Technical advice from the Peanut Gallery

by Dirk Hoag on Aug 14, 2007 2:03 PM EDT

Hey, it's mid-August, so I think I can sneak in one non-hockey related post:

Today I've got a quick question for you - I've received a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate, and have the option of going ahead and installing it on my home PC (which should have the horsepower to handle it*), or just putting the thing up on eBay and wait until a couple Service Packs come out to be sure it's robust and secure before making the migration from XP.

What do you think? Does anybody out there have positive or negative experiences with the XP-to-Vista transition to share?

*My current PC is a 3GHz Pentium IV, with 1GB RAM, a good, but three year-old video card (ATI Radeon 8500, I think), plenty of HD space and a DVD-ROM. Software-wise, I've already got Office XP.

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If your system is a 3Ghz P4 with 1GB of memory, don't go near Vista. especially Ultimate.

Right now it gives you few if any advantages over XP, and is a resource hog. The memory is problem #1. Video card problem #2. Processor #3.

I've tried Vista on a couple of configs and this would be my personal recomended minimum:

* Dual-core processor, 2.5GHz min...something like a Pentium D 820 at minimum.
* At least 2GB of memory. The sweet spot is 3-4GB for Vista.
* Decent DirectX 10 video card.

But that's just me.

If Vista had some great features that made it worth it i would consider it, but it just doesn't. I have a system that runs gangbusters with XP Pro, but was very sluggish with Vista that came on it from the factory.

by Paul Nicholson on Aug 14, 2007 5:31 PM EDT reply actions

That's kind of what I was afraid of - I may have received the OS for free, but I'm not about to shell out more $$$ just for a spiffy new UI. XP Pro works (relatively) well, and I don't see any "gotta have" that would justify the upgrade...

by The Forechecker on Aug 14, 2007 9:06 PM EDT reply actions