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According to a recent item in The Register, Microsoft is giving the green light for computer makers to continue selling Vista machines with the the option to "downgrade" (I'd call it an upgrade myself) to Windows XP. Given how almost militant Microsoft has been about pushing vista I'm surprised a move like this doesn't make 'em break out in Plantar Fasciitis (or at least a drenching nervous sweat)
OEM computer makers can now offer deals like that until January 31, 2009 as opposed to the July 31, 2009 that this announcement would extend it to. The downside of this is that according to slashdot, niether Microsoft or any OEM has said anything to confirm or deny the statement so it has to remain classed as a rumor for now.
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to use the nicest words I can think of:
Vista blows gooey, hairy, slime covered chunks.
-jay
XP? It takes up a fair amount of space, but you can do a full XP install in under a gigabyte which leaves lots of room on modern hdd’s
Vista? It’s bigger and subject to microsoft’s bloatware effect.
If you’re talking about memory use, XP wins. It’ll run in 256 megs while vista needs a gigabyte at least and really 2 gigabytes of ram to be comfortable.