You prefer windows XP or windows Vista?

@med889 (5941)
April 28, 2009 6:02am CST
I had windows XP in my first laptop it was rapid and very good, now I bought a new laptop they gave me windows Vista with it. I find it very bulky. What do you use, Vista or XP?
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29 responses
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
20 May 09
Hi there.I would prefer XP to Vista anyday. No amount of memory is enough for Vista. It clogs up the memory like crazy. XP is way faster. I am also thinking of trying out linux, ubuntu.Just a thought.
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@med889 (5941)
21 May 09
Its better to learn from own mistakes but still you can consider what Xarex is saying due to his experience, I am happy you are also a fan of Xp, I also prefer Xp to Vista for the rapid service.;-)
@cbeee3 (2061)
• India
20 May 09
I still want to try it someday soon.I learn from my own mistakes..hehe..
@xarex777 (467)
• Philippines
20 May 09
I've tried Ubuntu but i'm not satisfied by its performance.. maybe it loads faster but Linux is far behind from XP... If linux also has the extra components XP has then it will load slower.. I think Microsoft has more experience than Linux environment..
@leekk8 (27)
• Malaysia
29 Apr 09
Actually once you get used to it, then you will feel nothing much different. Windows Vista is good too. The trend is Microsoft will no longer support WinXP soon, so we need to learn and get used to Windows Vista. Anyway, make sure your hardware is sufficient to run Windows Vista. If you have less than 3GB RAM, I think Windows XP is still the choice.
@ekimflow (121)
• United States
30 Apr 09
wait till aug.when windows 7 is released and you'll see the end of vista.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
So fast a new window?? I did not know about that,this means Vista will be considered as old and Xp will be considered to be older???Wow thats really so quick!
@leekk8 (27)
• Malaysia
30 Apr 09
So fast microsoft launch another windows? That means Windows Vista will not be the main trend forever?
• China
20 May 09
i prefer xp to vista, although vista interface is more beautiful, it occupies more ems memory, it makes the computer slower.
@med889 (5941)
21 May 09
I also believe that Vista is much slower and bulkier than Xp, I have always prefered Xp to Vista. Now I am waiting for windows 7 to see what it is bringing!
@xarex777 (467)
• Philippines
20 May 09
I have been using XP for more than 5 years and I'm not having problems with it.. then I tried installing vista last month and I found that it's really bulky and really have slow performance.. It eats certain percentage of your RAM to share as video memory that's why you can see Vista looks good but that's not I'm looking for.. I always seek for performance and not the eye-candy..
@med889 (5941)
21 May 09
I have Vista in my new laptop and the old one is happier with Xp, I have always prefered Xp to Vista, I find Vista a bit slower and it is bulky, though it has beautiful features than Xp. I am waiting for the windows 7 to see a new aspect.
@soumo55 (72)
• India
21 May 09
In my point of view, XP is best. It is safe , easier, user friendly. It will be great for you. I don't tell that vista is not good but XP is great.
@med889 (5941)
22 May 09
This is one of the mature response, that though vista is not very good but still Xp is great, I am for Xp too and I am waiting for windows 7 to know a bit more.
• Philippines
3 Jun 09
I have always used Windows XP too, but the laptop that my father bought for me is in Windows Vista and I find it just fine except lately that I have been having problems in the operating system and when I searched it in the internet, it is a common problem in Windows Vista. I would love to switch back to Windows XP sometime soon.
@med889 (5941)
4 Jun 09
I believe most laptop nowadays are coming up with vista only because my new laptop also is equipped with windows vista which I don't quite prefer compared to Xp.
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
12 May 09
I prefer to use Windows XP much more because I am familiar with it. Besides, Windows Vista has a higher requirement for the computer. If your computer isn't good enough, it will slow down your computer. And there are still lots hardware and software support Windows XP rather than Windows Vista. So I don't want to upgrade it to Vista. I love China
@med889 (5941)
13 May 09
Hello there, I also prefer Xp too compare to Vista because I believe Vista is bulky and slow but I think its also because I have been using Xp for long and I am more keen to Xp than Vista.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
5 May 09
Hi med889,both are good in features.But,I always prefer Windows XP to Windows Vista.Because I think I in Vista no such interesting features have been added than XP.It only looks good and that is the only utility.So,for me XP is far better and more efficient.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Hello bumba, thats really a long time, how are you doing? Anyways as you said Xp is more reliable and I prefer it to Vista . Vista is slow and pop-ups are really irritating and the permissions they ask you everytime are so boring and a waste of time so Xp Hail to you;-)
12 May 09
I generally don't mind Windows Vista. I'm not convinced that Vista is as bad as some uninformed people say it is (although User Access Control is a tool of Satan whether it is turned on or off) I run Vista on my laptop with XP Pro in a virtual machine with VMware for those times when Vista won't do, so I get along. I would quite like Microsoft to get away from a business model of operating systems (release one every two-three years) and just nail one properly and then build on it in a modular way, with the ability to move modules in and out as technology improves.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Vista can be good too and I am still using Vista in my laptop but I prefer Xp because maybe I am used to it and now with all the new features with Vista I find it bulky and quite of slow too. Now we have to wait for the windows 7 to know what is new with windows in general;-)
@ekimflow (121)
• United States
30 Apr 09
if vista was suppose to be so good then why is he junking it for windows 7 in aug-09?cause it was a dog!a real peice of crapola,that had 572 holes in it upon release.95 and 98 were better than vista could ever be.they should make him give everyone that he screwed by forcing it upon them a refund.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Yeah you are right this means that Vista is not acceptable to many and hence the need now for a new window for the users,
• Indonesia
4 May 09
I use XP for my computer at work and personal laptop. Vista makes computer ran slow (unless you add up extra memory which is no need if you use XP). Vista also full with support of application and notification that I find not useful. Totally not recommended!
