Posted on 07/23/2010 2:20:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I used Win2k for a long time after XP came out, too, because of the lower processing overhead. After I upgraded to a better machine, though, I went to XP because it’s more graphics and media friendly. I tried Vista for about 2 months before I went back to XP but Windows7 seems to be Vista fixed. I’ve been running it for about 8 months and I have no complaints.
At some stage you reach a point of diminishing returns. Windows 95 was revolutionary for its day but in comparison to XP is junk.
Sure one can say that Win 7 is more secure out of the box but with third party applications XP can be locked down pretty tight. On top of that it's fast, stable and runs people's applications almost flawlessly at this point.
No one can expect Microsoft to service any OS forever but for those still on XP and are happy there's no need to run out and upgrade just for the sake of it. I suspect many of the Win 7 sales are people buying new computers.
*YAWN*
Exactly what I am thinking. Same drivel from pretty much the same people over and over again in MS threads.
Despite a triple boot Win2k was my top choice for the longest time. Did everything I needed since I’m not a gamer. I could have run if for the next 20 years if Microsoft would patch it, even for a fee.
So, what do you run now?
Huh?
Few people in their right minds buy a Windows 7 computer, then downgrade it to XP. Win 7 is vastly superior to XP in any way you care to mention. And of course no one buys a Windows 7 DVD, installs it on their old XP computer, then turns round and downgrades it to XP again. That will amount to insanity.
The usual bottom feeding by Applebots/open source crazies on Windows threads is getting more laughable by the minute.
XP now almost exclusively.
What's that, I don't own a Mac. It's some businesses downgrading to XP because their personal applications won't run on Win 7. There was just a story out recently that Microsoft extended it again because businesses are still requesting it.
You gotta be kidding me.
10 copies of Windows 7 every second over the last month, 25 million licenses sold during the last 29 days (a full 8 months after launch) is “ not impressive”?
If that is not impressive, what is?
Tell me...how many Apple products (if any) have ever sold 175 million units in just 9 months?
Have you tried Windows7? I upgraded from an XPPRO machine and I noticed an improvement with speed and the ability to have many more apps/windows open at the same time without losing a beat, more capabilities(especially disc burning and multimedia), and still the same comfortable interface as Win2K or XP. You should try it. Like you, with Win2K, I think I could be comfortable with this OS for a long time.
Did you get the 64 bit Win7??
If God wanted to create hell on Earth, He would’ve made Microsoft 7 on the 8th day. It has more bugs than a Louisiana swamp on a bad summer day.
And I just LOVE Internet Explorer. The idiots who wrote the application still haven’t discovered how CSS works.
h2 {
font-size: 18pt;
text-align: center;
font-family: helvetica;
background-color: #66ffff;
]
Duhhh! Let’s stick some JavaScript in there that shows running chickens across the screen whenever Internet Explorer sees font-size: 18 pt.
Cool, man. And let’s set links that go to porn sites.
Yeh, man. And we can refuse to recognize Div# commands and create little jumping Flash bunnies eating clovers in the business logos.
Oh, dude, that’s sooo cool...
Yes I’ve got Windows 7 on one of my computers dual booting with XP, it’s not bad as I’ve said but for me XP is all I need. Personally I view these upgrades as just that, for the sake of it. Microsoft makes a lot of money doing it but there’s plenty of us who could stay on one OS forever. The gamers probably like to upgrade when they see improvements like DX10 or whatever but I see it as unnecessary.
I stuck with win2k for a long time after xp also.
How many of those recent upgrades were the result of Microsoft ending support for some of their OSs like Win2k in the last month? If there's a sudden rise in license sales that could be part of the reason.
# 1. A huge chunk of Windows 7 sales are done in places like Best Buy, Wal Mart etc to home computer users. They don't buy a Windows 7 computer then downgrade to XP.
# 2. Few businesses are going to go out there and buy Win 7 computers, then downgrade to XP, given that Win 7 is vastly superior to XP.
“There was just a story out recently that Microsoft extended it again because businesses are still requesting it.”
Microsoft extended support for XP way back in 2008, when some businesses were still sticking to XP. That was before Win 7 was launched. Despite that, Vista was the fastest selling OS in history, before Win 7 was launched.
I have Win 7 and it won’t open some websites in private. I never had that problem with Vista.
“Yesterday, Peter Klein, Microsoft’s chief financial officer, told Wall Street analysts of the latest Windows 7 milestone. “With 175 million licenses sold to date, it is the fastest selling operating system ever, and now runs on over 15% of all PCs worldwide,” Klein said during an afternoon earnings call.”
Some people just need to be hanged for inflicting misery on the world.
I gamed on 2k :-)
For what I did, it was generally less fussy than any other option, and thoroughly well supported. Only had to switch to XP when my old board karked it, and it made far more financial sense to go with new gear instead of trying to piece together more stuff from the same era as the original board and cpu.
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