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Is is worth upgrading from XP to Window 7?

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    #21
    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    Office 2010 is a pile of tulip
    Works fine for me, even has features which meant I HAD to upgrade from 2007
    Coffee's for closers

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      #22
      7 is the best OS MS have came out with.

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        #23
        Originally posted by russell View Post
        7 is the best OS MS have came out with.
        Wrong, that was OS/2 along with IBM in the early days.

        Hth.

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          #24
          Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
          All new Linux distros come with Libre Office which is like Openoffice but better. There's nothing, apart from advanced gaming probably, that Win 7+ Office can do that Mint + LibreOffice can't.
          Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
          SQL Server?
          Visual Studio?
          - Photoshop
          - Quark Xpress (or whatever they use these days)
          - Matlab
          - The majority of scientific software

          Not to mention properly supporting MSOffice files... it STILL can't do proper formatting AFAIK, since people using it mention my .docx files don't display lists and things properly.

          And "advanced gaming" is perhaps THE thing which has spurred more advance in PC technology than any other, so saying "Linux can do everything except advanced gaming" is a pretty poor argument in its own right.
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #25
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            I've gone for Win 7 Pro 64bit on my new-build PC. Very happy with it.

            Make sure you've plenty of RAM. I'd recommend 8GB or more. A multi-core processor would be ideal too. At least 6 cores...
            ^ WHS

            I stuck with XP until January this year. Very happy I switched.

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              #26
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              - Photoshop
              Is supported on W7

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                #27
                Originally posted by Platypus View Post
                Is supported on W7
                Thats the point he was making
                Coffee's for closers

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                  Thats the point he was making
                  Ooops. Yes, I see that now

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                    #29
                    I've had W7 Ultimate for a year now. Not a huge difference in UI from XP. Seems to work pretty well.

                    If you turn Windows auto-update off.

                    And remove all the "free software" that PC vendors helpfully install for you.

                    And turn off file indexing.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                      And turn off file indexing.
                      I like the file indexing, saves me having to be organised as I can find anything almost instantly
                      Plus the indexing updates seem to run when the laptop isn't being used so it never impacts on normal use
                      Coffee's for closers

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