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Goodbye XP

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Gene Steinberg said:
Windows is never cool. But you are far better off with Windows 7 than Windows 8.
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A window can have its uses

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I loooove XP. It uses very few system ressources, and most of all I can unload all the eye-candy and avoid the bloated feel of Win7 or OSX. XP gives me the overview, visually, that I want.

I do not like OSX's file handling and general navigation, it really slows me down, but on the other hand I don't like the browser-like philosphy of Win7. I've only tried Win8, but it seems bloated, like a lot of modern software.

So, I'll continue using XP offline for music production. Frankly, it annoys me quite a lot, the dropping of XP. :(
 
On my old computers which ran Windows XP, I now run Xubuntu...

http://xubuntu.org

Benefits:

+ Open-source NSA-free transparency of Debian.

+ Up-to-date free apps selection of Ubuntu.

+ Fast, light-weight interface of XFCE.

Proprietary OS retailers want you to throw your old computers in a landfill and buy expensive new computers with built-in Big Brother spyware.

Xubuntu lets you save the little fellows and keep them happy performing useful tasks for years and years.
 
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dyingsun said:
Loved XP as well, but the transition to 7 was rather easy.Won't touch 8 with a ten foot pole just yet though. And with windows/Microsoft (I bet Apple as well), there's always that ..hmm..slightly suspicious _NSAKEY in there.
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Yep, pretty much Windows 7 is a better version of XP, whereas windows 8 sucks big time. It more or less relegates the PC OS to that of cell phone. Completely unintuitive. Garbage IMO.
 
Maybe 7 will be an option when the time comes. Or a non-Microsoft product entirely. I have 8 on a newer laptop and frankly don't like it at all, and would not have purchased it had I taken the time to learn better. It's clumsy, cluttered and counter intuitive, a hide and seek experience.
 
I decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1 last week and I actually enjoy it :D. My feeling is you don't want to be the crusty old-timer technology has left behind. Gotta stay on top of this stuff or it buries you.
 
Fcseven said:
I decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1 last week and I actually enjoy it :D. My feeling is you don't want to be the crusty old-timer technology has left behind. Gotta stay on top of this stuff or it buries you.
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Rubbish boy my copy's of win3.1 and 95 run just fine on my 586!
 
Fcseven said:
I decided to upgrade to Windows 8.1 last week and I actually enjoy it :D. My feeling is you don't want to be the crusty old-timer technology has left behind. Gotta stay on top of this stuff or it buries you.
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And whereas I am all for keeping up and not getting buried because I love tech stuff, it's like boomerang stated. It's just totally counter intuitive. Clunky as all get out and in fact just reminds me of Vista running on a cell phone. It really is like boomerang stated, a game of hide and seek.
 
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