Jack o'Clubs
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Despite RAM upgrades my 6 year old home PC is finally showing its age and I'm planning to buy a new one. Boy, things have changed since I last did the research!
A quick whizz through the T2W forums suggests that the last time someone posed this question, Vista was considered a no-no. Is it still to be avoided? The applications I would use (IB and Esignal) say that they're Vista compliant. This would be a pure work / trading PC so not bothered about impact on gaming etc.
I'm leaning towards sticking with XP (if I can find a manufacturer who will 'downgrade') because i) I'm used to it, and this old dog doesn't want to learn new tricks; ii) even if the trading software works, Vista is supposed to be more RAM-hungry than XP and so will slow the PC down relatively speaking; and iii) Vista will presumably be made obsolete by upcoming Windows 7 and XP may end up with a longer shelf life.
Are these valid reasons, my technically minded friends, or am I just being unnecessarily luddite?
Thanks in advance.
A quick whizz through the T2W forums suggests that the last time someone posed this question, Vista was considered a no-no. Is it still to be avoided? The applications I would use (IB and Esignal) say that they're Vista compliant. This would be a pure work / trading PC so not bothered about impact on gaming etc.
I'm leaning towards sticking with XP (if I can find a manufacturer who will 'downgrade') because i) I'm used to it, and this old dog doesn't want to learn new tricks; ii) even if the trading software works, Vista is supposed to be more RAM-hungry than XP and so will slow the PC down relatively speaking; and iii) Vista will presumably be made obsolete by upcoming Windows 7 and XP may end up with a longer shelf life.
Are these valid reasons, my technically minded friends, or am I just being unnecessarily luddite?
Thanks in advance.