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Windows 7 is the new Windows XP, here's why...

posted 8 years ago by alpha128
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Here's another great article. I encourage you to need the whole thing, but I've posted a summary with the link below:

But what if Microsoft’s scariest nightmare comes true? What i[f] Windows 7 becomes the next Windows XP? What if most users refuse to upgrade and continue to use Windows 7 until 2020 when support expires, and even beyond.

We believe this is a very probable scenario for the following reasons:
1. Users are frustrated and feel Microsoft betrayed them.
2. Lots of Windows 10 bugs!
3. Windows 10 collects very private information about its users — more than Windows 7 does.
4. Windows 7 still runs fine.
5. Old peripherals might not work on Windows 10.

http://windowsreport.com/windows-7-new-windows-xp/

[–] Utpe 8 years ago

I have an older desktop computer that I assembled in 2009 that contains a quad-core processor and 12 GBs of RAM.

I recently decided to give Windows 10 another shot and, lo and behold, it still had problems.

I tried to play a flash-based game and the damn thing wound up overheating. This absolutely did not happen when I reverted back to Windows 7.

Microsoft still has kinks to work out. I doubt the July 29th deadline will stick around. I'm willing to bet that they will extend it.

Besides, it seems as though they're leaning more towards apps and having less to do with running actual programs, i.e. solitaire, even though you have to pay to play. I noticed that my main drive wound up saving around 30 GBs of space.