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Windows Vista and XP Head To Head

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-the-fairest-of-them-all dept.

thefickler sends in an article comparing Windows Vista and Windows XP in the areas of security, home entertainment, GUI, parental controls, and networking. The author clearly believes that Vista wins across these categories.

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  1. Re:It better. by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm thinking since they moved from CD to DVD they were like "Oh hey, we can fit 4gb more data on here now!" and thus here we are.

    But I totally agree with your main point... it's the SAME PRODUCT, just a newer version, Vista had BETTER be better.

  2. Slashdotted? by toejam316 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because it looks like it... that or else there was no article to begin with. Reguardless, its kind of annoying not being able to read the article. Not to mention I dont know what kind of system these comparisions were made on. How would a Min XP install compare to a Min Vista install? I needs to know now! I have to have windows. Linux isn't a option. Linux hates me. I install Linux, GRUB wont load it without me editing the paths each time, and it decided to try shove itself into my XP NTFS partition last time. IT HAS IT IN FOR ME.

  3. Come on... by Mets · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For goodness sakes it better be. Even Microsoft better be able to make something better if they have 6 YEARS to work on it. Shesh

  4. Re:i agree by scum-e-bag · · Score: 0, Redundant
    i've been using vista for about 3 weeks now. under heavy usage (i.e. running a bunch of apps, nntp downloading, unzipping some archives etc..) xp does seem speedier, but other than that, vista rocks.

    "heavy usage"???? That sounds more like Joe six-pack consumer usage.

    they've addressed little nagging issues , for example hitting f2 to rename a file highlights the filename but not the extension.

    Thats been in Nautilus for ages.

    the administrator account is turned off by default

    linux distros have been doing that for quite a while now.

    defender runs automatically

    If you install it on XP it runs automatically as well. Sounds more like they have patched vista so that defender is installed by default.

    defrags are set up on a weekly schedule by default

    defrag??? Obviously they still haven't fixed their file system... or the defrag is there to give techies something to do.

    i've managed to muck it up a few times installing software

    apt-get or yumex or emerge...

    they've done a great job with this o/s.

    You mean that the marketing division has done a good job at convincing people to upgrade, and this still remains to be seen in the share price.

    Get the picture?

    There is nothing to see here... move along...
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    Does it go on forever?