What version of windows are you running at home?

seamus · 27-01-2011 11:52AM #1

Just though this might be an interesting one to get numbers on.

I upgraded to Windows 7 last night, having been running XP on my home machine(s) since I got a pirate copy sometime in 2002/2003. I was a poor student and couldn't justify the €200 or €300 a new copy cost at the time. I later went and bought a legit retail copy around 2006-ish.

Just wondering have many people bothered moving from XP? Most people I know are still running XP on home machines. I've been using Windows 7 on my work machine since last summer, upgraded from Vista, and I now prefer it to XP hence the upgrade at home. Plus my existing machine was underutilised by my 32-bit XP. I didn't prefer Vista over XP, but I think Windows 7 has stolen it.

Also very surprised by the install. I was expecting an epic couple of hours. But it picked up my RAID config straight away, fully installed in about an hour and didn't need me to install drivers for anything. Which was impressive. Ninite is also savage for installing apps, I'd never gotten the opportunity to use it before. The only gripe I had was the necessity to backup and restore data instead of a straight upgrade, but sure I needed to backup my data anyway.

Oh, and anyone wondering why there's no "Linux" option on the poll, the hint is in the forum name...

-Chris- · 27-01-2011 12:29PM

W7 on three different machines. I love it as an OS.

Hogzy · 27-01-2011 12:32PM

Went from Vista to 7 and love it. 7 really does show how terrible vista was. Just the boot time alone makes such a huge difference. Vista could take nearly 5 minutes and 7 takes only 1minute (Both OS being clutter free)

Odaise Gaelach · 27-01-2011 12:58PM

I downloaded the public beta for Windows 7 when Microsoft released it two years ago. I had it dual-booted with Windows XP. A week later I got rid of XP and haven't looked back since. Great OS.

homer911 · 27-01-2011 02:29PM

I have XP, Vista and W7 on three different machines

Dude111 · 27-01-2011 06:40PM

Im running my favourite Windows OS: 98se

PogMoThoin · 27-01-2011 07:04PM

Only one vote per person, lots of pc's here :mad:

Naikon · 27-01-2011 07:35PM

You forgot the "Other OS's" option :eek:

My old pc in the corner runs XP at the moment though. Think I might repartition it and turn it into a mail server soon.

-Chris- · 27-01-2011 07:36PM

Which other OS's?

Irish_Elect_Eng · 27-01-2011 07:58PM

Installing Windows 7 was a special moment...Ahhhh.:)

I was already spec-ing a new PC when I installed it, I'd say it will at at least a year to teh PC'c life if not more.:cool:

Capt'n Midnight · 27-01-2011 08:20PM

-Chris- wrote: »

Which other OS's?

2008 workstation & 2005 workstation

Embedded
Mobile
CE
NT
Datacentre
9x
3.11
3.1
3.0

Me

Odaise Gaelach · 27-01-2011 08:21PM

Naikon wrote: »

You forgot the "Other OS's" option :eek:

seamus wrote: »

Oh, and anyone wondering why there's no "Linux" option on the poll, the hint is in the forum name...

Naikon · 27-01-2011 09:04PM

Odaise Gaelach wrote: »

:pac:

tech · 27-01-2011 09:17PM

windows xp pro on 5 pcs
windows 2000 on 2
Windows 7 on 2
Windows Server 2003 Std
Windows server 2008 64bit on 3
VMware esxi on 2

all good!!!

A few more virtual servers on the esxi!

KoolKid · 27-01-2011 09:21PM

Windows 7 on 2 PCs and XP on 2 notebooks.

Moon54 · 28-01-2011 02:00AM

Yeah, Windows 7 is the biz.
I was using the Beta builds for nearly a full year on my Home PC before it was offically launched.

Dude111 · 29-01-2011 11:15PM

Naikon wrote:

You forgot the "Other OS's" option :eek:

The poll on this thread wrote:

Other Legacy Windows OS

Nothingbetter2d · 31-01-2011 05:00PM

i have 3 pcs and a laptop

win 7 home premium 64bit on 2 pcs
win vista ultimate on 1pc
XP pro on laptop.

i find win7 is MORE troublesome than vista

AdrianII · 06-02-2011 12:03AM

win 7 ultimate on home pc x32
win 7 ultimate on htpc x64
laptop - OS Leopard
VM machines with Win xp and server 2003

all legit copies

tman · 06-02-2011 08:15PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Went from Vista to 7 and love it. 7 really does show how terrible vista was. Just the boot time alone makes such a huge difference. Vista could take nearly 5 minutes and 7 takes only 1minute (Both OS being clutter free)

There was something seriously off with your install if it took 5 minutes to boot Vista! It had a fantastic boot time on my old PC with a Spinpoint F1 as the boot drive, easily comparable to my current PC
Vista gets a lot of stick, but I personally liked it as an OS

Currently have Windows 7 64 bit on my home PC and 32 bit on my work PC

mrmac · 12-02-2011 06:44PM

Yesterday I had WinXp Pro - today I have Win 7 Pro!
Loving the new OS, and the €46 student price tag!

