Windows Vista What are you getting out of Vista vs. XP?

Hey everyone, I'm typing this on my XP installation (dual-boot OS), because Vista crashed again. This time it didn't overheat, but it simply froze. And it takes forever to boot up. I've been running Vista since RC2 came out (when it was still in beta) and it was fun. And amazingly stable. But after 8 months of using the final release, I must admit, even though I had always said how great it was, it has now become somewhat of a nuisance. Start-up, shutdown, application execution times are NOTICEABLY longer than the IDENTICAL XP equivalents.

Now, if I want the look and feel of Vista, I can install a simple application that makes XP look like Vista. LOL I'm saying the novelty, and the 3D, and the live quick launch previews, etc., while impressive, seemingly lags the whole system. And I have a FAST one. Core Duo T2500 @ 2GHz with 2GB of RAM and a 256MB video card. My Thinkpad also has the "Vista capable" "guarantee???" LOL...

Bottom line: Why did you upgrade to Vista? Are you impressed? Disappointed? Delighted? Infuriated? What are you getting out of Vista that you cannot do on XP??? I really would like to find out.

 

Hi Crunch,

I really think that you should now do a clean install of Vista because there is something causing your problems with the current install.
My machine isn't as fast as yours, (an Athlon 64 x2 dual core 4200+ running a 32 bit Vista, 2GB RAM, IDE HD's, nVidia GForce 7300GT, 256MB Mem.) but it boots to a fully functioning desktop with network up and running in 57/58 seconds, and shuts down in 11/15 seconds. That is faster than my XP installation.

Roger

 

Roger, I think you're right. I used to always say, "wow, it's faster without even adding RAM ". I'm going to do the re-install as soon as someone can tell me if I should delete the partition and re-do it as a PRIMARY instead of LOGICAL. Thanks everyone.

 

I'd go for a Primary - why not?

Roger

 

http://windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?p=359456#post359456

Roger, and anyone else, I hope you're not sick of me yet lol, but I just wanted the two threads to interlink, because I want to do my re-install already and not be left without access to XP LOL...

Thanks...