Would it be worth upgrading to Vista?

Question

I am thinking of upgrading to Vista, it was already installed on my laptop but I uninstalled and put XP on it. I like XP but I am thinking of a change. Should I upgrade to Vista. I have a Pentium Dual Core and 1 GB of RAM. Please advise.

Answer 1

It definitely gets some getting used to.  I have XP on my desktop and vista on my laptop.  It's actually pretty easy to use.  I like some of the features it offers.  The side bar where you can display notes, news, time, etc.  They are partnered with google or something so a lot of it is google features.  And the layout I think they are trying to make it seem similar to the mac.  I've been using it for about a week and I find it pretty easy to use.

Answer 2

If you are going to step it back up I would recommend getting another gb of ram. I think 1gb is the bare minimum for running that operating system, and I feel like after you use it for not too long you will see a decrease in performance. Also do you play a lot of games? You should find out if the video card in your laptop can handle Direct X 10 (I highly doubt it though with only 1 GB of ram.) But double check, because DX10 shows a high increase in graphics. You can always put it on and if you have an extra XP disk laying around you can re-uninstall it and put XP back on. If you need to save data i recommend a cheap external hard drive for maybe 30 bucks? I may be off a bit I havent had the chance to look into external drives too much.

By the way, I am on the same fence, parts of me want to upgrade to Vista, but first off i would have to download it illegally.

Answer 3

no i would wait another year so they can get all the glitches out...otherwise you just be another guinee pig..  

Answer 4

Yes, because Vista is more reliable then XP at some points and since it was previously installed, everything will work so upgrading is my recommendation, Plus the visuals are nice!!!

Answer 5

Well you can upgrade that is going to come down to your preference but i can tell you now 1 gig of ram simply wont cut it in vista. I suggest a min of 2 gigs vista takes considerably more memory than xp does. I can also tell you this i work in the IT field and i will never install vista on anything i own.

Answer 6

Your laptop can handle Vista, but you may still need more memory. another 1 GB would be cool..

Answer 7

I have Vista.. and personally I don't like it!  It's too complicated and even the people who made it say it's flawed.  I wish I had a Mac.

Answer 8

No.

If you want to try something different I would switch to Linux, Suse or Ubuntu.