Jeff Mottle Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I'm still on XP Pro, but my workstation is in deperate need of a rebuilt as I've installed too much stuff on it and it locks up, crashes and is generally quite slow. I was wondering if I should just upgrade to Vista at the same time. Any thoughts on this? According to our Google Analytics for CGA 70% of our visitors are still using XP and only 17% using Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 no professionals doing production i know have 'upgraded' to vista as the performance was 2x as slow and even bill gates admitted to its defects. as a power user i prefer XP for now and have downgraded many systems from vista and more companies are making XP drivers now witch is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay othman Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 If you wanna Go Vista...you should Utilize Directx 10 for your CGA work... Most users are Using Vista.. With out Compatible Hardware.. On Boxx Machines (Used our Company)...Vista is More Powerfull in MAX than XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 what about DX10 for Xp? when i tried windows 2008 (the only version of vista that seems uncrippled) not having a DX10 video card made my go back to XP on my 64bit machine where every thing works better and as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay othman Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Dear Jonas...There is No Official Release of DX10 for XP... I've Found a DX10 fox XP...it's an Illegal Publishing and Has many Problems and Defects... I think There is a Special Version of Vista for VFX.... http://www.boxxtech.com/community/partners/TechPart_Vista.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) I would stick to XP, unless you have a specific reason for switching. IMO Vista is about 70% glitx, and 30% better security. Any use with experience can keep XP as secure as Vista, and without the extra resources that Vista requires for the glitz. The first thing I had to do when I got Vista was turn off all the wanna be fancy graphics so that I could navigate around at a speed I was used o with XP. Edited October 17, 2008 by Crazy Homeless Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Toxic is correct - DX10 began it's life desgined for Vista. Unlike many (read most) drivers which are labeled "Vista Only", DX10 really won't work with any flavour of XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 ...but you don't really need DX10 unless you're into games that use it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDVERTEX Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I'm sure that the best production platform at the moment is WinXP x64. No plan to upgrade the machines in the office. So Jeff ... don't go for upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 i upgraded to XP64 about a month ago. best thing i ever did. completely stable, lets me utilise all my ram, it's faster and basically, i'd never know the difference from normal XP visually speaking. And i've yet to have any software compatibility issues. even quicktime runs perfectly. in XP Pro i was getting more and more hangs and crashes and didn't trust the pc from one day to the next to render my work. in XP64 that concern has completely removed from my mind. i have full confidence in my computer again now I would definitely plump for XP64 over vista64 though. Actually, can i quote someone from a recently posted thread ? Clearly time to upgrade then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I "upgraded" earlier this year and it took about 1 month to get the computer running right. And like Travis said there is really nothing aside from the glitz in the os that makes it different from anything xp. What I have is stable now but it was a pain to get it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceAged Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I can't see a single reason for downgrading your computer operating system to unfinished beta software - and make no mistake - this is exactly what you'll be getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Thanks guys. Well I guess I have my answer. No need to spend any more money...just time to rebuild it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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