New computer?! Well it's new to me!

[Araciel]

So my little sister got a handmedown computer from her man and so I got a handmedown from her - my old system was a P4 3ghz single core with 1gb of RAM and a 512 mb video card.

The 'new' one is an AMD phenom x...2? triple core 2.4 ghz or something with 3 gb of RAM and i dunnoyet graphics. It has Vista on it - what should I do about the vista part?! Like should I continue using Vista, switch to XP or upgrade to 7 (or try the free 8)?

Also what kind of awesome free stuff have y'all recently gotten?!

[Mirage]

Why don't you just try it out and make up your own opinion?

well, win 7 is better than vista in just about every way, but of course, win7 isn't free.

[Peegee]

dxdiag

vista fine 7 better

i lost my phone for about a week so now i has a new phone.

evo 3d htc. b4 you lol rogers has crappy phones.

ps james you tell me when the galaxy s2 comes out! <3

[Araciel]

Every provider has equally good/bad phones (big three providers anyway) Galaxy S2 comes out... soon. I get no advance info which I guess is a good thing.

Yeah I'm torn - don't wanna pay for win7 - is xp even worth bothering with, with a multicore comp?! /googles.

[Carl the Llama]

I am pretty sure the max number of cores you can use with an XP system is dual, though I am not 100% sure about that.

With regards to you whole win 7/Vista problem, I would definitely recommend using Win7 as Mirage said, Win7 is better then Vista in just about every way, and Mirage would know being a tech head.

[Araciel]

O also I got 350 back from landlord for moving out two weeks early! rockin!

[Carl the Llama]

O also I got 350 back from landlord for moving out two weeks early! rockin!

A landlord GAVE you money, what did you do, beat him over the head and rob him? xD

[Araciel]

I said I got it BACK - paid first and last and agreed we can move out two weeks early so he's giving some back since the new tenants are moving in early and paying him.

[Mirage]

I am pretty sure the max number of cores you can use with an XP system is dual, though I am not 100% sure about that.

With regards to you whole win 7/Vista problem, I would definitely recommend using Win7 as Mirage said, Win7 is better then Vista in just about every way, and Mirage would know being a tech head.

You can utilize way more than 2 cores on WinXP.

[Pike]

Also what kind of awesome free stuff have y'all recently gotten?!

The other day my dad bought me a Peanut Butter Bash from Dairy Queen.

[Raian the Fallen]

@OP: Either stick with Vista, or check out 7. Vista isn't as bad as people say, once you tweak and optimize it better.

[Pike]

I vote upgrade to 7. I've never used it but it's supposedly good. My XP partition, meanwhile, is a crashing bluescreen nightmare. Your mileage may vary, though, I guess.

[Araciel]

Stickin with vista because it's cheapest and easiest .. gotta build a real system anyway.

[Rostum]

I'd go with Windows 7, you can easily download it and run it with no troubles if money is an issue. I haven't had a single problem with the OS, even after a year or so it still runs very fast and efficient.

[Peegee]

windows xp will not be able to properly handle the hardware in that computer. stick with vista if you don't want to pay/get 7