XP or Vista?

[sTATICO7]

What operating system is best?

 

[gmanych]

I would have to say Vista because of DX10

 

[Shumway]

Xp Pro for now,Vista is going to take a good while to get all the bug's out of it

 

[Phrantic]

Can't really judge this yet. But my guess is that XP has fewer problems than Vista.

 

[hmammen]

personally i like xp pro the best....not getting vista for a long while, and definately not getting it until DX10 games are out....

 

[Poon]

personally i like xp pro the best....not getting vista for a long while, and definately not getting it until DX10 games are out....

What is this DX10 that you speak of?

 

[Mjmitch2]

XP Pro, for now anyway. I can't justify the cost of upgrading to Vista either.

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

please post in correct forum...

 

[KSoD]

What is this DX10 that you speak of?

DX10 is DirectX 10. It is the next generation of shader modules for games and such. It is ONLY available in Vista. It will not be available for XP at all.

DX9 Scene

DX10 Scene

Notice the difference.

My Vote goes to Vista. Since i have used it since Beta 1 back in July of 2005 i have seen it come a far way. Not that it is final it does have a couple of bugs but overall i think it is a step ahead of XP. Plus i have no problem running anything on it.

 

[talldude123]

I vote for Windows XP Pro. If you get it without service packs, it runs really fast, about as fast as 2000.