Posted on 04/03/2010 7:35:50 PM PDT by myknowledge
I hate Vista but this new computer won’t run XP without major changes. I’ve had to reformat and start over twice in about 6 months. I never had any major problems with XP. I’m not about to try Win 7 and find out that my software and hardware programs don’t function properly.
Does it come with Hearts and Minesweeper? :P
Went from Win 95 to Win 98. Stayed with 98 till XP SP2 came out. Tried ME and had so many BSOD’s I went back and stayed with 98 till migrating to XP Home. Yeah, 98 had blue screens too, but not near the number as Win ME.
Didn’t care that much for XP Home. Was still plagued with with too many blue screens and went to XP Pro. I’ve reformatted only once since XP Pro. And that was after installing SP3. SP3 did too many things I didn’t like. Graying out the timers in the Display Properties/Power Scheme and some other nuisances irritated the heck out of me.
After the last re-install, when I do the Windows Updates, I stay away from SP3 and all the XP Updates and just downloaded the XP Security Updates and my system is right where I like it...Stable and BSOD’s are a very rare occurrence.
VR
The real alternative back then, for those who don't like toy operating systems, was OS/2. But it didn't fit with Mr Bill's business plan.
You knock on silicon. I’ll knock on silicone. Or the real thing. (Make that things.)
Check out this post from February: Who Owns Your PC? New Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update "Phones Home" to Microsoft Every 90 Days
-PJ
Just my luck, I bought a Dell computer with Windows Me in 2000, and when that crashed in 2006, I bought an eMachine with Vista. Once I bought more RAM and turned off all the graphics, bells, and whistles, it looks just like Windows 95 and runs fine.
I was big into OS/2. Went to the OS/2 BAUG from 94 to 96, we had some big time speakers there
XP Pro works just fine for me.
I was truly impressed with Win7 though. Zippy performance on even older machines, seemed to come packaged with every driver ever released for anything, fewer clicks for common admin tasks (VPN/wireless setup, account management, policy management), and it feels a lot "smoother" than Vista.
My dos centavos.
Why'd ya have to move everything, MS?
AHa!
Thanks for the clue. I am treating this latest from MS as a reportable scam and have taken steps with the AG office. This is the same as buying a car, changing the plugs, and as a result, then being forced to buy a new engine.
The Vista debacle smells an awful lot like it was simply a product that was rushed out the door before it was finished cooking. I think Win7 is what Vista was supposed to be.
I saw my first copy of “Longhorn” while working for AMD. Our WHQL certification guy was working over time trying to keep up with all the changes and patches.
It was a pretty ugly process.
Of course, working with the Suse folks was no picnic either...
Unbelievable. All that work and extra expense, and all you wind up with is a serviceable Windows 95 computer.
But it runs about 20 times as fast as my old Windows 95 computer.
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