Any one else still running Windows XP? : Othor Games

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:48 am

Finally made the switch over to Win 7 in January specifically for my new SandyBridge build. It's not a bad OS, but XP is just....simpler. Still got it running on my older system though.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:01 am

The only way I would "upgrade" is if I bought a computer than came with Win 7. It took M-Audio forever to issue drivers for my sound card beyond XP anyway.
XP is stable...no reason to upgrade....and if Win 7 on a new computer has bells and whistles...off they would go.

On second thought, I'll probably build my next computer and just install XP, unless I bought some new hardware goodie that absolutely had to have Win7.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:09 pm

The only way I would "upgrade" is if I bought a computer than came with Win 7. It took M-Audio forever to issue drivers for my sound card beyond XP anyway.
XP is stable...no reason to upgrade....and if Win 7 on a new computer has bells and whistles...off they would go.

On second thought, I'll probably build my next computer and just install XP, unless I bought some new hardware goodie that absolutely had to have Win7.

People with this attitude are the bane of IT departments the world over.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:02 pm

People with this attitude are the bane of IT departments the world over.

No, the bane of IT departments all over the world is software written to require administrative privileges for no good reason.

Second is being forced to support legacy OSes with the sole reason being that the user won't switch to a modern one

UAC is wonderful from a security standpoint in the office: if your users are triggering UAC it means they're doing something wrong and you get to yell at them ^_^ (Ok, you don't really get to yell at them, but you get to let out a sigh of disappointment).

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:08 am

People with this attitude are the bane of IT departments the world over.

Good thing I don't have to deal with them then. They don't even have to know I exist.
My needs are pretty simple and straight forward....as much power as I can afford, configured to be lean and mean.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:35 am

i am. and intend to keep it that way; word of mouth is more trustworthy source to me than what Microsoft claims.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:53 am

I'll keep running XP until I get a new PC, which I plan to do soon. Or at least before Skyrim comes out. I would rather keep using XP, but I need something that's 64 bit.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/954/desktopyxs.png. :hubbahubba:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:10 pm

I only just switched to Windows 7 recently, used to run XP before that - but it's the direct X thing that attracted me the most, games are being developed for Windows 7 now, so sticking with XP won't do much good in the long run anyway.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:16 am

Still on XP here. Stripped down XP, at that - memory usage at boot is around 100mb.

May turn traitor and jump to 7 x64 when I build a new rig... but there's always XP Pro x64 if Win 7 isn't tweakable enough for my liking, or otherwise annoys me in some fashion.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:58 pm

Still on XP here. Stripped down XP, at that - memory usage at boot is around 100mb.

May turn traitor and jump to 7 x64 when I build a new rig... but there's always XP Pro x64 if Win 7 isn't tweakable enough for my liking, or otherwise annoys me in some fashion.

Waste of time. No DirectX 10/11 and horrible driver support.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:06 pm

Waste of time. No DirectX 10/11 and horrible driver support.

Yeah. The driver support is exactly why I want to switch to 7 now.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:48 am

Lack of driver support for what kinds of devices, though? Just printers, wireless peripherals, and the like? I wasn't aware of any particular issues with display drivers, SATA, etc which can't be worked around fairly easily.

I most likely will move to 7 x64, though, if only for DirectX.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:33 am

I didn't know there were to many irrational, staunch supporters of an outdated operating system here.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:29 am

I'm still using Windows XP. And by the time I buy a new computer and get a new OS, I suspect Windows 8 will be out. Well, unless Skyrim will require DX10 (or DX11) and force me to buy Windows 7

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:07 pm

I didn't know there were to many irrational, staunch supporters of an outdated operating system here.

Just because it's outdated doesn't mean that it's better or worse then Windows 7. I think that a lot of people would upgrade if it was just cheaper.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:54 am

I have 4 PCs at home still running it. Two of the machines are rarely if ever used and two are used but not enough to warrant an upgrade, plus they aren't up to the task of running Windows 7 anyways. I have two personal computers, my desktop which runs Windows 7 Pro 64bit, and my laptop which is Windows 7 Pro 32bit. There is another laptop running Vista but I don't much feel like installing 7 as I don't really have any issues with Vista. It is also not my machine and functions well enough for the tasks it needs to handle so why worry about it. I do have a Windows XP virtual machine setup though for testing applications but I don't use it often.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:38 am

Bring it, punk.

I already have :shifty:. It obiously hit you so hard that you can't remember :nod:

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I'll keep running XP until I get a new PC, which I plan to do soon. Or at least before Skyrim comes out. I would rather keep using XP, but I need something that's 64 bit.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/954/desktopyxs.png. :hubbahubba:

How do we know that's not actually GNU/Linux underneath the GUI? (Or GNU/Hurd, or the BSD's, or...) In other word, you have proved nothing!

I'm still using Windows XP. And by the time I buy a new computer and get a new OS, I suspect Windows 8 will be out. Well, unless Skyrim will require DX10 (or DX11) and force me to buy Windows 7

There are hacks to get around that obstacle, if you're really keen to skip 7.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:30 am

There are hacks to get around that obstacle, if you're really keen to skip 7.

No, there aren't. There was some guy who claimed he would be able to make such hack, but it never happened. All he managed to do was to make Halo 2 run on XP, but that was a DX9 game to begin with, it just had some Vista OS check.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:57 pm

No, there aren't. There was some guy who claimed he would be able to make such hack, but it never happened. All he managed to do was to make Halo 2 run on XP, but that was a DX9 game to begin with, it just had some Vista OS check.

Ah. Sorry. Not something I keep close eye on :hehe:.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:28 am

I do. I use Linux most of the time so I am not sure I can justify buying a new operating system which I would use once or twice a month. Although I haven't used Windows since January.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:53 am

.......Well, unless Skyrim will require DX10 (or DX11) and force me to buy Windows 7

First I heard of this.......Oh, I suppose Windows 7 (or 8) is in my future if that's the case.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:19 pm

Just Cause 2 DX 10+ only.
Battlefield 3 DX 11+ only.

I doubt Skyrim will be like that.

XP here because a virus corrupted my 7 install. Dual boot, FTW.

Steam survey holds some nice statistics.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:36 am

I run on windows 7 and linux Ubuntu now. I used XP for a long time but we just had to get rid of it. 32 bit XP was ok but 64 bit XP was the worst operating system I have ever worked with (I haven't tried vista yet and don't intend to). At my college they still run XP for some reason that defies logic because they upgraded the computers fairly recently. I had forgotten how ugly XP is. With just a few tweaks my Windows 7 desktop looks all sleek and shiny. The XP at my college however looks grey and miserable. The default picture of a field you get is so blurry and offensive to look at its horrible compared to my beautiful crisp desktop at home.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:32 am

My system runs 7, but the family computer still has XP, and it propably won't be upgraded. The poor thing struggles enough with it. Personally i struggle when i have to use XP, i'm just so used 7, and Vista before it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:56 am

Still using it on 3 systems at home, add 1 if you count a new dual-boot with Win7 and XP. Office is running XP...just got a new Win7 notebook, though.

For the improvements in Win7, it's one of those "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" situations. No good reason to upgrade from XP unless you need to, but if you're getting new equipment, might as well go Windows 7.