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Should I downgrade to XP?

  • 28-02-2008 1:21am
    #1
    manyoo99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    Right I have had Vista on my laptop for around 2 months now but i can't stand how slow and unresponsive it is so i'm deciding to put xp back on it. What do ye guys think i should do?


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  • #2
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,475 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    there are settings in vista you can tweak that might make it a bit faster and have you uninstalled any programs that came with the laptop that you don't need. http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ might get rid of some unwanted stuff. Other than that if you've been using it and don't like how its performing you should probably install xp. There should be plenty of guides around on what you need to do, but if you do a google search, you might find if people with the same laptop had any trouble with drivers etc


  • #3
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    What kind of spec laptop do you have? 2 gigs of ram? I'm dualbooting between xp/vista or was until I borked my xp installation but that's another story :) Vista needs more resources but it's not as bad as it's made out to be. You can turn off some things like indexing to make it run smoother. 2 gigs of ram(+ decent spec) is what I would recommend for running it.


  • #4
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Sherifu wrote: »
    What kind of spec laptop do you have? 2 gigs of ram? I'm dualbooting between xp/vista or was until I borked my xp installation but that's another story :) Vista needs more resources but it's not as bad as it's made out to be. You can turn off some things like indexing to make it run smoother. 2 gigs of ram(+ decent spec) is what I would recommend for running it.

    Took offense to that! I was of that thinking until upto the start of this week. Had a business (I know....with Vista Home Premium on it...) machine in that had a damaged Vista install,would boot to a black screen with mouse cursor but thats all. After many attmepts using the Repair My Computer option from the Safe Mode choices, I decided to do a repair install (like good ol' XP used to let you do) but..whats this?!...no repair option!?. Thats right Microsoft removed the option to allow you to do a repair install to fix a broken OS but maintain your user files and accounts. So this has turned me into an avid detester of Vista, its bloated, crap , does nothing right, slow, badly designed and just plain not nice.
    So yes to the OP, change to XP and don't look back.


  • #5
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Yep, they replaced it with the disk backup utility, now you're supposed to image the hard drive and restore from that. I'd like to still have the repair install option too though.


  • #6
    BigglesMcGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 501 ✭✭✭BigglesMcGee


    A lot of people would consider to move from Vista to XP an upgrade :)

    All i can say is that i've had to use system restore at least twice a week since i bought my laptop with Vista. Im trying to stick it out but i may soon give up and upgrade to XP.


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  • #7
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Just to give the other side of the coin:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055234216

    Vista will get better, xp will stagnate.


  • #8
    alanmurf88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭alanmurf88


    ya i think i'll just keep xp. i have a dual core 2.2ghz and 2gb of ram. if i got a 2gb usb key and put readyboost on it would that speed up my system?


  • #9
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    alanmurf88 wrote: »
    ya i think i'll just keep xp. i have a dual core 2.2ghz and 2gb of ram. if i got a 2gb usb key and put readyboost on it would that speed up my system?
    Not a lot tbh, readyboost works best if you have 1gig of ram, you may notice a performance increase. Your system seems well able for vista though.


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