anyone still on XP?

You have to look at it in terms of what the op is asking. He obviously has a decent up to date system. Why would you stick with XP if you can afford to upgrade? 7 is better in every way.

Except of course that it doesn't allow you to defend a 10 year old operating system on a random forum, obviously :)
 
Sleepery said:
You have to look at it in terms of what the op is asking. He obviously has a decent up to date system. Why would you stick with XP if you can afford to upgrade? 7 is better in every way.

Except of course that it doesn't allow you to defend a 10 year old operating system on a random forum, obviously :)
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Not really...depends how 'into' you are with getting the best and quickest out of your system...i dont think windows will help achieve that other than the dx 10/11 enhancements
 
Been on 7 x64 just over a year, still waiting to see what the BSOD looks like! Says it all really. 4GB+ ram, and supports monster 2.1TB+ GPT partitions.

I must confess I've XPified some of the UI though, explorer and file search is a bit naff so replaced with Xplorer² (http://www.zabkat.com), plus I have a classic start menu (http://classicshell.sourceforge.net), can't get used to the mishmash layout 7 has.

My only regret is going for Home Premium - lacks remote desktop server, virtual pc and group policy. MS have that anytime upgrade thing but I fear it'd throw half the settings back to default.
 
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I've used Windows 7 on my laptop and did like but have now gone back to desktop with XP and frankly don't see a major need to upgrade. Only thing I seem to miss the widgets on the desktop and game wise I don't really have anything that can run DX10/11 effect well anyway.
 
dirtydog said:
If you want to use Windows 7, good luck but don't force it down everyone's throat that they should agree ;)
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O....k. It's ok for you to express an opinion as to why he shouldn't upgrade, but if I do it I'm shoving it down everyone's throat?

Where's the sudden aggressiveness coming from?
 
Windows 7 is much much faster than XP. This is simply down to it being the most modern and efficient OS designed for the latest hardware and vice versa. This is the most important bit.

The GUI for example uses the GPU, XP still relies on the CPU so it actually feels slower and cumbersome. W7 handles memory a lot differently too.

If you want to use Windows 7, good luck but don't force it down everyone's throat that they should agree ;)
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The gulf between XP and W7 is massive enough that I would actually consider this post irrational. It's like saying 'ok feel free to take that free Ferrari but don't force it on us, some of us would rather use minis wink wink'.

There's absolutely no advantages to using XP anymore. None. It's slower, the security programs are focused on W7 now, Microsoft are more focused on W7's upkeep, the latest hardware are designed for it, etc...

People shouldn't be forced to agree, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're making the right decision if they want the best performance. If you're still on XP, you're missing out I'm afraid. All you are going to get is criticism.
 
I won't switch to the Windows 7 until right clicking something in the taskbar brings the menu up directly under the mouse pointer, not above the taskbar. :p

...but yes I'm serious. :o
 
Sleepery said:
O....k. It's ok for you to express an opinion as to why he shouldn't upgrade, but if I do it I'm shoving it down everyone's throat?

Where's the sudden aggressiveness coming from?
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No aggressiveness. If someone states things as fact like 'Windows 7 is undeniably better' then that is ramming it down someone's throat. Expressing opinions as to why you personally think it is better is different. I haven't said XP is undeniably better, merely that I prefer it and find it is superior in many important ways.
 
H2F Scott said:
I won't switch to the Windows 7 until right clicking something in the taskbar brings the menu up directly under the mouse pointer, not above the taskbar. :p

...but yes I'm serious. :o
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:confused: if your taskbar is on the bottom of the screen it completely obscures the menu if that was the case (and if it's on the top, it'll appear under the mouse pointer anyway!). Missing out on all the benefits of W7 over such a tiny, trivial change is foolhardy!
 
XP 32 was causing me massive problems with BC2 when it came out. Kept CTD'ing all the time.

Got rid of it and got Win7 64. All problems cured the THE best single PC upgrade I have ever made.
 
KNiVES said:
Windows 7 is much much faster than XP. This is simply down to it being the most modern and efficient OS designed for the latest hardware and vice versa. This is the most important bit.

The GUI for example uses the GPU, XP still relies on the CPU so it actually feels slower and cumbersome. W7 handles memory a lot differently too.



The gulf between XP and W7 is massive enough that I would actually consider this post irrational. It's like saying 'ok feel free to take that free Ferrari but don't force it on us, some of us would rather use minis wink wink'.

