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Well we both got parts of the thread covered! lolz I don't ghost anything, as it only takes 20 min to install I usually just do it when I sleep. =P And as far as installing programs, it never bothers me I've got patience. lolz
Well we both got parts of the thread covered! lolz I don't ghost anything, as it only takes 20 min to install I usually just do it when I sleep. =P And as far as installing programs, it never bothers me I've got patience. lolz
I too learned that lesson (the hard way) many years ago. My multi-boot systems has a couple HDs and I use the BIOS boot HD selector to control which is the primary boot drive. When I loaded Win7, I unplugged my "personal" drive (Linux and XP), loaded a "work" installation of XP, dual booted it with Win7, then reconnected the other Linux/XP drive.
Now when I want to use my "personal" version of XP or my Linux every-day-use installation I make that drive primary at bootup.
Regards,
GEWB
But didn't you say you were running Vista and it was solid. Ease of use and familiarity between Vista and 7 are just about the same..in my opinion.
Guess it's really dependent upon your hardware because almost everything on my box at home, my laptop and my test lab machines have worked pretty much flawlessly with 7.
What Linux versions have you used that you found "pervasive"?? That doesn't seem to be my experience with the distros that I use (CentOS, Fedora, or Ubuntu)
Seems that if you already have 7 computers running XP...I cannot really see what you would want another one. I'd really want to mix things up a bit.
I guess the question would really depend upon what hardware they had and what version of Windows they were coming from. I'd say there are plenty of advantages to 7 over XP for home users. #1). system image backup #2). Aero features like snap. #3). jumplists #4) Security features like not running as an admin.
I left Windows XP on my old machine because it's nothing special. AMD 4600+, 4GB of RAM, Nvidia 7600 GT.
I plan to leave Vista on my wife's laptop because it runs fine, I'm licensed for it and I have the recovery/restore system tools that came from HP which make it a breeze to reset back to the day it was new. My wife has no use for any of the functions of Windows 7.
For my primary rig, well, I built that in July around Windows 7 64-bit. That's what is on there now and I have no intention of moving back to Vista or XP.
And I do have multiple drives on my box. SSD system drive and 1TB storage drive and I haven't noticed Windows 7 doing anything strange with my multiple drives.
Hell no. I love 7 and XP by comparison feels archaic and antiquated to me now. I have absolutely no reason or need to go back into the past with my computing. Everything I want to use or run works flawlessly with W7 x64.
While we are at it lets install 95 and 32MB of RAM and a copy of Wolfenstein 3D.
I would never go back to any previous Windows OS unless I had no choice - I'm still looking for some card reader drivers but I'm 99% per cent sure that SP1 will fix the majority of issues. XP? Dead Vista? Obsolete 7? Good enough until 8 comes along.
I know how you feel.
I once had a great Dodge Dart. Now all I got is my surfboard and a sportscar.
That Dart could kick sportscar butt, and man would the Betty's swoon.
So now when I want to drive my trusty old Dart, I fire up the XP and take it for a spin.
Last edited by gregrocker; 29 Nov 2009 at 01:00.