Windows XP forever? The OS that just won't die

[mudkip]

Stay with XP if you want. I think it's just shit.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

You know this argument is almost identical to the argument that was made for 98 when XP was the latest and greatest...

People and companies need to learn to let go and move on.

Windows 7 is to Vista what Windows XP was to Windows 2000 and what Windows 98 was to Window 95.

And its the same thing that I said back when Vista was released. I also said that Microsoft's newest OS (for w/e that would be) would end up having the same arguments. Lo and behold it is.

People just like to bitch and then when new tech comes out and it doesnt support the OS they are using, they bitch at companies like Microsoft because their new hardware/software isnt supported when its not Microsoft's fault to begin with. Its the manufacture of the product.

 

[Lordbollo]

You know this argument is almost identical to the argument that was made for 98 when XP was the latest and greatest...

People and companies need to learn to let go and move on.

Windows 7 is to Vista what Windows XP was to Windows 2000 and what Windows 98 was to Window 95.

Exactly what I was thinking but hadn't yet put into words.

 

[Morgoth]

im be hapy when im leaving xp and going to vista ultimate got enough of all these error's and bsods from xp and this ageng hardware

 

[MilkyWay]

xp is okay for older machines but if i had an older machine me as an experienced user woudl be more likely to use linux on it

windows 2000 was fine so why did they release xp beats me but its generally to give users a better experience or a new api direct x whatever and stuff

 

[MilkyWay]

And its the same thing that I said back when Vista was released. I also said that Microsoft's newest OS (for w/e that would be) would end up having the same arguments. Lo and behold it is.

People just like to bitch and then when new tech comes out and it doesnt support the OS they are using, they bitch at companies like Microsoft because their new hardware/software isnt supported when its not Microsoft's fault to begin with. Its the manufacture of the product.

The manufacturers and designers of products have to give support in the form of tech help and drivers its not Microsoft fault if there isnt drivers for a product it didnt create.

Its much worse in linux like with networking devices and certain hardware but because its a regular occurrence people are okay with it and because its niche people think aw its because its smaller and has less support, the demand a large company like microsoft be perfect in all areas and do everything for them.

People choose Microsoft over Amiga OS, Mac OS, whatever OS so i dont know why people hate Microsoft so much, back in the day people choose to go Microsoft that is why its so popular. Its consumer choice not a monopoly.

So i totaly agree with ya!

Oh and if someone wants to stay with XP go ahead no one says otherwise you dont have to upgrade OS its just a choice.

 

[eidairaman1]

xp is okay for older machines but if i had an older machine me as an experienced user woudl be more likely to use linux on it

windows 2000 was fine so why did they release xp beats me but its generally to give users a better experience or a new api direct x whatever and stuff

well for 1 Win 2000 originally was meant for office/work environments where ME was Home, but with ME being so rushed and Unpolished, XP came about to fix everything to that extent.

 

[mlee49]

Yay XP 4ever! I have 6GB of ram and your only using 500kb of it, arnt you a sweet heart :shucks:

I've been on Win7 for about a month now and I have to say it's nearly the same as Vista. I see nearly no differences and I dont mind.

 

[<<Onafets>>]

BS...Windows 7 is the sex!

 

[eidairaman1]

Yay XP 4ever! I have 6GB of ram and your only using 500kb of it, arnt you a sweet heart :shucks:

I've been on Win7 for about a month now and I have to say it's nearly the same as Vista. I see nearly no differences and I dont mind.

for my machine Win 7 is very quick, Vista for most with the same hardware i have is much slower.

 

[Easy Rhino]

it cant handle 3GB+ of ram. it doesnt play as nice with SSD's as 7. it cant handle high speed networks and broadband properly without being tweaked - its a rotten boat with the holes patched up, but that doesnt mean its suddenly a luxury cruiser: patchwork boats are made to avoid you drowning, not to give you a smooth ride.

if you get the 64bit version of XP you can run as much ram as you want. plus i didnt have to do any tweaking to max out a 1gig connection on it.

