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IS WIN7 THE BEST MOVE TO GO FROM WINXP OR CAN I JUST STICK WITH XP?
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Kaliesto
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CloseI hope sometime to upgrade to a better gaming laptop installed with win7, but now after reading that win7, and later is going to be turned into spyware in recent updates (which I bet is a response from Win10 that people were not wanting their product after that bullshit, and doing this out of spite against the consumers) that it seems like there's no escape from their moronic decisions.
So I'm wondering if XP can still work just fine in newer laptops or will I run the risk of encountering fatal bugs?
So I'm wondering if XP can still work just fine in newer laptops or will I run the risk of encountering fatal bugs?
Kaliesto
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As long there is ways to disable that nonsense which I can probably figure out, I do remember reading news articles how they were doing it.
I really don't get Bill Gates, the hell is that guy's problem?
I really don't get Bill Gates, the hell is that guy's problem?
author=Kaliesto
As long there is ways to disable that nonsense which I can probably figure out, I do remember reading news articles how they were doing it.
I really don't get Bill Gates, the hell is that guy's problem?
Bill Gates hasn't been in charge of Microsoft for years. Also, lookup shutup10 or donotspy10 and see if those help when the time comes.
Depends, I personally prefer 7, and it can use more than 4 gigs of ram, a system with XP (32bit) can HOLD THE SAME, but it can't access it like 64bit systems can.
Just ffs avoid Win8 and for now Win10.
Just ffs avoid Win8 and for now Win10.
Your best moves are 7 and 8.1. They are highly stable and run the vast majority of available software, while taking advantage of modern hardware.
8.1 outstrips 7 if you have touch input available; otherwise they're pretty much even.
Give 10 a few months to develop a userbase.
8.1 outstrips 7 if you have touch input available; otherwise they're pretty much even.
Give 10 a few months to develop a userbase.
I want to buy a new laptop but all new laptops in my country come with windows 8. I tried looking for windows 7 but no laptop comes with it. I don't know why the unholy fuckcakes that is.
I really don't want windows 8. I tried to use it once and was turned off by so many things. Is there nothing i can do?
I really don't want windows 8. I tried to use it once and was turned off by so many things. Is there nothing i can do?
author=MirakUsually the idea is to reformat Windows and install Win8 instead of Win7.
I want to buy a new laptop but all new laptops in my country come with windows 8. I tried looking for windows 7 but no laptop comes with it. I don't know why the unholy fuckcakes that is.
I really don't want windows 8. I tried to use it once and was turned off by so many things. Is there nothing i can do?
You might need a techhead to do that though. Along with Windows 7 disks.
Darken
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Windows 8.1 isn't that bad, just use Classic Shell to get rid of all the stupid touch apps cloud smart tab shit.
Don't get Windows 10, it looks very unstable and will tell you what your kids are up to, what sites they went to like a creepy obsessed protective angel you didn't ask for. Maybe it'll improve eventually and it's prob at least worth it to get it for free without actually installing it if only you feel bad about pirating it later on for some reason.
Don't get Windows 10, it looks very unstable and will tell you what your kids are up to, what sites they went to like a creepy obsessed protective angel you didn't ask for. Maybe it'll improve eventually and it's prob at least worth it to get it for free without actually installing it if only you feel bad about pirating it later on for some reason.
Sticking to XP because Win7 is spyware?
If you are using WinXP, assume that literally every new virus will utterly pwn you. You're using one of the most common OSes--and guess what? It will receive no new security updates. AV helps, but AV is just a bandaid. You still get cut.
Worse still, you are left with XP (and Vista and early Win7)'s broken NTFS implementation which will result in corrupt drives quite often if you lose power.
If you are really, really worried about a spyware OS, you are out of luck. WinXP is a huge security liability, if you don't trust Win7 then you can't trust any Windows. Linux has US DoD code in it. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are good bets, although their drivers tend to come from companies in China and the US, probably in the governments' security agencies back pockets. OS X is known to phone home.
If spying is your concern, my honest advice is to assume that every computer is compromised.
If you are at all concerned with things like data integrity, performance, and reliability, then don't stay on XP. It's lacking in many basic amenities every new OS has had for the last decade now.
If you are using WinXP, assume that literally every new virus will utterly pwn you. You're using one of the most common OSes--and guess what? It will receive no new security updates. AV helps, but AV is just a bandaid. You still get cut.
Worse still, you are left with XP (and Vista and early Win7)'s broken NTFS implementation which will result in corrupt drives quite often if you lose power.
