[athenian200]

Well, I decided to suck it up and buy Windows 7. I'm using it right now.

I'm actually very glad I did. I did a fresh install, and it's running faster out of the box than Windows Vista did after I optimized it for speed. Although that could be for several reasons:

1. I got the 64-bit version of Windows 7, whereas my Dad had forced me to take the 32-bit version of Vista (I wanted 64-bit, he told me it would break all the plug-ins and any older applications, but when I installed it, it didn't).

2. I have a quad-core processor, which benefits from the new way Windows 7 handles multiple cores.

3. Windows 7 no longer does double-buffering and software-rendering of graphics.

On top of that, I really like the fact that the date shows up on the taskbar now, and the fact that I can now use Aero with almost no performance penalties, where as under Vista, my system ran 10% slower if I enabled Aero. I also love the new unit conversions in the Calculator. No more Google searches for Celsius to Fahreinheit converters!

So, I guess I was wrong. There ARE enough new features in Win7 to justify the price tag. Sorry I complained.

This post has been edited by athenian200: 30 October 2009 - 05:08 AM

[Frost46]

athenian200 , That was not a complaint , That was a discussion , A good debate , An exchange of views and in the right forum more power to your elbow I say . ps. Glad your happy with Win7 , I think it's ..........very pretty .

[rasmasyean]

athenian200, on 30 October 2009 - 01:04 AM, said:

1. I got the 64-bit version of Windows 7, whereas my Dad had forced me to take the 32-bit version of Vista (I wanted 64-bit, he told me it would break all the plug-ins and any older applications, but when I installed it, it didn't).

That's what you get for trusting the old farts in technology decisions.

[amon91]

rasmasyean, on 30 October 2009 - 10:30 AM, said:

That's what you get for trusting the old farts in technology decisions.

Well, not so long ago it sort of did. That's why when Vista came along in 2007 at first I decided, just like athenian200's dad, not to go for the 64-bit version. Well, now things are really different, there's more support and 64-bit Windows has become mainstream, or nearly mainstream. 2.5 years ago things were a little different.

Now my main machine is running Windows 7 x64 and I love it.