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| Thread ID: 102959 | 2009-09-07 12:22:00 | xp, vista, & W7 | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
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| 807758 | 2009-09-11 04:28:00 | Double click on the modem entry in device manager, driver / update driver option. Let windowsupdate check. It may or may not install a driver. 1953?? Did modems exist then? Did you exist? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 807759 | 2009-09-11 05:43:00 | Win7>Ubuntu>XP>Mac>Vista Anyone with experience with them all will know I'm right. So far win7 has been the best thing to come from microsoft since windows98 |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 807760 | 2009-09-11 06:08:00 | Big smelly poo>Linux | Metla (12) | ||
| 807761 | 2009-09-12 02:26:00 | Have any of you actually tried to look up the lifecycle of these products ? Where I live Windows XP "lifecycle ( . microsoft . com/gp/lifeselect" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com)" is until 2014 if patched with servicepacks ! Where I live Windows Vista "lifecycle ( . microsoft . com/gp/lifeselect" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com)" is until 2012 if patched with servicepacks ! (all except Vista Business who's "lifecycle" is until "2017") . Where I live Windows 7 "lifecycle ( . microsoft . com/gp/lifeselect" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com)" is until 2020 if patched with servicepacks ! (according to what has been published so far) . So my standpoint is : "Old" Windows XP has got a lifecycle that seemingly stretches longer than Windows Vista , so why would I want to use more money on newer O . S's ???? Within 2014 Microsoft will probably have made one or more new O . S . 's Anyway , I'm sure that the future will change computing (and computers) as we know it/them so why invest in the "futile" unless necessary (like if you got a really big urge/use for 64Bit computing or want to play games that won't run on "old" Windows XP) ???? . |
FIAT LUX (15168) | ||
| 807762 | 2009-09-13 12:08:00 | I dunno, I generally like being top of the line, and if you have a decent PC, performance isn't an issue, windows XP runs things worse anyways (check gameplanet articles ja). I'd much prefer things running well, and being up to date, if you're still using XP now on modern hardware, you're missing out. | wellyg33k (11804) | ||
| 807763 | 2009-09-13 15:31:00 | I dunno, I generally like being top of the line, and if you have a decent PC, performance isn't an issue, windows XP runs things worse anyways (check gameplanet articles ja) . I'd much prefer things running well, and being up to date, if you're still using XP now on modern hardware, you're missing out . Actually ! , I were probably amongst the first to try to implement Vista (64Bit) as I from the information I had on hand at that time recommended my younger brother to buy the then "fresh" Vista Ultimate for his Quad Core Intel based (custom built by me) "great value for your money"/"kick a** for your money PC" . At that time neither HP or Symantec (which both offers good service and great products) could get their things to run on this freshly installed PC (they "got their act together" 6 months later and got things to work) . However , at the time my brother's semi-nutcase-of-a-girlfriend went totally crazy over the problems with Vista and the things she missed from XP (like outlook express) . She went crazy to a degree where I , to help my younger brother to save face, had to smash the USD $200/USD $250 my younger brother had paid for the O . S . onto the table infront of his extremely hostile "girfriend" and tell her to shut up - and then I had to install the Windows XP + put Microsoft into their place (one more time!)(another story) . So I'll say that I know Vista . pcworld . co . nz got this , what I can alas only describe as not very well thought through, article saying : "Users abandon XP for Vista, Windows 7 ( . co . nz/pcworld/pcw . nsf/feature/FA8C7341DCC1B5A2CC2576240076A187" target="_blank">pcworld . co . nz)" . If the person who wrote that had given a little more thought to things then perhaps the person would have realized that this is not a question of "Users abandoning XP for Vista, Windows 7" but mostly about people having shoved the Vista/Win7 O . S . down their throat with every new PC that they buy and because PC's that break-down that had XP on them at same time is "thrown out on the garbage dump" being too old to "kick enough a**" . Yeah ! , Yeah ! , I've read all the stories (please , please with sugar on the top) about people being very satisfied with their Windows Vista , and my brother also now got Vista on 2 out of 3 PC's . One because it came with his "Laptop" and one because I very recently re-used/installed his OEM(!!!!!!!!) Vista Ultimate 64 Bit onto a rather little size , great labour on fixes on my part, Media Center PC which my ever so clever nephew had put together , and then later sold to him , and when it ended up in problems I had to be extremely inventive + give it a total "make over" . . . . Yes ! , Yes ! - though Microsoft were too stupid to make Windows update to be able to install Vista SP2 on this freshly installed PC - I "worked my mojo" and got it all to run "nicely" . So I know Vista . I've read all the pro Vista "we like it" but I also meet a lot of problems with Vista still - where I go . . . . . Admittedly XP is no-longer "top of the line" and "admittedly" Windows XP has started to show "quirks" now and then - especially on those of my systems which has got large drives and extreme amount of files on the drives , but on the other hand then I use computers for multiple purposes and I find that "over-all" then XP serves my purposes the best at the moment . Anyway , if anyone