 

[Melvis]

I will never use Vista but in the future i will move onto 7 because it seems like Windows 7 is alot less buggy then Vista and IMO Vista was way more buggy then XP, everywhere i go around here its the same answer (F ing Vista ). ALL the people i know have issues with the OS, time and time again. It starts off yea it seems good, then about a few months later its this again (F ing Vista) or i need to format AGAIN, or i wish i had XP, i don't hear this just from 1 person its many all over the place.

Then there is my m8 that will say ( yea its a great OS) but really what he is thinking is OMG this POS of a OS, because all i hear and this is on a weekly or monthly basis that something has gone wrong (list is to long) and i need to format. (and he only formatted less then a month ago )

I find laptops with Vista run very slow and also hear lots of complaints and this is where i hear lots of them say ( i wish it had XP, or i bought one with roll back etc) Desk tops i find not as bad, but honestly most people with a desktop use a older computer which means they are still using XP anyway, but if they wish to upgrade to Vista they hit a brick wall, and this is the main reason why most don't upgrade to Vista (including businesses) There computer there using has not got enough power to run it eg RAM/GPU/ even CPU and this is a BIG turn off point, why would you have to buy a complete new system just to run the OS? when XP is doing just fine for them and still supports all there needs with no problems at all. Just remember most of these people have no idea how to upgrade there current system to handle the OS they just get told( Sorry its to old you need a new computer).

With XP you don't need more then 2GB of RAM anyway so if you need more then that, what in the heck are you doing? Everything i run on my computer and its mainly gaming, converting etc i have never got near 1.7GB of ram used. You don't need to upgrade your CPU just to keep up with others in gaming (read on the back of most games for recommended CPU's)

Id keep going but im hungry and Mrs is telling me to move it lol

 

[left-o-matic]

or.....everyone could just stop peeing in each other's cheerios, and use what you need.

I running

Vista Ultimate 64 on the gaming rig

Server 2003 on the file server

XP home on the netbook

and OSX on the mac

I use each OS because each computer I have does a different task and has different needs.

simple.

 

[Lauya]

lol, that article is a joke!
XP still used by many people for obvious reasons - Vista didn't receive a warm welcome and now a lot of people are scared of it, so they wait for win 7. iconic? may be, but simply because right now users don't have anything good to switch to.
it's like writing about how good our air is that we even refuse to breathe more abundant farts

It seems most people still sick to Xp, while i m using wins 7 now, everything goes fine, huhu

 

[Mussels]

if you get the 64bit version of XP you can run as much ram as you want. plus i didnt have to do any tweaking to max out a 1gig connection on it.

try googling around - theres a million TCP optimisers out there designed to fix flaws with XP's networking on high speed connections.

XP64 = terrible driver support. its the only windows OS i could never find drivers for.

 

[exodusprime1337]

I will never use Vista but in the future i will move onto 7 because it seems like Windows 7 is alot less buggy then Vista and IMO Vista was way more buggy then XP, everywhere i go around here its the same answer (F ing Vista ). ALL the people i know have issues with the OS, time and time again. It starts off yea it seems good, then about a few months later its this again (F ing Vista) or i need to format AGAIN, or i wish i had XP, i don't hear this just from 1 person its many all over the place.

Then there is my m8 that will say ( yea its a great OS) but really what he is thinking is OMG this POS of a OS, because all i hear and this is on a weekly or monthly basis that something has gone wrong (list is to long) and i need to format. (and he only formatted less then a month ago )

I find laptops with Vista run very slow and also hear lots of complaints and this is where i hear lots of them say ( i wish it had XP, or i bought one with roll back etc) Desk tops i find not as bad, but honestly most people with a desktop use a older computer which means they are still using XP anyway, but if they wish to upgrade to Vista they hit a brick wall, and this is the main reason why most don't upgrade to Vista (including businesses) There computer there using has not got enough power to run it eg RAM/GPU/ even CPU and this is a BIG turn off point, why would you have to buy a complete new system just to run the OS? when XP is doing just fine for them and still supports all there needs with no problems at all. Just remember most of these people have no idea how to upgrade there current system to handle the OS they just get told( Sorry its to old you need a new computer).

