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save your windows xp guise
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XP here. If there were a 64bit version of XP I'd actually go for it rather than to Windows 7 first.
Only thinking of moving to win7 for the fact it'll make my old hardware go further though.
[QUOTE=Ereunity;40512307]XP here. If there were a 64bit version of XP I'd actually go for it rather than to Windows 7 first.
Only thinking of moving to win7 for the fact it'll make my old hardware go further though.[/QUOTE]
There is a 64 bit version of XP and it sucked. Just bite the bullet and upgrade already.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;40512316]There is, but seriously, don't 'upgrade' to that, get 7 or 8.[/QUOTE]
Does it perform badly as 64bit then? I was unaware there was one.
Is Win7 better optimised for 64bit?
[QUOTE=Ereunity;40512358]Does it perform badly as 64bit then? I was unaware there was one.
Is Win7 better optimised for 64bit?[/QUOTE]
Windows 7/8 x64 actually have drivers for them. There is no reason for you to be stuck with XP, unless you're sticking with it for some superficial reason like "muh fisher price ui".
[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40511030][img]http://puu.sh/2LRtY.png[/img]
Win 8 is suprisingly low[/QUOTE]
Actually, no it is not. It's following the same pattern as other windows releases.
[QUOTE=danharibo;40510553]Time to upgrade to better operating system..
[url=http://xubuntu.org/]Like this[/url] or [url=http://lubuntu.net/]this one[/url], assuming you're running XP because you're driving a bucket.[/QUOTE]
actually, windwos 8 I find will run on a bucket
[editline]3rd May 2013[/editline]
Or even a pail
[editline]3rd May 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=SteveUK;40512237]Well in our case, the computers most of us have are fairly modern (i5) Lenovo ThinkPad tablet/laptop hybrids. They even have a Windows 7 sticker on them but they chose to install Windows XP Tablet Edition instead.[/QUOTE]
WHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY
There's few businessmen that do good for the tech industry, actually understand what's going on, and make huge profits with successful companies without blatantly exploiting the consumers.
The rest get drafted in from Ford Motor Company (Like Ballmer) or other prominent, successful companies outside of the tech industry - Wall Street assumes they will be able to do well in any company, based on their prior successes.
Unfortunately, the tech industry is made up of intelligent people who socialise and congregate online, love change and innovation, simplicity and minimalism, and love open ethics, open-source, transparent company policies, no monopoly, underdogs, etc.
So, in order to do good business within the tech industry, or be an esteemed businessman in any field, a CEO needs to take a look at things from afar, and structure a business so that it fluidly conforms to whatever is going on - it doesn't necessarily need to meet ALL the requirements.
Steve Jobs and Apple for instance, they adopted a closed platform, but offered simplicity that is second to none, a minimalist core style, and innovative features.
Microsoft used to be about open-source, ethical, and minimalist simplicity - but now Ballmer is greedy and wants to close it off.
He's essentially just trying to copy other businesses tactics, because he sees that they are making more than him.
He's creating hostility and competition - solely in pursuit of higher profits, without realising that Microsoft has a market of it's own, in creating something ELSE that people also want.
Nobody that loves PCs is suddenly going to switch to Mac, provided PCs remain as they are currently (Windows 7), simple and open (but improvements can always be made).
Nobody that buys macs is going to switch to Windows 8 - they see Windows 8 as late to the party and why would they bother, when all their stuff is already in the Mac App Store, they're already familiar with it, and it works better.
Nobody that loves PCs are going to switch from Windows 7 to Windows 8, because it's simply horrendous. It's not a PC. It's not what Windows has always been about, and it puts limitation on what is currently unlimited (relatively).
It's obvious that they're simply trying to copy Apple but doing an atrocious job of it in the process. Trying desperately to provide software for 'cool kids' when they really don't need to.
I feel Ballmer has made a grave error by adopting this strategy, instead of improving the successful product they already have.
[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40510573]I don't use any anti-virus program anyway. Whenever I get infected I just use Combofix, but it only happened once when my brother borrowed my laptop.
But yeah, upgrading soon. Been using this shit for over 6 years and it really is getting old.[/QUOTE]
Wait until you get a rootkit that'll just jack your passwords within seconds.
[QUOTE=SCopE5000;40512845]There's few businessmen that do good for the tech industry, actually understand what's going on, and make huge profits with successful companies without blatantly exploiting the consumers.
