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And I really don't mind paying the ~$100 to move to the new OS every 3-4 years either. I put more than that into hardware in a month, I can put it into software every few years.

I don't either as long as there is a compelling reason to do so.
 

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I never had any problems with Vista. I upgraded to 7 only because I knew that MS was bailing on it because of the bad rap it got due to the crap drivers available.

Windows ME was an abomination that we really should try not to mention ... ever again ... in any context ... or someone may have flashbacks and take a hostage.
Windows XP (pre-SP1 and 2) was just painful (however not quite the abomination that was ME)
 

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I never had any problems with Vista. I upgraded to 7 only because I knew that MS was bailing on it because of the bad rap it got due to the crap drivers available.

Windows ME was an abomination that we really should try not to mention ... ever again ... in any context ... or someone may have flashbacks and take a hostage.
Windows XP (pre-SP1 and 2) was just painful (however not quite the abomination that was ME)

That's interesting. I ran XP since it came out and I always found it ok. It was kinda slow on the hardware of the day (at least on my low end stuff) but I always found it to be broadly stable and well behaved. But yes, it could play up at times.

Of course, it all depends on what kinds of usage you put your PC through and mine was distinctly average, lol. I have to say that since I moved to 7, I noticed how quirks and glitches I'd seen with XP and had grown to view as "normal" were actually absent. In fact, I've found 7 to be so stable, that if someone has stability problems or other issues with a 7 rig, first thing I suspect is third party software or hardware and the OS comes a distant third.

Microsoft really has come a long way from the unstable garbage of a decade ago.
 

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Take example Windows Vista to 7 n ME to XP

Honestly, for a normal user, I see no reason to move away from Vista. Since SP2(and partly SP1) it has been a very good OS, especially now that hardware manufacturers have had time to get proper driver support out. I would say XP users have a compelling reason to move to something newer though.
 

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Honestly, for a normal user, I see no reason to move away from Vista. Since SP2(and partly SP1) it has been a very good OS, especially now that hardware manufacturers have had time to get proper driver support out. I would say XP users have a compelling reason to move to something newer though.

While I agree Vista has worked well since SP2, I think its still worth having 7 for the following reasons:

- Product support. It's Microsoft's current OS and Vista is not being sold any more, so support will tend to be that much better for 7 and the difference only increases with time
- Better security
- 7's GUI is tangibly faster and snappier than Vista's, especially on lower end PCs
- The GUI has some nice improvements over Vista. Sure, not worth upgrading just for this, but it all helps
- General under the hood improvements. One may not realize them explicitely, but they are still providing a benefit
- Uses less RAM. However, with the retrofit of DX11 onto Vista, I don't know if that's still true
 
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To any Microsoft HR people who might be reading this and looking for PR people ...
Windows 8 is going to usher in a new era of immersive, one-touch computing experience that not only the user but the whole family can gather to enjoy in a way not see since the discovery of fire. With an interface that goes beyond intuitive and opens the realm of thought based ingenuity, people will no longer have to diverge themselves from their daily routines to use their computers to their maximal potential. With a glance and a touch, Windows 8 will take away from the mundane exercise of mouse clicking to the full power of the cloud that will wrap you in the effervecent purity of going beyond your dreams to the fullfilment of all life has to offer in the digital age and beyond.

Can I has job?
 
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Kreij, was that a real quote, or you made that up with your usual humour?! :)

It sounds like marketing drivel worthy of a Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field. :laugh:
 

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I made it up. You should know me by now Q. lol

Read it slowly ... what does it tell you about Windows 8?
 

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Qubit ... Read what you wrote defending Window 7 and then read my Windows 8 PR piece again.
Did either of us list any substantial, meaningful documented facts that someone could point to in an argument for the OS?

Just wondering? rofl
 

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While I agree Vista has worked well since SP2, I think its still worth having 7 for the following reasons:

- Product support. It's Microsoft's current OS and Vista is not being sold any more, so support will tend to be that much better for 7 and the difference only increases with time
- Better security
- 7's GUI is tangibly faster and snappier than Vista's, especially on lower end PCs
- The GUI has some nice improvements over Vista. Sure, not worth upgrading just for this, but it all helps
- General under the hood improvements. One may not realize them explicitely, but they are still providing a benefit
- Uses less RAM. However, with the retrofit of DX11 onto Vista, I don't know if that's still true

- I don't really agree with better. Yes, Win7 is set to be supported by Microsoft through 2015, Vista will be supported 24 months after the next service pack, and with SP3 supposidly coming in 2012 that puts it at 2014. So if they already have Vista, they might as well stick with it until 8 comes out and get the benefit of even longer support than Win7. And any new software that works on Win7 will work on Vista since they are essentially the exact same core.
- Security isn't really any better with Vista and Win7.
- For normal users the minor GUI improvements won't be noticeable.
- The "under the hood" improvements won't be noticed by a normal users either, so it is useless to them.
- 4GB of RAM is $25 right now, and that is all you need to run Vista(actually it runs just fine on 2GB), so again normal users aren't affected by the minor memory use improvement.

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