Last Call for XP

BarTopDancer · 06-30-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I kept hearing that they were going to delay this at least until v7, due to the fact that XP runs wonderfully well on the small laptops that are becoming more popular (while Vista most decidedly does not). Guess the tech pundits were wrong.

Stupid memory hog OS.

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

How long before they turn off the validation servers and you can no longer re-install XP?

Probably when they stop offering tech support for it...

Ghoulish Delight · 06-30-2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Stupid memory hog OS.

Less to do with memory than CPU and bus architecture. We have a desktop with Vista and a laptop. Each with the same memory. There's a marked difference in performance. Vista seems to have issues with mobile-optimized architecture.

BarTopDancer · 06-30-2008, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Less to do with memory than CPU and bus architecture. We have a desktop with Vista and a laptop. Each with the same memory. There's a marked difference in performance. Vista seems to have issues with mobile-optimized architecture.

Interesting. My old roommate has Vista on a desktop with no issues either. But he also has a ton of memory in there.

Though it still seems the only people I know who don't have issues with Vista are people who are tech savy.