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Setaceous
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Posted - 2013.03.09 02:28:00 -
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Shamus O'Reilly wrote:Got a question. Does windows 7 have the ability to be a tech geek like xp does? I love the control and complexity of XP. Saw vista and hated it. worried 7 and 8 are even more simplistic
The front end is simplistic. The underlying OS has a phenomenal number of settings and management software that the average user will never see.
As a side note, XP support was only extended because a huge number of commercial customers still use it (Hospitals, Defence, Government Departments, Schools, Universities). It really had nothing to do with the home user. Hell, we're still being asked by our HR department where I work to migrate ancient legacy DOS based software into our brand new SAP HRMS platform  |
Setaceous
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Posted - 2013.03.09 20:12:00 -
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Darek Castigatus wrote:Destination SkillQueue wrote:I'm not preventing anything. CCP is preventing themselves. You can think of me as an AFK cloaker in the CCP collected OS stats(local). As for OS updates, they're not necessary in any way and every software that I'm using on that comp still supports XP. As I said until things start to actually require something other than XP there is no need for an OS upgrade. This is pretty much the case for me too, until im forced to upgrade because the program i want to use requires it ill carry on using the OS which works for everything i want to do with it. Im not spending my time or money just to satisfy some internet jockeys need to nerdgasm over microsofts latest offering.
What are you guys going to do when your OS is no longer supported, even if it still runs your software? Though there's no hurry to think about it yet, XP extended support runs to April 8, 2014. |
Setaceous
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Posted - 2013.03.09 21:02:00 -
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Shamus O'Reilly wrote:Setaceous wrote:Darek Castigatus wrote:Destination SkillQueue wrote:I'm not preventing anything. CCP is preventing themselves. You can think of me as an AFK cloaker in the CCP collected OS stats(local). As for OS updates, they're not necessary in any way and every software that I'm using on that comp still supports XP. As I said until things start to actually require something other than XP there is no need for an OS upgrade. This is pretty much the case for me too, until im forced to upgrade because the program i want to use requires it ill carry on using the OS which works for everything i want to do with it. Im not spending my time or money just to satisfy some internet jockeys need to nerdgasm over microsofts latest offering. What are you guys going to do when your OS is no longer supported, even if it still runs your software? Though there's no hurry to think about it yet, XP extended support runs to April 8, 2014. then hopefully by then ill have extra cash to get a better computer that runs windows 7 efficiently
When Windows 7 was in pre-release, it ran perfectly well on one of our work Dell Optiplex 755s:
Athlon 64 3800 (2.4GHz, dual core)
1Gb RAM
80Gb 7200 SATA HDD
Integrated Graphics
I was able to play CS: Source on it with no framerate issues (though the graphics were set to medium).
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Setaceous
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Posted - 2013.03.11 03:30:00 -
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Galenwade wrote:Windows 8 on my main machine Windows 7 on the other gaming computer Windows sever 2011 on the media windows XP on 1 laptop Windows vista on the other and i found my copy of windows XP home and windows 98 ...i just need to build them a home
I found a copy of 98SE in the office today. Still attached to the book, both still in the wrapper with the unused key attached.......
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Setaceous
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Posted - 2013.03.11 07:06:00 -
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Spurty wrote:Why does anyone care about XP?
Game companies have no business caring.
If a new tech appears that doesn't work on XP but pushes the game forwards 10 years in innovation, it'll be unsupported faster than you can say "XP was first distributed on floppy disks. What's a floppy disk?"
Game companies don't care about XP. They care about customers. Specifically the retention thereof. You can blame XPs failure to die in the world of the private consumers completely on the commercial consumers. If not for them, XP support should have ended in 2010. |
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Posted - 2013.03.11 23:29:00 -
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Shamus O'Reilly wrote:
Then it comes down to ill have Windows 7 and still cant play newer games due to low end hardware
The 755 would have run most things in high if I had put a dedicated video card in it. Though I've noticed on my home system that Eve uses the hard drive more than anything else. |
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