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walterbyrd
Flightless Bird
Unless I'm missing something (and I sure could be), XP seems vastly
superior for a typical netbook.
- Drivers: XP is seems to be much better, for example my HP 3015 multi-
function printer will not fully work with win7. I don't know if I
would trust older apps with win7 either.
- System requirements: Why worry about running more than 3 apps on
win7 starter? It seems like most win7 netbooks will be straining to
run even run one. XP requires 64mb or RAM, with 128mb recommended,
win7 requires a minimum of 1GB of RAM. XP requires a 233mhz processor,
win7 requires a minimum of 1ghz. I have also read that Win7 burns up
batteries faster.
- Support: Msft has promised to provide support for XP until August
2014 - That's about 4.5 years from this writing. BTW: I still use
win2k, I think it's the best OS msft ever developed. But msft dropped
support for win2k many years ago.
- Win7 does not seem to provide any "must have" features.
Please correct me if I am wrong about any of that.
superior for a typical netbook.
- Drivers: XP is seems to be much better, for example my HP 3015 multi-
function printer will not fully work with win7. I don't know if I
would trust older apps with win7 either.
- System requirements: Why worry about running more than 3 apps on
win7 starter? It seems like most win7 netbooks will be straining to
run even run one. XP requires 64mb or RAM, with 128mb recommended,
win7 requires a minimum of 1GB of RAM. XP requires a 233mhz processor,
win7 requires a minimum of 1ghz. I have also read that Win7 burns up
batteries faster.
- Support: Msft has promised to provide support for XP until August
2014 - That's about 4.5 years from this writing. BTW: I still use
win2k, I think it's the best OS msft ever developed. But msft dropped
support for win2k many years ago.
- Win7 does not seem to provide any "must have" features.
Please correct me if I am wrong about any of that.