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Interestingly enough, Microsoft is giving a free upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, and, as I understand it, they've fixed a ton of the problems that most people have with Vista. I've heard people say that Windows 7 is the OS that Vista wishes it was.
Though XP is more solid and more easily compatible with most PC software, Microsoft is only offering customer support on it until 2012. I know that I've kept computers for longer than 3 years. So, upgrading isn't a bad idea.
After using it for a while, I actually kinda like Vista. I've not used it for anything other than personal use, though.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/upgrade.aspx
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It does have some advantages over XP - much better security, a search feature that doesn't take an hour to run, etc., but my recommendation for ANY machine running Vista is to run the free Windows 7 release candidate instead, it is what Vista should have been when it was first released and is a marked improvement.
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| July 09, 2009 08:15 AM |
Though XP is more solid and more easily compatible with most PC software, Microsoft is only offering customer support on it until 2012. I know that I've kept computers for longer than 3 years. So, upgrading isn't a bad idea.
After using it for a while, I actually kinda like Vista. I've not used it for anything other than personal use, though.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/upgrade.aspx
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• thanks! Vista is okay, but the "nanny nags" are something I could do without! :)
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July 09, 2009 02:14 PM
Lousy for either purpose. Large, slow, and bloated. Older machines and netbooks simply can't run Vista (including many that Microsoft claimed were "Vista-capable). I know, I installed it on four such machines and had to revert to XP on two of them. It does have some advantages over XP - much better security, a search feature that doesn't take an hour to run, etc., but my recommendation for ANY machine running Vista is to run the free Windows 7 release candidate instead, it is what Vista should have been when it was first released and is a marked improvement.
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