There's absolutely no advantages to using XP anymore. None. It's slower, the security programs are focused on W7 now, Microsoft are more focused on W7's upkeep, the latest hardware are designed for it, etc...

People shouldn't be forced to agree, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're making the right decision if they want the best performance. If you're still on XP, you're missing out I'm afraid. All you are going to get is criticism.
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XP isn't slower than 7 though, is it. The GUI is not slower. In fact arguably the opposite. Just because something is done on the GPU doesn't mean it is automatically superior. Just check out how sluggish OS X's GPU rendered desktop is, particularly older iterations, compared to the 2D desktop of Windows XP.

XP has many demonstrable concrete benefits over 7, it isn't like saying a Ford is better than a Ferrari. What sure is true is that the 7 zealots get most uppity when you don't share their views though :confused:
 
Echo said:
Been on 7 x64 just over a year, still waiting to see what the BSOD looks like! Says it all really. 4GB+ ram, and supports monster 2.1TB+ GPT partitions.

I must confess I've XPified some of the UI though, explorer and file search is a bit naff so replaced with Xplorer² (http://www.zabkat.com), plus I have a classic start menu (http://classicshell.sourceforge.net), can't get used to the mishmash layout 7 has.

My only regret is going for Home Premium - lacks remote desktop server, virtual pc and group policy. MS have that anytime upgrade thing but I fear it'd throw half the settings back to default.
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I'm still running XP on the laptop, with 7 x64 and 86 on the PC. Never had a BSOD with any of them tbh, both found to be incredibly stable.

If you dont need/want to upgrade, then there's no reason to at this point. I'm not going to deny that windows 7 is a much better operating system, and if my laptop were up to it, I'd ditch XP completely and use only W7. But really it's up to whether you want to invest the money into it, and the reasons you have for doing so.
 
PapaLazaru said:
XP 32 was causing me massive problems with BC2 when it came out. Kept CTD'ing all the time.

Got rid of it and got Win7 64. All problems cured the THE best single PC upgrade I have ever made.
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Great but I have BC2 and it hasn't crashed so obviously wasn't an OS issue :)
 
KNiVES said:
:confused: if your taskbar is on the bottom of the screen it completely obscures the menu if that was the case (and if it's on the top, it'll appear under the mouse pointer anyway!). Missing out on all the benefits of W7 over such a tiny, trivial change is foolhardy!
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Haha I was kinda joking. I've "switched" to 7 3 times and always come back to XP after 2-3 months. It's just a few niggles that annoy me in 7 that always brings me back to XP that I'm so used to.

And what I mean with the taskbar is being able to right click twice to close things really fast in XP, which you can't do in 7. I know it's trivial as hell but it annoys me.
 
dirtydog said:
XP isn't slower than 7 though, is it. The GUI is not slower. In fact arguably the opposite. Just because something is done on the GPU doesn't mean it is automatically superior. Just check out how sluggish OS X's GPU rendered desktop is, particularly older iterations, compared to the 2D desktop of Windows XP.

XP has many demonstrable concrete benefits over 7, it isn't like saying a Ford is better than a Ferrari. What sure is true is that the 7 zealots get most uppity when you don't share their views though :confused:
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When somebody disagrees with you, they're not being uppity. You seem content to disagree with us, but don't like it the other way around.

That said, nobody's forcing you to upgrade, but with that system of yours, you will see tangible benefits (especially with DX10 applications). To see those specs in your sig and then XP pro at the end is a shame. When more and more games make the jump to DX10, you'll have to make the jump yourself eventually. Especially if you're a Battlefield fan as the next in the series won't even work on XP at all due to minimum DX10 requirement.
 
KNiVES said:
When somebody disagrees with you, they're not being uppity. You seem content to disagree with us, but don't like it the other way around.
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Disagree all you want, but if you state things as facts which are not true, I will point that out.

That said, nobody's forcing you to upgrade, but with that system of yours, you will see tangible benefits (especially with DX10 applications). To see those specs in your sig and then XP pro at the end is a shame. When more and more games make the jump to DX10, you'll have to make the jump yourself eventually. Especially if you're a Battlefield fan as the next in the series won't even work on XP at all due to minimum DX10 requirement.
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I'll upgrade in 2014, or when games stop supporting XP (games I care about) - whichever comes soonest.
 
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