If you are really, really worried about a spyware OS, you are out of luck. WinXP is a huge security liability, if you don't trust Win7 then you can't trust any Windows. Linux has US DoD code in it. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are good bets, although their drivers tend to come from companies in China and the US, probably in the governments' security agencies back pockets. OS X is known to phone home.
If spying is your concern, my honest advice is to assume that every computer is compromised.
If you are at all concerned with things like data integrity, performance, and reliability, then don't stay on XP. It's lacking in many basic amenities every new OS has had for the last decade now.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
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author=FlyingJesterThis is the line Microsoft is trying to sell people to get them to buy new operating systems, but there's zero truth to it. Windows XP has had almost all of its security holes found and sealed. The newer an operating system is, the more problems it has that haven't been found and fixed yet.
If you are using WinXP, assume that literally every new virus will utterly pwn you. You're using one of the most common OSes--and guess what? It will receive no new security updates. AV helps, but AV is just a bandaid. You still get cut.
The only actual problem with Windows XP is that it's missing a few nice conveniences like the volume mixer, native support for zip files and mounting CD images, nicer options when copying and pasting a folder to merge it with another folder, etc. There's also the fact that if your computer came with Windows XP it's probably not a 64-bit computer, but that's not a problem that changing your OS will fix.
The last time a Windows upgrade was actually necessary was going from Windows 98 to Windows 2000. That upgrade actually stopped crashes. Everything after that has been a scam. They add one or two useful features that you needed a third-party app for before, and then they change the look and feel of the interface to make people feel like it's worth spending hundreds of dollars to buy it again, and then they add a bunch of flashy bullshit no one wants or cares about, which slows it down and takes up an extra 50 GB of hard drive space.
TheNecromancer
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It's possible a hacker found an exploit and was simply waiting until MS stops supporting XP to unleash it. Unlikely, but still possible.
Possible, but unlikely. There are more security issues with UAC than WinXP (to get it to run programs like Windows XP you have to disable the system, and then it is so used to having it, the security seems worse. It's like, if I want Windows 8 to save things correctly, I need to leave the door wide open because the low setting doesn't work)
There is. You can set it so that it starts in Desktop mode.
This means you pretty much can ignore apps BS. That's what I do and 8.1 is (mostly) okay.
Really? You can just edit it in settings, guys.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-boot-straight-to-the-desktop-in-windows-8-1/
To say nothing of the fact that they strong-arm you by talking about getting rid of support in not just the updates but antivirus.
Is there a way to get this space back? I want to actually USE the memory I've got so as to play Skyrim and such. And I don't need massive amounts of prefetch memory leak.
Actually, only recently. Steve Ballmer (the CEO) owns more stock right now. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2014/05/02/bill-gates-now-owns-less-of-microsoft-than-steve-ballmer/
author=Mirak
I want to buy a new laptop but all new laptops in my country come with windows 8. I tried looking for windows 7 but no laptop comes with it. I don't know why the unholy fuckcakes that is.
I really don't want windows 8. I tried to use it once and was turned off by so many things. Is there nothing i can do?
There is. You can set it so that it starts in Desktop mode.
This means you pretty much can ignore apps BS. That's what I do and 8.1 is (mostly) okay.
Windows 8.1 isn't that bad, just use Classic Shell to get rid of all the stupid touch apps cloud smart tab shit.
Really? You can just edit it in settings, guys.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-boot-straight-to-the-desktop-in-windows-8-1/
author=LockeZ
The last time a Windows upgrade was actually necessary was going from Windows 98 to Windows 2000. That upgrade actually stopped crashes. Everything after that has been a scam. They add one or two useful features that you needed a third-party app for before, and then they change the look and feel of the interface to make people feel like it's worth spending hundreds of dollars to buy it again, and then they add a bunch of flashy bullshit no one wants or cares about, which slows it down and takes up an extra 50 GB of hard drive space.
To say nothing of the fact that they strong-arm you by talking about getting rid of support in not just the updates but antivirus.
Is there a way to get this space back? I want to actually USE the memory I've got so as to play Skyrim and such. And I don't need massive amounts of prefetch memory leak.
Bill Gates hasn't been in charge of Microsoft for years. Also, lookup shutup10 or donotspy10 and see if those help when the time comes.
Actually, only recently. Steve Ballmer (the CEO) owns more stock right now. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2014/05/02/bill-gates-now-owns-less-of-microsoft-than-steve-ballmer/
author=FlyingJesterAlternatively just don't be an idiot, get an adblocker and don't download from sites you don't trust.
If you are using WinXP, assume that literally every new virus will utterly pwn you. You're using one of the most common OSes--and guess what? It will receive no new security updates. AV helps, but AV is just a bandaid. You still get cut.
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