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OS Discussion: Windows 7, vista, xp
EHM-2155 Mariano:
Edit by Moderator EHM-1997 Alexander: OS discussion split from the simulator poll to keep that thread clean
--- Quote from: EHM-1997 Alexander ---Winows 7 is better than vista, but it's not vastly better than vista - slight performance improvement and removal of some of the strange ui choices may not make it worth the hassle of reinstalling.
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Windows 7 has one huge advantage over Vista that makes it worth the reinstall: it's the current OS and because of that, everything will be optimized and built for it. Vista is a bad memory that everyone wants to forget and never see again. Microsoft will stop giving support and updates to it soon, whereas 7 can (and I think, will) stay for a while.
EHM-1997 Alexander:
--- Quote from: EHM-2155 Mariano on October 23, 2010, 09:41:38 am ---Windows 7 has one huge advantage over Vista that makes it worth the reinstall: it's the current OS and because of that, everything will be optimized and built for it. Vista is a bad memory that everyone wants to forget and never see again. Microsoft will stop giving support and updates to it soon, whereas 7 can (and I think, will) stay for a while.
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If only that were true. Unfortunately, the number of windows users on windows xp dwarfs those on vista or win 7. Maybe that will become more true in the future, but it's not a pressing force for change now.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/02/os_market_share_stats/
In addition, MSFS is not under active development, and x-plane is primarily developed on mac (although perfromance is better on pc due to faster gpu hardware availability and more optimised graphics drivers)
Vista end of life is currently I think April 2012.
EHM-0654 Murray:
--- Quote from: EHM-1997 Alexander on October 23, 2010, 10:35:12 am ---If only that were true. Unfortunately, the number of windows users on windows xp dwarfs those on vista or win 7. Maybe that will become more true in the future, but it's not a pressing force for change now.
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Yes, but... It looks to me like M$ are looking to have Win7 become the next WinXP, and a good thing that is too... Hardware development will stagnate if the software isn't there to help push it along.
EHM-1997 Alexander:
I don't think hardware stagnated during the long run of xp ;D
That said, I'd be happy for Win 7 to be a long run like XP was.
EHM-0654 Murray:
--- Quote from: EHM-1997 Alexander on October 26, 2010, 12:34:03 pm ---I don't think hardware stagnated during the long run of xp ;D
That said, I'd be happy for Win 7 to be a long run like XP was.
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You don't think the lack of decent 64-bit support in the Windows desktop OS from world+dog doesn't have a little something to do with XP stagnating progress? ;)
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