KyleGM Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 You do know that min requirement is 1GB right? :rolleyes: I installed it on my little brothers computer as he wanted it after using mine :D He only has 512mb and is using an intel celeron and it runs faster than XP ever did :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuCumber Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 A picture is worth a thousand words, they say! Absolutely! :yes: XP: 7: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borimol Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Faster? More than XP? If 7 is like Vista (in performance) we have a problem...It is faster than Vista, and the reason vista was "slow" is because it was designed to run on newer hardware. If your pc ran slow with vista, it's because it obviously wasn't new enough And why XP is not secure? XP SP3 + all windows uptade patches makes an old and insecure OS? Well you're not going to get future patches soon, so you'll be left in the dark with any further security problems. I agree. Searching in Vista-7 is great. 7 also has indexed all control panel objects so you can search "change computer name" and you'll get there straight away! If you use ffdshow codecs on XP you can play almost any video... True, but you don't need extra stuff to do that on Windows 7 9 years have made a solid OS. ...ish. If you're happy, stick with it, but Windows 7 opens new opportunities with features, devices and ease of use (i.e all drivers are able to be installed in 99% of cases straight off the bat, even in older hardware. Remember that XP has reached the end of it's lfie I don't think 7 is more simple than XP, for example let's see how many services load in 7 (and Vista)... Oh, I see, you're one of those people. FYI, just because more services load does not mean it's less simple. It means a couple of things - one of them being hyperthreading is optimised, so the system can handle multiple services at the same time. The other is stability. So services are simplified out to performing one or two actions, so if they crash the whole thing doesn't come down with it. Get what I mean here? You have convinced me :) (You, and all the people, thanks a lot). I have instaled Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm very happy. Here a screenshot: I'm using Aero Basic because the glass effect makes my pc a bit slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 no, disabling superfetch is bad, because it slows down speed of Windows. really, not here. in low ram configuration disabling is likely to be optimal as ram is limited. on a fresh boot on a 1 gig machine there is about 150-200meg of available ram. So best to only passively cache data in a low ram configuration almost certianly. Seems like you have read the sales pitch, superfetch increase speed and took it as gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I'm using Aero Basic because the glass effect makes my pc a bit slower. You could probably disable the window animations and transparency to improve performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 in low ram configuration disabling is likely to be optimal as ram is limited.on a fresh boot on a 1 gig machine there is about 150-200meg of available ram. So best to only passively cache data in a low ram configuration almost certianly. and? f you have 200MB freem use it for caching. When you need more RAM, Windows will free the cache and you can use it with user data. Superfetch has nothing to do with the Memory usage you see in Taskmanager. If you have 512MB of RAM und the RAM usage is 300MB, then Windows, the running programs and the file cache are using the 300MB, not Superfetch. You simply don't understand the memory management in Vista/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwang_kung86 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 My reasons: 1. Friendly GUI, Aero-grass is magnificent, Search index is very fast, good looking, DX11 2. More secure 3. Faster than XP when I installed a lot of Programs, better memory management, better multicore support 4. Easy driver setting up, Network, file sharing 5. More stability, i have no BSOD since upgrade to Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Where'd you get the background from? And 1gb is NOT the minimum requirement for Windows 7. You shouldn't stick with Vista at all, Aero or not. That's hardly a reason to use older technology. Edited December 16, 2009 by Raa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 If you can't run Aero you should really stick with Vista... My 5: 1) Wireless Networking 2) Breadcrumbs / Search 3) Jump Lists 4) Aero 5) Media sharing Plus as a gamer DX10/11 is mandatory. As always, your OS should suit your hardware. No use putting 7 on a old PC anymore than putting XP on a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 If you can't run Aero you should really stick with XP... Fixed it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingdom Key Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 RAM is really expensive these days /sarcasm Lol...