oliverngoma
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-Please can some one tell what advantage windows 7 have over windows xp?
-can windows 7 and windows xp be run on the same partition?
-can windows 7 and windows xp be run on the same partition?
hi to every one
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Bodaggit23
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Windows 7 is a HUGE leap forward from XP, but it depends on your system hardware.
raoul_1101
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There are a lot of advantages...
-XP isn't updated anymore, so security wise, it isn't as good.
-7 I've seen run on older machines better than XP, in most cases.
-7 has better driver support (good for printers and such).
-If you can get 64-bit, get 7. 64-bit XP sucked.
-Like Vista, 7 has file indexing for fast searching.
-7 is more stable (tends to BSoD less).
-Things are more 'snappier'. They'll open faster because 7 keeps them in RAM.
-Little things, like 'snapping' windows to fits sides of your screen, etc.
-New Internet Explorer and Paint (and other MS apps).
-A better backup system.
Those are the big ones off the top of my head. Of course, all of this only applies if you have a strong enough machine to handle 7 (It doesn't take a whole lot, but, really old hardware sometimes doesn't work.
-XP isn't updated anymore, so security wise, it isn't as good.
-7 I've seen run on older machines better than XP, in most cases.
-7 has better driver support (good for printers and such).
-If you can get 64-bit, get 7. 64-bit XP sucked.
-Like Vista, 7 has file indexing for fast searching.
-7 is more stable (tends to BSoD less).
-Things are more 'snappier'. They'll open faster because 7 keeps them in RAM.
-Little things, like 'snapping' windows to fits sides of your screen, etc.
-New Internet Explorer and Paint (and other MS apps).
-A better backup system.
Those are the big ones off the top of my head. Of course, all of this only applies if you have a strong enough machine to handle 7 (It doesn't take a whole lot, but, really old hardware sometimes doesn't work.
Bodaggit23
Active Member
Just wanted to disprove one of your statements:
Microsoft said:
Source:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/end-of-sale.aspx
lucasbytegenius
Well-Known Member
See sig
:good:
To expand upon your last sentence, it was a bear to get the drivers working on the machine in my sig link, but most of the time XP drivers ran in compatibility mode or "Unsigned drivers mode" will work in most cases.
AlienMenace
Well-Known Member
I like to disagree with you (raoul_1101). Windows XP x64 does not suck. In the beginning of it. It may have, but not now. It is a very stable OS, and I have been running it for 2.5 yrs now. It came out before it's time. And I will be running it till they don't support it anymore.
Windows 7 is what Vista should have been, get the x64 bit Ultimate or professional. If you buy it.
Windows 7 is what Vista should have been, get the x64 bit Ultimate or professional. If you buy it.