Top 10 reasons to use for VISTA ( updated )

[hunt99]

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naa pay bugs huwat lang ko na mo abot service pack two hehe dugay pa kaayo.

[EarlZ]

can i set vista into windows XP mode settings..... para dili kalas sa memory?


im still using a P4 3.2, intel 915 board, 1 gig ram, 7300gt ddr3, 4 gig HDD

Stick to XP, your hardware is ages away for vista, 2Gb is just a start 4gb is highly recommended with ram prices so cheap now some people are thinking of getting 6-8gb for vista.. its like 512mb vs 2gb on windows xp


@Topic

With the lack of 64bit support on drivers and software, im still sticking to windows XP maybe for 2-3 more years ( XP support dies 16 months from now w/c isnt bad for an O.S released 2001 )

[viking]

mao lagi so far ang mga softwares ky naa pa incompatibility issues with vista.... pareha sa XP kato bag-o pa siya,... nway ako paabot lang ko na stable na jud kaayo na wala na bugs ang everything..

[lokster]

whats wrong with 32bit? and what programs are incompatible with vista? is there like a list that i dunno about? so far all the programs i need and use are all working. even games from 2005 work great. What doesnt work on the vista?

[vern]

Stick to XP, your hardware is ages away for vista, 2Gb is just a start 4gb is highly recommended with ram prices so cheap now some people are thinking of getting 6-8gb for vista.. its like 512mb vs 2gb on windows xp


@Topic

With the lack of 64bit support on drivers and software, im still sticking to windows XP maybe for 2-3 more years ( XP support dies 16 months from now w/c isnt bad for an O.S released 2001 )

heh, kinda funny that you mention 4GB and up of RAM when 32bit Vista doesn't even support that much RAM, no 32bit OS does.

[Tin_Tin]

at first makalagot, but you'll get used to it..... makalagot lang usahay ang UAC..... maayo pud ang memory management sa vista when running programs, IMHO....

[brown_dog]

Actually vista 32bit can support 4gigs of ram. It just would just show up there in the task bar. So don't panic if you see only 3.5 or 3.2gigs on your task bar when you have 4gigs of RAM. The other remaining rams undetected are just allocated for the kernel.

Its the same for 64bits it uses same amount of ram at startup that the 32bit misses.

[EarlZ]

Actually vista 32bit can support 4gigs of ram. It just would just show up there in the task bar. So don't panic if you see only 3.5 or 3.2gigs on your task bar when you have 4gigs of RAM. The other remaining rams undetected are just allocated for the kernel.

Its the same for 64bits it uses same amount of ram at startup that the 32bit misses.

Support, well yes and no. 32bit is limited to 2^32 = 4.2gb of total memory space, that includes all the system devices such as IDE,SATA,PCIe,PCI,LAN,Sound ect ect.. but all of those devices do not use up memory but instead it uses the total allocatable memory space hence it is reduced to 3.2 ~ 3.5gb of usable ram the 2nd part that eats up usable ram is the amount of VRAM on your videocard whatever the content in the vram is copied to the system ram thus reducing the total usable even further.

To make things short, no 32bit O.S. can support higher than 3.2 ~ 3.5 ( not even the windows server 2003 enterpise edition nor using PAE hacks )

Feel free to correct me on this provided you show the proper technical documents.

heh, kinda funny that you mention 4GB and up of RAM when 32bit Vista doesn't even support that much RAM, no 32bit OS does.

What makes you think im referring to the 32bit vista.. we all know what happens when you assume.


EDIT:

Typo on WPE instead of PAE

[brown_dog]

so what you reffered as unusable RAM in 32 bit OS if you have 4 gigs is being used by the system?


So therefore
vista 32 can actually detect 4 gigs of ram.

[softtouch]

heh, kinda funny that you mention 4GB and up of RAM when 32bit Vista doesn't even support that much RAM, no 32bit OS does.

Vista support 4GB, but part of it are used for IO, memory mapped devices and so on. So if you are lucky, you have 3.5GB free (I have), but most people just have about 3GB.
That also one reason why many systems are shipped with only 3GB.