XP or Vista? (1 Viewer)

[alexeix]

Hi,

I have a Shuttle SFF PC with AMD Athlon 3200 and 1GB DDR RAM and want to set up a Media Portal server - I'm thinking of getting an Asus Eee Box to use as a client.

Any advice on which OS to go for on the server? I have retail copies of XP and Vista, so could go for either.

Any good/bad experiences with either?

I want to set the server up to Wake-on-LAN, so it can standby when not in use.

Thanks.

 

[revs]

I say XP. XP needs less RAM, and is generally less hassle IMO.

I'm buing a copy of Windows for a HTPC soon, and i'll just be getting XP Home - cant see any reason why it wont suffice?

 

[Bussiebaer]

I use Vista 32. Works very stable for me. I use S4 Hibernation when not in use, and wake on lan if I want to access it via Webinterface to schedule new records. The only issue I have is sometimes a black screen after hibernation, but that seems a issue of my ATI-Card, and not the OS.

Edit: Client runs on the same machine here.

 

[asd7000]

I would say take XP if you´re only using the TV-Server. Needs less Ram and acts faster on your machine . But if you want to use it later as client too, use Vista! Or give that machine a second GB of Ram and start using it as server in Vista. Vista needs much Ram. When you have much Ram Vista acts faster than XP! I have run both OS but for the Server there was no difference!

 

[geov]

I'm using Vista at the moment but I'll say XP is more stable and easy to set up than Vista....

 

[asd7000]

Vista is better for setting up! Insert DVD. Boot it, enter Serial and wait whats difficult there? And even includes most of the drivers!

 

[hoborg]

XP SP3. I tryed Vista 64 SP1, 32 ultimate and ended on XP SP3. Working perfectly for me. Vista takes ~90seconds to boot and load MP, XP BOOT in 24seconds now .

 

[revs]

I just went for XP Home SP3.

I didnt need anything in XP Pro. It was 50% cheaper. And I know it works with everything I have. MediaPortal runs 24/7 in the foreground, so the OS just needs to be lightweight and invisible to the user. I would only have gone with Vista if there were considerable Audio/Video or driver improvements.

 

[Mkoorn]

I use XP Pro SP3, verry fast with loading.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

+1 for XP Pro