Upgrade from Vista to Windows XP
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That's hilarious! Thank goodness I have XP in all it's glory...
LOL! Awesome!
I just upgraded my friend's laptop from Vista to XP. He is so much happier now.
I believe the technical term is: downgrade to XP. But in this case, it's an upgrade!
I believe the technical term is: downgrade to XP. But in this case, it's an upgrade!
Originally Posted By: SMB
I just upgraded my friend's laptop from Vista to XP. He is so much happier now.
I believe the technical term is: downgrade to XP. But in this case, it's an upgrade!
The MS marketing term would be downgrade. The technical term is upgrade.
I just upgraded my friend's laptop from Vista to XP. He is so much happier now.
I believe the technical term is: downgrade to XP. But in this case, it's an upgrade!
The MS marketing term would be downgrade. The technical term is upgrade.
I'm no fan of Vista. It's Bill's version of a MacOS. But folks were making the same cracks about XP vs. Win2k when it first came out: bloatware, resource hog, excessive graphical demands.
Once the hardware catches up, Vista will be an "acceptable" OS for the masses. That's how it's always been - a leapfrog struggle between hardware and software. But people only notice and complain when the software demands leap ahead of what the existing hardware population can support.
This time next year, XP will be left only to hard-core enthusiasts like Win2k was. Hey, I'm still running Win2k on a couple boxes.
Once the hardware catches up, Vista will be an "acceptable" OS for the masses. That's how it's always been - a leapfrog struggle between hardware and software. But people only notice and complain when the software demands leap ahead of what the existing hardware population can support.
This time next year, XP will be left only to hard-core enthusiasts like Win2k was. Hey, I'm still running Win2k on a couple boxes.
That is funny.
Again Vista is not that bad. I may not be a super user or death gamer, but I think it's a good OS. I'm not sure all these problems people are having. Call me selfish or whatever, but it's not hurting me, does everything I ask and has never crashed.
Again Vista is not that bad. I may not be a super user or death gamer, but I think it's a good OS. I'm not sure all these problems people are having. Call me selfish or whatever, but it's not hurting me, does everything I ask and has never crashed.
Originally Posted By: Pablo
Again Vista is not that bad.
But why does it use so many resources? What gain has there been - a gee-whiz GUI? Could the same gains be had and not use any more resources or even less? The problem I have is that they really don't care what resources the OS will require. That should be a design requirement to some extent.
Again Vista is not that bad.
But why does it use so many resources? What gain has there been - a gee-whiz GUI? Could the same gains be had and not use any more resources or even less? The problem I have is that they really don't care what resources the OS will require. That should be a design requirement to some extent.
ben, it's all about $$$. The slower the OS gets as it ages, helps Intel & AMD continue the race for faster CPU's. As Intel & AMD sell faster CPU's for the PC Mfr's, MS dictates their OS on them. A nice continual revenue stream.
I wish MS could see the forest thru the trees and offer a faster OS at every opportunity, but they don't. Sigh.
I wish MS could see the forest thru the trees and offer a faster OS at every opportunity, but they don't. Sigh.
My opinion, MS owes the PC industry a boost....4+ GB RAM is nothing to them. If people need to buy new hardware, MS is rewarded in the long run. I'm not sure what the big boys (Dell, HP) pay MS for OS license fees, but they have been feeling the pinch for awhile. If MS causes them to sell new hardware - WIN WIN!
I just happened to need a new PC at the time, so Vista bashing is no big thing to me. I love the bloat. (after I turned the useless stuff off
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I just happened to need a new PC at the time, so Vista bashing is no big thing to me. I love the bloat. (after I turned the useless stuff off
RAM has dropped considerably in price as well. It's now very cheap (less than $100) to get 2 gigs of RAM, for laptops and desktops, where it was once nearly $250 to get 2 gigs of RAM for laptops.
The resource usage is high, but once you remove all of the garbage services, then it gets significantly faster. Eye candy does come with a price, just look at the Mac OS.
The resource usage is high, but once you remove all of the garbage services, then it gets significantly faster. Eye candy does come with a price, just look at the Mac OS.
I remember I paid something like $800 for 4 MEGABYTE’s of RAM in the early 1990’s. I was living large! I was THE MAN
Originally Posted By: Volvohead
This time next year, XP will be left only to hard-core enthusiasts like Win2k was.
I don't think so - at least not in one yr. I can't recall when XP support runs out, but isn't it 2011?
I'm still running 2 work machines on W2K - and I'd guess *maybe* a 20% Vista deployment in my company this time next yr.
This time next year, XP will be left only to hard-core enthusiasts like Win2k was.
I don't think so - at least not in one yr. I can't recall when XP support runs out, but isn't it 2011?
I'm still running 2 work machines on W2K - and I'd guess *maybe* a 20% Vista deployment in my company this time next yr.
Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn
I wish MS could see the forest thru the trees and offer a faster OS at every opportunity, but they don't. Sigh.
I can run the latest Ubuntu 7.10 release on my PIII/933Mhz w/ 512MB RAM. Although I still think Win - XP at least - can make a faster desktop than Gnome.
But it makes me
to have continually slow computers with each released Win OS. I want a FAST machine, not more bloat. This is partially why I'm happy to support Linux, instead of "fill-the-landfill-and-upgrade-path" of Win.
I wish MS could see the forest thru the trees and offer a faster OS at every opportunity, but they don't. Sigh.
I can run the latest Ubuntu 7.10 release on my PIII/933Mhz w/ 512MB RAM. Although I still think Win - XP at least - can make a faster desktop than Gnome.
But it makes me
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