Vista to XP?

[mike0137]

Two friends highly reccommended it, even though Vista has been out now maybe 2 years. I have it, but have experienced some issues with programs and an occasional IE crash. I was wondering if anybody else made the switch, and why.

[Broni]

If your computer is adequate to run Vista, no reason to go into downgrading problems.
Computer issues are not related to Operating System (except maybe for Windows ME).

[maco pride]

i just downgraded from vista .it was unistalling my printer and speakers.but if u jave no problem with vista stick with it

[Zylstra]

I would NOT recommend it.
Your computer hardware is designed for Vista if your computer came with it.

Some of your hardware drivers might not even work in XP. As you can imagine, that can cause even more problems.

[patio]

Depends on the machine and your personal preference...

Zylstra i disagree a bit.

Saying a machine that shipped with Vista won't work with XP is a bit drastic...most hardware on Vista equipped machines had XP drivers written for it before it even saw a drive with Vista on it.

Best thing to do is research your machine as thoroughly as you can driver wise and then make your choice.
To each his own...

[Broni]

patio
Check this: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Help-T-T-Vaio-Problems-t216784.html

[patio]

Sure.
It happens.
And probably more so with laptops than any other machines...
*censored* i had a laptop with XP and none of the drivers worked from day one even after 2 or 3 revisions.

All i'm saying is it's a broad generalisation that only the consumer can decide on by doing the proper research and legwork.

[Broni]

Agreed. Simply speaking, it's not a job for an average user, unless provided with couple of bottles of Advil, and Mylanta

[BC_Programmer]

sometimes- it just takes some coaxing. I've downgraded a few machines to XP, and found that some devices that didn't have XP drivers could easily be run with a different one, from another OEM or older model, for example.

Sure, it isn't optimal. Basically, my policy is if I can't get XP compatible drivers for most of the on-board capabilities, I won't downgrade. This will become more and more common until downgrading  to XP is a niche market supplemanted only by nerds and retro gamers.

Agreed. Simply speaking, it's not a job for an average user, unless provided with couple of bottles of Advil, and Mylanta

And, of course, a Side of cheerios.


 THERE! I got a reference in.

[mcxeb52!]

Well, if xp is more convenient to you than vista is, then go ahead and downgrade.

Most devices you have should already have XP drivers for it since XP was alive for 5 years before Vista was born. So unless you have something that is Vista only, then I would not worry.

But I wouldn't downgrade annd just get used to Vista's learning curve, unless problems piled up to the point it makes me feel that computer should be thrown into the fireplace.

[Zylstra]

Biggest problems you are likely to run into:

Hard drive drivers if you are using any kind of computer with a RAID system or a different SATA configuration

Video card drivers, which can result in lower quality graphics if you dont get the right driver, but, it should still work fine nevertheless

Sound drivers, it seems a lot of manufacturers manage to make sound drivers an issue... to think, the same technology since 1989, and they STILL cant figure out how to make it as universal as possible, yet, Linux will probably handle it fine...