Windows 7 is not too bad..Way better than Vista,I still think Xp is better but its outdated now and we have to move on
Whats your system specs though?
I'm not really that familiar with technical specs, can only say it's suppossed to be 64 bit dual core, toshiba desktop, I had brought it only a couple of months before windows 7 came out, didn't know at time was on the way as hadn't had a computer for a couple of years, sigh.
So windows 7 is better than vista? Not suprised as I have been very disapointed with vista.
Are you also saying if I can get hold of a second hand computer with xp, that won't work anymore?
IMO, and nearly everyone else's, yes, 7 is better than Vista. It actually consumes less system resources, shares similar "aero" aesthetics (pretty, translucent windows) 7 should run fine on your desktop. The minimum/recommended specs are here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements
he wasn't saying that XP won't work, it's just that MS are slowly ending support for XP (I think the only one with support left is SP3)
vista was pretty much a flop, windows 7 is a good OS but if i had XP i wouldn't bother upgrading for any material cost
IMO, and nearly everyone else's, yes, 7 is better than Vista. It actually consumes less system resources, shares similar "aero" aesthetics (pretty, translucent windows) 7 should run fine on your desktop. The minimum/recommended specs are here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements
he wasn't saying that XP won't work, it's just that MS are slowly ending support for XP (I think the only one with support left is SP3)
I got Windows 7 to run on a 800 MHz CPU with 384 MB RAM ...But it runs more comfortable with 512 MB. With your dual-core laptop, 7 should run like a breeze.
It flopped for many reasons:THE ONLY REASON VISTA FLOPPED was because it asked for everything, do you want to do this??
It flopped for many reasons:
it lacked performance
seriously seriously lacked compatibility
the user interface, for all it aero hype was fragmented and felt horrible
and it got a LOT of very effective bad marketing from some very shrewd fruit based rivals I'm fact the I'm a Mac campaign was huge...hence the retaliation campaign my MS
Can anyone tell me what windows 7 is like?
I used to prefer my old xp to vista, & here in Australia every ugrade or new computer cost a fortune. eg microsoft office word cost me $295.
Me too! You never know what the heck Windows is sending to MS....What i like to do after a fresh install is go into msconfig and disable indexing and shadow copying and all that nonsense before it slows your system down. I don't need a search to find my files.
It's not that hard if you keep everything structured and organized.
And I'm OCD about how windows settings must be
It flopped for many reasons:
it lacked performance
seriously seriously lacked compatibility
the user interface, for all it aero hype was fragmented and felt horrible
and it got a LOT of very effective bad marketing from some very shrewd fruit based rivals I'm fact the I'm a Mac campaign was huge...hence the retaliation campaign my MS