Yeah, meant features.
So it won't be the Microsoft patches/downloads that will speed Vista up, but better hardware?
Better hardware will obviously speed it up.
The base hardware requirements for Vista are generally higher than for previous versions of Windows. In Vista's case with the fancy GUI stuff enabled the graphics card in particular should be fairly beefy. Apart from that a modern/high spec processor, lots of memory help and a fast/large hard disk help. I don't think that as time passes Vista will become faster on the same hardware of capable of being run on older hardware if that's what you mean.
I've just been installing XP Pro on an old PIII 500MHz, 384MB RAM, 20GB hard disk machine today and am surprised by how fast it seems to run. On the other hand I haven't yet installed all the add-ons such as anti-virus/malware etc. However I doubt that this PC could run Vista and yet it's more than enough to satisfy the computing needs of the owner.
Do you mean RAM/CPU? Or special hardware cards Microsoft might issue to Vista users?
RAM, CPU, GPU, I/O (Hard drives), FSB etc. Anything thats not software.
What do you mean by "Special Hardware Cards"? Do you have an example?
No i just wasn't sure what hardware you meant. I thought MS were talking about hardware that speeds up Vista. But now i know you meant cpu, ram etc..
Sorry if it's a silly question, but can I ask what you mean by Vista running slower than XP?
Do you mean that programs that are running on a pc with Vista as the OS will run slower than programs running on the same pc with XP as the OS?
Or do you means when you switch the pc on and have to wait on the OS loading it takes longer to wait for Vista to load compared to XP?
If I purchase a new Dell pc now with Vista, will these service packs be free to download from Microsoft?Its a known issue and I'm sure it will be fixed with service packs in the future. Anyway stuff like that is slower.
If I purchase a new Dell pc now with Vista, will these service packs be free to download from Microsoft?
What specific stuff do you switch off? Do you mean stuff like displaying window contents when dragging, fading menus in/out and all that stuff or something else? If you have a link to a relevant tweaking site then that'll do nicely.I've stripped XP down (turned off all the graphics crud) and run it on machines as low as PII 400mhz laptop with 192mb of ram and it ran fine, even with AV and Firewalls. Theres also Win 98 lite and Nano98.
Also, Zone Alarm are now not supplying updates for those using Windows XP.Support Discontinued
On July 11, 2006, Microsoft will end support for Windows 98, 98SE and Me, which will have the resulting effect of making these operating systems less secure.
Windows 98/Me are older operating systems, and are therefore inherently more vulnerable to attacks than newer operating systems. Now that Microsoft will no longer provide security updates to these operating systems any PC running them will become increasingly prone to security vulnerabilities.
I used Comodo Pro free edition on my home PCs these days.Also, Zone Alarm are now not supplying updates for those using Windows XP.
Not if you take some steps to secure it - for example....Will XP really now be more inherently vulnerable to attacks than if I had Vista?
Also, Zone Alarm are now not supplying updates for those using Windows XP.
I'd agree with that. And would avoid Vista indefinitely if the reported that my PC was not ready and could not be made so through affordable upgrades of the hardware (which is most likely the case with all hardware that I own).My choice of OS would be XP - I would stay away from Vista until an SP1 release at least. Unless there is some specific functionality in Vista that you need then I don't see the point of getting it.
Ah, yes I see what you mean. The reason I was confused there was because I went to this ZoneAlarm page to download the update.I think you might be a little mixed up with the different windows versions. Microsft stoped updating Windows 98 in 2006 and so zone alarm are not supplying updates to Win98. It is still supporting XP and will continue to do so for the foreseable future.
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