Vista -> XP Enquiry

[Pokey86]

I recently bought a new computer, it has good specs for the most part so i thought it best to get it along with "windows vista 64 bit home premium" Sadly however 64 bit vista has turned out to be a right pain in the ass regarding compatibility with alot of software i normally use at present, & i've decided to re-install my old windows XP until they get some patches sorted for Vista.

I'm just curious as to whether i have to go through the whole ordeal again of Reformatting my Harddrive (I did it a few times before & made rather stupid mistakes like reformatting the wrong harddrive [& thus deleting everything i intended to swap over]) then re-installing XP. Or if there is a way to swap from XP to vista while keeping everything on my PC that has been installed without having to go through the task of reformatting (Probably grasping for straws :P )Everything on my PC at the moment is compatible with XP, & though my comp has come with all the drivers necassary for everything it's quite an lengthy task

Cheers for any help, even if it does turn out my enquiry isn't logical or possible :P

[jholland1964]

No matter how many patches Microsoft releases for Vista they will not make any software you have now work with that OS, even at a later date. Yes, we know the complaints about VISTA. But personally you would be better off first trying to get the updates for the software you normally use so that they can be used with Vista. Most software have updates available to make it compatible with Vista. You need to look on the websites for each software program you are dealing with. This happens each time a new operating system is released and persons must be ready to update their software to make IT compatible with the new OS not the other way around.

[Red Squirrel]

Put XP on it, and take full advantage of that new PC's performance. Theres no point in having a high end PC when 90% of the resources are being ate by the OS and 10% is left for programs. At least IMO. I recently built a new machine and put XP on it and will probably stay with XP until I'm forced to switch to Vista. Basically when software/hardware stops supporting XP. By then it will also be more stable to run Vista since stuff will be designed for it.