XP or VISTA

RickMen · Post by **RickMen** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:05 pm

I will shortly be in the progress of upgrading my PC, I plan to use VS X2 Pro and get some type of quad core to handle HD editing, my question is which OS is better suited to handle my needs from a VS/video editing perspective, XP or VISTA? any particular versions(s), add-ons etc?
From what I've heard VISTA is 'buggy'

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:33 am

Not so much buggy as it is a memory hog.
I find that my laptop with 2GB RAM (That's the maximum my laptop will take) is a bit sluggish with Vista Home Premium. I have however created a dual boot with XP and it flies along much much faster.

The replacement for Vista is in Beta Version and will be out later this year.
Windows 7.

There ARE some good things in Vista - I like the Media Centre, another thing that is more powerful in Vista is the EXIF information when you view your pictures in Windows Explorer in "Details" View.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:26 am

XP is buggy too....

I have had no major problems with Vista 64 bit.

VSX12 is fast and snappy but I'm still editing in SD. I've tested some HD video and it's still a little choppy. Will do more testing hen I get a rare chance.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:34 am

I doubt windows 7 will be out this year, vista is not really buggy, and as with any other programme, VS included the more you get it to do, the more resources it will take up

As you're building a new good spec pc for hd editing, I'd say go for vista, but if you have a lot of "old" programmes you are going to install on your new pc, you may like to do as Steve has done (as do I) and have a dual boot system.

RickMen · Post by **RickMen** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:39 pm

I will need to instal MS Office 2003 onto the new PC, I'm not sure if it will run on VISTA.

I'm not much of a PC techie but this dual boot system sounds interesting.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:00 pm

Office 2003 definitely DOES work well with Vista...

I too am a member of the group that has no particular problems with Vista -- though I would agree it is quite a resource hog...

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:33 pm

Whilst Office 2003 does work with Vista there are a few minor problems.
One is if you use Outlook - on Vista it fails to remember your password and so every time you want to check your email you must enter it manually.

The few annoyances are not that great and you need to decide for yourself if it is worthwhile upgrading to Office 2007.

babdi · Post by **babdi** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:20 am

I use XP 64 bit. XP 64 bit has almost all the features of Vista 64. XP 64 bit is very very stable and yes, Office 2007 works like a whistle

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:59 am

But Babdi, the question is whether Office 2003 works like a whistle, not 2007.

And thanks Steve -- I wasn't aware of that quirk with Outlook 2003 and Vista. The only computer on which I had Vista Home Premium and originally Office 2003 had Windows Mail and so I used that just to see how that successor to Outlook Express worked...

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:12 am

I like Windows Mail....

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:55 am

I didn't have that problem, so did a quick google search and it does seem popular, but not millions of hits, so I wonder if it's just some people who are having trouble with it??

babdi · Post by **babdi** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:06 am

Ken Berry
Thanks for the input. Office 2003 works too with XP 64 bit, nice & clean.
With Vista , well ,many things give problem and so is Office 2003.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:26 pm

skier-hughes wrote:I didn't have that problem, so did a quick google search and it does seem popular, but not millions of hits, so I wonder if it's just some people who are having trouble with it??

Password Problems with Outlook 2003 and Vista

Explanation of the Outlook 2003 password problem

RickMen · Post by **RickMen** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:15 pm

Well, I took the plunge, purchased a new PC, Q9400 2.66GHz, 4G RAM
VISTA home premium, 1T HD, 20x DVD burner, firewire, 22' LCD, graphics card (the details of which slip my mind at this moment). The PC vendor recommended VISTA as it was "optimised for the Q9400 chip".

I installed my existing MS office 2003 without issue, seems to be functioning fine, Outlook works, copied across all my data, seems to be all okay (so far).

I have order X2 Pro Box on-line, should arrive in 3-5 days.

Next Step, the HDD camera......