Windows XP vs 7

[SIXBANGR]

any one gone from XP to 7? Better, worse, the same?

 

[GNeric]

My laptop was just updated from Vista Home Premium to 7 last week and I have to say I have NEVER been happier. So much faster: Faster start up time. Faster "wake up". Faster shut down. Everything is so much smoother. No glitches anywhere. Acts just like a laptop should. We have XP on everything at work and it all acts up too and that will soon be switched over to 7 within the next two weeks.

 

[22lbChevelle]

Big upgrade, runs just as fast, if not faster. Huge aesthetic upgrade, nice little popup boxes at the bottom of the screen that show all the browsers you have open and stuff. I didnt do an upgrade I formatted and installed the whole windows 7 from a disc, dont know if that makes a difference.

 

[Junior Samples]

I upgraded from XP to Linux Ubuntu OS and will never go back to Microcrap...ever

 

[turbobob924]

I love linux too but powerlogger doe snot run on it.

 

[toofastforyou]

I upgraded from XP to Linux Ubuntu OS and will never go back to Microcrap...ever

X2!...I have an "iMac" with "OS X 10.5.8", and will never go back to a "pc" again......so I couldn't care less about "Vista" or "7"...

I still have "XP" in my old Compaq laptop, and was told by Jack Cotton to keep it as it's best suited to run the "Fast XFI" program.

Claude.

 

[Junior Samples]

I love linux too but powerlogger doe snot run on it.

If you open your Snaptic and grab WINE (emulator) you can get it to work, some programs I had to get on the Ubuntu forum for a fix but PL was a clean install and no crashes....

 

[Junior Samples]

screen capture of my WINE (windows xp) config..as you can see Linux desktop

Although I run openoffice, I have word and publisher as well as PL and direct scan and they run fine.

 

[Dr.drivability]

Will 7 run xfi, Will it need to be reinstalled?

 

[Rodimus_Prime]

Vista never had these fictional problems that everyone seems to claim. I think anyone thats ever complained about windows simply is too stupid to know how to use it with the exception of 98ME, that was crap.

I've never had an issue with 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7. Then again, I know how to use a computer.

 

[klrv6]

The only way to go is XP to 7. Keep in mind that technically XP is in long term support for msft. They continue to provide support due to the very low adoption rates of Vista on the big business side of things. I am by no means too stupid to use a computer and I would NEVER let vista touch my production floors. Supporting T1 auto suppliers, you had better have your act together or face 10K-60K per minute in shutdown fines from the big automaker. No way I would let vista hold up that kind of risk. All my floors will be running 7 by the end of next year. It's not just an improvement in the OS, go 64 bit if you can. Just as they last big change was from 16 bit, 32 is on it's way out. People cried years ago when the new Exchange server was for only 64 bit hardware and OS, now I wouldn't even think of running any big app like that on 32.

On the home premium front, it rocks! I have an HP 9180t with an intel i7 processor. No crashes, "not responding" or anything. three 23" monitors running off one EVGA 8800GTS and an EVGA 8600GT. I run so many apps at one time it's crazy. Two VMs sucking up 4 gigs and still have room to play.

 

[TurboDave]

Upgraded to 7 home prem. 64 bit, from Vista and love it. But I was told there wasn't a direct upgrade path from XP to 7. It was my understanding that you had to go with a "new" 7 product, not and "upgrade" package. I'm not even sure a machine designed for XP would have an ideal amount of processor power for 7. Could be wrong. I don't think I'd want to try and run 7 on my other XP machine.

 

[klrv6]

Upgraded to 7 home prem. 64 bit, from Vista and love it. But I was told there wasn't a direct upgrade path from XP to 7. It was my understanding that you had to go with a "new" 7 product, not and "upgrade" package. I'm not even sure a machine designed for XP would have an ideal amount of processor power for 7. Could be wrong. I don't think I'd want to try and run 7 on my other XP machine.

An upgrade from 7 to XP requires that all data be backed up and copied to the new install. The applications will need to be installed again as well. It's not as smooth as Vista to 7 but, it can be done. W7 can run on pretty much all but the oldest hardware that XP ran on. Feed it a 1.5 ghz processor and 2 gigs of ram and it will be a decent box. One of the big issues is hard drive speed. We are currently spoiled with sata instead of the older ide interface. Sata has throughput that was only available on higher cost scsi interfaces, for less than $100 now.