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That example build that mkreku put up is really nice, I just don't see what's the point of shelling out the money required for Vista at this point. I'm guessing you have a working copy of XP somewhere so use that instead. It saves you 100$ right now, and you can always get Vista later if, at some point, there's a good enough reason for you to want it.

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I'm afraid XP came with the pre-built PC, so I don't have installation discs... I think.

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oh, bummer. How much does XP cost, these days?

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130$CA at futureshop.

 

I think I'll just stick to Vista. I won't have to make the switch later when it becomes the major OS.

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The chance of Vista becoming the major OS to such a degree that XP will be obsolete is almost insignificant. I currently have it installed on my home computer and apart from DX10 there is not a single feature I have use for compared to XP.

 

MS know they dropped the ball on this one, so Windows 7 will be released before XP becomes obsolete, that I'm sure of.

 

But if you need to buy an OS, it matters little which you get.

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The reason I included Vista in the calculation was that it's always included in pre-built computers and I wanted to match the one Will posted earlier as close as possible. Also, the Vista I linked is the 64 bit version, which is needed to take advantage of the 4GB of RAM I also linked.

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The reason I included Vista in the calculation was that it's always included in pre-built computers and I wanted to match the one Will posted earlier as close as possible. Also, the Vista I linked is the 64 bit version, which is needed to take advantage of the 4GB of RAM I also linked.

 

AFAIK 32bit XP can utilize something like 3.75 gb of ram. I don't think the missing 0.25 is worth Vista.

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32bit is enough to address a whole 4GB. Some of 4GB RAM isn't available to user processes, because the same addresses are used for memory mapped IO and probably other stuff I currently don't think of. If the usable rest is 3.75GB or 3.25, 3.5, 3.1415926 depends on things like amount of memory on the graphics card etc.

IIrc, since a certain update, Vista always says there are 4GB, even if it's the 32bit version. Lacking a copy of it, I'm not sure however :lol:

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Okay you lost me.

 

Isn't 4Gigs more than enough for... pretty much anything?

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Okay you lost me.

 

Isn't 4Gigs more than enough for... pretty much anything?

 

Right now 2 gigs is enough for gaming. You only need more if you do video editing, Photoshop or just like to have a lot of programs open at the same time. 4 gigs is more than enough for a home computer.

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Eventually the actual amount of RAM exceeds the needed amount... What games actually demand 4GB anyways? XD

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Ah.

 

MMOs make sense, but Crysis? Anyways, that game sure is demanding...

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