The rest get drafted in from Ford Motor Company (Like Ballmer) or other prominent, successful companies outside of the tech industry - Wall Street assumes they will be able to do well in any company, based on their prior successes.
Unfortunately, the tech industry is made up of intelligent people who socialise and congregate online, love change and innovation, simplicity and minimalism, and love open ethics, open-source, transparent company policies, no monopoly, underdogs, etc.
So, in order to do good business within the tech industry, or be an esteemed businessman in any field, a CEO needs to take a look at things from afar, and structure a business so that it fluidly conforms to whatever is going on - it doesn't necessarily need to meet ALL the requirements.
Steve Jobs and Apple for instance, they adopted a closed platform, but offered simplicity that is second to none, a minimalist core style, and innovative features.
Microsoft used to be about open-source, ethical, and minimalist simplicity - but now Ballmer is greedy and wants to close it off.
He's essentially just trying to copy other businesses tactics, because he sees that they are making more than him.
He's creating hostility and competition - solely in pursuit of higher profits, without realising that Microsoft has a market of it's own, in creating something ELSE that people also want.
Nobody that loves PCs is suddenly going to switch to Mac, provided PCs remain as they are currently (Windows 7), simple and open (but improvements can always be made).
Nobody that buys macs is going to switch to Windows 8 - they see Windows 8 as late to the party and why would they bother, when all their stuff is already in the Mac App Store, they're already familiar with it, and it works better.
Nobody that loves PCs are going to switch from Windows 7 to Windows 8, because it's simply horrendous. It's not a PC. It's not what Windows has always been about, and it puts limitation on what is currently unlimited (relatively).
It's obvious that they're simply trying to copy Apple but doing an atrocious job of it in the process. Trying desperately to provide software for 'cool kids' when they really don't need to.
I feel Ballmer has made a grave error by adopting this strategy, instead of improving the successful product they already have.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, I find windows 8 to be great, and once you get down into the lower level stuff I'll be that its just as customize-able as windows 7, seeing as with the right patches, you can make it look to be that its not even running windows.
eg. [URL]http://windows7themes.net/get-10-complete-dark-windows-7-themes.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=SCopE5000;40512845]
Nobody that loves PCs are going to switch from Windows 7 to Windows 8, because it's simply horrendous. It's not a PC. It's not what Windows has always been about, and it puts limitation on what is currently unlimited (relatively).[/QUOTE]
If you spend more than 5 minutes familiarising yourself with Windows 8, calling it horrendous is a huge overstatement. Beyond the Metro apps, the desktop is exactly how its always been and it's not any more limited than any previous version of Windows.
[QUOTE=SteveUK;40512901]If you spend more than 5 minutes familiarising yourself with Windows 8, calling it horrendous is a huge overstatement. Beyond the Metro apps, the desktop is exactly how its always been and it's not any more limited than any previous version of Windows.[/QUOTE]
Maybe this is true for now, but it's quite obvious what they're trying to do - with making the Windows Store a closed-platform (which is designated as the only official source of games, apps, etc) for instance.
Hence why it's a huge problem for the likes of Steam, and practically anyone who wants to make things, but doesn't want Microsoft taking a slice.
But I like using XP I don't like change.
Oh god I need money.
[QUOTE=SteveUK;40512901]If you spend more than 5 minutes familiarising yourself with Windows 8, calling it horrendous is a huge overstatement. Beyond the Metro apps, the desktop is exactly how its always been and it's not any more limited than any previous version of Windows.[/QUOTE]
I've been using it for a few months now, after installing classic shell it feels almost the exact same as windows 7, and it is much better performing I find
[QUOTE=Jsm;40510613]Surely there can't be [I]that[/I] many out there still, Microsoft have been trying to get companies to make the move for a few years now.[/QUOTE]
Corporate as a rule is a slow moving glacier that still sometimes runs 3.1 just because they have internal software that relies on it. And often work in decade investments.
[QUOTE=SCopE5000;40512952]Maybe this is true for now, but it's quite obvious what they're trying to do - with making the Windows Store a closed-platform (which is designated as the only official source of games, apps, etc) for instance.
