Should I put vista on my laptop that i will get before college?

Question

I am waiting until the time gets closer but which should i get when the time comes XP or Vista? explain..

Answer 1

Vista is still pretty new, with a lot of bugs to be worked out. I would get an xp operating system that is capable of being upgraded to vista. That way, you can upgrade when most of the bugs get worked out in a year or so.

Good luck in College.

Answer 2

I recommend that you install vista as a second operating system, I mean you will have xp and vista in the same time, becuase vista still new software so it might has some bugs.

I have Vista as a second operating system on my computer. I really liked the new graphic shiny stuff, but this reduce the performance of your machine, it really needs a powerful computer!
If you ask me why I wont use Vista as my first operating system I will tell you why:
1-It slows my machine even that I have a powerful one.
2- some softwares didn't work in it like Adobe reader 8, which is a bad sign that other programs might not work either.
3- Vista needs longer time to start and to shut down than XP.
4- I don't need the HIGH level of security that Vista offer, may be if am using my computer as a server I would think about it, anyway, any anti virus would do the job.
5- You don't need to install drivers, Vista will do it. But it didn't recognize my new HP printer, which doesn't have a Vista CD to install its driver, so you might need to go check the web for drivers that vista doesn't support.

The things I liked about Vista is the new Aero look and the Chess game :D
In my opinion it doesn't deserve that high price.