I wouldn't recommend getting the vista unless you really want to get your feet wet. It is still highly considered to be a new OS, so chances are many patches are needed for users to install existing software that were made for its predecessor OS'. If you work in a big corp that uses Windows, I'm confident to say that most of these corps have not switched off from XP to Vista. I even doubt that Microsoft as a whole have migrate from the old OS to the new and buggy one for all of its employees and developers the least to say.

 

only reason to get vista if you buy a whole new system from dell or hps. but then you have no choice now if you walk into bb to buy something but still, if you have copy of xp stick with it.

 

i recommend E6400 for a core 2 duo. since on the 22th they are predicting that it will cost 180
2gb ram should run about maybe 100-150 depending brand. i recommend cosair running at 800mhz,
i don't think they make the x800 any more x1650pro would do the trick
I believe a min of at least 430-450w is necessary.

the only reason why i ask if you cared about the noise cuz my old rig would keep me up at night while i was dl, and ever since then i made sure my rig would be as quiet as possible

 

just get oem, can find for like 200 bucks on ebay, you can get good vid cards for around 150, i mean you can get a descent one to run vista but the point of vista is take the advantage of what it provide which requires a good vid card.

intel e6300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115005$182
asus mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131030 $123
corsair memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145098 $105
ati x850 xt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102088 $65

=~$475

depending on if you're recycling parts, for case + psu probly add another 150ish then maybe the rest for a monitor or something.

 

hmm do you know that x850xt is out of stock?

if hes going to run c2d i seriously recommend he runs ddr2 800 ram than ddr2 533 it only cost about 30 bucks more

 

I like 2k

 

Reboot!

I had vista ultimate running on one of my machines. Good stuff.

I still <3 xp

 

oh gosh where to begin i see these craps at work everyday

as previously stated good vid card is a must, as far as ram 1gb min it will run like **** on 512mb, 2gb recom.

might want to look into a 7200rpm or higher hd but not a must

general impressions of it so far they took xp made it look pretty and moved around everything so u cant find it.

i would recommend to everyone interested in vista to wait until this summer when they release sp1 which should iron out a majority of the kinks in vista.

and too bad for u guys if this thread would have been posted i would of sold u guys my core 2 setup for cheap and even thrown in vista

i had e6300 and an intel board + vista ultimate would of sold it for ~300 for the iclub fam
i still have a legit copy of vista ultimate for sale if anyone is interested

 

well you guys LMK how bista works out i am going to wait a year b4 i do it....

 

at least til sp1 comes out

xp was the same way when it came out way back when used to crash like a **** and nothign worked with it

 

first computer away from apple since 1999. makes me regret so far getting it.
I know it's because it's a new OS, but it is frustrating to have a brand new computer crash 3 hours after getting it....

 

that is a burn esp. with branded comps that come with all the unnecessary software when u remove it vista gets mad and starts to misbehave such a pita.

 

so far I like Vista, but it was a pain to have to relearn where everything is and how to find everything. Once i got that down, I am pretty satisfied.

 

yeah i rarely move to new OS until like 6-12 months after it's out.. i beta tested it, it was nice...

 

thats the biggest annoyance to me is finding everything in vista they moved around