Seven or XP?

Complaining that XP runs very old hardware better is pretty misplaced, imo. A computer that is over 3 or 4 years old is an antique already. After my machine gets to be 2 to 3 years old, I'm usually ready to upgrade and see what advances have been made in hardware. The important point is that 7 runs fantastic on moderate performance machines. It runs great on my 2 year old laptop. It doesn't seem important or impress me that XP might run better on an underpowered antique or use less ram, especially since ram is so cheap now. Jmo.

Win 7 for me......I use XP at work and I find it frustrating and not very intuitive in the way I work.....
Having anything up to 10 windows open at a time (combination of e-mail, excel, word and PDFs is a real pain...where when I do work from home the same scenario is much easier to use...to find what I need etc....and Windows 7 doesn't lag down under the load of having all these windows open.
Yes...my PC at work is more powerful than the one I have at home....

End of story for me....I would never go back to XP on my Personal machine.

W7 for me, although I do multi-boot with Vista. I used to have XP, and actually quite liked it, but it has had its day. One of the best things about W7 is its hardware support - this is the first OS that I have had that hasn't needed any 3rd party device drivers either during or after installation. That doesn't mean to say that I don't keep my audio and graphics drivers up to date - of course I do - but it gives satisfactory performance out of the box.

swarfega said:

tw33k: your signature is particularly relevant for this thread!

Glad you like it

Easy question to answer, here's why:

- Windows 7 is the first Windows OS or GUI I have been using with almost no problems. Using RC now, before that beta from February to early June and in my case BSOD seems to be history. First Windows I've never seen BSOD.

- Nostalgia is OK, but sometimes too much. Why use something old when the future is already here? Plasma over CRT, color-TV over black and white etc.

- I still need XP for certain work software and applications, BUT MY WINDOWS 7 HAS VIRTUAL XP!

- 64 bit hardware and software are already here, every day more and more. You can't seriously compare XP x64 to Windows 7 x64.

Kari