Reasons to go back to using XP

[tacgnol]

just isn't the same as Dual-Booting (Well, Performance wise and i guess Playing old games like Starcraft)

True, it's nice not to have to reboot though and less hassle fiddling with partitions etc. I would say try with VMWare first and see how it is with the games/sofware you want to run, then set up dual boot if VMWare is not up to scratch.

 

[muggy]

Has anyone here tried using the Windows XP virtual machines Microsoft put out for Windows 7?

I always wondered if it could be used to run games, I guess you would have to install all the drivers and such but I never tried it out.

 

[francis511]

Can`t be used for games (except maybe flash games)

 

[bigtye]

Has anyone here tried using the Windows XP virtual machines Microsoft put out for Windows 7?

I always wondered if it could be used to run games, I guess you would have to install all the drivers and such but I never tried it out.

As posted above, it's a software emulation not a hardware based one so no drivers are installed, hence no gaming.

Tye

 

[Hyde0409]

winxp
i donot like win7 new UGI

 

[D007]

Bioshock and crysis fine for me.

Likewise both work fine for me.. Stuttering huh, kind of like what I was experiencing after getting win 7, then my mobo died. >.>. Hope hardware failure isn't the case. I thought it was 7 as well, but now that I put my 680i back in when the 750 failed, I have no more stuttering.

 

[jaredpace]

Still on WinXP Pro here too. It's too stable and smooth, and very fast - just to give up for the headaches of the New OS'es wasn't worth it to me. Driver updates & game compatibility was poor in Win7 compared to XP in my experience. I think Microsoft will force me to switch with DX11, IE9, the newer Office suites, lack of service packs & support & that kinda stuff.

I will probably ride this OS out to its last leg. (Unless I see some new must-have gaming technology/performance that I can't have on XP with a HD4890.

I really did like the look, feel & smoothness of the Desktop & GUI in Windows 7 though. It's a shame, cuz I miss that part the most. But my home PC is mostly internet/entertainment/gaming, and it just seems to work better on XP (gaming)

 

[RadeonProVega]

I do not like win7 new UGI

Not sure why you don't like it, whats your full system specs+Video card?

Still on WinXP Pro here too. It's too stable and smooth, and very fast

I agree, it is very fast because of the lack of eye candy, at times moving around on my desktop, it becomes too fast tho.

Driver updates & game compatibility was poor in Win7 compared to XP in my experience.

Driver updates was poor? You do update your own drivers manually right?
As for game compatibility , the majority of them work, while only a few doesn't work on win7 at all. What games were you having trouble with?

I really did like the look, feel & smoothness of the Desktop & GUI in Windows 7 though. It's a shame, cuz I miss that part the most.

Well if you have Windows 7 32bit and have a ATI Radeon card, you can install and use XP 32bit Catalyst Drivers. Thus you will keep the look and feel, but with DX9 performance. I plan to do that once i buy my 5770 card, and new MB & CPU.

 

[fenurch]

Fuck XP, Win 7 FTW.
A matter of opinion of course but since I switched to Win 7, I haven't thought of moving back a single time because Win 7 is just.. perfect.
Don't see why some people are whining that drivers aren't good in Win 7 and games don't run.. I don't know what drivers you use or what games you play but every driver and every single game has been perfect for me.

Again, this is just my 2 cents and it's different for every person.