Vistax64 or Win7x64?

[kylepaddock]

I just upgraded my system and am reinstalling my OS. What OS should I use. I have both. Legal copies. Which is better and why. I do F@H, Game, and do intended office tasks.

[DeusEx]

win 7 for gaming, ubuntu 64 bit for the rest.

[shamrok3]

Windows 7 is supposed to be better in every way to Vista, better networking, better compatibility, as well as other (gimmicky in my opinion) features.

[KnightRid]

Windows 7 - because it IS Vista with upgrades - should have been a service pack for Vista IMO

Mike

Oh Windows 7 still has problems, but what can you do - Linux is not ready for prime time until EVERY single program can be installed without hitting the command line and Apple is too lame to let OSX run on other systems.

[Sparky]

W7 64 bit. It just works (except for the sleep problem!)

[skier]

W7 64 bit. It just works (except for the sleep problem!)

what problem would that be? the 'let it idle while folding, it will shut down" thing?(which happens on XP and Vista, 7 just has a lot more options you have to disable) or is there something i don't know about

7 really is the OS to have, you get a sped up OS that supports DX10/11(i used XP installations until the RC came out which i'm on now, no need for vista)

[kylepaddock]

Ok, i just was not 100% sure. I just upgraded to Vistax64 3 months ago. Is the setup totally different than Vista?

[Sparky]

Skier, I'm having a problem with 64 bit W7 with coming out of sleep. Either blue screens (upon reboot some message about not being able to read the drive) or not seeing one of my two secondary HD's. Funny thing is, never had the problem in beta or RC 1. I've googled it and it's a known issue. Tried driver updates for chipset as well as video. Solved the problem by disabling sleep.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sour ... er&aqi=g10

[skier]

yeah i was gonna say just disable lol, only thing i've ever used sleep on is our laptops, but only when you close the screen

[hark]

If you already have Vistax64, then Win7x64 will be too similar to upgrade to. Sure, there are some improvements, but Vistax64 with its service packs is almost like Win7x64, at least from what I've seen and heard.

[skier]

If you already have Vistax64, then Win7x64 will be too similar to upgrade to. Sure, there are some improvements, but Vistax64 with its service packs is almost like Win7x64, at least from what I've seen and heard.

7 is still cleaner and offers a better feature set, higher performance and the freakin' Task Bar doesn't freeze constantly like Vista

[kylepaddock]

and the freakin' Task Bar doesn't freeze constantly like Vista

What do you mean by that? i dont have ant taskbar problems

[skier]

and the freakin' Task Bar doesn't freeze constantly like Vista

What do you mean by that? i dont have ant taskbar problems

my laptop's explorer bar freezes pretty much anytime i have more than one window open, it does it periodically until i restart the computer, i've heard MANY people having that problem with desktops too
BUT THATS NOT THE POINT, JUST GET 7!

[kylepaddock]

I am just not the person to get it right when it comes out..

[skier]

I am just not the person to get it right when it comes out..

i had problems with the first build(which i got a week or two after public release), reinstalled xp pro for a few months, then tried out RC1 and have been on it since happily

[kylepaddock]

i have the win7 home premium. is that good enough? are the others that much better. in you open task manager what is the side of the explorer.exe

[flishfun]

hows the problem of vista in file transfer (large files)? is it already fixed? well for me win7 is better than winvista

[hark]

Wow, absolutely no one voted for Vista.

[Chaos_Plague_Marine]

Yeah, all in all I prefer Win7x64. Just seems more stable, bit less bloated.