One tends to forget how quickly Windows 7 boots in comparison to other Windows OS's.
One tends to forget how quickly Windows 7 boots in comparison to other Windows OS's.
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I have two Windows running Xp and 7. I found that Windows 7 works way better on my PC.
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Reason why your windows XP doesnt see more than 3Gig is because it's 32bit.Originally Posted by Venom
Install the 32bit version of 7 and you'll be limited down to 3gig again.
boot time way better - boot time doesn't matter. Dont know where this "boot time matters" came about. I turn on PC, I go and make coffee, I come back and it's in.. 2 seconds faster to boot? Not like anyone ever notices.
And this is the problem with this all. If you look at the hardcore low level tests vista isnt that much better (3% on working out Pi to 25million digits). So unless you do something that takes a minute on XP, you're not going to really notice it. The reasons for the perceived increase in speed can be explained in another way. Such as now that you are running 64bit (can be faster). You may have more than 3GB, 7 installed games in a less partitioned manor etc etc.
What makes XP win over all these bonuses is that it's had years of support for 3rd party software. Win7 needs to catch that up. But hey, if all you need is photoshop, some Dx and throw in multimedia - then sure, Win7 is the way to go if you can afford it. Guess it's just the how you use it that makes ones opinion. EG. I'd never host a webserver on windows7 for production.
Wait... what?
I recently upgraded my dad's pc to win 7 from XP and he's been running program that gave him endless issues in XP, now with win 7. no issues what so ever.
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The only software issue I've had with Windows 7 is Diablo II not wanting to run. Apart from that it's been ace.
It may not be recommended to switch if you download all sorts of random applications, but the average user should experience no issues at all. I've been running Windows 7 since February and the thought of going back to XP is not one I like to entertain.
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lol so did I :-)
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it's not that i don't like Vista. it's just win 7 will be so much faster
Play games, not platforms
I remember interestingly enough when writing a CD using Nero on Windows 98 I received multiple buffer under-run errors. The green buffer bar in Nero above the progress jumped around like crazy (while hard disk activity light was permanently on) often causing writing to fail. Yes those were days before buffer under-run protection.
On the very same system unaltered switching to Windows XP no longer had any of these problems. Both occurrences on Windows 98SE and Windows XP was from clean install.
I have not taken any time to investigate why the above occurred but it did. Logic points you in a couple of directions but in the end a newer operating system I have found makes certain activities in general operate a slight bit smoother. Except Vista.
I am currently using Windows 7 on an Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz Single Core Prescott LGA-775 with 2GB DDR2 667 RAM and a GeForce GTS250. System due for retirement in about 3 months but till then loving the way Windows 7 is running. In contrast I couldn't live with Vista for more than 5 days. Attempted use in Vista Beta days, RC days and RTM/Post rtm.. never lasted more than 5 days. lol
RIP Vista.
I'm awaiting the Vista vs 7 comparison. Running Vista Ultimate x64, runs damn fine. I still failed to see why people don't like Vista..
Games run so crap on vista. Win 7 is great my games run so smooth. I had vista 64bit and running win 7 64 bit.
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