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If I'm not a power user, should I upgrade XP?

post #1 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:19am
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I've just been reading about the new Windows 7, and I'm not seeing any new stuff I actually want. Faster search? It takes about 5 seconds to find all 6 instances of the word "firestarter" for me. New start menu and taskbar? This sounds good, but do I really want to change my operating system for that alone? My start menu is pretty streamlined already, everything grouped into folders... There was something about home networking, but I didn't pay attention, there are only two people that use my computer (one of them is me) so we use the same account.

There was so many more changes whose only purpose, it seemed, was to reduce the number of clicks! Jump Lists reduces the number of clicks to open files and websites to two! It takes me three to open websites and four to open files. Before now I've never actually counted my mouse clicks, Microsoft are really reaching if they've started counting clicks. But maybe this is all that's left to upgrade, the very last possible fine-tuning of an OS, however minor...

There's also features which sound like (don't bite me please) a waste of time. Shake a window to hide all the others? Is this show desktop + keep one window open? Nevertheless, if I really wanted this, I could download Aero Shake for XP.

I don't know, all this little stuff doesn't seem like it needs a whole new OS. There's that Snap window thing, which immediately caught my eye. So I downloaded AeroSnap for XP...


Somebody sell me on Windows 7!



EK
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post #2 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:32am
I don't like the new start menu. Freaking horrible. 7 did feel snappier though less hard drive churning (loading appliactions general use) like in XP.
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post #3 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:46am
If you are happy with your current OS you don't need to upgrade.
If you upgrade later, 7 will be cheaper than it is now.

Only real reasons to upgrade are direct X or if your PC is too slow for vista, especially since XP is still currently supported by M$.
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post #4 of 37
11/9/09 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by MrGreen View Post
If you are happy with your current OS you don't need to upgrade.
If you upgrade later, 7 will be cheaper than it is now.

Only real reasons to upgrade are direct X or if your PC is too slow for vista, especially since XP is still currently supported by M$.
this.
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post #5 of 37
11/9/09 at 12:25pm
I come from the school of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". To many Vista horror stories. I think 7 would be fine on a new computer as Vista was. Where Vista caused problems was with upgrades on older computers. I have a laptop that came with Vista installed on it and have never had a problem. Know several people that upgraded to Vista from XP and had nothing but problems.
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post #6 of 37
11/9/09 at 1:29pm
Nope! As long as XP do everything you need and that you are pleased with it...
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post #7 of 37
11/9/09 at 1:44pm
Stay with XP, it's stable and will do everything you want. Also I read that you can't upgrade to 7 from XP. I only read this in one place so you may want to do some research.
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post #8 of 37
11/9/09 at 1:47pm
windows XP still rocks, there's nothing wrong with it at all..the other tech guys at work have upgraded from xp to vista to 7 and I'm still on XP..it does everything I need to it.
Arnie's not going to upgrade either so I've been told, he was reported saying 'it has to be Vista, baby'

..sorry
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post #9 of 37
11/9/09 at 2:38pm
i wish i stayed with XP.
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post #10 of 37
11/9/09 at 5:05pm
I like Windows 7, but if you like XP I don't think there's any really compelling reason to switch. XP is going to be supported for a number of years yet, so any holes will still be patched. Also MS seems to be taking a lot of the new features of Vista & 7 and making them available for XP anyway. If you had Vista I would recommend a switch for the speed gain alone. But if you like XP, keep it. It's the shiny new toy for now but it's no quantum leap.
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post #11 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:17pm
If anything I would upgrade to vista depending on your computer specs. Vista(for me at least) runs very quick and efficiently.
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post #12 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:18pm
I could not for the life of me go back to XP. 7 feels more intuitive, snappier and is overall easier to work with. Networking is so easy with it.
If you feel comfortable however with your current OS, then keep it. But I would advise you to upgrade to 7.
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post #13 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:23pm
i hate win 7
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post #14 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:24pm
I supposed 7 is a more secure and stable OS than XP?
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post #15 of 37
11/9/09 at 6:32pm
I am come from old school of "if it ain't broke, ain't fix it" too.

If XP does everything you want or if your computer is old one like mine, I don't see any reason for me to recommend you getting 7.

I installed 7 at my 7 year old, and I find it feels little heavier than XP. 7 won't detect my old soundcard (diamond mx300). Not even a single warning or a question mark of any sort. It just completely ignores the card as if its not there.

If your computer is fairly new with more than 4GB memory, you should try 7 out... of course, when you're willing to pay for it.
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