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by leonachunine

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I have just bought a laptop pre-installed with Windows Vista. I heard Vista has a lot of problems but unfortunately, Microsoft is forcing it down the throat of companies. I am thinking of deleting my Vista and installing Windows XP because of the reasons mentioned above. Is this a wise move? Is it true that Vista has a lot of problems? Is Windows XP preferable to Windows Vista and why? Please thank you for the answers.

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by thechas

Vista works just fine on new hardware. IMHO, the biggest problem with Vista is the learning curve as Microsoft changed the way everything worked.

I recommend that you install as much RAM as your notebook will handle as soon as you can afford to. 2GB of RAM is a nice number for Vista.

A downgrade to XP on notebooks can be problematic. First, you may not be able to find drivers for all of your hardware for use with XP.
Second, you may have problems even figuring out what devices you have and what drivers you need.

If you do decide that you do not like Vista, I recommend getting a new hard drive and store the Vista drive. That way, if you ever want to go back all you need to do is change drives. Also, if you run into problems installing XP it will not be difficult to switch back.

All in all, give Vista a try before you take steps to switch to XP.

I have been able to do everything I need to on my Vista laptop. And, there are a few new features I like.

Yes, I do miss some of the XP functions that are not there. Nor, have I migrated any of my desktop systems to Vista.

Chas

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