Microsoft vista vs xp

Vista, no doubt, runs fine for many people. That doesn't make it the right choice for you. My perspective is defensive computing. To that end, I want mature software, and Windows XP, with 7 years of bug fixes applied to it, is the more mature option. I also want the one with the best chance of working with assorted peripheral devices. Score another for XP.

Cheap Laptops Running Linux. The personal computer field is maturing to the point that people will soon be cognizant of two hardware categories: full-blown personal computers, typified by Windows and Macs, and stripped down ones for children, senior citizens or traveling.

Linux is perfect for people with simple computing needs see Is Linux right for your mother? Ina thinks Windows XP will continue to be sold on what are now cheap laptops running Linux. Quoting: "The biggest area where XP is likely to stick around is in the nascent but growing market of low-cost, flash memory-based notebook computers, such as the Asus Eee PC".

I don't know that Microsoft is smart enough to see the threat from these machines. Now, perhaps, it will be Microsoft that doesn't take simple, cheap machines seriously.

Every new version of Windows is bigger and more complex. I doubt they can do simple. Large companies usually can't. Linux does simple. It was a useful product, but amazing for its size - it fit on a floppy disk. Windows XP and Vista are both operating systems by Microsoft. XP backdates Vista by about 6 years. XP was heralded as reliable and user friendly. By the time, Vista was launched, majority of the public was used to XP, and some were even hesitant to switch to Vista.

Even though the number of Vista users surpassed Microsoft expectations, they did not surpass the number of XP users. Wanna talk about wasting resources now? Your email address will not be published. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Receive new post notifications. Will you deploy Windows 11 to end users in your organization in ? View Results.

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The Vista bit version is a native bit OS. Now, as for what reasons you would have for getting Vista instead of XP. It does require some more memory, but it handles the memory much better. You can run just about everything just as well on your XP machine.