Vista Ultra or XP Pro?

[OnePumpChump]

I've seen several posts with several answers. So lets just see who would choose what. This is based on running windows in boot camp, to play games and run apps. Please explain why!

* Yes, sorry. Vista Ultimate. Derr.

 

[JSchwage]

Seeing as there's no Vista Ultra...

I think you meant Vista Ultimate. Anyway, at the moment I'd recommend XP over Vista, especially if you want to play games.

 

[Heliconsoul]

I chose Vista ultimate. I've been running it on a PC with no real problem at all, plus DirectX 10 goodness for newer games is a bonus. There's merits to running either really.

 

[rds]

I will be installing Vista x64 Business because I don't care for the extra tat, I want it to see all 8 cores and all my RAM.

 

[OnePumpChump]

So, if I was to run Vista Ultimate, no doubt that will be good for the newer games, but how does that handle the older games? (Diablo 2, Morrowind, BF1942)

 

[skyrider007]

64-Bit Vista Home Premium gets my vote

 

[cohibadad]

XP is the best PC games OS. DX10 and Vista maybe in the future maybe.

 

[XianPalin]

I have Vista Ultimate 64-bit, and I've been debating back and forth, but I did a search for a few games I wanted to play and they didn't work under Vista, so it's XP for me.

Plus, I've already tried to run it once on my PC and went back to XP, so I'd probably end up doing the same thing on my Mac Pro.

 

[stomer]

"to play games and run apps". There is no compelling reason to run XP over Vista. Besides, app and driver support is better on XP.

 

[stomer]

"to play games and run apps". There is no compelling reason to run XP over Vista. Besides, app and driver support is better on XP.

 

[Neil321]

xp gets my vote sorry vista but your a pile of poop

my 500th post anyone know of a great place for avatars?

 

[::Lisa::]

I'd go for XP Pro for stability. If you like the look of Vista, just get the Vista Skin for XP. My husband did that for his PC.

 

[c073186]

What is this business about only Vista Ultimate or XP Pro being able to take full advantage of the 8-core Mac Pro? I am getting one soon (hopefully, waiting to ship with 8800GT) and am most likely going to go with Vista. But I almost went out and bought Home Premium. Then I noticed someone mentioning in these forums that Home Premium will only recognize 2- or 4-cores and that only the Ultimate can utilize 8-cores. Is this true? And if yes, what is the reason? What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?

 

[OnePumpChump]

What is this business about only Vista Ultimate or XP Pro being able to take full advantage of the 8-core Mac Pro? I am getting one soon (hopefully, waiting to ship with 8800GT) and am most likely going to go with Vista. But I almost went out and bought Home Premium. Then I noticed someone mentioning in these forums that Home Premium will only recognize 2- or 4-cores and that only the Ultimate can utilize 8-cores. Is this true? And if yes, what is the reason? What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?

Yes, it is true.

And the reason? I bet making more money has something to do with it, which is understandable because they are really struggling

 

[c073186]

Yes, it is true.

And the reason? I bet making more money has something to do with it, which is understandable because they are really struggling

I more meant: What is it about Ultimate that the other versions lack that enables to to use 8-cores? Looking at Microsoft's comparison chart, I would not recognize that difference. That is highly misleading.

 

[cokersa]

OnePumpChump is correct, its about making more money. The Home versions are only licensed for a single die (chip), and so it will only recognize however many cores you have on a single chip (I have a "quad core", which is really two Xeon chips, each with two cores). Interestingly enough, the Vista DVDs contain ALL versions of Vista (of the same bit variety, meaning all x32 bit versions or all x64 bit versions). It is the license key that determines what "version" (feature functionality) is loaded/enabled. To enable multiple dies (chips), you need the Enterprise or Ultimate version.

 

[webgoat]

originally ran xp pro with boot camp and since removed and replaced with vista ultimate 32 (mainly because i got it for $34 from my university)... since installed xp pro as a vm only... i prefer vista ultimate gui and have had no problems with it except sometimes a random wireless signal drop requiring a disconnect/reconnect

 

[OnePumpChump]

So, can I play older games with the vista ultimate 64 or only newer ones? I have a pretty large library of somewhat older games, from the Diablo 2 era on up. Mainly, I would like something that can recognize my 8 cores, and recognize my 10 gigs of memory while in bootcamp. I do play games quite a bit, when I'm not working with my OSX programs. Any recommendations?

 

[OnePumpChump]

And does anyone know if I can use an OEM version or does it have to be retail?

 

[GoodWatch]

I chose not to use the dual boot option but went for VMWare and XP. The few things I need to do in Windows do not warrant the bothersome reboot process.

 

[redgaz26]

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I've got vista ultimate.
My cousin works for microsoft and I got it for nowt. I have to say its not bad. But after using it for a while I do like to return to Leopard.

 

[Melrose]

I said 'other' simply because I've got XP Home on mine. I don't need a professional version to run IE7 - and as far as I'm concerned, the less of Windows the better