I currently run vista it works and I can play allot of games I only have three games in my entire collection (BIOS BIOS 2 STALKER call of pripyat) that I cant run so I,m thinking about replacing the entire system
Poll: The Horrors of Windows Vista and the Wonders of Windows 7
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Still using XP, works fine with everything, no need at all to upgrade till after I get a new computer. I could easily make it look all pretty, but I don't like that Mac-esque bubbly bullshit at all anyway and would just have to work towards making it look less like it was made by Fisher-Price.
Also a big bah humbug to those of you who's first OS was XP.
Also a big bah humbug to those of you who's first OS was XP.
I don't know you might want to replace the fan if it's giving that much noise. XP is also doing fine for me.Skorpyo said:
IO though Vista was alright. I think 7 is alright. I got 7 for free through my college (actually its costing me several thousand a year in tuition but ehh...). It works good and hasn't had any major problems. I'm concerned for people who still have XP because its nearly a decade old and in computer terms is older then your great grandpa. "Back in my day, we had letters for names not numbers! You young people and your fancy new games and your direct X 10s and your..."
As much as I like Win7 compared to pretty much all previous versions of Windows, a good deal of the specific things you mention, especially in the part I quoted, could easily be attributed just to finally having a hard drive that doesn't suck, because they're heavily limited by disk performance (and if you think that's impressive compared to before, try running the whole thing off a new SSD). Improvements in the OS itself obviously don't hurt, and reinstalling from scratch so you have less unnecessary crap running also makes a huge difference if you're not really anal about maintaining a relatively clean system.MercurySteam said:
I upgraded from XP to Win7 x64---the improvement in performance gave this old dog of a desktop a new lease on life. I'd been using 7 on the laptop for almost a year (going back to the prerelease trial in the summer of '09) so I knew I liked it, but when it hit the desktop...wow.Skorpyo said:
It's time. XP did almost a decade of faithful service to PC users, but all good things must end. 7 is excellent.
I actually don't mind Vista, it hasn't given me any trouble. I'll never upgrade to 7, it removes my stereo mix device.
I tried Vista on my gaming machine once, and switched back to XP the same evening. I've had to use it a few times at work, mostly trying to fix the demented thing on other peoples machines and have managed to cultivate a loathing for it that's quite impressive. I call it Gerald and feed it mimes.
When 7 came out I gave it a try, then bought myself a copy for my own machine. I expected to dislike it, but was resigned to the fact that the only way I'd get a 64bit OS that could be used for gaming was to have 7. Sure, its not perfect and has some of the dumbest GUI and interface decisions I've ever seen - mostly (but not all) carry-overs from Vista. Thankfully you can fix the majority of them, although the Explorer ribbon always annoys me - we have a right click menu, we don't need a bloody context sensitive crapola bar that you can't remove.
When 7 came out I gave it a try, then bought myself a copy for my own machine. I expected to dislike it, but was resigned to the fact that the only way I'd get a 64bit OS that could be used for gaming was to have 7. Sure, its not perfect and has some of the dumbest GUI and interface decisions I've ever seen - mostly (but not all) carry-overs from Vista. Thankfully you can fix the majority of them, although the Explorer ribbon always annoys me - we have a right click menu, we don't need a bloody context sensitive crapola bar that you can't remove.
Eh, mine is pushing on five years with all its original components. Though by now everything is obsolete. It is better (usually both in cost and performance) to build a custom rig, but that requires a little more knowledge than the average layman has.MercurySteam said:
I've never had a problem with Vista at all - the only time it majorly fucked up was when I took my computer (desktop) to Uni, it got bumped in transit, dislodging the motherboard and a fan slightly.
With all the upgrade versions (I didn't get my computer until Vista was out for a year or two) it's a pretty good system.
My computer used to be pretty good - not top of the range, but decent. Now it just meets the minimum requirements to play Arma II: Operation Arrowhead.
It is likely that when (if) I can afford a new computer I'll upgrade to Windows 7, however right now I don't see the point - Vista is working excellently and my computer can cope. The hassle of having to 1) pay for and 2) install a new operating system; combined with having to re-load all my games, music, uni work documents, pictures...it just isn't worth it to me. I don't see what all the hype is about (there's Windows 7 on a suite in the Uni library, and it just doesn't seem "revolutionary" to me).
With all the upgrade versions (I didn't get my computer until Vista was out for a year or two) it's a pretty good system.
My computer used to be pretty good - not top of the range, but decent. Now it just meets the minimum requirements to play Arma II: Operation Arrowhead.
It is likely that when (if) I can afford a new computer I'll upgrade to Windows 7, however right now I don't see the point - Vista is working excellently and my computer can cope. The hassle of having to 1) pay for and 2) install a new operating system; combined with having to re-load all my games, music, uni work documents, pictures...it just isn't worth it to me. I don't see what all the hype is about (there's Windows 7 on a suite in the Uni library, and it just doesn't seem "revolutionary" to me).
Building your own rig is sometimes cheaper with better performance and a longer lifespan. A few of my friends know a bit more about computers than me and some have even built their own so I could probably count on them if I ever wanted to do it myself.DeadlyYellow said:
