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  1. Posts : 1,086
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
       #11

    ollie007 said:
    gaming should be on xp because it's barebone or can be made barebone
    Are you serious. Why should gaming be exclusive to xp? Xp is dying a long drawn out death, hope I don't suffer like that. As for making it "bare bone" you can do that with any os anyway. Windows 7 produces better results in some instances with regards to bench results. And as johngalt says gaming in dx 10 is far more pleasurable than in dx 9 and so it is when you switch your game off and have lots of eye candy, that's besides the functionality. Totally disagree with you there ollie and think xp should be laid to rest once and for all!
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  2. Posts : 410
    Windows 7 RTM x64
       #12

    RST101 said:
    Are you serious. Why should gaming be exclusive to xp? Xp is dying a long drawn out death, hope I don't suffer like that. As for making it "bare bone" you can do that with any os anyway. Windows 7 produces better results in some instances with regards to bench results. And as johngalt says gaming in dx 10 is far more pleasurable than in dx 9 and so it is when you switch your game off and have lots of eye candy, that's besides the functionality. Totally disagree with you there ollie and think xp should be laid to rest once and for all!
    Quite a good point. XP has had this myth built up around it thats it the 'best' gaming OS you can get, which is quite the opposite, especially seeing the results on 7 with a good gfx card
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  3. Posts : 76
    Windows 7 Build 7100 x86
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       #13

    Ofcourse Windows 7 is better, But I'd like to wait till an official fully supported build rather than using something in-complete.
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  4. Posts : 1,086
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
       #14

    damoh said:
    Quite a good point. XP has had this myth built up around it thats it the 'best' gaming OS you can get, which is quite the opposite, especially seeing the results on 7 with a good gfx card
    Exactly my friend.

    Akatsui said:
    Ofcourse Windows 7 is better, But I'd like to wait till an official fully supported build rather than using something in-complete.
    Wasn't having a go mate but for ollie to say xp should be for gaming well........ Like damoh says if your gfx card is good enough nothing can touch win 7. All my games run flawlessly on win 7 from need for speed underground right through to crysis and gta iv. Bring it on!
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  5. Posts : 410
    Windows 7 RTM x64
       #15

    Akatsui said:
    Ofcourse Windows 7 is better, But I'd like to wait till an official fully supported build rather than using something in-complete.

    Agreed, but then its not guaranteed to be supported even then? I remember waiting months for a printer driver and months for some other bits, all game releated. The final product does not guarantee happiness. But as far as you going back to XP, i can completly agree. I had to with vista cos i could not use my printer for ages, which was something i need

    A little of subject perhaps, but along the same game theme. In my opinion PC's were never meant to be gaming stations. Times change however. 7 will promise to be as good as what were are seeing, and not before time seeing as the fiasco that was Vista. But, whilst i can play all the latest games on my pc, i prefer my 360 lol so that negates any argument for XP over 7 lol
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  6. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #16

    Akatsui said:
    Ofcourse Windows 7 is better, But I'd like to wait till an official fully supported build rather than using something in-complete.
    Perhaps you're forgetting that they just released XP SP3 last year- obviously XP was 'incomplete as of last year - only 7 years after it was released.

    No OS is 'complete', when you think about it - there is always new hardware, new software, and other factors to consider, plus vulnerabilities that are found on a weekly basis....
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  7. Posts : 445
    Vista Ult 64bit - Windows 7 Ult 7264 64bit
       #17

    An OS is only "Complete" when you uninstall it for the very last time...other than that they will ALWAYS be a work in progress, they're just too large and complex to every be fully completed.
    I remember one of our members said they expect a stable OS to be "bug free"...never happen, never has happened and never will happen...ever! All we can realistically expect from any OS is that the developers work to keep it current with advancing technology with SP's and that 3rd party developers keep up with current drivers that work.
    Anything more than that is a Pipe Dram.
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  8. Posts : 89
    windows 7077
       #18

    Could not go back to XP not after 7 . The whole feel of 7 is modern and conveniant . Windows XP feels dated . Guess I love my gadgets . Thats just on the look and feel of the system without going beyound the obvious advantages of 7 the great network surport the way you can run around the system witha few mouse strokes . It all just falls into place :)

    Was that the actress or the bishop ?
    Last edited by whoosh; 12 Apr 2009 at 18:23. Reason: wry humour
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  9. Posts : 341
    XP
       #19

    Enjoy your XP, we will all be leaps and bounds ahead of ya soon, and you will cringe at the thought of even making this post :)
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  10. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #20

    When you think about it it, an 8 year old OS is bound to be quicker than the current one because modern hardware has overtaken what XP was designed for. By the same token, people using XP might be missing out on newer technology and security measures.

    Give me windows 7 any day.
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