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04-14-2007, 12:06 PM #1
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?Upgrade to Vista?
I purchased a new computer in December and was eligible for a free Vista upgrade. Well, fast forward to now, I have the upgrade disc and was wandering if anybody else has upgraded their computer from XP to Vista?
I have transferred my old files from my old computer and added some pretty cool stuff since purchasing the computer. Now I am going to have to put all this stuff on a disc or something and then install Vista. Is it worth the trouble? I use XP at work and just wandering if anybody else has done the upgrade and if it was worth the trouble and roughly 4 hours.
What is the advantages of the new Vista over the old XP?
Thanks
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04-14-2007, 01:57 PM #2
Once you get the hang of Vista you won't go back to XP.
When you upgrade to Vista, your entire previous XP OS is saved to a Windows.old folder for easy access to programs and all of your files.
Vista takes about a half hour to install depending on your RAM.
Before installing Vista run the Upgrade Advisor to see how your hardware & programs will fare with Vista.
Be careful to note which hardware & programs are *compatible* or *exceed*.
You will find out soon enough that Vista requires hardware that is fast and I recommend 2G's of memory.
I'm using 1.5 G's of PC3200 OCZ Platinum DDR and it is just tolerable where on XP it was blazing.
Vista has many performance parameters & adjustment that allow you to constantly check your system and advise you.
My rating at the moment is 4.5 which is about upper mid performance due to my memory & CPU which is a 3.2E/1M/800 and graphics program which I imagine the AGP is the culprit since my Graphics card which is a 6600 GT OC is rating 5.2
Vista works fabulous on DUO/QUAD 64 Bit SLI or PCI-E platform and my opinion is that it was deveolped with this in mind.
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