Hence why it's a huge problem for the likes of Steam, and practically anyone who wants to make things, but doesn't want Microsoft taking a slice.[/QUOTE]
Paranoid conspiracy theories much? The desktop is going to be around for a very long time, probably as long as applications are still being made for that side of Windows. Windows 8.1 looks to have features which will steer it away from what you are saying.
[QUOTE=Ereunity;40512307]XP here. If there were a 64bit version of XP I'd actually go for it rather than to Windows 7 first.
Only thinking of moving to win7 for the fact it'll make my old hardware go further though.[/QUOTE]
There is
It is worse than Windows ME
It dropped full support years ago and you can no longer buy it
Drivers do not work on it
DO NOT GO TO XP x64
YOU WILL REGRET IT!
[editline]3rd May 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=SCopE5000;40512952]Maybe this is true for now, but it's quite obvious what they're trying to do - with making the Windows Store a closed-platform (which is designated as the only official source of games, apps, etc) for instance.
Hence why it's a huge problem for the likes of Steam, and practically anyone who wants to make things, but doesn't want Microsoft taking a slice.[/QUOTE]
Except that you only deal with the windows store if you are on RT or a touch enabled laptop where full screen apps work the best. There is nothing stopping other companies using their own programs to sell their shit to you.
Besides if you are limited to only using metro apps, you probably are not going to be playing AAA games on that computer.
[QUOTE=MIPS;40510809]I'm still using Windows 2000. There's no point to upgrade if the task you use it for does not require it.
Quit with the peer pressure. You know how sad it is to rate someone depending on the version of OS you they use?[/QUOTE]
you do realize how stupid you look for saying that though, windows XP is long dead ever since windows 7 came out, there's really no reason to switch unless your reason is the programs i use arent backwards compatible, but if you get windows 7 professional (not windows 8 cause it doesnt support it afaik) you can get windows xp mode, which means you can legally run XP, switch to 7 fast and load up XP apps while using 7 at the same time
Not everyone can upgrade from XP. especially businesses that require extreme stability and uptime. takes a long time to fully test a new operating system. where i'm at, we are finally pushing out 7 to replace XP. except certain locations, like my own, are stuck with a certain database that has been found to be completely incompatible with 7. Unfortunately, that means its at least another year with XP before that issue is resolved.
[QUOTE=bohb;40511173]
WS2003 was an alright upgrade, but WS2008 and onward, christ the bloat and resource usage skyrocketed to the point of ridiculousness. It's like MS is trying to make useless servers that have most of their capacity tied up with the OS rather than the application.
[/QUOTE]
2008 isn't that bad [B]imo[/B], its my (Windows) server OS of choice. 2012 is god awful though, maybe I did something bad but they appear to have put metro onto it.
I'd use Ubuntu and stuff like them if they weren't so user unfriendly, that command line shit is daunting as fuck.
[QUOTE=jordguitar;40513275]There is
It is worse than Windows ME
It dropped full support years ago and you can no longer buy it
Drivers do not work on it
DO NOT GO TO XP x64
YOU WILL REGRET IT!
[/QUOTE]
I heard it was a complete different branch of XP and hardly anything (software wise) worked on it, is there any truth to this? I never had the misfortune to try it, my first x64 OS was Vista and it just worked perfectly.
what's wrong with still using xp
For all of you XP users :downs:
[video=youtube;0kuI8TVpnko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kuI8TVpnko[/video]
[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;40513911]what's wrong with still using xp[/QUOTE]
You can't install Halo 2.
[QUOTE=Durrsly;40513997]You can't install Halo 2.[/QUOTE]
yes you can
[QUOTE=viperfan7;40514069]yes you can[/QUOTE]
without hacking in direct x 10
[QUOTE=The_Marine;40513882]I'd use Ubuntu and stuff like them if they weren't so user unfriendly, that command line shit is daunting as fuck.[/QUOTE]
try it out, I think you'll be surprised
[editline]3rd May 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=jordguitar;40514073]without hacking in direct x 10[/QUOTE]
it runs DX9, not DX10
theres like nothing stopping you from actaully playing it besides microsoft was trying to push windows vista
[QUOTE=The_Marine;40513882]I'd use Ubuntu and stuff like them if they weren't so user unfriendly, that command line shit is daunting as fuck.[/QUOTE]
get Linux Mint. Ubuntu is considered terrible and hard to use despite what Canonical may say or promote
Good. Maybe businesses & schools will be forced to update now.
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