is "shocked" or "surprised" that I run Windows XP then : , as I from time to time can be an avid "gamer" I soon even have to setup a computer with Windows 98 SE (not only for games that'll run on 9X only but also I got atleast one game that'll only run XP just as long as it is not patched with XP SP1 and above !!! - even says so in their info file) and since M . S . just doesn't have the brains to put a good deal of the money, they so busily shoves down their pockets, into getting directX to not only function/"be present", but function 100% as good as on hardware, on their Virtual PC's / Virtual machines then I really can't see why I should swap my O . S . now . (Also they "stupidly" will not give 100% backwards emulation-ability on their newer Virtual PC's so one will have to run the extremely great DosBox to run DOS programs) (Try DosBox ( . dosbox . com/) it's extremely great!! - i . m . h . o . , also : Dosbox and Vista (http://www . dosbox . com/wiki/Dosbox_and_Vista" target="_blank">www . dosbox . com/) it's extremely great!! - i . m . h . o . , also : Dosbox and Vista (http:) , or want a frontend and some games to go with it then try this frontend ( . quicknet . nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/" target="_blank">members . quicknet . nl)'s v . 0 . 6 package download and then update DosBox - frontend requires java!) I have to "settle (yet) an account with M . S . " so though very reluctant I might still end up running Windows 7 on one or more of my PC's and leave the rest of my computers running other O . S . 's . . . . Anyway : following the "being top of the line" philosophy often is being at the "frontline" facing every problem that comes along !!!! (And personally I think that I got more than enough "on my plate" already , can't see why I should burden myself with more problems . . . ) B . t . w . Even though my hardware may be seen as very inferior, and even laughable, by some then atleast I got Pentium D 3 . 0 GHZ 4MB cache processors on my computer park (on those I got around to put the hardware that lays around into to box'es that got older stuff in them) so I think I could mange to run Windows 7 - allthough my CPU's haven't got Hardware support for (the) virtualization (I confess : I'm a "pauper" and uses refurbished/demo boards and cheap CPU's !!! :eek: ) |
FIAT LUX (15168) | ||
| 807764 | 2009-09-13 19:38:00 | If you like dabbling and repair the odd system for people then moving up to Win 7 is logical. I don't have Vista still on XP but know I need to move on and learn the new OS. If my friends get new comps and want me to look at them when they break them then I want to know what I am looking at and hopefully have some idea of how it all works. My old comps get moved down the chain my P4 is currently a file server and SWMBOS's Semperon is going to the garage soon for a new life | gary67 (56) | ||
| 807765 | 2009-09-13 22:14:00 | If you like dabbling and repair the odd system for people then moving up to Win 7 is logical . I don't have Vista still on XP but know I need to move on and learn the new OS . If my friends get new comps and want me to look at them when they break them then I want to know what I am looking at and hopefully have some idea of how it all works . I think that you are absolutely right about that "Gary67" , it's nice to know what you have to do with if helping people . But if you are hot for trying Windows 7 you should have downloaded the Beta version or the Release Candidate (RC) while it were time . I got them all, 32 & 64 bit - just in case, but haven't even cared to try to install . But you still have a chance for trying Windows 7 free for 90 days in form of the "released to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 Enterprise" , but you must activate the product within 10 days . You can get it either here : . softpedia . com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Windows-7 . shtml" target="_blank">www . softpedia . com or here : . microsoft . com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495 . aspx" target="_blank">technet . microsoft . com (both 32 bit and 64 bit version available !) It ought to be totally free and totally legit !!! (except for any extra download costs - if you don't have "flatrate") ---------------------------------------------------------- Download info : Minimum System Requirements*: 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 GB of RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1 . 0 or higher driver DVD-compatible drive Internet access (fees may apply) *Note: Some product features of Windows 7, such as the ability to watch and record live TV, BitLocker, or navigation through the use of “touch,” may require advanced or additional hardware . Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM and 15 GB of available disk space; and a processor capable of hardware virtualization, with Intel VT or AMD-V turned on . |
FIAT LUX (15168) | ||
| 807766 | 2009-09-13 22:46:00 | ... I will be, I want to move to 64bit and because of gaming. I thought 64 bit OS has compatible issues vs x86 ? I'm thinking of moving (up?) to 64bit as well. Application software programs (e.g. Office) has to be 64 bit or I can retain my x86 application programs? Is it hard to get 64 bit drivers for printers, etc? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 807767 | 2009-09-13 22:52:00 | I thought 64 bit OS has compatible issues vs x86 ? I'm thinking of moving (up?) to 64bit as well. Application software programs (e.g. Office) has to be 64 bit or I can retain my x86 application programs? Is it hard to get 64 bit drivers for printers, etc? Not really. Most apps run fine. (Because of the 32bit emulation layer) Only real issue is drivers, but this is improving steadily.. |
Blam (54) | ||
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