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| Thread ID: 108130 | 2010-03-15 03:19:00 | Toshiba NB200 netbook - XP Pro or 7 Pro? | FAB (6923) | Press F1 |
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| 867351 | 2010-03-15 03:19:00 | Afternoon all I am purchasing 4 of these for work and would like some feedback on which way to go. The NB200s come with XP Home but we need them to join our domain, hence Pro version required. I'm leaning towards 7 Pro since I'm testing 7 Pro on an ancient (6-year old) Toshiba M2 at the moment, and it seems to go ok, but before putting the order in would like some feedback from anyone who is using 7 Pro on a netbook. Cheers and thanks in advance. |
FAB (6923) | ||
| 867352 | 2010-03-15 04:20:00 | 7 Pro then. | pctek (84) | ||
| 867353 | 2010-03-15 04:24:00 | You only need XP Pro really - 7 Pro is awesome to look at, but really isn't required for work purposes. It will reduce your laptop to a very slow speed. 7 is cool, but XP is cheaper, and faster for smaller netbooks | raydan42 (13837) | ||
| 867354 | 2010-03-15 04:26:00 | Why won't XP Home work? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 867355 | 2010-03-15 04:41:00 | Why won't XP Home work? They need to join them to a domain :) OP - I'd go with WinXP - it'll run better on an Atom than 7. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 867356 | 2010-03-15 05:07:00 | W7 Pro would be better, just remember XP is/has reached it's "end of Life", meaning MS wont be doing any development on it. From MS's Site" Mainstream Support delivers complimentary and paid support, free security updates, and bug fixes to all Windows customers who purchase a retail copy of Windows XP (i.e., a shrink-wrapped, not pre-installed copy). Mainstream Support for Windows XP will continue through April 2009. Extended Support delivers free security updates to all Windows customers. Customers can also pay for support on a per incident basis. Extended Support for Windows XP will continue until April 2014. New bug fixes require the Extended Hotfix Support program. Sooner or later there wont be the fixes that are still currently available. As you have said yourself I'm testing 7 Pro on an ancient (6-year old) Toshiba M2 at the moment, and it seems to go ok So one would assume the newer laptops will out power the one you are testing, so "grunt" wont be a problem. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 867357 | 2010-03-15 09:42:00 | You only need XP Pro really - 7 Pro is awesome to look at, but really isn't required for work purposes. It will reduce your laptop to a very slow speed. 7 is cool, but XP is cheaper, and faster for smaller netbooks What?, 7 is no more a system hog than XP, especially on todays lappys... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 867358 | 2010-03-15 20:22:00 | W7 Pro would be better, just remember XP is/has reached it's "end of Life", meaning MS wont be doing any development on it. . Not that that matters, but 7 is good and why go with an old O/S if you don't have to? Regardless you need Pro for the Domain part. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 867359 | 2010-03-16 01:31:00 | Afternoon all I am purchasing 4 of these for work and would like some feedback on which way to go. The NB200s come with XP Home but we need them to join our domain, hence Pro version required. I'm leaning towards 7 Pro since I'm testing 7 Pro on an ancient (6-year old) Toshiba M2 at the moment, and it seems to go ok, but before putting the order in would like some feedback from anyone who is using 7 Pro on a netbook. Cheers and thanks in advance. I'd go for Windows 7 on those Toshiba netbooks. XP is no faster, you saw the speed of Win7 running on a 6 year old M2 Windows 7 all the way... |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 867360 | 2010-03-16 03:23:00 | Aus PC User ran a world bench test win 7 vs. xp pro, xp pro sp3 pwned 7 ulimate by a whole point. Xp Pro All the way. | icow (15313) | ||
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