Windows 8

[Sureshot]

Yeah, there'd be no point in upgrading to Win7 from XP if you have 1GB of DDR, for instance. However, as pointed out, it's a really old OS now and if you've got a remotely new system (~3 years) you should be on Win7, which is simply excellent imo.

 

[drainpipe32]

Windows 7 is fairly beautiful, runs brilliantly too.

My dad builds computers for recreational purposes, which means he's in a bunch of software circles. It's pretty cool because it means we get all the OS legitimate for a lower price.

 

[Varun]

I am fine with Windows XP. Don't need 8.:sarcasm
(The real reason is that my PC has very less RAM and Hard Drive)

 

[Aoun13]

7 is really good atleast it makes people think other then XP as OS.

 

[sohum]

I am fine with Windows XP. Don't need 8.:sarcasm
(The real reason is that my PC has very less RAM and Hard Drive)

You'll need Windows 7, at least, once Microsoft stops fixing vulnerabilities in XP and your computer gets taken down by a botnet.

As someone said earlier, if you've got the hardware specs, XP doesn't hold a candle to Windows 7. 7 is unarguably superior.

 

[P Squared]

^I think he was being sarcastic. Notice the smiley.

 

[SaiSrini]

You'll need Windows 7, at least, once Microsoft stops fixing vulnerabilities in XP and your computer gets taken down by a botnet.

As someone said earlier, if you've got the hardware specs, XP doesn't hold a candle to Windows 7. 7 is unarguably superior.

I think XP is quite a stable OS and as long as people have their anti-virus software (good ones) and the firewalls running and dont visit the really dangerous sites, they should be able to live with XP as long as they can until they can afford new hardware.

 

[sohum]

I think XP is quite a stable OS and as long as people have their anti-virus software (good ones) and the firewalls running and dont visit the really dangerous sites, they should be able to live with XP as long as they can until they can afford new hardware.

I can't consider an OS stable if I have to reinstall it every few months, which is what I've had to do whenever I've used XP. Seriously, so many of the maintenance issues with XP have been eliminated since then by Microsoft.

XP was released in 2001 and probably had been developed in the 2 or so years prior to that. People were still thinking about the millennium bug back then!

XP was a good operating system for its time. But it's not relevant anymore. Even having a good firewall doesn't protect you against vulnerabilities on the operating system layer. And most importantly, software is now going to be targeted to Vista and later.

 

[m_vaughan]

Windows 8 is rumoured to have face detection for login in.

 

[Abhas]

Umm.. Doesn't Windows 7, and Vista support it too?
I have it on my Dell Notebook.

 

[iridescentt]

Microsoft game plan: copy Apple

Good to see Microsoft coming up with some original ideas there. Kudos.

 

[Sureshot]

Pardon my French, but, what a load of merd.

 

[sohum]

Microsoft game plan: copy Apple

Good to see Microsoft coming up with some original ideas there. Kudos.

Haha, that article is so sensationally titled.

I read the entire thing and there's no real "copying" of Apple except for the App Store model and the all-in-one thing (which has existed in PCs for a while now with companies such as HP producing all-in-ones).

If anything, Linux and Google fanboys should be miffed because the Windows App Store seems a direct lift from apt-get/Synaptics Package Manager. Not that it will ever work for Windows because maintaining a repository is going to be too burdensome for a company that dominates such a large share of the personal computer operating system market.

Windows 7 was the fastest selling OS of all time not because it revolutionized anything but because it's fast, has increased productivity and looks good on the eyes. MS isn't going to be seriously looking to replace that anytime soon--it is far more likely that Windows 8 is being designed to compete with Chrome OS and the next generation of cloud-based operating systems. Oh and I guess we'll all have the right to say Apple is being a copy cat if they release anything that resembles a cloud-based system, right?

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Pardon my French, but, what a load of merd.

I think you meant merde?

 

[Bounce]

Windows 8 is rumoured to have face detection for login in.

Windows 7 has it.

 

[Chewie]

Aren't they provided by third party software though?