Battlefield 3 no XP support

Can't believe it took me so long to switch from Vista to W7 Beta/RC, never mind XP.

Still have to support XP at work...ugh. (My laptop has Windows 7 though ;) Perks of being in IT, get to intercept the new kit and send old stuff down the line)
 
It took me about a year to get on vista but I snapped up w7 very quickly because I did not enjoy vista very much.

I'm looking forward to what ever comes out from Microsoft next tbh as I really do feel that they are finally understanding how to make the OS better and not simply just change things.
 
8igdave said:
It took me about a year to get on vista but I snapped up w7 very quickly because I did not enjoy vista very much.

I'm looking forward to what ever comes out from Microsoft next tbh as I really do feel that they are finally understanding how to make the OS better and not simply just change things.
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My mate upgraded to vista before me and using it really put me off it. Windows 7 though is brilliant, Isnt the new os just going to include more cloud and tablet functions?
 
RedStarRiot said:
My mate upgraded to vista before me and using it really put me off it. Windows 7 though is brilliant, Isnt the new os just going to include more cloud and tablet functions?
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To tell you the truth I haven't looked into the new OS as researching such things doesn't really excite me. If that is the case then maybe the next OS is more a marketing stunt than an improvement. I would stick with w7 then. That would be a shame though.
 
siege2 said:
How can I get to ignore idiots like that! were is the option ?
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your the 2nd one to join the "failing to see the sarcasm" club,, congrats on being the latest member along with Frapple <3

Attention to all future members of the "failing to see the sarcasm" club, as of today we have recruited 2 idiots (siege2 and Frapple), this is the most idiots that the club allows per group, please make sure your IQ is above 7 and your sarcasm-o-meter is working before applying, unlike the 2 idiots that joined today
 
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Tombo said:
Maybe the sarcasm is what got you ignored :p
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i must address my sarcastic attitude tbh, getting ignored by 2 randoms realy hurt me phychologicaly, im not sure if i can take much more, the stress has already caused me to spell phychologicaly incorrectly :(
 
I can pip in Win7 is worth having. I never bothered with vista as it was a hog without purpose to me and win7 is a memory hog but with style.
If you do upgrade get 64bit so you can join the 21st century with 4gb + available to a game

Still havent managed to get java/browser to stop crashing when it is used a lot but in theory 64 bit is useful for big apps
 
Tombo said:
Is your printer that old?
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not really its a HP Photosmart 1315, ok it is 'OLD' but it has GOOD printing Quality!
and the scanner is a OneTouch 9020, its so advanced it can print negatives! :o :o :o
both won't work on win7

the main point being that XP is by far the most 'compatable' OS to date, it can run both old and new hardware/software just as good as win7 can (as long as its 32 bit) :)

the only things XP can NOT do are:
'see' more than 3 GB of RAM
Play Just Cuase 2, Shattered Horizon, BF3
Run Direct X 10/11
Run 64 bit software
Run a stock Q6600 at '27 GFLOP's' instead of '25 GFLOP's under XP'
-END OF LIST-

and i find that 2 GB of RAM it still more than enough for any game out now and it will take many years untill they start making games then 'cannot' work on 2 GB so..
why do i need an 'upgrade'???
 
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You can dual boot to win xp or win 7 very easily. It takes like 60 secs to switch back and forth


Modded up, even BF2 will use more then 2gb. BF3 will massively take advantage of 4gb I believe.
Even if you did own a 2gb graphics card, it must be allocated alongside the 2gb and not exceed 3.75 under 32 bit so its already true that xp is restrictive
 
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