Windows 7 / Vista / XP

[Digital]

Which do u find is a better version of windows and why do u think so?
pro's and cons
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im currently running windows 7 dual boot with my old vista
i love 7 over vista and xp but only thing im mad at is i dont have drivers for my keyboard and webcam

[CL0V3R]

Personally I like XP, I down graded from vista when I got my computer because I hated it. Haven't tried windows 7 though I heard it's a lot better than vista. : )

[iamwilliam]

i heard that vista is really bad buy havent tried it
i have windows 7 for 2 days now
windsows 7 and xp arent really different in my opinion

[Digital]

yea vista is bad.. mine crashes for no reason it stops responding the close button flashes
o.o
but ive had 7 for a week now and i love it :]
@CL0V3R i like xp 2 but i find its to old now :[

[iamwilliam]

the bad thing with xp, is that it was made before the LCD screens
so the 7 looks way better than xp

[CL0V3R]

:< I know. It sucks that XP doesn't have the best graphics anymore, but at the moment I don't think I'd buy 7 seeing as my computer would probably be too shitty to run it.

[iamwilliam]

yeah you probably shouldn't until you get a faster computer

[gotxbrain]

I have XP! It totally looks like vista though

Here's how!

[Beyoncé]

I'm using XP, havent tried 7. but Vista is just... terrible

[CL0V3R]

@Minora: Thanks for the link that's pretty spiffy.

[iamwilliam]

I have XP! It totally looks like vista though

Here's how!

thats awesome

[Souleater]

i am running on windows 7.5, the download is on Alienware, so its basically windows 8, and it is better then Vista on so many levels. its like browsing on a whole different world.

Compared to XP its easily better and easier to handle, navigate, and control.

Its hands down better than any other Windows incarnation.

[iamwilliam]

i am running on windows 7.5, the download is on Alienware, so its basically windows 8, and it is better then Vista on so many levels. its like browsing on a whole different world.

Compared to XP its easily better and easier to handle, navigate, and control.

Its hands down better than any other Windows incarnation.

woah is that like an official microsoft becuase i've never heard of it

[ZenGenesis]

7 isn't that bad. I like it's appearance but I'm not very use to it...Well if your using it you should know the difference between 7 and Vista/Xp. I personally think 7 is much harder to use. I prefer Vista of all of them.

[Souleater]

woah is that like an official microsoft becuase i've never heard of it

its official. it is windows 7, but a very recent download. and i have a friend who added a few tweaks to the programming. its disables the extra search features and adds spead boosts.

all it leaves is favorites, suggested sites and a small tools selection. Screeny will be added.

EDIT:
Screeny.





http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7100/71414859.th.jpg (IMG wraps not working right)

as you can see either from the link or the image, it is almost identical to 7, the main difference is the absence of the search bars and information bars. Just favorites and tools options. and since im running on mobile internet on my laptop, the speed boost allows for 100% quality on a 20% or even 10% connection.

http://img258.imageshack.us/i/59990265.jpg/

that is a better image, it shows me still connected at 0% with -109 dps.

[iamwilliam]

7 isn't that bad. I like it's appearance but I'm not very use to it...Well if your using it you should know the difference between 7 and Vista/Xp. I personally think 7 is much harder to use. I prefer Vista of all of them.

yeah 7 is a little confusing but once you get used to it, its cool

its official. it is windows 7, but a very recent download. and i have a friend who added a few tweaks to the programming. its disables the extra search features and adds spead boosts.

all it leaves is favorites, suggested sites and a small tools selection. Screeny will be added.

yes please post a screenie i need to see this 7.5

[Taylor123123]

Vista is horrible.. im running xp

[Supra]

windows 7.. more "allowable with programs" easier to fix.

[MilesCastea]

I'm using Windows XP but plan to upgrade to 7 eventually soon.

[Supra]

yea. i have xp partitioned so i have em both ^^

[Kamons]

I have Windows 7. I love it, so much I would buy it if I could pull $30 out of my ass =/

The only issue I have had is that I have this PS2/GC/Xbox to USB converter and it won't install the drivers because they are not signed, so when I boot up windows I have to press f8 and choose to allow digitally unsigned drivers, but meh.

