Vista, 7 or XP?

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  1. Posts : 162
    Windows 8 x64
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    Vista, 7 or XP?


    As far as I've seen, some people still prefer XP, some Vista and some 7.
    IMO I like Vista and 7. What are your opinions? I'd sure like to know...
    Last edited by The Cool Guy; 04 Jun 2009 at 06:58.
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  2. Posts : 218
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit, Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6
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    XP,7 and Ubuntu
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  3. Posts : 174
    Vista X64 ultimate/ 7 X64 Ultimate (7264)
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    7 Because it's got more eye candy than vista!! And i LOVE eye candy :)

    Vista Because it's got more eye candy than xp. And i LOVE eye candy :)

    Oh and i'd rather run 2000 pro than xp. I don't know why, but i just never took to it over 2000, which is strange because i'm a real eye candy whore these days
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  4. Posts : 1,040
    XP MCE .... XP Pro 64 .... W7 U x64
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    XP ... Because Vista and W7 has removed some tools that I use daily.

    It seems that M$ has forgot there's a difference in the display of, and the purpose for, Icons and Thumbnails.
    Since when .. Is a Thumbnail of some, but not all, Image files .. and Icon ???
    I have noticed that the new Adobe Reader modifies the Thumbnail of a pdf file so you can tell it's a pdf in Vista or W7 now.

    M$ seems to think no one would want to customize their R Click context menus.

    You can no longer make customized tool bars and add them to any edge of your screen(s).

    I'm still trying to figure out what good is pinning an application to the tool bar in W7 ..
    If you can't drag a file to the app and open it in the app.

    Pretty eye candy, toys and gadgets are OK ... But quit removing my power tools.

    Sometimes ... I feel like my Gson has been playing in my tool box.
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    Posts : 266
    XP / Windows 7 Pro RTM
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    XP because it's faster. I could care less about eye candy. Just using 7 to learn it.
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  6. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    7 all the way

    I've used XP & Vista but I find 7 so much faster & more reliable even though my laptop is not 100% designed for it
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  7. Posts : 56
    7232 x64
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    for theese times , vista, definitely. Now with sp2 it's a perfect OS! xp is kinda old, ubuntu.... I don't know, I never tried it.
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  8. Posts : 162
    Windows 8 x64
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    noyb said:
    You can no longer make customized tool bars and add them to any edge of your screen(s).

    I'm still trying to figure out what good is pinning an application to the tool bar in W7 ..
    If you can't drag a file to the app and open it in the app.
    You can do it if you UNLOCK your task bar. Right click on it and uncheck "Lock the task bar".
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  9. Posts : 3,141
    Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
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    noyb said:
    You can no longer make customized tool bars and add them to any edge of your screen(s).

    I'm still trying to figure out what good is pinning an application to the tool bar in W7 ..
    If you can't drag a file to the app and open it in the app.
    I too would like to be able to make new toolbars for other edges of the screen in 7.

    You can open a file dropped on a pinned icon in 7100+ by holding down the shift key. I just wish I could open a whole group of files in this way. Say 10 .jpg's on my photo app. I can do that with the quicklaunch bar, but the idea is to replace the ql bar.

    I like W7 because of the stability and eye candy. Also seems to have much better handling of RAM. I also like Libraries a lot.

    I do need to do some playing around with Vista SP2 though as I've read that it is much better now that SP2 is out. Got it installed so just need to play.

    @Cool Guy, unlocking the taskbar means you can move it not create another. In Vista you could put a bunch of shortcuts into a folder and drag it to a screen edge and walla, new toolbar. I liked that.

    Gary
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  10. Posts : 1,040
    XP MCE .... XP Pro 64 .... W7 U x64
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    Hummm ...
    Unlock does allow me to make a "new" taskbar .. (in the taskbar only) ..
    where I can drag a file to the app Icon and open it.
    I sorta prefer the looks of the New Taskbar in the Taskbar

    Just tried the Shift key trick ... Many Thanks.

    Isn't this cute ..
    a Thumbnail (W7's Icon) of a desktop picture "clipboard" .. gets hidden on the desktop.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Vista, 7 or XP?-clipboard.gif  
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