O.P. RE: RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7?
quote:Originally posted by segosa
quote:Originally posted by alegator
quote:Originally posted by ShawnZ
the point of upgrading isn't to make your system faster, it's for security/reliability/new features... windows XP isn't supported by microsoft anymore
that being said, there are many areas of win7 where speed *has* been improved (like boot times) but there are generally much better reasons to upgrade
Yes, I know that Win7 provides new features/reliability/better securiity compared to XP, that's the idea behind upgrading. But if all that will come at the expense of a much slower performance (specific to my system) then it might not be worth it, specially since as I said I'm having no issues with XP.
As far as official support for XP, Microsoft will keep releasing security patches for XP until 2011 (at least that's what I read).
Perhaps you would be better off sticking to XP for now, and then switching to 7 when you get a new computer. That's what I did.
Yes, I plan on getting a new Win7 PC anyway. After 8 years with the same PC I guess I deserve it!
This post was edited on 07-26-2009 at 12:55 AM by alegator.
