KingKenny Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm going to buy a new laptop this weekend. Are there any problems running FM on Vista as opposed to XP, or is there anything I should be aware of? Any help would be appreciated. Ta! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Despite what some people who have had problems with Vista say, there are no problems installing FM on Vista as long as you have an up to date system and do a clean install. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I started a career. Played 20 years with XP. Continued 4 years with Vista. No problems whatsoever. Nothing seems to be different Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Been playing on Vista for 6 or 7 months now and not had one problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysafc Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 No doubt that FM08 is optimissed for XP but bear in mind that FM09 onwards will more than likely be optimmsed for Vista. Anyway the difference is only slight. Oh and personally i would recommend a laptop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwills88 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 FM worked perfectly well with Vista for me at first but recently I've been unable to use Firefox or IE at the same time as FM without the computer becoming not just sluggish, but unbearably slow. Usually takes about 5 minutes between me clicking a link and the web page loading. No idea what has happened, probably wouldn't be an issue on my systems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Make sure you get at least 1gb of ram because that is what vista requires. I actually downgraded from vista to xp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKenny Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks for your replies guys. Originally posted by FrazT:Despite what some people who have had problems with Vista say, there are no problems installing FM on Vista as long as you have an up to date system and do a clean install. What is a 'clean install'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abs_UK Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I am thinking he means a first time install with any interuptions.. I have had Vista for 2 months now and i have not encounterd any problems with it.. Actually FM seems to performe better on my Vista version then my XP version Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Originally posted by KingKenny:Thanks for your replies guys. <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FrazT: Despite what some people who have had problems with Vista say, there are no problems installing FM on Vista as long as you have an up to date system and do a clean install. What is a 'clean install'? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> From the SI website Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger061 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Good idea to go vista I'd say as any future versions will be suited best for it. Despite what many say it's not that bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Don't worry about a clean install. Just install the game as usual, with it being a new system it won't have any trace of FM on it so just install it as normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyinuk Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 FM worked better on vista for me. But that's probably got to do with the extra 6 Gb of RAM i put into my computer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 To be honest its very hard not to buy a new computer or laptop without having to having Windows Vista if you are going to have a Microsoft operating system. Most shops have already stopped giving a choice between Vista and XP and so you may have to have Vista if you buy a new laptop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietSpam Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I run it on Vista x64 with no problems. Vista isn't as bad as people make it out to be, and some people just say it's crap when they have no idea what they are talking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk Beware Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Originally posted by DietSpam:I run it on Vista x64 with no problems. Vista isn't as bad as people make it out to be, and some people just say it's crap when they have no idea what they are talking about. I agree most people that say vista isn't good haven't even used it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Originally posted by Drunk Beware:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DietSpam: I run it on Vista x64 with no problems. Vista isn't as bad as people make it out to be, and some people just say it's crap when they have no idea what they are talking about. I agree most people that say vista isn't good haven't even used it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Agreed here too. I was very sceptical about putting on my gaming rig but I can honestly say that I have not had even half of the problems with Vista 64 that I had with XP 64. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyinuk Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 it was same with windows XP when it came out. i couldn't believe how many people told me at the time Windows ME was a better operating system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJenz Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm on vista and i am currently having a nightmare trying to get the thing installed. see my post in the bugs forum. I'm sure once i get it installed it will be fine but at the moment nothing is working, somethign to do with a gui user interface error? i'm not hot on computers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKenny Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks for you replies guys. Yep, I'm going to have to gte Vista as not one of the laptops I've looked at has XP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mravac Kid Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Originally posted by andyinuk:it was same with windows XP when it came out. i couldn't believe how many people told me at the time Windows ME was a better operating system Because it pretty much was (actually, the 98SE was), at least until the service packs started rolling in... and I'm fairly certain the same is true of Vista and XP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 ME was never never better than XP. ME was never better than even 98! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Originally posted by KingKenny:I'm going to buy a new laptop this weekend. Are there any problems running FM on Vista as opposed to XP, or is there anything I should be aware of? Any help would be appreciated. Ta! Vista is actually quite all right if you tweak it a bit to remove a lot of the unnecessary widgets. Seems to be generally more stable than XP was for me. And Windows ME? There was a reason it was known as "Mistake Edition".... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
awblade Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 vista is fine for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
into pitch black Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 i love vista no problems running FM, i especially like that sky news headline and bbc sports headline gadget thingies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockStein1967 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Originally posted by Neji:ME was never never better than XP. ME was never better than even 98! Lots of people bought to upgrade to ME cos they marketed it as a solution to the fabled "millenium bug" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggae Boyz Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 OS X Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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