Hi,
Quick question, which is best/least trouble for new laptop XP or Vista? I will be using PS7 and Elements 4. I have heard many reports about Vista being unreliable and as the Laptop won't be connected to internet i don't want to download fixes every few days
If Vista is the way to go will Elements 5 work ok? seems a shame when i have spent ages studying Elements 4 to start all over again
Cheers
Brian
Ps will you Yanks stop sending your Gales over to Scotland its bending the trees at the moment
I changed from XP to Vista when I got a new PC a couple of months back and have had no trouble with it at all, if anythink I prefer Vista.
Vista is probably the last operating system Microsoft will produce. Whilst there's been a few teething problems ultimately market forces will ensure all hardware and software manufacturers have no choice but to ensure their products are 100% compatible with Vista.
If using a laptop be aware they are far more difficult to upgrade than a desktop. Upgrading the graphics for example is often impossible. If the laptop you're buying doesn't far exceed the minimum spec for Vista you may be better off with XP. Certainly a laptop that only just meets Vista's minimum requirements will be not be very good for image editing. However, in general the people who are insisting on new PC's with XP are businesses who have invested thousands on licencing incompatible software and unlucky people mis-sold low spec pc's (and laptops) incapable of running the full version of Vista.