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Yes yes yes you are right vista is really slow and I prefer Xp which is faster, and to be honest with you I prefer Xp because I am more used to that instead of the new features in Vista.
@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
30 Apr 09
I prefer Windows XP, I find it to suit my needs better, I dont need all the fancy bells ansd whistles of Vista, it is a waste of memory that could be used on more important things. Vista looks great and some great features, but todays average computer just cant handle Vista, it requires too much processing power. Vista is about 5years too early.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Yeah you are right, thank you for sharing;-)
• Philippines
9 May 09
I have windows XP on my desktop and Vista on my laptop i never had problem with both in terms of usage, speed, etc. Vista may take a while to get used to but if PC specs. allows it then its fine with me. But if im going to use it to an old system then i prefer installing XP.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Here in the office we have Xp and I got Vista in my laptop which i wanted to change but now I can hear that there is Windows 7 which is coming soon So i will wait to get a good one on my laptop but Xp is a very good one;-)
@ray_ripz (81)
• Singapore
19 May 09
i still use XP because i am happy with the performance of it.. and according to my sources XP is still better than vista.. because vista has some compatibility issues.. and they said that microsoft is releasing windows 7 to cure the defects of vista..
@med889 (5941)
20 May 09
Yeah i also heard that windows 7 is coming and I am waiting to see if it gonna be a bit better than Vista or more or less the same, as a matter of fact I have always prefered XP.
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
28 Apr 09
I have Windows XP on my computer since I'm well adapt of its features though I still want to try Vista for a change. It is better to try the two OS to have better comparisons. I guessed Vista would not be as popular as Windows XP, many are still using XP even though Vista has been around for quite sometime now. Besides, I don't have a friend who uses Vista that I could asked for a Vista installer.
@med889 (5941)
28 Apr 09
I just prefer xp to vista because the vista is too slow.
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
28 Apr 09
I'm utterly indifferent to it. My work computer uses XP, my home one Vista. My laptop uses XP pro, which is a bastardised hybrid of the two. It's really like trying to choose the most comfortable medical examination; there's always going to be some unpleasantness involved, and moments of awkward silence. But if they get the job done, I could care less. My palmtop uses the Symbian/EPOC OS however, which considered it's around ten years old, beats the lot into the ground.
@med889 (5941)
28 Apr 09
Hello Wolfechu, your answer makes me laugh, thanks for sharing,
@ktosea (2026)
• China
28 Apr 09
well,window Xp takes up less memory and hard disk and it is rapid and oporate good,but now I am using windows Vista in my laptop,I can see that Vista is good except it takes too much memory and hard disk,and some older softwares can not be accepted by Vista,that's not very convenient to use
@jimmy87 (475)
• India
28 Apr 09
I prefer Windows Xp over Windows vista For the following reasons:- 1.Windows XP is less complicated in operation. 2.XP requires lesser configuration of the computer. 3.XP formatting needs lesser time. 4.Vista asks a lot of que....LOL
@med889 (5941)
28 Apr 09
Hello jimmy87, vista always ask permission before allowing a program to run and I don't like that. I prefer xp which is very direct.
• United States
28 Apr 09
I prefer XP. It's much easier to use. Although I think Vista systems seem to run faster. But I recently bought a laptop from walmart that has Vista installed on it. I do not like the newer features. I find the orginization confusing. And everything is also named differently. It was very hard for me to find the controls and such the very first few days that I had it. I've only had it for about 2 months now. I am little better with it. But I have renamed everything because it gets so aggrivating. Ah, well what can you do. I didn't pay much for it anyway, and I only use it for school. So it all works out for me.
@med889 (5941)
12 May 09
Cool then we are mostly all in the same boat, as we believe Xp is faster and less bulky as Vista is. I also don't like the new features in my laptop which has vista on it, but I got to use that now Hope I will be able to like this one as I love Xp.
@xcapex (48)
• United States
28 Apr 09
I prefer XP because Vista (especially on laptop) is VERY VERY slow!
@med889 (5941)
28 Apr 09
I am facing with this problem now and I am looking forward to change Vista to XP.