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<blockquote data-quote="pilehave" data-source="post: 372855" data-attributes="member: 71550">XP = Footprint &lt; 500 MB and RAM-usage &lt; 90 MB on fresh install. You can run XP on a 2 GB CF-card, even with some extra room for the page-file. Try that with Vista <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />IMHO the advantages in Vista are on the desktop-level - running a HTPC should just be done on the system with less bloat. Picture quality has never been an issue for me, I see no tearing in VMR 9 and to me the colorspace seems to be handled ok i VMR 9, at least I cannot see any difference when comparing output from my HTPC (XP) to my laptop (Vista).The DXVA 2.0 support should theoretically take load off the CPU, but when I can play a BluRay-movie with an average of 15% CPU I don't know what to do with this &quot;advantage&quot;. Perhaps when we get something like Quad-FullHD <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />One advantage is that you can get more than two channels out of an HDMI-connection - on XP you are restricted to DD or DTS. I use a dedicated soundcard so...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pilehave, post: 372855, member: 71550"] XP = Footprint < 500 MB and RAM-usage < 90 MB on fresh install. You can run XP on a 2 GB CF-card, even with some extra room for the page-file. Try that with Vista ;) IMHO the advantages in Vista are on the desktop-level - running a HTPC should just be done on the system with less bloat. Picture quality has never been an issue for me, I see no tearing in VMR 9 and to me the colorspace seems to be handled ok i VMR 9, at least I cannot see any difference when comparing output from my HTPC (XP) to my laptop (Vista). The DXVA 2.0 support should theoretically take load off the CPU, but when I can play a BluRay-movie with an average of 15% CPU I don't know what to do with this "advantage". Perhaps when we get something like Quad-FullHD :cool: One advantage is that you can get more than two channels out of an HDMI-connection - on XP you are restricted to DD or DTS. I use a dedicated soundcard so... [/QUOTE]

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