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Still running XP?
Mag-X:
I resisted Vista for a long time because "Vista sucks." I ran the first leaked beta of Windows 7, and I loved it. When the first real 7 beta came out it hated my network card, but at this point I really didn't want to go back to XP. I got a Vista disk from a co-worker for free. He didn't want it because "Vista sucks." After turning off stupid UAC, removing the wall of text from the start menu, and turning off stupid restore points, Vista is great. I love it, and I'll never go back to XP. Everything is smoother, faster, and much more responsive. I don't have to reboot after every little update, and running more than one or two torrents doesn't bring my computer to it's knees. Vista is worlds better than XP.
WingZero8788:
--- Quote from: Mimishiki19 on July 22, 2009, 10:14:40 AM ---Shitty computer is shitty.First of all,I have 1 GB of DDRRAM-enough to run it,not enough run it smoothly.Second,the RAM is faulty and I can't install Vista.I really can't.The installation fails.Same with windows 7,ubuntu or anything newer than XP.
Also,I don't like Vista.I've tried it when it came out.At that time there were only a few applications that were designed for Vista so I quit after 3 days.
Plus,I'm comfortable with XP.You don't abandon your old friend just because you find out he's gay.(though I did that with win 98...)
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How did Ubuntu not work? :o
Mimishiki19:
It dropped me to busy box or something.I managed to install ubuntu on my other pc,one even crappier 256 SDRam,gefore 2 400 mx,900 Mhz duron without any problems.I stopped using command lines when I switched to win 95.I'm not going to try to learn how to install ,if it's even possible on my computer,ubuntu ,or any other OS,without a GUI.
So yeah,XP cause it's the only one that works ;D
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Takeshi on July 22, 2009, 09:56:35 AM ---Why do you still have that OS? Why haven't you changed to Vista? Because of a shitty computer? Because of money? Because of all the things you can't do on Vista while you can do that on XP? Because you wouldn't be able to play 720p/1080p encodes? Because you don't like Vista? Because of User Account Control (UAC)?
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This one's easy. I use XP because it works and works well for my current needs. I have this policy not to use an MS OS until the first service pack has been released for a year. I see Windows 7 as an OS to toy around since it's just in beta/RC stage. I skipped Vista because MS seems to fuck up every other release of their OS. 98 -> 98SE -> ME -> XP -> Vista -> 7. Microsoft's next OS after 7 will probably be fucked up too. ;)
mgz:
i have XP and windows 7 RC 64 bit, xp i use cuz i paid 130$ for it and it still works, if it aint broke dont fix it, updating it not terribly nesecary as if your not an idiot most of the security flaws in an OS arent that big of a deal to your average user.
It is more stable then my W7 RC, seeing as i left my windows 7 comp on overnight 1 night it was off the next morning and apparently windows had randomly corrupted, i had nothing but drivers and wow, and like firefox and winrar and thats about it oh and CCCP
My XP computer ran for literally 6 or 8 months no problems in stability or anything only reason it got shutdown was power failures or video card driver updates
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