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XP or Vista user — take the poll!
mouser:
I'm still mainly using xp, though i have vista installed on a backup pc.
I'll stick with xp for a while but i expect i'll be moving to vista in a year or so.
Lashiec:
Ssshhh! App, don't give Microsoft ideas! ;)
XP here as well. I just moved from 98 SE a month ago or so, and I'm still exploring XP. I don't have any desire to put Vista yet, and I don't know if I hold on 'til Windows 7, that depends on RAM cost in the future.
laughinglizard:
I've been using Vista for a while. Oddly enough, I like it. :o
From the Windows versions I've used (3.1 through the 9x core to XP to Vista) I think Vista is the most well executed.
If I used my computer for work or production I don't think I would switch.
laughinglizard:
whatever, i would assume there'll be some funky ways of using virtual operating systems by then so things might be a bit blurry.
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Lots of dual booting XP/Vista going on, and since Microsoft released Virtual PC for free a lot of people are running XP inside Vista using Virtual PC.
You need a legit copy of XP to install it.
Josh:
I am running vista, and I love it. I hear people bad mouthing it left and right, but the only problems I SEE are from application developers not updating their programs to store settings the proper way. With vista, permissions and settings are stored in the users appdata folder (%APPDATA%) as opposed to program files. Microsoft finally realized that programs, after install, should not require any further access to that folder besides to launch the program. If a program requires global settings, that is what the DEFAULT user folder is for.
Vista is fast, smooth and I havent had many problems.
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