Posted 09/20/2009 at 12:21:57am
If you didn't do a clean install of BOTH OS's your tests mean nothing. I would think an IT Pro would know that :/ Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a pos ...
Posted 09/09/2009 at 03:37:28pm
MS lie detector....one day MS says one thing, two days later its something different. Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system ...
Posted 09/04/2009 at 06:32:29pm
First off according to that article it was a reference design...and there was no mention of ANY startup programs...My OLD XP boots in 17.2 seconds with a WDvelociraptor and 7 heavy load startup progie ...
Maybe the reason Win 7 is faster for you.... on Windows 7 Review: XP vs Vista vs 7 in 80+ Benchmarks
Posted 09/02/2009 at 04:12:50pm
...is the fact that you just installed it, and haven't had a chance to pollute it yet. I tested the Win 7 ....alpha, beta, RC and (ahem) the RTM....NONE beat Win XP in efficiency or speed.You want a ...
Posted 09/02/2009 at 10:46:52am
...uh, yeah my mouse does THAT too...aka....right click, Send to... :) But hey, why use your brain when you can let MS do your thinking for you...I guess its a good thing that Newton and Einstein, d ...
Damn and all this time..... on Release Notes: My 5 Favorite Apps & Utilities, the Early 2009 Edition
Posted 09/01/2009 at 04:47:02pm
I just right click ANY folder in XP and tell it arrange icons by "type" and then click "apply to all folders" in Tools/options.....silly me :/ Take an OS, and edit out ...
For the past 10-15 years or more.... on Proposed Cybersecurity Bill Would Give the President Unprecedented Control Over the Internet
Posted 08/31/2009 at 09:28:26pm
The U.S. govt. has been trying to "chip away" at the the Constitution....and folks...if they break even one ammendment, they will have "precedence to break them all.The quotes above b ...
Posted 08/29/2009 at 10:49:24am
Freeeeeeeeee....microtransactions....what? Besides the game itself ofc. Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/26/2009 at 11:03:09pm
maybe if your Flash wasn't trying to call home every 1-3 seconds more ppl would update it ^^Why EXACTLY do you NEED Flash to call home every 1-3 seconds hmmmmm?...and any1 using Acrobat is just....sil ...
Posted 08/26/2009 at 12:37:25pm
Yes, I'm an AMD fan...whats your point? I just got an AMD 955BE to 3.7ghz in 5mins on air...and I haven't even dug into the BIOS, really. Low voltages stock RAM timings...and yes 24 hour Prime95/B ...
Posted 08/24/2009 at 07:50:11pm
....hope they left enough room for large CPU coolers ;) Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/22/2009 at 10:44:15am
Have Future put all the adsin the WoW magazine and leave them OUT of MaximumPC Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/21/2009 at 01:29:11am
...the BITS article, linked to in this topic, you will notice that the "93 page report" was NOT the research itself, but a "collection" of reasearch that had been done.Quote from t ...
Posted 08/14/2009 at 11:31:59pm
...fire up Autocad on your laptop and answer your own question ;) Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/13/2009 at 04:53:55am
I didn't say I wanted a 64 bit OS that LOOKED like XP's GUI....I said I wanted a 64bit OS that HAS XP's GUI...big difference. As for XP 64bit, that was a failure simply because the driver and app de ...
Posted 08/12/2009 at 11:04:08pm
....as is any other (new) OS. I help people fix comps all over the country via phone....Vista, Win 7 etc are absolutely NO MORE secure than XP is....99 times out of 100, the infection comes from idi ...
Posted 08/12/2009 at 02:24:02am
.....that EVERY Windows version since XP has gotten som far from the efficiency and ease of use of XP, thats it's no longer worth comment. Backup: nothing beats norton ghost. Security: anyonhe wit ...
Seems there's a few bench marks ....missing !! on Windows 7 Review: XP vs Vista vs 7 in 80+ Benchmarks
Posted 08/11/2009 at 11:24:54pm
Deja vu....it looks to me that XP is STILL the best OS...Side note....I've run some of the "missing" benchmarks on XP Pro SP2 and Win 7 RC and....I know why they are missing.It's kinda sad w ...
Posted 08/11/2009 at 01:57:29am
....and a good move for MS, but Norton Ghost is still faster and easier :) Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/09/2009 at 01:22:37am
.......but its now practically useless. It's what 1-2 years old? Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/06/2009 at 05:30:19am
....the Dept. of Homeland Security will get ya! Take an OS, and edit out all the efficiency, and what you have left is a post-XP Microsoft operating system :) ...
Posted 08/06/2009 at 05:26:40am
...The dept. of Homeland Security busting college kids who are hacking Xboxes? I can just see it now...a year from now Obama gets impeached in heated X-Gate trials....seems it turned out that the De ...
Posted 08/04/2009 at 09:25:00pm
...you only see what you want to see in what I write. I LIKE Windows XP, maybe the words "post-XP Microsoft operating system" in my sig are too complex for you....go ahead be a sheep...I d ...
Not even out and already.......... on Staggered Windows 7 RTM Schedule has OEMs System Builders Behind Schedule
Posted 08/03/2009 at 11:55:47pm
......delays....smells a lot like the Vista rollout. The really sad part is: Customers are gonna rush out and buy Windows 7 and it's gonna come installed on everything....THEN the crap will start. ...
Posted 08/03/2009 at 09:29:59am
Windows 7 to Vista....silly people! Bench Windows 7 against XP and see where that gets ya.....dure Win 7 is better than the "brken leg, that is vista....but XP still lays the smak down on Win ...
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