Oh goodness Ben,
That is a long story. Being a Dev, and working as fast as I can or try to, and working in vista, it was a nightmare. XP is much faster, the file access system is cleaner, quicker, more precise, it runs FS better, it boots up better, it never tells me I cant do something, it doesnt change file names, it doesnt stack files in a zigzag (making searching for texture files in large folders a nightmare).
XP is like a Viper V10... Powerful, basic..
I can see now, what MS was trying to do when they made vista. Now that I am proficient in Mac/Apple/Leopard 10.5, you can see how MS was trying to come up with neat little artistic touches to windows, but they didnt succeed in making it user friendly and efficient. Apple has the most coolest animations and fade ins/outs, and 'abilities'. With vista, it has some, and are nearly copied from Mac, and the end result is a OS that takes quite a while to run, has a ton of background services (programs) humming away eating up memory resources, and has issues with a user using its controls, lol..
God bless XP! God bless Apple Leopard 10.5+ :amen:
(vista isnt for everyone... XP isnt for everyone... Mac isnt for everyone.. But I think 'freedom' is...
).
Bill
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