Windows 7 or XP

Nudge

Thanks again for your very helpful advice

busenbust

Nudge wrote: »

Thanks again for your very helpful advice

Let us all know if u need any other help

colin79666

If it runs on Vista it will run fine on 7. Vista and 7 are closely related (Kernel versions 6 and 6.1) just like how Windows 2000 Pro and XP were much the same underneath (Kernels 5 and 5.1).

debitcardmayhem

busenbust wrote: »

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate.

^^^

Plus you no longer need Intel Virtualisation extensions, I installed in on my 2yr old lappy two weeks ago .

Herbyme

I wouldn't think twice. I hate moving to a new OS but absolutely love 7. It makes lots of things quicker and easier and btw Office 2010 is fab too (software4students if you know anyone at all who's styudying, £40 for full version, mega bargain). You'll feel so modern!

Aiadi

I could not believe it to find the 7 HP runs quicker than XP on my old EEE 900 with its slow SSD (which I think W7 is more geared to dealing with). I have finally made full migration onto W7.

calvinwhite78

totalsolutions wrote: »

I can't even look at XP desktop. Are you really asking for XP ? 10 yrs. old OS ?

Yeah XP is very old now. Its all Windows 7 with lot of security in it compared to XP.

jbreckmckye

Win 7 is a bit more effective at prioritizing HDD access, and caches aggressively. That alone usually makes it snappier than XP.

[Deleted User]

Windows 7 is fine, XP is poor.

Just go with 7.

sillygoose

When my main PC started dying a couple of weeks ago and I put together another in a hurry, I decided to bite the bullet and move from XP to Win 7.

Installation was the most painless from Microsoft yet. All my hardware works and my biggest worry, lots of old legacy software (some are Windows 95 era) I need work perfectly. My good old copy of Office 97 even runs perfectly.

It been rock solid and there are many useful enhancements but its not a million miles away from familiar XP. I must admit I hated the start menu but soon found an application that made it work like XP, yes I know I am a troglodyte It feels a lot more secure too.