How much RAM for Win XP Home Ed?

DeaconFrost said:
If you want to make that assumption be my guest....but you know what they say about assumptions.

I brought it up because you seemed to be saying I was trolling for arguments because I post often. Seems like you are doing that just now, aren't you? You're inventing something new to take issue with? :rolleyes: I think we've gone back and forth on this long enough. Heed your own advice....people form their own opinions....so remember that.
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Yes your majesty. :rolleyes:

lol.

I wasn't implying anything or trying to create a new issue, you might have a complex.

It's all good we've covered everything I think.

What's your take on gravitational displacement? :p
 
GushpinBob said:
Your right, number69. I remember back when XP came out how a lot of people complained how it was a resource hog version of Windows 2000 and how 256 megabytes of RAM was the actual "sweet spot" (I remember using XP when came out and how the menus would slowly fade in and out). Over time, the cost of hardware came down and many people eventually bought cheap new machines that were expensive before. Now XP is where it is where 2000/98 use to be.

Vista will eventually come off as more favorable than XP, even though it will take another year or two. When 4GB of RAM and quad/octo-core CPUs become the mainstream many will think Vista will be the better choice over XP. We've seen the best of what Windows 98 and what Windows 2000 had to offer, but there's more and more powerful hardware coming on to the market that cannot be taken advantage with the two (i.e. the 512MB RAM 'limit' in 98).
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I seriously doubt Vista will ever be favorable since it brought nothing but eyecandy and most imporantly, trouble. XP was a true improvement in stability and ease of use over W98 where Vista makes things more difficult or in some cases downright impossible. Especially UAC is a complete nightmare for corporate users and nuisance for home (as it can be disabled there).
 
Finn said:
I seriously doubt Vista will ever be favorable since it brought nothing but eyecandy and most imporantly, trouble.
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You do realize, if you went back a few years, and replaced Vista with XP, that was how some people felt at the time? It's a shame that after 15 months or so of Vista being out in the wild, people still think it brings nothing but eye candy, and nothing but trouble. The early troubles have pretty much been ironed out, and SP1 has done a great job of making it "corporate" ready. UAC is not holding Vista back at all. Something that can be disabled so easily wouldn't do that. That's like saying Honda Accords suddenly aren't selling because they keys are shaped funny.
 
Finn said:
I seriously doubt Vista will ever be favorable since it brought nothing but eyecandy and most imporantly, trouble. XP was a true improvement in stability and ease of use over W98 where Vista makes things more difficult or in some cases downright impossible. Especially UAC is a complete nightmare for corporate users and nuisance for home (as it can be disabled there).
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Vista is a huge improvement in stability and security and its the first fully supported 64-bit OS for regular users.

You do realize that all other major operating systems have something similar to UAC? And that they usually force you to enter your password anytime you need to give a program admin privileges? And unlike other OS's you can turn it off in Vista?

Would you mind telling me what Vista makes "downright impossible?" I just finished playing through King's Quest IV on my 64-bit Vista machine and I'm wondering about these compatibility issues everyone talks about. :rolleyes:
 
Vista is requireing more advanced users to use systems again. Not just joe schmoe who wants to come home and play a video game. For these people change = bad. If You could play popcap games on a PS3 I would just get one of those for any of my non tech family friendly and let them run with it. They all use web interfaces for e-mail anyway.
 
Grimlaking said:
Vista is requireing more advanced users to use systems again. Not just joe schmoe who wants to come home and play a video game. For these people change = bad. If You could play popcap games on a PS3 I would just get one of those for any of my non tech family friendly and let them run with it. They all use web interfaces for e-mail anyway.
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Vista is catered for the average Joe, UAC helps protect the average Joe from installing garbage. Why would MS not want to cater to the average guy? Wouldn't be a wise marketing move. Although I have seen Vista machines riddled with malware...Joe just clicks yes to everything. It comes down to the user and safe computing practices.

Also DirectX 10 is a draw for gamers, I think MS knows that.
 
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