Comments on: Windows 7 RC Available: Why You Should Upgrade From XP

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:02:18 +0000

Tried Vista and 7 and both didn’t impress me at all. Stick with XP, its the best desktop O/S MS ever created – solid, capable and just feels nice over all. It functions great on both laptops and desktop systems with great hardware and software compatibility. Just make certain you have at least service pack 2 installed, SP3 is a bit more hardware intensive as far as I understand, so for older systems SP2 is best. I agree the XP user interface is a bit dull, I created a more interesting one brining XP’s looks more in line with newer versions of Windows. If you are interested in improving XP’s looks and make it look more modern, I am certain you will like my free visual style for XP (32bit versions only) It is available free from http://www.mediafire.com/jenniferarden Instructions are included and it is very easy to implement but if you do not feel confident enough to implement it yourself approach an experienced person. I do not feel the few small “improvements” justify an upgrade. Just because XP is getting older doesn’t mean its useless. Just be alert and use good internet security software. I have been using XP since its introduction and it has been providing reliable service ever since. OEM’s unfortunately do tamper with and customize installations of Windows which negatively impacts on the experience of users, I have seen this many times. A copy of XP directly from Microsoft when it was still available works extremely well. I am crazy about XP and even obtained a 64bit version with great difficulty. Thank you for reading! Jennifer

By: tt1

tt1 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:47:45 +0000

what and be hacked again and again no no no no and if you do have vista or windows 7 (vista 2 ) you have give your computer to microsoft they are not telling what is in vista or windows 7 vista 2

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:57:29 +0000

Clutching at straws? From ZDNet: “Windows 7 performs better than Vista and is also faster than XP, although XP remains more capable for devices with limited memory and outdated graphics.” (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22006&page=5&tag=col1;post-22006) If you’re running an outdated machine, then, yes, you might be better off sticking with XP performance-wise. Win7 is certainly not “muuuuch” slower according to the benchmarks I’ve seen.

I’m not sure why you think that improved security, future hardware incompatibilities and design aren’t reasons.

By: Ray Ives

Ray Ives — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:43:19 +0000

Sheez Simon, that list of reasons sounds like you're clutching at straws.

The 1st (and only) 'reason' turns out to be false in the final release - benchmark tests show Win7 muuuuuch slower than XP.

The rest of the reasons aren't!

By: SSS

SSS — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:17 +0000

SO TRUE. MS just want people to spend $$$ and upgrade.

By: SSS

SSS — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:25:07 +0000

If you buy new PC then Win7 is good, but for most people with older pcs I would stay with WinXP.
I WOULD NEVER BUY AN UPGRADE FROM MICROSOFT. MS SUCKS.

By: David Jones

David Jones — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:20:39 +0000

The upgrade to Windows 7 should be free. Get rid of Microsoft
altogether and install Ubuntu / Linux.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:30:34 +0000

“Stop sending Microsoft your money!!!” — why? If Windows 7 is a good product (and by all accounts, it is) then why shouldn’t people buy it?

By: JohnO

JohnO — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:55:34 +0000

I have XP running on three PCs in the house. It works fine, I have no, I mean NO problems with it. WHY should I upgrade? I’ll keep XP until it stops working for me or the computer dies. I keep my virus protection current.

Stop sending Microsoft your money!!!

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By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:28:40 +0000

Windows 7 is really good, I would suggest to get installation package from torrent

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By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:18:06 +0000

I have win7 rc. Its the best Windows yet bar far. Yes windows Vista sucked!! Windows xp is way better than vista. But Windows 7 is awesome. Its very fluid and fast. It is most definitely not a resource hog and even allows me to play games that my cpu shouldn’t be able to handle. If you want a perfect pc then build one yourself. Its not hard. Windows 7 is not perfect but compared to Vista and even XP its much better and makes them look like toddler toys. It allows alot of freedom and control. and someone will say no it doesnt its windows. well you dont know much about computers and are simple minded. try windows 7 you will like it. It takes half the resources of vista and looks way better. and XP is old and outdated. If your afraid to lose your data by doing a full install and dont know how to partition or anything of that sort than go buy a 30$ flash drive with 16gig =s and save it to that. Windows 7 is a great OS. It may not be a linux but for The majority of people linux is to complicated for them. Windows 7 is a great choice for anyone. I dual boot Linux Ubuntu and Windows 7 and I hardly ever use my linux now. Just try it people. Microsft made some mistakes but they really worked on 7 to make it work. and no im not a fan boy. Just stating the facts. Ive used multiple linux OS’s and mac and Windows from 95 to 7. Win7 is a great deal.

By: Nicholas Manie

Nicholas Manie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:43:44 +0000

having original win 2000, I use an upgrade disk of win XP will i be able to use an upgrade disk of win 7 ? or is it going to demand vista to upgrade ? My machine is capable of running win 7 so I just wonder.
thanks

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:08 +0000

I guess it is obvious, at least to me, that the release date is to drive sales for Xmas. Way to Micro$oft. Thank you for the great info! Read More on the End of XP

By: Guin

Guin — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:51:08 +0000

It’s just idiocy that you won’t be able to buy an outofthebox Win7 machine until October. What about the back to school market?? My son is going to college and needs a laptop – I am not spending money on a Vista or XP machine in August just to have to upgrade it in October. The timing is beyond stupid. He’s going to have to haul his old XP desktop with him and use it until November.