From XP to 7
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In short, yes, you should upgrade to Windows 7. It's a more secure OS, and in my opinion has a much better user interface, and unlike Windows XP will take full advantage of your computer's hardware. There are many threads like yours in this forum, so if you search, you should fine some more information.
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XP doesn't support DirectX 10 or later. I think XP 64bit was more of an afterthought and you'll need 64bit to make the most of 4GB RAM. Also, you can't fault the spinny Windows 7 logo during start up!
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I went from XP to Win7 64 earlier this year.
Easily one of the best PC upgrades I have ever experienced.
Go for it.
Easily one of the best PC upgrades I have ever experienced.
Go for it.
That might be your experience, but my machine runs like a stabbed rat.
Make sure you get Windows 7 x64.
That would be Experiences , plural , currently trying out several win 7 machines
on a corp network ....
Except he'll be running it on a new system anyway, so he'll be experiencing a far faster machine regardless.
It not that XP runs faster it is just that it is far faster doing certain jobs
Stuff like opening a explorer window , xp opens windows shows contents within a second
Win 7 same folder same hardware takes 6-7 seconds to open and display contents
Copying files from network , under xp a sample file will take a couple of seconds
win7 takes about 4 or 5 times longer to do the same thing
But win7 has a much crisper cleaner looking GUI , which my my opinion is far more
important than performance of the file system
Win7 is great at running multi threaded apps , defo faster than xp ever was
Stuff like opening a explorer window , xp opens windows shows contents within a second
Win 7 same folder same hardware takes 6-7 seconds to open and display contents
Copying files from network , under xp a sample file will take a couple of seconds
win7 takes about 4 or 5 times longer to do the same thing
But win7 has a much crisper cleaner looking GUI , which my my opinion is far more
important than performance of the file system
Win7 is great at running multi threaded apps , defo faster than xp ever was
And this is applicable why?.. Sort the corporate network out, sounds poorly setup. He did say:
Never had either of those issues on any of my Windows 7 PCs. Sounds like your AV is slowing it down.
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My experience for day to day stuff like browsing the internet, word processing, office stuff, is that XP is faster. My 4-5 year old PC, 5 year old laptop and 1 year old work laptop are all faster than the two new laptops running Win 7. I find it very frustrating.
7 seconds to open a folder?! Definitely something wrong. My Win7 machine opens folders instantly, just like it did on XP.
Is this quite low-spec hardware that's been upgraded to 7? A lack of RAM in particular will make 7 feel slow compared to XP. A system with 0.5-1GB will do basic stuff pretty well under XP but will be a dog under 7. Once you get more than about 1.5GB in there, 7 will be at least as quick.
Huh? What difference does it make? XP is pants compared to 7, new build or not.
XP was outdated when Vista hit, now it's even more so!
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Emphasis on this. As already stated you won't be limited to 4gig or less + what would be the point of buying a dx11 capable 460 if you're gonna limit yourself to xp & it's dx9?
Did the same move on my last build & wouldn't go back...the whole thing just seems more stable. However I still get lost with the new interface & wish I could have the old one back...maybe that's just me tho.
One thing I noticed & missed when I installed win7 was the absence of outlook express. Ended up downloading Mozilla thunderbird as a replacement instead as it's similar...However there's a new download "windows live essentials" which I think covers this anyway tho not tried it myself...
Anyway...no point in building a new pc & then hampering it with a ten yr old operating system.
I admit that I do still have the occasional moment where I try to do something how I'd have done it in XP or Vista. But I think it's down to sheer force of habit after nearly 15 years using the old Windows taskbar, rather than because the old interface is better!