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Running i5 and Windows XP.

Cheers for replies.
IT's not X64 version.
My mate is about to order the bundle and wants me to put it together and install his XP media centre on it. It's the only OS he has got.
I was just wondering if there were any issues.
 
Win 7 makes the most of the chip though, as Wintel did a lot of collaboration work to optimise it.
 
Of course Windows XP will run on that. It'll run like a bunny with it's tail on fire. And with it only being a 4GB bundle, a 64-bit OS won't give you any real benefit in day-to-day use.

I don't understand this predeliction for Vista or even Beta 7. Simply because it was designed to run on what is now pathetic hardware, Windows XP Pro runs superbly on modern equipment. The boot time into Windows XP with a decent SSD is less than 15 seconds. And apart from needing 3rd party software to burn DVDs I really haven't found anything about Vista that would encourage me to move my business platform. Indeed, if you go to almost any office, they're running XP Pro, not Vista.

If I hadn't gotten copies of Vista with my MS subscription I suspect I would never have tried it at all.
 
WJA96 said:
... I really haven't found anything about Vista that would encourage me to move my business platform. Indeed, if you go to almost any office, they're running XP Pro, not Vista.
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Comparing a business environment to a home user isn't really fair. There are support concerns and legacy software issues in most businesses, that home users will never have.

And second: nobody should ever use Vista over WinXP. Win7 on the other hand, is actually good :)
 
AJK said:
Comparing a business environment to a home user isn't really fair. There are support concerns and legacy software issues in most businesses, that home users will never have.
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I would largely agree and I think the cost/return equation is the same. I would still ask, what is the killer feature of Vista for home users over XP Pro? If it doesn't immediately pop into your head then I'm not upgrading:D

AJK said:
And second: nobody should ever use Vista over WinXP. Win7 on the other hand, is actually good :)
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Well, since you're talking sense about the first sentence up there, I'll install the copy I have here from my MS subscription on my next build and see what it's like.

Thanks.
 
WJA96 said:
I would largely agree and I think the cost/return equation is the same. I would still ask, what is the killer feature of Vista for home users over XP Pro? If it doesn't immediately pop into your head then I'm not upgrading :D
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In fairness, I can't think of one killer feature to upgrade for, but there are enough general enhancements, tweaks and updates across the OS that I think it's a worthwhile install for a new build, rather than a high-priority upgrade for an older system. Win7 (to me anyway) is a major overhaul of Vista, building on the concepts introduced there and refining them, while working out the bugs that made Vista such a pig to work with.

But I agree it hasn't proved itself like XP, which only time will do!
 
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