Comments on: Why XP mode is good: It runs stuff under XP

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:30:34 +0000

Our company upgraded to Vista, from win 2k, about a year after it got released and imo it was a bad misstake as the performance of almost everyones computers has gone down, even though we are running 3+ GB ram and Inter Core 2 Dou processors.

Applications like Eclipse and Clearcase constantly locks up and the whole operative system feels sluggish. Not to mention that alot of the “improvments” in Vista is crap. Like the search function, which was much better in XP (how do you make a feature worse?), and the fact that it takes longer for me to delete stuff from Windows Explorer.

Vista is just plainly … bad. A step backwards when it comes to usability and performance.

By: Windows 7 XP Mode won’t work on all PCs

Windows 7 XP Mode won’t work on all PCs — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:01:02 +0000

[...] XP Mode is a major bullet point in the list of Windows 7 features. Yay! Except that the way it works [...]

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:48:09 +0000

I haven’t really had any problems with Vista. I’m no gamer, but my little laptop can handle Photoshop + Firefox + MS Word ‘03 without any problems. (It’s an ordinary laptop, too…$500, no mods.) I don’t really care if it hogs RAM (I have enough) or if it puts a lot of focus on glittery effects. It works. I haven’t had any issues with accessories or programs that don’t work or…well, anything, really. I was initially loathe to make the switch, but when my old laptop died in December I didn’t have many options available. I was pleasantly surprised.

Out of curiosity, why is Vista so evil? (Please don’t start a flame war…)

By: mmbb

mmbb — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:18:39 +0000

oops, forgot to add that the best mode for XP is native mode.

By: mmbb

mmbb — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:16:39 +0000

I skipped Vista since there was no “classic mode.” Having worked at MSFT since WFW and NT3.0, I’m somewhat stodgy in my ideas of an operating system, and being control panel and a registry (hives, anyone?) are important to me. I might give W7 a try, but chances are that I’ll keep on keepin’ on with XP.

By: JOSH

JOSH — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:10:09 +0000

Win7 is actually Vista with SP2 running. Kinda like when XP SP2 was relesed it was supposed to be an entirely different OS altogether.

On a more serious note been using 7 RC 1 for a few days and I am extremely impressed. Its currently running on my wifes laptop and will be installed on my rig soon. The upgrade option took almost 3 hours for the wifes laptop I hope it goes faster on the rig.

By: Cee Ess

Cee Ess — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:15:34 +0000

I’m still a little unconvinced. I also haven’t really given microsoft a chance since they completely ruined my vista experience

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:52:43 +0000

so there you go. Yay Windows 7!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:47:15 +0000

Win7 RC1 is fantastic! The beta had tones of issues with my older computer with “unsupported” onboard sound. The RC fixed these compatibility issues (random system freezing) and it brings a ton of performance enhancements that I can enjoy on my older machine.

By: Steve Gorney

Steve Gorney — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:10:11 +0000

My small company has 10+ PC’s and 3 Macs. I have never loaded Vista on any of them. I welcome W7 and I am downloading RC1 right now to give it a whirl.