- Aug 24, 2006
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better than XP?
WINDOWS 7..PAGING WINDOWS 7 USERS
- Dec 29, 2004
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yes
- Jun 15, 2006
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^ yup
- Sep 28, 2005
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i can't tell the difference...
- May 28, 2000
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Faster boot up speeds, and looks nicer.
- Jan 13, 2008
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I don't think so, but I have my XP/computer all set up for maximum speed.
- Dec 21, 2002
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I still need to cop.
- Dec 31, 2008
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Use the virtual settings an you can use XP inside windows 7
- Mar 15, 2006
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much better
- Jul 23, 2004
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Best OS out to this day.
Everything just works and it has great features!
Everything just works and it has great features!
- May 26, 2003
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Beats XP any day.
- Sep 17, 2005
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Much better unless you went with the 32 bit
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64bit over here dual core 2.7GHz /5GB DDR2 RAM...I'm not upgrading my system unless a beastly application comes out that requires lots moreresourcesOriginally Posted by HybridSoldier23
Much better unless you went with the 32 bit
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Wait you're using 5 gigs of ram and you're NOT upgrading to Win7? Why? XP can't effectively handle more than 3 gigs?Originally Posted by seniosoul
64bit over here dual core 2.7GHz /5GB DDR2 RAM...I'm not upgrading my system unless a beastly application comes out that requires lots more resourcesOriginally Posted by HybridSoldier23
Much better unless you went with the 32 bit
- Jul 10, 2005
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Doesn't quite work with everything that claims compatibility with XP and with no updated support for 7 yet.
- Feb 6, 2009
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if I upgrade form vista, will my files automatically transfer?
- Jul 10, 2005
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Says who? It's total addressable RAM that XP looks to use. System memory, video card memory...
And he's running 64-bit, not 32-bit.
Granted, it's possible his whole 5GB isn't being used effectively, but most definitely PC is handling more than 3GB currently.
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If he's using XP 64 bit then it's not an issue. If he's using a 64 bit processor, big deal... it's still 3 gigs on XP pro. Yoursystem will recognize up to 4 gigs of memory (based on your motherboard) but as a 32 bit OS XP can only manage 4 gigs of physical RAM including your videocard. If you're in the modern era the your video card could be 512 meg or 1GB kicking your total memory to 5 gigs which means XP is still dumping 1 gigfrom your DIMM slot in the toilet. So XP non 64 bit can only effectively use 3 gigs of RAM. This isn't even a Microsoft limitation it's a 32 bitcomputing limitation.
All this BS people get in their head about enabling physical address extension as a boot flag and beating the limitation is total crap. Enabling PAE will limitto the OS to 2GB total. What PAE does is dedicate 2GB to OS and the other 2GB to anything other then the OS. Apparently some people don't understand howPAE works and think that some how it can magically make a 32bit XP use more then 4GB, which is impossible.
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- Apr 20, 2005
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I'm still rocking that Dual PIII.
Haven't built a computer inyears, thinking about buying a laptop though...... . . . As for W7, might have to test drive it. I heard its good, haven't heard any bad reviews fromanyone yet.
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hands down!!
- Mar 5, 2008
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I got both of mine for free, legally too
- Dec 29, 2004
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Originally Posted by Frank Mucus
I got both of mine for free, legally too
my man.
- Feb 26, 2005
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As long as its the same edition. You can't go from Vista Home to Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate
Vista Home --> Windows 7 Home
Vista Professional --> Windows 7 Professional
Vista Ultimate --> Windows 7 Ultimate
Same with 32-bit and 64-bit
Can't go from Vista Home 32-bit to Windows 7 Home 64-bit.
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