Mainstream Support for Windows XP Ends Next Week

[euroastar350]

Thats why I have 2 PCs...one with Win Vista32 and the other XP SP2. Vista has been a real pain ever since I bought my new rig. Xp hasn't given me much problems on my old rig which I've owned for the last 6 years now

 

[Dangerousdave26]

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This means that a Windows 7 release is just around the corner....<o></o>
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Just what I have been doing and it looks like it was a good plan. Not only will W7 be coming out but the Core i7 processor should drive down the prices on the previous processors at the same time.
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Oh,I don't know.I have been using Vista for 15 months now with no real problems,I like it just fine and if most people would take a couple of hours to read and learn they wouldn't mind it. I don't miss XP at all. The problem is everyone listens to all of the nonsense posted about <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace>Vista</st1lace>. As far as Windows 7 I will wait and see.I don't think they are ready with it yet.

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We don't need another <st1lace>Vista</st1lace> vs. XP fight but keep in mind MS has admitted that <st1lace>Vista</st1lace> is/was a resource Hog and the security features were designed to irritate users. It has Clearly not been a winning package in the OS Market. <o></o>
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Windows 7 as far as I can tell is built on <st1lace>Vista</st1lace>. I like to call it Vista-ish by that I mean it has some of the same features, some of the same faults but is not the resource hog Vista was when it came out. It still has UAC that you can turn off if you require it. Vista SP2 if you got it to install and run on your system may actually be Windows 7 without DirectX 11. <o></o>
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With my PC I have a couple of quirks on Windows 7 that I did not have on XP (nothing major). I also have a couple of quirks that I did have on XP (again nothing major). For an updated OS to run on an older PC as well as it is I am amazed.<o></o>
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That said I would not expect anyone to leave XP to go to Windows 7 on their old box that would just not make sense at all. I would not expect anyone running Vista SP2 to upgrade to W7 I really think they are almost the same animal. Yes there will be subtle differences that may not work on all machines but that goes for any OS or Service Pack upgrade. <o></o>
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Building a new box and loading Windows 7 on it is a different story. You should not fear doing that. <o></o>
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However if you are tired of the MS rat race then I encourage you to head over to the Linux Distro Ubuntu its very well made, secure and for the most part free. <o></o>
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I edge MAC out over Ubuntu because you still have to buy the OS for the MAC and it is UNIX based which is where Linux came from in the first place. MAC does have one positive and that is you can build your own system just like a PC or a Linux Distro but you have to use an Intel Processor. I will not work (the last I knew of) on an AMD. <o></o>
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Myself I will stick with Windows XP until I build the new rig then it will get W7 Ultimate. <o></o>