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Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7?
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O.P. RE: RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7?
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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 :p

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 :p

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! :cownana:

This post was edited on 07-26-2009 at 12:55 AM by alegator.
07-26-2009 12:45 AM
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Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-25-2009 at 11:19 PM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by ShawnZ on 07-25-2009 at 11:24 PM
RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-25-2009 at 11:44 PM
RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by segosa on 07-25-2009 at 11:57 PM
RE: RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-26-2009 at 12:45 AM
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by segosa on 07-26-2009 at 01:19 AM
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-26-2009 at 05:18 PM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by Jarrod on 07-25-2009 at 11:50 PM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by ShawnZ on 07-26-2009 at 12:10 AM
RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by CookieRevised on 07-26-2009 at 02:39 AM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by Jesus on 07-26-2009 at 01:33 AM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by Hank on 07-26-2009 at 01:36 AM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by andrewdodd13 on 07-29-2009 at 05:50 AM
RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-30-2009 at 05:52 PM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by Adeptus on 07-29-2009 at 06:19 AM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by ShawnZ on 07-30-2009 at 07:04 PM
RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by Spunky on 07-30-2009 at 07:22 PM
RE: RE: Is it worth upgrading from WinXP to Win7? - by alegator on 07-30-2009 at 08:29 PM


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