Comments on: Is Windows XP Better than Windows 7? A User’s Perspective

By: Serp

Serp — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:09:54 +0000

I decided to purchase an SSD and switch over to Windows 7, as it’s been long enough for MS to work out whatever bugs are in 7. I went all out and got the SP1 Ultimate X64 edition of Win7.

The first thing that I noticed is that even with more RAM and the SSD it really isn’t that much faster, I don’t think most people will notice the (small if at all) speed increase. In fact, in many ways XP is actually quite a bit faster.

I believe Win7 is poorly coded.

Also compatibility problems really show up in Win7. Microsoft’s own MS Office 2007 has quite a few issues even on installation for Windows 7. I gave up on that and just used openoffice, it may be the last time I get an MS Office product.

I have a total score of 7.5 on the Windows experience index, with the sub components ranging from 7.5 to 7.8. XP performed a bit better even in 32 bit with less than half the RAM available and the main bottleneck was the HDD, 7 is optimized for SSDs and that was my main reason to get it. Now I think maybe XP would have been okay to stay with.

I’m having trouble running games like Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas with mods. I haven’t re-installed all my old games yet. The Wireless on Win7 seems a bit less reliable and use efficiency is lowered because it requires more clicks to fix issues with it. Skyrim does work, perhaps because it is a newer game, and the other 2 I believe were released before Win7, or before it became widely adopted (if it even is now). This is not a problem XP had, as most older programs and games did, and still do, work on XP.

Win7 is solid for people that are using a pre-built system or don’t have much experience with computers. However if you build your own systems and did your own WinXP troubleshooting, Win7 will probably bring more problems for you rather than a real increase in performance.

By: Hackadelic

Hackadelic — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:45:54 +0000

Darkstar, you make some very good points! However I think most complaints about Win7 don't refer to maturity or stability (if you want Vista was Win7-alpha, with all problems that go with a prematurely released software). The sad thing is, Win7 sucks by design: Its problem is not a clumsy implementation of good concepts (like it was with XP). Its problem is solid implementation of bad concepts.

By: Darkstar

Darkstar — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:50:37 +0000

Why everyone needs to argue over what’s better than what I dunno. Truthfully, isn’t what your comfortable with best for you? I’ve used every version of Windows to date and my PERSONAL preference is XP 64 bit. More compatibility for hardware and programs and gives me a bit of nostalgia at the same time. I have my Windows XP x64 box running as fast or faster than a Windows Vista or Windows 7 box by far due to the tweaking program and various other things I have installed on it. Point is argue speed and all all you want, there’s ways to solve most issues. I agree Windows 7 isn’t the greatest, XP is but its after 10 years of being out there and 10 years of patching and work. Anyone remember when XP was released… the damn system was a nightmare till SP2. All systems have their problems, what it boils down to is what you like and what your comfortable with… All these damn arguments over what’s better than what is all in the eyes of the beholder… Get over it. Use what you want, if its better for you than that’s what matters… Use it and shut up!

By: Hackadelic

Hackadelic — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:52:30 +0000

What a BS! Every OS runs faster on higher RPM hard drives than it does on low RPM ones, and WinXP wins hands down on all.

By: knowall-888889990

knowall-888889990 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:22:49 +0000

It is your hard drive then LOL

Windows seven is FASTER on systems that don’t have crappy 5,200 RPM hard drives.

By: used both sistems

used both sistems — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:11:00 +0000

i absolutely totaly agree with you!
maby windows 8 will pack the “game eingen” of windows 7 with all the previous interfaces (rectangular grey thing i can’t name ; XP luna (i luv it); aero (eating graphic resources just to be the fattest taskbar ever if u leave it default) and soomething new probably) and of course the well made Control pannel and administrative tools of windows xp ( cuz they rule and they are maby not as user friendly(/female friendly) lookign as the windows 7 but they are intuitive and fast)

By: used both sistems

used both sistems — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:02:29 +0000

Windous xp is indeed more sensitive to bugs and instability (sometimes even running apps malfunctions can cause a crash) and windows xp GUI was not as transparent and cooool looking as the winodws 7 aero s**t ( it is s**t because it useless i use the normal grey rectangular taskbar on windows 7 because it is to flashy comapred to the more serious XP luna)

HOWEVER!!!!
NO ONE ON EARTH can prove that windows 7 is easier to customize( besides the aero themes with changed background i found no actualy different looking themes) or easier to adjust in any way!
i had to go in 5 diferent places of control panel and delet all my toolbars gust to get it down to the normal xp taskbar size ….. u cant say widows 7 has a thin taskbar … windows 7 taskbar is the fat ass girl of all os taskbars (i had xp,nt,linuxes- ubuntu-fedora-limpus…)

windows 7 was made for god dammed office rats … no easter eggs , hard to temper with the important setting ( i had windows 7 for like 5 mounths and i still haven’t managed to get to the dam regidtry and administrative tools X( annoyng) i cant change anything as easy as i did in xp …. in xp everthing was 100% intuitive …… if u had an iq over 15 u could easly install and optimize xp …. and so on…..

if they kept the GUI and the CP (control pannel) of xp and put it on the great sistem of windows 7 including the aero thing ( btw … if u have xp u can install the aero theme and run programs that were intended for win 7 or vista – i think vista is a pice of S**T a friend of mine has it and says it crappier than hand calculator)

By: Wndows7isthebest

Wndows7isthebest — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:18 +0000

All you lot are wrong. Windows xp is slow, boring, and a total waste of time. The interface is crap and it catches bugs easy. Windows is fast, easy and amazing when it comes to games. It has a great inteface with fast shortcuts. And whoever likes vistor really really should get a new sort of mind. Windows 7 is the only original success in my personal opinion. xp+vista= bin!

By: Hackadelic

Hackadelic — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:30:51 +0000

I am using it, and some of my apps start much slower on a machine that has like 5x the power of my old XP machine.

By: The Hacker

The Hacker — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:38:26 +0000

That is sooo not true, i installed a new amd motherboard and 8gb ram with nvidia geforce gtx 590 graphiccs and i put in windows 7 it ran slow as hell, if i chose i would be going with xp