even amd x2 3800+ can handle it well

classic response:

get 2 machines with the same hardware, one with Vista and the other with XP... use them as per normal and dun shut down/restart for at least 3 consecutive days, and see who's more responsive...

erm... mostly is compatible to vista adi... I'm using vista prem and vista ulti on 2 different rig... and i can said that vista prem is better then vista ulti... ulti would make your com slower than usual... well if u have a high ended com then any Os will do, depends on your rig...

Normal usage like gaming, school work, entertainment... prem will do the job perfectly... ulti is just waste of $$ and resources...

as i said is depends on ur rig... if u own a hardcore proc e.g I7core , GPU Hd4870x2 goes like hell or something like that, ulti would be a good choice since the dreamscene looks marvelous...

still i would recommend Vista Premium... Price performance wise XD

yeah, me too, is considering on either to get the ultimate or premium for my new laptop later. i think premium is enough, any 64 bit version?

what do you people think of Turion X2 RM72 (2.1 GHz) running Vista home premium? underpowered? RM72 is a lion processor, but i think its on a puma platform already. because im still thinking on either to get an AMD or Intel notebook, the price is RM700 difference man..

is that the Compaq CQ40???

anyway, Home Premium is sufficient for most users...

and as i ve suggested before, get 64-bits if possible... sooner or later we will need to use it anyway...

I dual boot my machine. VISTA is definitely faster and more responsive.

yeah..there's also CQ45 with RM70 2.0GHz..but those are not PUMA processor rite? so it is not underpowered rite? provided that the RAM is more than 2gb?

This post has been edited by milosevens: Dec 5 2008, 11:27 PM

Don't agree. 64-bit waste memory only. Unless u have 8GB of RAM, it's not worth going 64-bit...64-bit will consume 20% to 40% more memory for the same usage due to the larger words in the variables.

People who have only 4GB thinks they have more RAM by utilizing the extra 0.75GB...but in reality loses out more memory due to the 64-bit memory registers.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Dec 5 2008, 11:29 PM

vista is faster in startup & shutdown, not necessary faster wen running application.

Lol, yeah i use dual boot also..
Go for vista man.. get the 64-bit version

How fast do you want to run ur office APPS? The fact is VISTA is very responsive even after i throw in tons of apps, unlike XP which gets bloated and crawl like turtle. Having a responsive machine is > than getting that extra 2fps in ur game when modern PC can easily handles 30fps to 60fps in ur game. Having 2fps extra is moot.

does it make any significance difference?

if im from XP, wanna migrate to Vista Ulti, i have to change all the driver and software? meaning, i have to redownload everything again?

drivers - definetely

softwares - no for most

i would say vista... cause its future prove... go for vista ulti...

futureproof? windows 7 coming next june my fren

slower wen i copy massive amount of data from 1 location to another.......................=.=

i think windows seven is the same as vista. My friend said all the looks are the same except for one round dock i think..just maybe the performance is different..well, its not launch yet, what he see might just be the outlook or review by some net bloggers..

think 7 as an optimized Vista...

MS showcased 7 running on a EEE PC... smoothly...

its basically improved version of vista, promising better performance.................
ms also remove a lot of annoying useless feature from windows 7 which exist in vista.