Oh and when I first installed Windows 7, I had some permission errors, but it's all good now. >.<

[Digital]

@GAMEchief HP dosnt have drivers for my keyboard yet says thier website so yeah
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only thing im confused about is my dl speed has made and epic drop it used to be 1mbps but now when i download stuff i only does max of 200 kbps on a good day
when i had vista is was always 1mb and my laptop is also 1mbps (on 7)
and i ave no clue what happen to my speed
i run a speedtest and it says 9mbps ( it always said that) but its not giving me anything close

[Nat]

Win7 is where its at. At this point pretty good driver support and everything just works well.

[C0FFINCASE]

Vista is awesome.
Love it. All these people have this idea its terrible and its not. I've had zero problems with it. Literally all the complaints and cons are nonexistent in my experience with it.
The only real con is that they changed the networking protocol deal. But that's just progress and the old protocol will just phase out in a few years and no one will complain about it.

[Gina]

I have 6 computers...

and my windows xp is fastest

WIndows vista is ugly

and on my xp i made it look and run like a mac lol

[C0FFINCASE]

and my windows xp is fastest

Which means nothing unless all the computer have the same parts in them and are running them on the same settings. Which they shouldn't because then Vista would be kick XP's butt as long as you're actually using it on a system that can run it. Which is where all the problems really come from, people throwing Vista on a machine that shouldn't be running it or they decide to use the ghost admin account that you're not supposed to use.

WIndows vista is ugly

Its not Vista's fault you don't customize it to look better

and on my xp i made it look and run like a mac lol

So you made yo computer fail.

[Gina]

Which means nothing unless all the computer have the same parts in them and are running them on the same settings. Which they shouldn't because then Vista would be kick XP's butt as long as you're actually using it on a system that can run it. Which is where all the problems really come from, people throwing Vista on a machine that shouldn't be running it or they decide to use the ghost admin account that you're not supposed to use.

Its not Vista's fault you don't customize it to look better


So you made yo computer fail.

actually...

I installed windows xp on my vista computer with a sp 2 dell cd

its the same system but it has a different operating system...

So yeah xp is still fastest

[C0FFINCASE]

Vista would be kick XP's butt as long as you're actually using it on a system that can run it. Which is where all the problems really come from, people throwing Vista on a machine that shouldn't be running it

This .
Just because Vista was on the system means nothing. People are selling it on computers it has no business being on. If its remotely close to the min. spec. then you don't want Vista on there.

[C0FFINCASE]

Looks like someone is butthurt and defensive about how they bought Vista. My friend has it, and it's atrocious. Horrible, ugly, slow. Even on a computer than can run it. Windows 7 is literally Vista with all the problems fixed, more features, and less lag. You're the first person I've ever heard defend Vista, and it sounds very much like you're only doing so because you paid for it. Having experienced them all, I stick by my 7 > XP > Vista statement.

I'm not defending it because I paid for, because I didn't pay for it.
I've literally never had any problems, never encountered any of the so called issues. It runs faster than any thing else I've tried on my computer. I don't thinks it ugly. Maybe I just took the time to make it not ugly. Visat doesn't lag on me either.
I know 7 is better, I just am not willing to pay for it right now.

[C0FFINCASE]

Coming on your computer = paying for it. They don't give you the OS for free.

Have you tried putting XP SP3 on there? Or just pirate Windows 7.

Didn't come on. It had XP. I was using XP before I upgraded.
I was literally give Vista by a friend.
I've not messed with pirated 7.
The reason I'm always defending Vista everywhere I go is that it a great system based on my experience with it. As I said, I've had zero problems and my comp. runs like a dream. So everyone else bitches and moans about all these problems I've never had and have tried to encounter and they don't happen to me so I'm left with the belief that Vista is fine.

[Digital]

Well vista was slow i did/do like it i think it looks good but i had a few problems
im able to start up word and photoshop 10x faster everything closes right away
i just love its responce time
i still have vista on my hard drive but i havnt used it and for some reason it wont let me take anymore space from it to put on 7

[Sutured]

I hear 7 is just more or less vista with its trying too hard to be user friendliness and some other non important things torn out of it.

[iamwilliam]

what sucks about 7 is that you cant use firefox

[iamwilliam]

oh really i was told that windows 7 changed everything
so firefox is no longer compatible

[C0FFINCASE]

oh really i was told that windows 7 changed everything
so firefox is no longer compatible

Firefox works on it. Firefox 3 actually runs faster on 7. 3.5 apparently slows down though.