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Shit, almost all games will run perfectly fine. The ones that don't are either legacy (get DOSBox) or are somehow causing DEP to shit itself (Half Life started doing this to me for some reason).
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If you have compatibility issues you can do any of the following:
Compatibility mode
XP mode (can load apps out of the VM so it's like a virtualized application)
Upgrade your fucking software if it's not a game or deprecated software
Pretty straightforward and the first option works 99% of the time.
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XP WAS the best OS out there for a long while, until 7 was released. When Vista came out, XP was there to love me and nurture me back to health. Vista raped my crops and burned my women.
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Vista with the service packs is just fine.
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But it's useless now with 7 out.
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I'd rather have Vista than XP
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Mostly for DirectX 10+ and all
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And for a better look that XP's fisherprice theme
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I plan on upgrading soon (buying a new computer). Hopefully it's better than XP, which is a great OS.
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When I upgraded from XP to windows 7 everything ran better.
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XP Professional 64-bit master race.
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XP Professional 64-bit driver disasters galore
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I haven't had a single driver problem while using this computer, and my games have been running perfectly ever since I got a better graphics card last year. My computer almost never crashes while I'm on XP. I have no reason to upgrade to Win7.XP Professional 64-bit driver disasters galore
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He more than likely uses XP x64 and not XP 64-bit. x64 has great driver support.XP Professional 64-bit driver disasters galore
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There's a difference? 64-bit XP is 64-bit XP. :raise:
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Windows XP 64-bit Edition: IA64
Windows XP Professional x64: AMD64/x86_64
Both are built/based on Server 2003
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Yeah, that's the one I have. However, my current processor was made in 2005 and my current graphics card/power source were made in 2009. I probably won't upgrade this computer much more (Aside from getting a new monitor before the low radiation given off from this one gives me cancer
), because my brother will be teaching me how to build my own PC at some point.
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True, I don't have a strong pc, but if you want to play minecraft on a weak comp with help of optifine mod, you need at least VISTA for it's lag-spike-fix, because it uses the advantages of filesystem changes made in vista code base or whatever, it really didn't work in xp but in vista\7\8 you have a noticeable fps increase. It's just one of the 1001 reasons of why you should switch to a newer OS.
Edit: upload corruption because it uses the advantages of filesystem changes made in vista code base or whatever, it really didn't work in xp but in vista\7\8 you have a noticeable fps increase. It's just one of the 1001 reasons of why you should switch to a newer OS.
Edit: upload corruption
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Because I can't afford Windows 7...
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-im gay-
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Dear god why did I find this so funny?
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upload corruption
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if you used a real web browser and not baby opera maybe you're uploads wouldn't get corrupted
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I just leave it here
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This was basically what I thought of Windows 7 a while back: http://www.facepunch.com/threads/933820
Turned out I was an idiot, after the initial (few day) getting used to the new layout and such I've had no problems and found it entirely better. The only software I've had any real compatibility issues with is either from the 90s or Silent Storm, which was just down to some dodgy code and could be fixed easily. Everything else worked with XP Compatibility.
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win 7 pro or home for gaming
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home
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Some people would rather have food than a new OS.
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I remember XP. I also remember trying to install the network drivers for it.
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Put in CD with network drives and install them?
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I just download the drivers I need from my laptop to a USB stick, or slipstream driverpacks into the XP ISO itself.
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Man, I remember when Windows XP was called an unstable piece of shit (which it was before some service packs) and people refused to upgrade from Windows 2000.
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I also remember people hating on the (understandably dubbed) Fisher Price UI.
The late 90's/early 2000's were a weird time for design in general. Everything must be round and organic and colors!!!!
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Yeah, that awful design fad is only just starting to wear off, thank carl sagan for that.I also remember people hating on the (understandably dubbed) Fisher Price UI.
The late 90's/early 2000's were a weird time for design in general. Everything must be round and organic and colors!!!!
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I doubt they would've even made it had Mac not been making the UI in 10.0 eye candyish.I also remember people hating on the (understandably dubbed) Fisher Price UI.
The late 90's/early 2000's were a weird time for design in general. Everything must be round and organic and colors!!!!
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I still use XP because Windows 7 won't run nothing for me at all.
Well 1 thing for sure anything is better than Vista because Vista won't run anything.
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I still use XP because my computer is shitting itself at the moment and I desperately need to build a new one. I'll buy 7 when that happens. (That will be a while, since I have an income of 0 dollars and 0 cents a year.)
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My dad is in the process of getting this computer upgraded to Windows 7.
I've had something of a bad experience with Win7, though. It was so flippin' paranoid about everything that it wouldn't even let me edit text documents unless they were in the Documents folder (telling me that access is denied). So if I wanted to mess with a .INI or .CFG, I had to cut+paste it into the Documents folder, edit it, save it,and then Copy+Paste it back. This has happened on the both of the two Windows 7 Home computers we've owned.
I looked around for fixes and attempted to unmark stuff as Read Only, but the only solution I've tried that has actually worked is the Take Ownership shortcut, and even then, it seems more like a quick-and-dirty workaround than an actual fix.
Tl;dr I'm working on upgrading to Windows 7, but in my experience, Win7's security measures are really annoying.
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What. How does that even happen?
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After reading this i have to say i disagree with the OP
After 7-ish years of using XP i can surely say i have been fed up for a couple of years now since the release of Vista then XP.
I cannot play games on this except Command And Conquer on the lowest settings and source games run at around 13 FPS. Not to mention its such a fucking pain to navigate this thing, 7 has a much more easy navigation system from what ive heard, i hear you can drag folders onto the side bar for quick navigation to it.
Not to mention that XP lacks support for Direct X 10 and 11 and is all around less safe then 7 now. There is no reason not to have Vista or 7 unless you cant afford it like i couldnt previously.
I am so glad i will have a new computer my Christmas, ive been dreaming to get rid of this thing forever and im excited about getting Windows 7 on a highly functional computer.
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I hate Win7. When my computer shit's over again i install XP.
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I'm on Vista because I have no money for XP :(
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I used to have XP on my gaming rig for a couple of months and it worked fine, but after I installed 7 on my computer it started to crash and get the BSOD a little now and then (about once a day). I had no idea why it did that (Probably something related to the 64-bit os) but when I got myself a new monitor it stopped crashing.
WINDOWS 7 MASTER RACE!
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