With XP you don't need more then 2GB of RAM anyway so if you need more then that, what in the heck are you doing? Everything i run on my computer and its mainly gaming, converting etc i have never got near 1.7GB of ram used. You don't need to upgrade your CPU just to keep up with others in gaming (read on the back of most games for recommended CPU's)

Id keep going but im hungry and Mrs is telling me to move it lol

See this is the type of answer you would get from someone who still reads 4 year old forum posts about the pre release of vista. In all honesty after all the bugs and patches and updates taht came from vista, the os is actually pretty nice. I prefer vista for most of my needs such as gaming, work related, graphic, pretty much anything i can do in vista and vista is quite zippy as i feel it should be. Windows 7 is beginning to be my favorite because like any new os should be, it feels like an improved version of the one before it. People not moving to a new os from xp... i don't get those people, that's like the people who still keep crt tv's from the early 90's in their homes. they draw more power, have a less clear picture, but... they do still work. I think the same applies to xp, it is old tech that works and although the features and benifits afforded by a new os. Most people fall into this category. But idk that's just me.

 

[Easy Rhino]

try googling around - theres a million TCP optimisers out there designed to fix flaws with XP's networking on high speed connections.

XP64 = terrible driver support. its the only windows OS i could never find drivers for.

yea i remember the struggle to find 64bit drivers for XP! in the end i got it running fine tho.

 

[ASRockIQ]

yea i remember the struggle to find 64bit drivers for XP! in the end i got it running fine tho.

same here man. Windows Xp Professional 64-Bit isn't the best for Drivers. kinda hard to find a Wireless Adapter for it.

 

[Easy Rhino]

same here man. Windows Xp Professional 64-Bit isn't the best for Drivers. kinda hard to find a Wireless Adapter for it.

i remember at the time is was just as hard to find wireless drivers for XP as it was linux

 

[cyriene]

I still don't understand why people think XP is so great. I remember when it came out, was buggy and plain sucked. I stuck with Win98SE.
Even now I use Vista over XP. No good reason to use XP. Vista is more stable and secure.
Sure Vista isn't perfect, but I still find it a better OS to use than XP.

 

[Mussels]

I still don't understand why people think XP is so great. I remember when it came out, was buggy and plain sucked. I stuck with Win98SE.
Even now I use Vista over XP. No good reason to use XP. Vista is more stable and secure.
Sure Vista isn't perfect, but I still find it a better OS to use than XP.

because its the only OS they have ever used, usually.

 

[IINexusII]

xp had expired in my eyes now. yes it was once a great OS, but its been replaced my much neater and stable OS's

 

[m4gicfour]

There was no need for MS to get rid of DirectSound hardware sound mixing. To me that's almost a deal-breaker. All my sound cards (be it Creative, C-Media, ASUS, or onboard codecs) sound awful on Windows Vista/7.

+1 For those of us with hardware sound its a PITA.

Some ( and I stress SOME) onboard codecs sound a hair better in 7.1 with all of Win7's enhancements on and fully tweaked.... for a nice performance hit

 

[AsRock]

XP can burn in hell.. Although XP x64 i like much more and at this time no reason to to us Vista or Win7.

Might be the odd game here and there with DX10\11. But as for now there's no need for me to use Vista or win 7 as neither offer me any better gaming.

Now if Win7 was completely stripped of every thing but what a online gamer needs i'll buy it lol.

 

[Polarman]

OS versions tend to scale with newer hardware.

Exemple: Most people were scared going to XP because you needed at least 2 GB versus 200MB for Win98. That was 10 times the size. XP to Vista is no different in this matter.

But who cares on space now when you can have a Terabyte HDD for about 75$. I remember paying 375$ for a 1.6 GB HDD when i got Win98. I could get 5TB from the same price today!!