XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general   
   From: death@rottingcorpses.x-x   
      
   philo wrote:   
      
   > On 06/15/2010 09:17 AM, Frank wrote:   
   >> On 6/15/2010 12:40 AM, philo wrote:   
   >>> On 06/14/2010 11:10 PM, Frank wrote:   
   >>>> On 6/14/2010 7:37 PM, JC wrote:   
   >>>>> First allow me to apologize as I am no USENET guru. Typically when I   
   >>>>> decide   
   >>>>> to make a post in hopes some kind soul(s) will give some input/feedback   
   >>>>> towards my interests/concerns I am clueless which group to post to.   
   >>>>> But I   
   >>>>> will say I generally get a positive reponse where ever I post.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> For the past five or so years I have used 2000 on my home machines.   
   >>>>> They   
   >>>>> actually still use 98 on the clients where I work (which is medical   
   >>>>> laboratory) with an antiquated Novell network o/s and Oracle DBMS on   
   >>>>> the   
   >>>>> server. This is primarily due to the fact that I have very antiquated   
   >>>>> tools   
   >>>>> (Visual Cafe for my IDE with SDK 1.1); my app will only run on 98   
   >>>>> machines.   
   >>>>> Anyway, that is neither here nor there.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> My question is about Windows XP vs 7. I am at a point where I would   
   >>>>> like to   
   >>>>> upgrade my home machines to XP. Even though I've been using 2000 for   
   >>>>> so long   
   >>>>> (and very satisfied with it) I do have some XP experience/knowledge.   
   >>>>> Problem   
   >>>>> is that one of the used machines I just purchased has XP on it because   
   >>>>> that   
   >>>>> is what was on it when I got it. Seems like it is not possible to   
   >>>>> purchase   
   >>>>> XP nowadays. It is all Windows 7.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A few friends here and there have had me come and look at their   
   >>>>> Windows 7   
   >>>>> machines. They think because I have a degree in CompSci/Math that I   
   >>>>> know   
   >>>>> everything there is to know about computers. I cannot make them   
   >>>>> understand I   
   >>>>> am a GUI programmer, database programmer, amateur DBA, and data   
   >>>>> analyst. I   
   >>>>> keep telling them I am not a technician but they will not believe me.   
   >>>>> The   
   >>>>> handful of times I've played around with a Windows 7 machine so far   
   >>>>> I've   
   >>>>> found it very counterintuitive and confusing. I do not like it at all!   
   >>>>> Not   
   >>>>> knowing much about XP anytime I've worked on an XP machine I've   
   >>>>> typically   
   >>>>> had little if any problems.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So the question I guess: Is XP a thing of the past? Can I no longer   
   >>>>> get XP   
   >>>>> (it definitely is not in stores)? If I wanted to migrate the clients   
   >>>>> to XP   
   >>>>> at work would that not be possible?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Many Thanks,   
   >>>>> -JC   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Take the plunge and go with 7, otherwise you'll be left far behind very   
   >>>> quickly. 7 is the very best OS available today.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Total 100% bull   
   >>>   
   >>> there is no way Win7 will run on a machines that old...   
   >>> it's strictly for new hardware   
   >>   
   >> You'd be surprised just how well W 7 will run on some old boxes.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > My machine uses a dual core XP 3800+   
   > and three gigs of RAM   
   >   
      
   Ohhh...so budget minded.   
   Pentium D's are faster.   
      
   > Video card is a "medium grade" Nvidia   
   >   
      
   A voodoo3?   
      
   > Runs XP and Linux just fine.   
   >   
   > Just barely runs Win7.   
      
   BS.   
      
   > With a few tweaks I can get it to run almost acceptably   
   > but I'd hate to try it on any older H/W   
   >   
      
   With a few tweaks, you may find your ass in a bind.   
      
      
   > For those who use Windows...   
   > unless one is getting a pretty hi-end new machine...   
   > I'd not recommend Win7   
      
   I'd recommend you not recommend anything.   
      
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