Should I keep Vista on new PC or put XP on there?

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I'm getting a new PC and from what I've heard from mates, Vista can make a new machine run like a dog and has lots of bloatware. I am upgrading due to finding my old P4 2.4GHz too slow.

Am I going to bog a new Core 2 duo PC down with Vista or should I just put XP on it?

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Thanks for your replies folks, that's very helpful. It sounds like teh concesus is that Vista runs a little slower but requires a high spec PC.

Is 2GB of memory really necessary? I've got 600 odd MB currently on XP and that struggles sometimes, so I presumed 1GB would be fine under Vista. Memory is pretty cheap to upgrade and the PCs with 2GB are a good bit pricier, so I'll probably buy this as an add on.

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dxg said:

You may wish to have a read of this "review" of XP:

http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/2007/12/...

Very good! This is in the same vein as I've heard from friends who value their PC speed. If the new PC comes with Vista ready loaded, Imay play, but I wont waste my time setting up all my applications etc until I've got a feel for it and the performance.

THanks!