Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: SickBeast
I would suggest Ubuntu x64 instead of Vista x64.
When it comes down to it, Vista offers nothing aside from more bloat, a slower computer, and more nag screens.
Ubuntu is fast, secure, and efficient, plus you gain access to a ton of great Linux applications that you can't get on Windows.
Photoshop? zzzzzzzzzzzap.
Left 4 Dead? zzzzzzzzzap.
Sure it has a little bloat. But any c2d and 2 gigs of ram can handle it nicely. Slower.. hard to tell the difference between it and XP. Unless I were to run some benchmarks I would not be able to tell.
Of course I may be biased since I got a free copy from microsoft. But the reason I installed it finally is because it was on my wife's laptop and I started liking it alot.
Vista has more than a little bloat. Why do you think none of the new mini-notebooks are using it? Because they can't. It would be painfully slow.
As for Photoshop, you can run it through Wine at full speed, or else use Gimp for free.
For games you need Windows, but really XP is a better gaming OS than Vista hands down, especially with only 2gb of ram installed. You need 2gb of ram just to boot Vista, let alone try to run a game.
I disagree I personally prefer my Vista x64 for gaming over my very old XP which I have been using since 2001,ram is not an issue since a lot of gamers have 4GB anyway,besides I think this thread is directed at daveybrat and he has 4GB in his sig upgrading to 8GB so that is a non issue period(gamer or non gamer),anyway you could argue 2K can run any game as good as XP or better so where do you draw the line?... Don't forget security we all know Vista is better then XP.
DX10,DX11 will become important factors as some point for gamers so that rules out XP,Win7 is supposed be be nextyear but again we don't know what month or even if Microsoft will delay it ,especially if you look at their track record,Vista will still be around regardless so personally I say the choice is between Vista x64 or if you want to wait then Win7.
Ubuntu x64 wise well its decent but crap for games since you really need a Windows OS,and its not as user friendly as Windows either for a beginner.
For games you need Windows, but really XP is a better gaming OS than Vista hands down, especially with only 2gb of ram installed. You need 2gb of ram just to boot Vista, let alone try to run a game.
Remember the official requirements for XP was 64mb/128mb and 233 MHz minimum back in 2001,try and run a game on that now or even a fast boot,again its sign of times where both hardware/software specs have changed over the years,XP is a 7 year old OS and obviously has lesser PC requirements then Vista, but even still XP requirements have now changed since 2001.Look at all Microsoft operating systems and you'll see a pattern of hardware requirements increasing for each new OS they have released(Dos 6.22 to Vista) fortunately PC hardware has also improved over the years and ram is especially cheap right now.
Gone are the days where could play games with only 2mb/ 4mb(good old DOS days).