Mycroft H · 12-02-2011 09:35PM

mrmac wrote: »

Yesterday I had WinXp Pro - today I have Win 7 Pro!
Loving the new OS, and the €46 student price tag!

You could have gotten Win 2008R2 workstation free off dreamspark as your a student and its essentially the same as windows 7 :pac:

JonathanAnon · 13-02-2011 09:39PM

Very recently upgraded to Windows 7.. not for any reason, as I loved XP, but I provide support so I thought it was time to learn it.. Very good operating system..

All the apps worked when I brought them over .. Had a small bit of trouble with Cubase (which needed to be run in Admin mode) and Paint Shop Pro (which was hindered by Aero display settings)..

Have to say I'm very impressed with it so far... (which means it will probably explode tonight

)

Runing Ubuntu v9.10 on laptop and second workstation..

evolutionqy7 · 16-02-2011 12:30AM

W7 on my desktop/laptop and i put in on my mums laptop

At this stage XP fustrates me in college

just missing so many features

JonathanAnon · 16-02-2011 01:54AM

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

At this stage XP fustrates me in college just missing so many features

Really?? I dont think there's one features that I'm missing from XP.. what are the noticeable ones that you find that are not available in XP?

RolandIRL · 16-02-2011 03:22AM

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

W7 on my desktop/laptop and i put in on my mums laptop

At this stage XP fustrates me in college just missing so many features

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Really?? I dont think there's one features that I'm missing from XP.. what are the noticeable ones that you find that are not available in XP?

i'm the same. windows 7 on my laptop, and XP in the college. main thing is Aero Snap...i've gotten so used to dragging windows to the side, and auto resizing them, it's a pain in the college without it.

evolutionqy7 · 16-02-2011 10:19AM

Well what saves me most time and fustration is the taskbar. Right click and all your recent or pinned files come up. Like from word or from browser. It pretty much saves me minutes trying to start explorer looking for what i need. Its just nice and easy.

Also the looks of XP is seriously outdated

The OS is ancient at this stage.

And as mentioned above aero snap. Its the most handy feature ever when i need to work and multi task

If you got a full HD screen that gives you alot of real estate to work on that just makes it better :P

Safely remove device is made easier and faster . Search is made easier faster.

Also no blue screen of death and system stability

JonathanAnon · 16-02-2011 01:37PM

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Also the looks of XP is seriously outdated The OS is ancient at this stage. And as mentioned above aero snap. Its the most handy feature ever when i need to work and multi task If you got a full HD screen that gives you alot of real estate to work on that just makes it better :P Safely remove device is made easier and faster . Search is made easier faster.Also no blue screen of death and system stability

- I had rocketdock for shortcuts, so Win 7 is no advantage on that front..
- Had to turn off the Aero to get Paint Shop Pro (cheap Photoshop type product) to work.
- Havent got the hang of the new seach on Win 7.. I used to like the way that you could right click on a folder and search in XP..
- It is certainly good stability wise.. .
- I like the autosizing as well, but havent fully got the hang of it yet..

I have to say I'm pretty shocked by the poll, I would have thought that maybe 50% would have still be on XP.. but I guess it's more to do with the nature of the people that would be on the forum, more so than the norm??

evolutionqy7 · 16-02-2011 06:03PM

Well i dont see the point of being dependant on old technology. Its inneficient and costs more time in the end. And every one knows. Time is money :P

Overheal · 16-02-2011 07:15PM

Upgraded the laptop to 7, built the PC for 7. My dad already hated Vista and he doesnt want to pay to upgrade to 7, but his netbook also has 7 - but its sitting in a drawer

My brother is on Vista but I will show him. Mwhaha.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-02-2011 12:26AM

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Well i dont see the point of being dependant on old technology. Its inneficient and costs more time in the end. And every one knows. Time is money :P

you have to take in to account the time lost in re-training

and whey do they keep moving and renaming stuff ?

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