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Originally posted by segosa
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Originally posted by alegator
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Originally posted by segosa
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Originally posted by alegator
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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! 
Out of interest, what spec is your current PC?
It's a Dell Dimension 8200, came originally with WinXP SP0, 2Gb RDRAM, P4 3.06Ghz HT, Intel 850 chipset, ATI Radeon 800XT AGP, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, WD500Gb IDE, LG GSA H42N DVD burner, Lucent PCI WinModem, Intel Pro /100M PCI NIC.
The Win7 Upgrade Advisor reported everything compatible except for the sound card, but there's a workaround or else for $24 I can get a new compatible card.
Of course, even then, I won't be able to enjoy DX10 or 11, I'll be stuck with DX9 as my system only accepts AGP cards.
