Why XP owners won't love Windows 7

Window 7 - upgrade non-deal

Since I have Vista Ultimate - I HAVE to buy the Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade (or buy the full version of another edition).

#1 So I get NO discount (like the home and professional) and can't downgrade.

#2 I LOSE functionality - no Windows Mail or ULtimate Extra's.

(They nicely say - I can SPEND MORE money on other vendors products)

I think the only explination is that I am a complete idiot for getting Vista Ultimate - thinking that once I spent the money MS would take "care" of me.

Nope - they just go back to the well (stun gun in hand) to get more money.

Whats my motivation to upgrade?

(got that sick stomach feeling of being HAD)

Windows 7 is great!!

Sorry Preston you are wrong. I am the committed XP tragic you speak of. I hated Vista with a vengeance. It was slow, unreliable and bloated. It used more resources than the US space program.

Windows7 is awesome. I find it easier to navigate than Vista was, I absolutely love the new taskbar, and the stupid Vista sidebar is gone too. If you liked those silly widgets though, you can still use them.

On installation, all I did was run my Windows7 final release candidate disc on an formatted drive. Nothing else. No motherboard drivers, no wireless card drivers, no graphics card drivers. Everything just worked, straight out of the box, including my dual monitors. I have found a couple tiny glitches in the graphics, but apart from that its totally stable and reliable, and oh, so fast. Its using similar resources to XP.

I dislike having had to download Nero8 because my old Nero6 wont work, but thats the price you pay I guess. There will be other software that needs to catch up too. You dont expect parts from a 57 chev to fit an 05 GTO do you??

Windows 7 is everything that VIsta was meant to be.

Give me back control !

Give me back control over the way folders are displayed. In xp there is a check box to remember each folders settings. I looked everywhere on win 7 can't find it. It is so annoying not to have any control over your windows whatsoever. If I have 2 or 3 items in a window , I have it small. If I have dozens of items in a window I have it big. I don't like to scroll, I make windows just big enough to see all the contents in it. Windows 7 adjusts every window to the same size. If they don't fix it I will NOT upgrade to windows 7. It has nice features I like , but not worth the annoyance of the folder view settings issue.

I had been a heavy xp user

I had been a heavy xp user for years. I 'modded and tweaked' my xp to the limits. I love and know almost everything about it being an expert as well. I normally use legacy hardware, because of the nature of my business. My kids game a lot and thy love xp as well. Now I am running the Windows 7 RC version. Installation went smoothly - clean install needed though (being an evaluation copy duh.). I am not interested in superb Aero and such. Not my cup of tea. Yeah. It does need RAM...but hey a decent computer supports quite a lot of RAM doesn't it. I use legacy hardware so I am not complaining it is my choice. There is no point complaining about something that is absolutely optional to have. There is no interest supporting legacy-legacy for a company like Microsoft. Come on get a new laptop! Time to get fresh! I think the guys try their best. Believe me they are not playing around for nothing. I think it is time to change the way we think. After all gaming is just a hobby (not an addiction) isn't it?...

windwos 7 does not do gaming

Windows 7 does not do gaming well. It does not even play Popcap games well. XP on the other hand plays all my games well. 7 stutters and staggers. I have all the proper drivers for for 7. My system is a 2.4 Ghz Athlon CPU with 2 Ghz bus speed and 1 Gig of memory. XP on this system runs fast & stable. I have no idea what vista & 7 are doing in the background (spying maybe?), but it is interfering with smooth gameplay.

windows 7

I believe in "to each his own" but people who accepted Gates ramming Vista down their throats certainly have no back bone nor do they have a need for all the tools you need to get the most out of a computer. When the OS eats up a Gig of ram, and thousands of dollars of software won't run on the new OS, who needs it. For those who are willing to give up the awesome XP toolchest in exchange for all the pretty kindergarten stuff, good luck to you. I'll keep my toolbox full of well organized (XP) tools and I will get my work done in half the time it would take 7/Vista users to muck through all the foo foo and maybe, I say maybe tweak their machines, and manage their files with half (if they're lucky) the efficiency of XP users. XP is for those who know what a computer is supposed to do. Vista/7 is an Apple wannabe for five year olds that can make a little picture "This Big".