“The Windows 7 Honeymoon is over” reads a headline over at ZDNet. Interestingly enough, that is the same way I feel: the excitement over Windows 7 has waned for me and now it is time to get down to work and quit tinkering around.
I have gone back to Windows XP.
Yes, you read that right. I have uninstalled Windows 7 and installed XP. What brought this decision about? Well, I had been testing out a lot of software of late, installing, uninstalling, that sort of thing. This was indirectly causing my PC to act, well, quirky. It was time for a fresh start. First, though I gave some serious consideration as to whether to stick with Windows 7 or not.
Sure, it is a great version of Windows, better than Vista and very close to XP as far as its performance on my four-year-old Dell Inspiron was concerned. You see, my Dell originally came with XP installed and I purchased it before Vista was released (or even offered as an upgrade). At the time, I maxed out the specs on my laptop so it would be ‘Vista-ready’ when the time came. I ran Vista on it until I started beta testing Windows 7. I stuck with Windows 7 because it was a hot topic on the web forums I was involved with. These days, I spend less and less time on forums due to time constrictions and scholastic pursuits.
To be honest, I liked both Vista and Windows 7, they did run fine on my Dell, but I was more comfortable with XP, and could get more out my PC with it installed. Plus, all the workstations at work run XP and I was experiencing more ‘ease of use’ with XP at work than I was with Windows 7 at home. Hence, my decision to go back to XP. I restored a backup image I had from back in September 2009, and with a few updates, I was good to go. That’s the beauty of image backup software like Acronis True Image, for example.
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Any regrets? Well, I can always go back to Windows 7, and I likely will at some future point. For now, I will use XP. For me and my Dell, it just feels right.
So, goodbye, Windows 7…..for now.
What are your thoughts? Are you still using XP?
See also: “7 reasons to stick with Windows XP” by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet.com
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I think you need a new laptop….
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It’s true, Alan. I could use a new laptop. Maybe for Windows 8…..
My Compaq came with Vista and a free upgrade to Windows 7. I will be running tests on boot time and applications with both systems. Is Windows 7 faster? Is 64 bit faster than 32 for my purposes? I’ll let you know.
Testing:
Vista home premium 32 bit
Windows 7 home premium 32 bit
Windows 7 64 bit
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I think your test results may be worthy of a post here, Brent.
You could have dual booted xp and 7 – the best of both worlds…
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Naw, dual-boot is not for me. I have done it in the past and I just spend more time maintaining 2 operating systems.
XP was good in it’s day but I find that Windows 7 runs smooth and I love the new features and areo along with the enhanced search and indexing make my daily computing tasks so much easier at both work and at home. I also used Vista and I liked that too but it did take a huge bite out of the performance of my computer even though it is dual core with 2GB of Ram. Windows 7 runs smooth on that hardware and I am currently running the RC. I actually just ordered parts for a new computer build today and on that I will install the free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate I got from the launch party promotion. I would not go back to XP as I feel it is dated compared to what Windows 7 offers me. I honestly do not understand how people can say that Windows 7 is so much different and there is such a big learning curve. It is still Windows in it’s overall look and feel and while some things may be in slightly different places it is practically the same and the differences make it better IMO. No more hunting through menus and folders upon folders to find stuff and when I am multitasking the areo effects make it easy to quickly see what I am working on. I have had no trouble with software causing any qwerkyness and the only device I could not get a driver for was my 8 year old scanner. That is easily solved with XP mode and the Windows 7 software works with that device just as if it was installed under Windows 7 itself.
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Thanks for your comment Bob. If I had a newer laptop, I would have no qualms about running Windows 7. It just seems to me that XP and this laptop are a good fit. I can still do all I need to do, and that is the main thing for me at this point. There was a time when I enjoyed exploring a new OS from top to bottom, but now I prefer to concentrate on other things.
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