Posts from XP, Vista, and similar operating systems.

Khryusha, Vista... what operating system are you using? Are you planning to switch to another one? That's what we'll talk about. :)
We'll also touch on the topic of DirectX. :)
Please try to keep the amount of irrelevant chatter and off-topic discussions to a minimum!
I personally bought a brand new computer not so long ago, and it already had Windows Vista Home Basic installed. :cool:

For now, I'm using Windows XP, but I plan to switch to Vista with my next upgrade (in the fall or winter). The main reason is Halo 2, and I've also seen enough of the operating system – there's nothing particularly interesting about it, except for the ability to scroll through windows. Even Linux had the cube – that was a cool feature. A split desktop, and you could rotate the cube however you wanted. However, I'm disappointed by Microsoft's approach to the operating system; there are few innovations, and it weighs 15 GB and has significant system requirements. Nevertheless, they've already started working on a new operating system and are once again promising to push the boundaries to unprecedented levels. DirectX 10 is good, but again, it requires an upgrade. I hope there isn't too much off-topic discussion; I'm wrapping up now.

Currently, I have XP installed, but after acquiring a new computer (and if everything goes well and as planned, this will happen by the New Year), I plan to install Vista (to play new games) and 98 (for nostalgia and old games).

I currently have XP installed, and it seems to be working fine. I'm not really in a hurry to install Vista yet...
Here's my question: When games compatible with Vista are released, will they also work on XP? Or is it because DirectX 10 is only compatible with Vista? I'd like to clarify this.

I currently have XP installed, and it seems to be working fine. I don't really want to install Vista yet...
Here's my question: When games that are compatible with Vista are released, will they also work on XP? Or is it just that DirectX 10 is only compatible with Vista? I'd like to clarify...

It depends on what you mean by "compatible" with Vista. :) There are already quite a few compatible games, and there will be even more in the future. :) The latest Lara Croft, Trackmania, and C&C3 are officially compatible with it, even though they don't use DirectX 10. By the way, almost all games work on Vista with the latest updates (I've checked: Starcraft, Morrowind, Oblivion, Battle for Middle-earth 2, Dark Messiah, GTA4, War of the Ring, and of course, our beloved Heroes 5. But there's a strange situation with Heroes 3... The Shadow of Death says it's for an unknown OS, while the Complete Collection works fine). :)
Soon, Crysis will be released... it's recommended for Vista and uses DirectX 10, but it can also work on XP... :smile43:

I'm using XP and don't plan to switch to Vista for another 3 years. It's still not fully developed. I'm currently studying to become a programmer, and we're analyzing operating systems. The first version of XP was also bad, but after Service Pack 1 and 2 were released, it was fixed. The same will happen with Vista. At the academy, we only reviewed it in terms of services and processes, and there were already several glitches. I haven't used Vista, so I won't make any strong claims. But for now, I'll stick with XP. Now, regarding DirectX 10, for those who don't understand what it is, I'll say that it's a set of DLL files containing code to improve system performance. And if someone doesn't know, DirectX 10 is already available on XP! And as Night Nazgul said, I can prove it.

even if DirectX 10 isn't available on Windows XP, it will definitely be included on the disc with the new expansion pack; otherwise, the developers wouldn't have any conscience :D

even if DirectX 10 isn't available on XP, it will definitely be included on the disc with the new expansion pack; otherwise, the developers wouldn't have any conscience :D

It seems like it was already mentioned that DirectX is not used in Tribes of the East... DirectX9c is used. :)

Linux is more functional and user-friendly, but it doesn't support all the latest games, and it's also well-protected against various modifications and artificial enhancements; it only supports licensed software.
Therefore, I choose Windows XP.

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Vista is trying to plagiarize Linux, but it's not doing a good job, and besides, this madness with games that are only available on Vista is ridiculous.

Respect to Hryushke:smile54! Not that I want to offend those who are on Vista, I just think Hryushke is better:smile54!

I don't see any reason to switch to something else; I'm currently using XP. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." :)

What a question, of course, it's Windows XP. As far as I remember, I switched to it back in the days of GTA 3. It's an excellent operating system, much more stable than its younger counterparts, and simply amazing compared to Vista. As already mentioned, Vista was completely unfinished, and patches couldn't save it, and many games didn't run on it. But most importantly, it was completely unoptimized in terms of "networking." 95% of complaints about network issues in our local network came from happy Vista owners.

XP – for now, I’ll stick with it. I’m not a fan of Vista because of all the bugs in the system. Plus, my computer is a bit old. But if you want a desktop that looks like Vista, you can use a transformation pack. It completely changes your desktop to look like Vista. So, fix Vista, and then go for it.

I installed Vista on my computer for an experiment, to study it. I tried playing games on DirectX 10. So, my video card handles DirectX 9.0c perfectly, but it can't handle 10 on most games, so there's no point in playing them until I upgrade my computer. Visually, Vista looks great, but it overloads the RAM, especially for those with less than 2 GB of memory. Ah... I remember my desktop on my old computer with 256 MB of RAM: standard window design, a solid-color image on the desktop. And by the 9th or 10th year, Microsoft promises new windows; it's unlikely that the situation with Vista will change drastically by then.

I currently have Vista Ultimate. There are practically no problems with it. What I've noticed is that when you clean the registry, there's a huge number of broken keys on XP, while Vista has far fewer registry errors. By the way, Vista has optimized the performance of applications designed for multi-core processors, especially games, but Vista still consumes a lot of RAM even with the standard classic theme and a minimum set of services, so the FPS in games is still higher on XP.
[Offtop_mode_on]Mass Effect doesn't work on XP for some reason; I'm playing it on Vista...[Offtop_mode_off]