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[Shawn]

There are some games you just can't play. E.g. Shattered Horizon, Just Cause 2.

:s i tried Shattered Horizon when steam did the free play weekend worked fine...

Just Cause 2 never tried nor heard of so i can't comment on that...


NVM i tried it on my laptop not my desktop Lol

[Deathie]

DEFINITELY XP

Windows vista = sucks yomogimoballs

Windows 7 is uncompatable with most games made for Windows 2000 or older. (this means all of your old games that you still like).

XP is the golden standard.

I can run trespasser and UT Classic just fine >_>

Plus WinXP doesn't support DX11.

[Xrain]

Windows seven is basically Windows vista with some optimizations, and a slight GUI change.
Windows XP is nearing the end of its life-cycle and wont be supported much longer.
I run N64 games, and original command and conquer on Windows 7 and haven't yet run into any comparability problems.

If you are going the Linux route, go with Gen-Too, it's relatively new on the scene, but it gives you lots of options.

[ItchyDani3l]

The only reason Windows XP is becoming obsolete is because Microsoft is supporting the sales of Windows 7.

That's how they make money. They don't money off of OS updates... they make money off of new OS.

[Sneaky]

i heard vista was an experiment by windows to explode all computers in the world by 2012 thats why u should xp or 7

[Shawn]

i heard vista was an experiment by windows to explode all computers in the world by 2012 thats why u should xp or 7

Lol

Vista was never suppose to be in an os... it was only suppose to be an addon for xp Lol

[Xrain]

The only reason Windows XP is becoming obsolete is because Microsoft is supporting the sales of Windows 7.

That's how they make money. They don't money off of OS updates... they make money off of new OS.

Did I mention XP came out when I was in 5th grade?

You were 7 when It came out.

Considering they didn't release any operating systems for over 6 years, I'd say they aren't just out to only get our money quite yet. They are still interesting in giving the costumer some value for their money at this point in time.

The operating systems I have used so far:

Whatever apple OS was out from ~1995-1998
Windows 95 a few times in ~1997
windows 98 From ~1998-2002
windows ME 2000-2006 (Laptop) Then switched to Knoppix
XP since 2002-2008
Vista from 2008-2010
7 for the last 4 months.

I'm not just making crap up.

Windows 7 has been my favorite operating system so far (Other than Linux), I would never want to go back to XP. If you really want to use XP go ahead I won't stop you. But I can't recommend for someone to load XP on their computer, Unless they are using a very specific set of applications that are only compatible with XP to the exclusion of everything else. Otherwise If they really needed legacy support, go with Windows 2000.

The worst operating system I have ever used, was Windows ME


-Old computer stick with XP, or linux.
-New Computer, switch to 7, or linux.

[ItchyDani3l]

tl;dr

Windows 7 is good if you're a faggot who just plays games and works.

Windows 7 is NOT good for scripters. It is entirely different from XP in terms of customization. You are restricted to what the machine can do, not what you can do.

Windows XP was entirely dynamic, easy to use, customizable to the extent that you can pretty much make it look like whatever you fuck you want it to.

Your start bar could be fucking coolzeldad prono.

[Seb]

There are some games you just can't play. E.g. Shattered Horizon, Just Cause 2.

Why can't you play "Just Cause 2"?

/obvious setup

[Xrain]

Windows 7 is good if you're a faggot who just plays games and works.

Windows 7 is NOT good for scripters. It is entirely different from XP in terms of customization. You are restricted to what the machine can do, not what you can do.

Windows XP was entirely dynamic, easy to use, customizable to the extent that you can pretty much make it look like whatever you fuck you want it to.

Your start bar could be fucking coolzeldad prono.

So your saying the sole reason reason Windows XP is better, is because you can make your start bar have porno pictures?


Honestly, if the thing you like most in an operating system is customization, what the hell are you doing even touching a proprietary operating system?

FFS go to Linux, you cant even hold a candle to any windows system in terms of options and customization when compared to Linux.


So if you are into customization, go with Linux, for everyone else who doesn't care what their start bar looks like, go with windows 7. If you are new to computers, get an apple.

[Moo]

So your saying the sole reason reason Windows XP is better, is because you can make your start bar have porno pictures?


Honestly, if the thing you like most in an operating system is customization, what the hell are you doing even touching a proprietary operating system?

FFS go to Linux, you cant even hold a candle to any windows system in terms of options and customization when compared to Linux.


So if you are into customization, go with Linux, for everyone else who doesn't care what their start bar looks like, go with windows 7. If you are new to computers, get an apple.

Win iMoo

[ryuijiq]

what HDDs do you have and how much space is on each?

I'd recommend Win7 then install a really simple distro like Lubuntu or Xubuntu (best desktop environments ever) then lrn2.linux.

I use Win7 and a custom-built linux system (build kernel, base pkgs like bash and glibc, shadow, coreutils, etc. then go install awesomeness like Compiz and xfce4-panel and get a kick-ass background on DeviantArt )

Edited:

Order of difficulty goes something like this: Custom build <- Gentoo/Funtoo <- Arch/Slackware <- Everything else

Everything else e.g. Ubuntu: Click install. Select where to install (e.g. a different HDD or partition). Reboot.
Arch/Slack require you to install all packages other than the base that you want manually. E.g. XFCE. After install&reboot you start at an empty console with little to no guidance.
Gentoo is like building a custom system except the base packages are already compiled and you can use the package manager for everything.
Custom build is time-consuming although not really that hard, you just tend to miss a lot of dependencies and have to get the shared libraries paths' included correctly in each program build.

Building a custom kernel, for any distro, is really fun IMO

[Frank]

I got Ubuntu 10.04 and will keep it forever. Just want an OS in which I can easily play games. I also got a 500GB HDD and another one of 160GB. I'm planning on instlaling the new OS in the 160GB one and keep the 500GB for Ubuntu and all the big files(games, movies, music, etc.).

[Deathie]

So if you are into customization, go with Linux, for everyone else who doesn't care what their start bar looks like, go with windows 7. If you are new to computers, get an apple.

Dem' command prompts would be too complicated for poor ol' Itchy.

[» Magic «]

Windows 7 is good if you're a faggot who just plays games and works.

Windows 7 is NOT good for scripters. It is entirely different from XP in terms of customization. You are restricted to what the machine can do, not what you can do.

Windows XP was entirely dynamic, easy to use, customizable to the extent that you can pretty much make it look like whatever you fuck you want it to.

Your start bar could be fucking coolzeldad prono.

You honestly don't know anything do you...