Hi Christopher,

A lot depends on the hardware of the machine Vista is installed on.
It may or may not boot faster than XP depending on which programs are installed.
At best,the difference is only marginal.

As to the faster install: That's comparing apples to oranges.
Vista uses an image transfer,whereas XP (from the CD) uses the copy and install 
method.Actually even then,install times are fairly close,although many people
experienced very long install times for Vista.
Regardless,if one was to use an image of a clean install of XP,
install time for XP would be a fraction of that of Vista.
There is lots of info about that on the web - I just picked one example:Re Vista
http://webserver.computoredge.com/online.mvc?zone=SD&issue=2502&article=in2

Again,some of the many examples:
http://www.tech2all.com/2006/02/26/how-to-windows-xp-image-restore-in-a-snap/
http://blog.hishamrana.com/2006/02/22/how-to-image-windows-xp-with-ghost-and-sysprep/

Dean Kukral is correct when he says:
Quote:Also, Chris, it may  be true that Vista will load faster, but how fast
it runs is much more important.I would rather have it load slower but run faster!!
Dean

Some tests (one out of many)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2089952,00.asp
With the upcoming SP3 for XP, early results show a marked increase
over Vista.

This is like the argument of Windows vs MAC vs Linux etc
Fans will defend anything regardless of true facts.

In the end, a user's preference,type of usage,finances and many more factors
will decide what's best for them.

As to finance:Vista will require lots of RAM - double that of XP.
When you come to replace a stick,it will cost you double.
This is only one example.There are many more.

Since Vista is so "great", I wonder why so many hundreds of thousands,
maybe millions of people "upgrade" to XP.
Why businesses are not adopting Vista just yet.
Why sales are lagging for Vista.
The answers are right on the internet for anyone to be read.

Peter.



-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] XP Vs Vista
From: christopher Charles <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 14-Jan-2008 4:18:54 AM

> Actually Vista Boots faster than XP!
> 
> Vista installs faster too!  and it has most of the drivers for motherboard devices.
> 
> There are about 12 services you could stop or disable.
> 
> Also use 2 GB of virtual ram on your HD.
> 
> Christopher C. Charles

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