[myknowledge]

Windows XP. The workhorse of Microsoft operating systems.

Windows 7: the latest generation

[Dead Corpse]

Win 2.0 to Win3.11 was a big jump. Win 3.11 to Win95 rocked.

I still remember refusing to transition off of Win98 until after SP2 came out for XP. Before that, it was a PoS.

Win7 was surprisingly good right out of the box. I'm hard to impress, but Win7 seemed to fix everything I hated about Vista.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Windows XP is a great operating system. I don’t know why Microsoft even considered Vista.

[Parley Baer]

Put me down for keeping XP for awhile. I see no reason to go out and spend the money for Windows 7. I will just wait until my next new computer purchase.

[Viking2002]

"Why the hell should I buy a fancy-shmancy new Toyota Prius when my old '68 Biscayne gets me where I wanna go just as fast? And the accelerator don't stick, either! Back in my day, you were lucky if you didn't need a blacksmith to put shoes on your transportation. And ya liked it!"

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[CodeToad]

W7 is a worthy upgrade from XP.

[quantim]

What is this iPad thingy?

Do you have to download an app calculator to add 2+2?

[meadsjn]

XP workhorse refuses to die

That's OK; Microsoft has an app for that. Autoupdate will eventually kill your XP.

[dayglored]

I've upgraded all my XP systems to Win7 with essentially ZERO problems. It's a fine OS.

I notice that your pic of Win7 "latest generation" is Build 7000, and is dated 12/2008. That's ANCIENT! Get with it -- get the RTM, baby! :)

[OCC]

Win7 is great, but the navigation takes some getting used to after years of using XP. I don’t really care for having to drill down to things in the start menu.

[Dallas59]

I’ve got XP on three older computers, and 7 on two new ones. The new ones have 4 and 8 gig ram and 7 runs great on them. the older ones have only 2 gigs. XP is the tops for those.

[FlyingEagle]

I spent all day trying to upgrade Microsoft Windows VistaCrap to the new Windows 7 on the wife’s computer. Of course the Microcrap product will not upgrade Vista I have to wipe install and replace all data and programs. This is the last Microsoft product I will ever own. All the other PCs around here are Macs. I just bought this one a few years ago because it was heavily subsidized by the company where I work. Such a bad experience with unstable VistaCrap, I am sure Windows 7 from Microcreep will also be a piece of horse dooky too.

[GloriaJane]

I love my XP! Almost but not quite as much as my Windows 98. But I hate, repeat hate!... hate! hate! my Vista!

Nothing! None of my music making software works with Vista. And my Microsoft Picture It won’t work with vista. Pretty much none of my software will work on Vista. Did I say I hate Vista?! LOL

[Windflier]

Still bitterly clinging to my trusty old XP. Besides, my tower is too old and slow to run Windows 7.

From all I’ve read about 7, though, it appears to be one of those legitimate, stable Microsoft OS upgrades. I feel that W95, W98, and XP are all in that same category, with ME, 2000, and Vista being somewhat abortive flops.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

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.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Does it come with Hearts and Minesweeper? :P

[Tainan]

XP Pro works just fine for me.

[TChris]

People don't like being kicked off the top of the learning curve.

Why'd ya have to move everything, MS?