as I was always happy with XP. But unfortuantely ASUS does not provide any drivers for XP for my machine. So Im stuck with Vista and just making the most of it.

Andy: ASUS U6S ( a real sweet machine)

[Evildave]

Well, I'll just chime in. Thanks to Vista Business on my Vostro 1700, I will never buy a PC with Windows on it again.

As for the U6S, you can always download an Ubuntu ISO, burn it to CD, shrink your Vista partition, then install and dual boot that. Aparently the 64 bit version worked with the default setup except for the webcam. The Ubuntu ISO has the additional nice property of being able to boot the OS directly off the CD, so you can see whether it'll work before you commit to installing it.

According to this post anyway - 'hantabaru' , 1/31/08
bq. Hi Have a look at the Asus U6S. It is rather pricey but similar specs to the dell and the look and build quality is fantastic in my opinion. I have just got one from work (Got to choose it myself . I have removed windows within a few hours of installing ubuntu I feel that confident with this laptop.
This topic
bq. Addresses a problem with the PC speaker.
So, web camera doesn't work, and it doesn't go "beep", and a few other nik-naks they haven't tinkered with. I've seen much worse compatibility issues with my own computers, and got them running anyway.

While you're downloading free stuff, grab 'VirtualBox' so you can run Linux apps in Windows, and Windows apps in Linux. It has some quirks, but it's free, and VMware has OTHER quirks.

[MICHAEL45]

just can,t beat windows xp, but looks like there is no choice but vista, when to buy a new pc.

[uburu]

And a small, growing and computer savvy percentage of us don't buy windows at all.

[MICHAEL45]

yes uburu, some people just are fed up with windows operating systems like XP, but thats what i like to use, i never was around apple, or Mac. but its what you like to work with that counts,:)

[Evildave]

Yeah, Ubuntu. All the way.

I was shrinking my Vista partition to squeeze more space back and it ate the partition table, so I shrugged and started over without it.

I talked Dell into sending me a Vista disk way back shortly after I bought the computer and before I discovered what crap Vista was, so if I need it, I have it. I just don't need it.

Flash 8 actually runs fine under WINE, and since my current work involves Flash, between that and the Flex 3 SDK, and a virtual machine of Windows XP and 2000 for the most 'antique' support, I'm golden.