what's better win xp or vista ?  

Hello friend,
Vista has got its own advantages. The thing I like most about it is the faster browsing options in the windows explorer. to add to that you have a search box on the right hand top of each windows explorer window so you do not have to separately invoke the search client for customizing your searches.
The aero feature is a bit of a show off, as it doesn't really add much of utility.

the demerits would be the huge space that Vista occupies.. XP really scores when you are talking about getting your job done quickly. Vista takes up a lot of time to boot.
I guess the best performance would be if you have 2 GB Ram with vista..
if you have anything else, go for XP.

I use two OS in my PC. both are designated for certain tasks. For my video editing tasks I prefer windowsXP. For faster file transfer, internet and gaming, I prefer windows Vista. Our difference is, my Vista boots and shuts down faster than windowsXP. Do you have enough RAM?
WindowsVista is also good at security, easy user interface, file navigation, faster file transfer, games and going online.
WindowsXP is good for video editing and basically running outdated programs.
I think software compatibility issues is another factor to differentiate the two.

I've tried Vista and trus me Windows XP beats it hands down.

I like XP better..i find glitches and bugs with XP and certain things that rent compatible yet

Vista had many bugs when it first came out. XP didn't. However, Windows 7 will be coming out soon and XP will no longer supported. Plus to upgrade to Windows 7, you must upgrade to Vista first. (See my oter discussion under XP.) From what I understand from an IT friend of mine who has a beta version of 7 (and from magazine reports), 7 will not have the problems that Vista had.

Hi dread,
This is a no brainer.
Every single user of Computer will blindly say it is XP. That is why even Microsoft is shutting down further production of Vista

I would prefer XP any day. Vista is too much of a memory clogger. I don't like that one bit.I agree that Vista offers much more when it comes to the visual aspect.But then to be very honest I got bored of it in a bit and then went back to using XP far more. I hate that any amount of memory always seems less for Vista.LOL.Speed is what matters to me.

some people will say that they like XP even though they haven't tried Vista yet. I've tried both Vista and XP. Although, XP performs faster, i'd still use Vista though. I haven't experienced any BSOD in that OS.

Vista maybe a resource hog but if you've configured/tweaked/customized it correctly, then it should perform much faster.

but now with WIndows 7 lurking around the corner (and i've tested the RTM version of it), i'd go with Windows 7.

Windows XP anyday...its the best OS

I think XP is better than windows vista.. because it is more user friendly than vista...i always used windows xp.. so i think it's better than vista.. but i have also used vista....and i will noticed one thing..that vista is more secure than windows xp..it's security fetuers is more powerful than..windows xp..