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 You have convinced me :) (You, and all the people, thanks a lot).I have instaled Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm very happy. Here a screenshot: I'm using Aero Basic because the glass effect makes my pc a bit slower. cool and i hopefully the people in the screen are happy too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the big dill Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 My description of Windows 7: Vista looking XP Definition: Has everything vista does + more and runs as great as xp + more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Fixed it for you. Actually Vista give several updates I mentioned without cripping the non-glass GUI, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Vista is worse than Windows XP. Ran worse than Windows XP and Windows 7 ran better than Windows XP. Pretty much everyone I know has had similar experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Vista is worse than Windows XP. I love how people erroneously still believe this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Vista is a bit sluggish on my machine. XP is much more responsive than Vista. Windows 7 is much more better than XP or Vista. Just one problem with my Windows 7, there's no driver for my hardware. Not Microsoft nor ASUS. I will continue to hunt down for the driver. Here's the 5 solid reason you want. 1) Much more responsive than XP 2) XP does not have Aero Glass theme 3) After a fresh install, I can burn ISO image without any bloated third-party software. 4) Smooth Rotating Wallpaper 5) When you open the video file, Windows Media Player only open up the video display. No other clunky looking UI. The control is on the screen! This is so clean. I have been dreaming of getting my hands on such players for around 10 years ago. Waited and waited till now. 6) CPU load is around 2-5% even while my sidebar is running an analog clock with third hands, a constantly changing slides-show preview, and a rotating wallpaper. And of course there's other services and other processes running in the background. I currently have 43 processes running in the background. My CPU hardly goes above 2%. I have 3gigs of RAM but only using 1/3rd of physical RAM. There's so much more I can list but I don't like to write novel. I am going to use this OS despite the fact that I don't have the driver for other 4 hardware at the moment. Reason is that my hardware is outdated and on top of that, I am using 64bit OS. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omganinja Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 There's only one reason you need: XP is almost 9 years old. If you need more: Networking connectivity Ease of use Faster Lots of little things really, you dont even notice them when using 7 because you just expect them to be there, but when you use vista or xp you wish they were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Oh I forgot to mention. Calculator is no long just a calculator. It can be a Scientific, Programmer, Statistic, Unit Converter, Date Calculation, and as a full blown Spreadsheet calculator! :) Now I have all the tools to conquer the world. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 if XP is working fine and it does what you want then stick to XP but in the future if you want to do something that XP can't then you will need to upgrade but you can dual boot xp/7 and test it for yourself and see if you like it and if you don't you can remove 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen W Veteran Posted January 19, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 19, 2010 You have convinced me :) (You, and all the people, thanks a lot).I have instaled Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm very happy. Here a screenshot: I'm using Aero Basic because the glass effect makes my pc a bit slower. Glad I could convince you mate! :p Question: Do you have a video card? IF so, Aero will actually make your PC faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I just upgraded to 7 a few days ago (been using xp on 2 machines and vista on another) and I must say so far I am impressed. Gaming is faster, stability is better than vista was on here (I kept getting random BSODs making me think my mobo was dead, which I have yet to have any on 7), it's prettier by far, and there's a lot of extra functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borimol Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Glad I could convince you mate! :pQuestion: Do you have a video card? IF so, Aero will actually make your PC faster. I have a Nvidia GeForce 7400 Go, and it allows aero, but the drivers are very poor (the card is 4 years old). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 if XP is working fine and it does what you want then stick to XP but in the future if you want to do something that XP can't then you will need to upgrade but you can dual boot xp/7 and test it for yourself and see if you like it and if you don't you can remove 7. Indeed. Not sure if MS means for there to be a "30 day trial" of 7, but if you obtain a disc and install w/o a Product Key you get essentially that. I'm not sure 7 makes me more productive on my computer than XP did... but it certainly makes my PC more fun to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 My desktop has been through Xp and Vista with the same hardware, before an upgrade. The upgraded version has been on Vista and 7. Vista SP1 comfortably was more reliable and quicker than XP on the same hardware. I would not touch XP with a barge pole these days, there is simply no good reason to have it on a modern computer. Windows 7 is faster than Windows Vista on the same hardware too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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