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Solve : How fast is Windows 7 boot up compare to Windows XP? |
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Answer» I have Windows XP SP3 and it is fast and TAKES only 3.5GB of hard drive space. man just get spare storage space,pretty easy to doNeither helpful nor responsive.Quote I know that Microsoft will stop support for Windows XP in April 2014 This does by no means mean XP will all of a sudden stop functioning... I still have a dual boot PC with Win98 and Win2K on it as some of my clients still use it on their small business PC's....Boot time is for making coffee anyways.Depends on the hardware. Machines built for XP, in most cases, struggle or cannot run Vista or 7. Machines Built for Vista or 7 are underutilized by Windows XP. Quote from: Linh on February 13, 2013, 09:03:13 PM I don't like Windows 7 because like Vista it is bloatware (it takes 16 GB of hard drive).If that is your only reason, I have to say it's a rather weak one. I can understand reasons based on disliking or not liking a new UI setup- but this is simply silly. A Typical Hard Drive in 2001 was 10 to 20GB. XP Clean Install is 1.5GB. It uses about 7% to 15% of the disk space. A Typical Hard Drive in 2008 was around 250GB. Win7 Clean install is 6GB. it uses about 2% of the disk space. I'm sure you can understand my confusion. If you really need that 5GB of storage space, you have bigger problems than "OS Bloatware" like... storing too much crap on your hard disk, for example. Intel and Microsoft and the hardware makers have moved forward. New PCs boot fast and have lots of HD space. If a small , low-cost , quick boot Personal Digital Assistant is what you want, get an an DROID smartphone. Or an Apple iPhone, if cost does not matter much. No sarcasm intended. People are now buying smartphones rather than PCs. At the last CONSUMER Electronics show, it was all about things you pout in your pocket or hang on the wall. Last month: http://mindfieldlive.com/2013/01/15/ces-show-underlines-smartphone-dominance/ I Was OK with Windows 2000. But MS did not keep up the C++ library for W2K. Edit: Forgot to mention. I and writing this non my Windows 7 64 bit D Dell Desktop. Big overkill, but I never have to wait for anything. And this desktop cost less than my old XP laptop. Which I still use. Sometimes. IMHO you can keep on with XP as long as you wish. If you like it, that is enough resin. You don't have to keep up with everybody. Quote from: Linh on February 13, 2013, 09:03:13 PM I know that Microsoft will stop support for Windows XP in April 2014 and eventually I will have to use Windows 7 if I wanted to run the newer software and I don't like Windows 7 because like Vista it is bloatware (it takes 16 GB of hard drive). Stop support, yes. Windows XP will continue to operate just fine though. No need to update if it works for you. They will not force you to upgrade. Windows 7 doesn't have as much of the bloat as Vista does. A clean install for Windows 7 is only about 6GB, depending on options and not including the page file or hibernation file. I know Microsoft lists that Windows 7 needs 16GB of space, but that's just to allow room for the other things ASIDE from the installation (page file, hibernation file, future updates, etc.) as the installation will GROW over time. As for boot times, you have to also take in mind that a system designed for XP and a system designed for 7 are going to be different. Boot XP on a system for XP could take 30 seconds. Booting 7 on a system for 7 could also take 30 seconds. However, booting 7 on a system with specs for XP could take a very long time. It's not that Windows 7 is bloated, but technology moves forward. Everything hardware is bigger and better and faster so software moves to use that more powerful hardware that's available. |
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