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<blockquote data-quote="Jmac" data-source="post: 4132529" data-attributes="member: 545486">I don&#039;t see how it&#039;s another ME ...&nbsp; ME:Released Sept 2000Replaced by XP in Oct 2001 (1 year)Mainstream support ended Dec 2003 (3 years)Extended support ended July 2006 (6 years)Vista:Released Jan 2007Will be replaced by Windows 7 in 2010-2011 (3-4 years)Mainstream support will end in April 2012 (5 years) at the earliestExtended support will end in April 2017 (10 years) at the earliestObviously Microsoft is pretty serious about Vista (unlike ME), otherwise they wouldn&#039;t plan on providing mainstream support (actively working to improve the OS via security patches, service packs, etc.) for 5+ years and they wouldn&#039;t be pushing the release date of Windows 7 further back every time I check on it ...I have Vista on 3 of my 5 computers and they have all been rock solid and, if it weren&#039;t for the fact that I can&#039;t get DVD X Copy anymore (it&#039;s the only DVD burning software I&#039;ve found that is simple enough for my GF to operate), I&#039;d probably upgrade my media computer to Vista as well as I find that Vista&#039;s media center app is substantially better than what&#039;s available for XP.&nbsp; The only computer I wouldn&#039;t even consider loading Vista on is my backup computer because it only has a 1.2 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a GeForce4 Ti4200 in it (It would run like shit and I&#039;d have to upgrade the graphics card to a DX 9 compatible unit).I&#039;ve built, sold, and fixed hundreds of computers w/ both operating systems on them and I really can&#039;t say that XP is better (perhaps prior to the summer of 2007 when Vista still had stability issues, but not now).&nbsp; The only advantages I see to XP are that people are much more used to it and more stuff works with it because it&#039;s older.&nbsp; If you&#039;re not willing to get used to a new OS or you have really important hardware/software that just won&#039;t work w/ Vista, stick w/ XP.&nbsp; Otherwise, get Vista.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jmac, post: 4132529, member: 545486"] I don't see how it's another ME ... ME: Released Sept 2000 Replaced by XP in Oct 2001 (1 year) Mainstream support ended Dec 2003 (3 years) Extended support ended July 2006 (6 years) Vista: Released Jan 2007 Will be replaced by Windows 7 in 2010-2011 (3-4 years) Mainstream support will end in April 2012 (5 years) at the earliest Extended support will end in April 2017 (10 years) at the earliest Obviously Microsoft is pretty serious about Vista (unlike ME), otherwise they wouldn't plan on providing mainstream support (actively working to improve the OS via security patches, service packs, etc.) for 5+ years and they wouldn't be pushing the release date of Windows 7 further back every time I check on it ... I have Vista on 3 of my 5 computers and they have all been rock solid and, if it weren't for the fact that I can't get DVD X Copy anymore (it's the only DVD burning software I've found that is simple enough for my GF to operate), I'd probably upgrade my media computer to Vista as well as I find that Vista's media center app is substantially better than what's available for XP. The only computer I wouldn't even consider loading Vista on is my backup computer because it only has a 1.2 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a GeForce4 Ti4200 in it (It would run like shit and I'd have to upgrade the graphics card to a DX 9 compatible unit). I've built, sold, and fixed hundreds of computers w/ both operating systems on them and I really can't say that XP is better (perhaps prior to the summer of 2007 when Vista still had stability issues, but not now). The only advantages I see to XP are that people are much more used to it and more stuff works with it because it's older. If you're not willing to get used to a new OS or you have really important hardware/software that just won't work w/ Vista, stick w/ XP. Otherwise, get Vista. [/QUOTE]

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