10-06-2010, 03:17 AM
Your topic is somewhat confusing, the title says "Which windows is best?", but in the initial post you ask which is everyone's favorite, which are 2 different questions.
As of which is "best": There's actually no best Windows imo, it all depends on user experience, and most importantly, on HARDWARE. I could say Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits is the best, but what if you have a 7 years old PC? You'll end up hating it and stick to XP, for example.
As of my favorite: With my current hardware, Windows 7 64 bits with no doubt. Also, a sidenote; I know it's your opinion but I'll just comment based on personal experience v
I gotta disagree with what is in bold. I tried Windows XP on this PC, and it has no strenght to fight against Windows 7. Constant application crashes, much slower in general and as most should know, due to its popularity and age it's a virus magnet (even worse given I don't use any antivirus), but that's an offtopic issue. That, not to mention that the x64 version is much worse due to its real poor compatibility coverage.
Uh... I get a much better performance in _every_ game I've played on Windows 7, also normal applications, so I think the less memory usage won't help much in that case (hence Windows 7's System requirements are higher than on XP and it's not recommended for older PCs)
I might be wrong, but that's the problem: new hardware has better compatibility with newer operating systems. Perhaps that's why I get so many trouble with Windows XP in this PC, yet Windows 7 works perfectly and much better.
As of which is "best": There's actually no best Windows imo, it all depends on user experience, and most importantly, on HARDWARE. I could say Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits is the best, but what if you have a 7 years old PC? You'll end up hating it and stick to XP, for example.
As of my favorite: With my current hardware, Windows 7 64 bits with no doubt. Also, a sidenote; I know it's your opinion but I'll just comment based on personal experience v
(10-05-2010, 11:15 AM)Danny link Wrote: XP is the smallest, fastest, most stable, most customizable and also the most compatible operating system by Microsoft, therefore it's my favorite.
I gotta disagree with what is in bold. I tried Windows XP on this PC, and it has no strenght to fight against Windows 7. Constant application crashes, much slower in general and as most should know, due to its popularity and age it's a virus magnet (even worse given I don't use any antivirus), but that's an offtopic issue. That, not to mention that the x64 version is much worse due to its real poor compatibility coverage.
(10-05-2010, 11:15 AM)Danny link Wrote: From a gamer point of view, it's also great because it uses barely any memory, so you can run games without having to close every other application open on your copmuter, like on say Vista or Seven.
Uh... I get a much better performance in _every_ game I've played on Windows 7, also normal applications, so I think the less memory usage won't help much in that case (hence Windows 7's System requirements are higher than on XP and it's not recommended for older PCs)
(10-05-2010, 11:15 AM)Danny link Wrote: Sadly, it doesn't support Dx10 or 11, and more and more games are being released with those requirements. So it's getting a lil' old.
I might be wrong, but that's the problem: new hardware has better compatibility with newer operating systems. Perhaps that's why I get so many trouble with Windows XP in this PC, yet Windows 7 works perfectly and much better.