Windows XP allowed to live again

[Chevy57]

Windows 7 was 60 percent faster than Vista during the dual-core workflow tests -- but overall, 7's just slower on dual- and quad-core hardware than XP.
If Windows 7 is not snappier than XP, I'll keep with XP.

Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore benchmarks, XP wins - Engadget

 

[Ocie Denver]

Windows 7 was 60 percent faster than Vista during the dual-core workflow tests -- but overall, 7's just slower on dual- and quad-core hardware than XP.
If Windows 7 is not snappier than XP, I'll keep with XP.

Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore benchmarks, XP wins - Engadget

Hey, Windows 7 beta is still in beta version. Engadget dont mention which version they used against XP (32 bit or 64 bit?).

 

[sablescort]

<---Going to keep my XP (HP Pavilion with AMD64) laptop alongside my Vista (Gateway FX with Intel Core2Duo) laptop until I upgrade the Vista to Win 7. Hopefully the Gateway will have enough horsepower to handle the upgrade to Win 7 (It's currently a 64 bit version cuz of the 4 GB rams installed in it)

 

[Secretblend]

<---Going to keep my XP (HP Pavilion with AMD64) laptop alongside my Vista (Gateway FX with Intel Core2Duo) laptop until I upgrade the Vista to Win 7. Hopefully the Gateway will have enough horsepower to handle the upgrade to Win 7 (It's currently a 64 bit version cuz of the 4 GB rams installed in it)

Please clarify that, I am under impression that 64 bits is designed into the chip. Not cause of how much memory are installed.

 

[Chevy57]

I should have dual-booting my desktop with XP / W7, but now that the 64bit version is out I think I can get rid of my XP install. Everything seems to work perfect with Windows 7 for me..

 

[sablescort]

Please clarify that, I am under impression that 64 bits is designed into the chip. Not cause of how much memory are installed.

I mean my Vista is a 64 bit edition because of the over 4GB of ram installed on the Gateway. If its over 3 GB, the 32 bit version of Vista wont work that well.

 

[Secretblend]

I got 8 GB of memory and Vista 32 bit installed. It works fine.

 

[Dismal Shadow]

One question...how do you tell if your laptop have 32 bits, 64 and 86? What does they mean? I am all ears.

 

[Secretblend]

86?? dont ya mean 128?

 

[Chevy57]

One question...how do you tell if your laptop have 32 bits, 64 and 86? What does they mean? I am all ears.

I never listen about 86-bit??????????????

 

[JClarke]

One question...how do you tell if your laptop have 32 bits, 64 and 86? What does they mean? I am all ears.

You can tell that through control panel.

 

[Dismal Shadow]

You can tell that through control panel.

Clicked that....not going anywhere. And what does it actually mean?

 

[Dismal Shadow]

86?? dont ya mean 128?

it's actually 128? Not 86?

 

[SnAzZyStyLe2002]

XP is still nearing its mainstream support's death - on April 14th of this year.

 

[purplecatty]

XP is still nearing its mainstream support's death - on April 14th of this year.

Ouchie! I bet many XP'er begging M$ for another extension. But guess XP have to go soon cuz it lived a long life.. It probably a longest lived OS ever. My friend just bought desktop pc with WinXP installed. I told him that better have backup of all service pack downloads and updates that he had on XP. I probably will have to use Acronis Trueimage or Norton Ghost to copy entire XP image so that if it corrupts, I would have no worry about lose XP's updates.

Or I sure hope M$ churn out XP SP4 for final time!!!!!, no more support

Catty

 

[Secretblend]

That's a good idea.. Put out final service pack so that people will have all the updates MS put out and then save it as file for reloading if needed..

 

[JClarke]

Farewell XP

 

[Dismal Shadow]

XP is the best and fastest OS ever. RIP XP

 

[JClarke]

and it is the best OS in PC world, better than the doggone it Vista!

 

[Dismal Shadow]

My Laptop still have few months to live, after that I am switching to Ubuntu 4ever. Ubuntu Linux FTW.
I Ubuntu, Therefore, I Am