Party's Over, Windows XP: No More on New PCs
Time to go modern like.
- Get with the times
- It's too late
Alright, so maybe you prefer your new PCs with Windows XP – that's just a matter of personal preference, but Microsoft's mandated that new PCs from here on must be preloaded with something newer than an OS from 2001.
On the first birthday of Windows 7, PC makers are now no longer allowed to load Windows XP on new PCs – which in this case are mostly comprised of netbooks.
This does not affect the rules for Windows XP downgrade licenses, which will carry on until 2015, according to ZDnet.
Which version of Windows would you prefer to run on a netbook?
About the author
Ups...
He's either being sarcastic,
A linux user (that's good)
Or a Steve Jobs servant/minion (screwed up)
Linux would be better than both for a netbook anyway.
That is the same for Vista. People love Win7 even though it is nothing more than Vista with a spit shine.
Ups...
He's either being sarcastic,
A linux user (that's good)
Or a Steve Jobs servant/minion (screwed up)
7 is what Vista should have been.
U mad. Have you tried using XP versus 7 on a netbook? It is night and day, son. 7 runs much better.
It's time for several different types of Windows. Windows for PC/Laptops, Windows for Servers, Windows for MIDs... There is no reason for a one size fits all Windows. And there is certainly no need for varying levels of crippled OSes.
I dispise the current pricing scheme. Windows Starter? If you pay an extra $50 you can change your wallpaper. Seriously.
It's just sad that memory prefetching is just a feature in windows, it doesn't actually work, unlike linux.
I agree with you on one thing. One-size fits all is not what people need. But there is also no need for 3 seperate windows's that would then be divided into 3 different versions (starter/home/ultimate BS). They should redo their kernel, make it modular, so that the user can add/remove modules, there should be at least 2 desktop envirnoments, 1 for a MID, 1 for a desktop, there should also be an option to not use one at all.
i hated vista in every way shape and form. but 7 i am able to use, i just hate the user interface so much i refuse to jump.
have a computer with it, hate every aspect of using that computer.
I'm holding back for that very reason. All I do on my PC is audio processing. All of my gear has to work right or I'm sunk. Right now, everything I use works with Windows XP. I'm not knocking Windows 7 as an OS; I'm sure it's great. But driver support is kind of shaky in the one area that's absolutely critical to me.