Does upgrading to Vista slow down your computer?

Wow, all these crazy answers! And lots of thumbs down, as usual, from people who didn't switch to linux - and feel threatened by something that doesn't slow down your computer with crapware, malware, and DRM infestation right?

Everyone can't wait to 'upgrade' from XP, because it's so buggy and insecure, it needs thousands of fixes for security, virus and spyware problems - it really is crapware that people learned to live with - horrid built in IE can't be disabled or effectively replaced with any alternative - so the alternative?

You're looking at the NEXT windows? more crapware? Guaranteed Vista and Windows 7 BOTH will use the NT (New Technology from 1983)

I deleted a desktop icon in vista once - how big is that? Dialogue: 'calculating the time required to delete.....'

Incredible.

I bought a flashdrive, and zipped up 2GB of files at work using 7zip - then went home and unzipped to desktop. It took 7 minutes. Doing the same job with XP took 4 minutes.

A few months later, after putting Ubuntu on as a 'safe internet OS' boot option - not thinking to use it for anything more than using limewire/utorrent/general internet browsing - I tried unzipping the file there - and it took less than 10 seconds to unzip to a folder, AND paint the thumbnails - job finished! Wow.

It's not just about 'resources' m8 - it's about having a system that works.

Do you know why they have a registry in Windows?

Ubuntu comes on a CD and get this - IT IS SECURE OUT OF THE BOX

That's right, install it and you're safe - no antivirus, no antispyware, no 'firewall' software needed - having a firewall in Ubuntu would be a little like taking a large umbrella out in a rainstorm with a total of one raindrop, then putting one hole in it so that you could let the raindrop fall through.

After starting with just a little browsing (I was interested to get keygens and stuff from warez sites - safe with linux) I found that it felt better - faster than both Vista and XP. I disabled internet in XP, uninstalled the 'security' crapware - and now XP runs nicely - no services, just a skin free desktop that runs XP games very nicely.

Go for an UP grade, not just the next MicroBrain desktop dominator.

There's a good reason that Microsoft can't dominate more than the desktop - they only really managed that by bribing and fining retaillers for not being 100% loyal in recommendations.

You'll ifnd 2.4GHz is fine - and 1GB is loads - I can run XP in a virtualbox with 1GB, but I threw in a 2GB stick. With 3GB I can run Vista in one window, and XP in another - and still have room to maybe load Fedora in another if I felt like it.

Screenshots from about 6 months ago (it's much better now than it was then...) install for a dualboot and think carefully about getting another DRM infested system (i.e. Win 7)

Johnny, Ever since I upgraded a few years ago I lost one computer and the one I am on now is on its last leg. May I say sometimes modern technology is only concerned with the all mighty dollar. Upgrading did not work for me twice. Some (electronic) parts have a 72 hr life, or component. And needs to be replaced. Not being an electronic technician I look to the professional to assist me, and have learned upgrading puts stress on some parts and can cause it to crash. This would be difficult to explain to a customer, confusing and more than likely they would go else where. So bottom line, electronic parts/components are like a batter, and they are not like the "everlast" battery because nothing lasts for ever, don't fix it if it is not broken. I have my questions about, upgrading, or new and improved, anything that is free, trust me, I am not guilty, etc. Last but least my screen flickers.

You can download ccleaner for free here: http://bit.ly/1Bk5V5C

First open CCleaner

Go to the Cleaner tab and you will be confronted by a very confusing lineup of checkboxes.

To make this brief, below is my recommended setup:

Under internet explorer check temporary internet files, cookies, and last download location. Most users don't really need this stuff. keep history and bookmarks unchecked, history is a maybe, but you don't want to lose bookmarked sites. You can normally leave Windows Explorer, System, and Advanced alone.

Run CCleaner and it will start deleting files.

afterward it will present you with a list of the files deleted, you really don't need to go through it as it will be several pages long.

The registry cleaner is recommended for slightly more advanced users. Use it after uninstalling programs as they will often leave behind incorrect registry entries.

If you decide to run Registry cleaner then review the items detected and always back up the registry (I keep a folder aside for this)

The Tools tab lets you uninstall programs and set startup programs. Why do you need this if Windows has all of these features? Especially with Vista Home Ed. The windows defender software explorer( startup programs) doesn't pick up some entries (however software explorer is easier to use).

Using CCleaner to uninstall programs and then check for leftover registry entries takes less time.

Under Options you can determine how CCleaner cleans your files. I leave this alone.

You CAN run Vista on your processor specs. However, compared to XP, it likely will be slower because Vista requires more system resources to run than XP does.

Why people gripe and say that you need extreme specs to run Vista is beyond me. I'm running it on this laptop with 1GB of RAM and it runs FINE. People that complain that you need a lot of RAM are the ones that likely are trying to run all the graphic options like Aero on a crappy graphics card.

I wouldn't recommend upgrading to Vista right now anyway. Windows 7 (the new version of Windows) is expected out by June, and it's a lot like Vista- just more optimized to run on lower hardware. If you can wait until then for a new OS, you will be able to get a good OS that will work better on your hardware than Vista.

If you want to run Vista (not just basic) I suggest you upgrade yr RAM. Vista is very RAM hungry. Yr processor is fine BTW.

I had a new lappy with Vista Home Prem & supposedly 1 gb RAM (dual core), the speed was atrocious so I contacted a reliable PC shop & asked about upgrading. I took it in, but surprise surprise instead of having 1gb RAM chip the PC company sort of cheated & put 2 x 512 mb RAM. End result = bought 2 x 1 gb RAM & it runs heaps faster.

It sure seems that way to me. I upgraded to Vista and I hate it. At work, the entire network was upgraded to Vista, and the Information Tech is pulling his hair out with all the problems it has created.

I recommend window vista. I use it on both my computers and see nothing wrong with it.

You can run the windows vista adviser to see if your hardware can handle it, the upgrade. I've run a Pentium 4 with 2gb ram my Computer Works well very well I also run dual boot works well with me. I'd buy it again some people just can't stand the change.

But like everything else xp is getting old. time is moving ahead with new things.

no it just takes more ram to run it. that is why your computer will slow down. if you have like only 1 gig of ram and then you put vista in when you go to do stuff you wont beable to. other then that it is stil fast.

so in your case i would say dont. unless you upgrade to at least 2 gigs of ram. cause vista uses a lot of ram. more so then xp. i think like doube what xp uses.

also though some things that are older and was out for xp like for drivers are hard to transfer to vista. just like if you have vista and try to go down to xp you can downgrade back but some drivers wont work cause they are only compatable with vista.

2.4 ghz speed is not fast. unless it was a duo.

and again i would say since you have 1 gig of ram dont go with vista. vista seems to me to run much faster then xp. and once you get used to it, it is nice. maybe when it first came out vista sucked. but the bugs are worked out now. most people had issues because they were not used to it, or they did not have enough ram and tried doing things that they needed more ram for so therefore there system crashed. not saying you cant run with 1 gig. as long as you dont do much that uses your ram. just better to have at least 2 gigs.

Yes, upgrading to Windows Vista will slow down your computer.

This is because that Windows Vista requires about twice the system resources than that of Windows XP, so it will slow down your computer. I've done this before with about the same system setup as you, and Windows Vista is so slow with 1 GB of RAM, you should consider upgrading to 2 GB of RAM to get a decent speed for Vista.

Hope this helped! :)

All other things being equal: yes, you will find that your computer is more sluggish with Vista than it was with XP.

1GB really isn't enough RAM to run Vista. You should have at least 2GB.

Why do you want to rush to Vista? Just stick with XP for now until the time comes to upgrade all of your hardware.