Windows XP vs. Windows 7, a Microsoft Perspective

During the beta test of Windows 7 the testers made it very clear that some much appreciated Windows XP features were lost in Windows 7.
MS ignored the requests for bringing them Back.

The same happened during the Technical Preview and the Beta of Office 2010 (compared to Office 2003).

I think that is why lots of users stay with Windows XP and Office 2003.
That is anyway the reason why our install base is still Windows XP and Office 2003.

Xp was best in its own way...its turn down old..and its smthng new..windows 7 that need to be covered...windows xp users will soon need to shift to windows 7 as it is more vulnerable, secure, fast and reliable...considering the latest trend.. i recently shifted from xp to windows 7 and i am finding it quite good.. :)
vista though is a nuisance..!!

Well, that video certainly won't make me upgrade. Simple rearrangement of some tasks is all I see. From friends who have it I don't see anything particularly faster either.

And, I guess I am not to anxious to make Bill Gates the first trillionaire on the planet either.

Instead of trying harder and harder for the gee-whiz look why don't they concentrate on preventing bugs and security leaks BEFORE releasing an O/S. I've probably downloaded 300 security fixes in XP. Not improvements, but fixes for what should not have been there to start with. Oh, and a dozen or so improvements.

Atomic Man

Hi Mario,
I have both Win XP Pro and Windows 7 on 2 separate computers,and I sure would like to see a comparison list side by side.But since i'm on a slow Dialup connection,forget about dowloading a Video of this,it just won't work.Is there such a list available that I can use?
Van

where can i find the list of differences between windows xp and windows 7? i just bought a new computer and am debating which o.s. to use. i like xp and have used it for eight years.

mirosoft have to make XP sp4 i think then people will understand

ihave windows7 ultimate it is superb
but te on the day 2002 xp were beaten the 98 was more impact . it was like superb

I've been using Windows XP for the past 4 years (and counting!). Would have loved to upgrade to Windows 7, but right now there is no need for me to do so. I download all relevant patches and keep my system updated.

Windows XP, though outdated is still rock solid. Sure Windows 7 seems to have more security features, but with a little tweaking and safe browsing, XP is also secure. Maybe I would upgrade in another year or so?

I've been useing Win XP Pro in 5 computers for over 10 years. I never found a reason to change to Vista, and as of today, I don't see any reason to change to Win7. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. I'm not having any problems with XP, why change?

I have used XP since 2004 and I like it. The vulnerability to viruses and adware has been my only complaint but rather than jump to the Mac I rather backup personal files and use a backup image to restore my PC. Windows Vista and 7 have so much razzle dazzle that the OS requires lots of storage space and higher performance CPUs. I rather jump over to an OS that doesn't require me to relearn what took me all these years to master. The same is to be said about Office 2007 (I won't even bother with 2010 yet). Offcie 2003 was easy to jump to from 2000. I tried 2007 and was lost with all the ribbons. It was easier to go back to 2003 than to waste hours of my life relearning. I hope MS figures out that trend. If you make it so we have to relearn what we already know then we will either "upgrade (it's not downgrade in my opinion) to the previous version" or do the really awful thing and jump to the Mac(no thanks). I'll stay with XP and Office 2003.

I think its time to change to Win7. i mean think about it.. some people want something fresh like new design, those neat Transparency thingies(which hits Teenagers like me :D), Fast Processing of Files, and all those new features.
And dont forget the security which they offer and is always in demand by customers. Old OSes are kinda more vulnerable due to it oldness(also note that Hackers are smart they will search for any security holes available)so why don't change to more secure. Dont just always depend of your Anti-virus, new viruses born everyday( or months, year) which are more PC and Life Breaking with the addition of headache.

Because of the economy having about crashed a few years ago. If your products would licence more than 1 system for 1 disk ,and the price of windows 7 was lowered to about 80 $. Then people would consider upgrading their systems. It's not the products being the problem. Every one is broke and can't afford them!

Seeing that littlle clip comapring win 7 to xp is no where enough for me to retire xp and move to win 7. In the clip, they really didn't say much upon how different win 7 is compared to xp. I love xp. It's easy to use and troubleshoot. There's really no reason at all for me to stop using xp. Until they come up with an OS that's completely diifferent and easy to troubleshoot, I will continue to use xp. However, I will take a windows OS over a apple (linux platform) any day. I don't care if it's windows 95. XP all the way!!!

Watching that video made me even more convinced that I'll stay with XP. There was absolutely nothing in the video that I liked, and in fact would turn most of those features off - if I could!

And that's the point. To Me Win 7 is just a load of eye candy. I've already had to tweak XP to an inch of its life in order to get it exactly how I want it. I'd have to tweak Win 7 even more to get it exactly as my XP is now - but because they've changed how things are done, I would never be able to get 7 exactly how I have XP at the moment. As for 7 being more 'secure', well XP is very secure thanks, especially with all the security precautions I take as a matter of course. There is absolutely no reason for me to change to Win 7. Either now, or in the future.

Until they bring out a better system than xp, I'm sticking with it. Windows 7 is just clutter and not user friendly.

Windows is a great computer i use XP but the newer ones are nice with the more CPUs and larger hard drive and more memory if i could upgrade with out haveing to reinstall, download, and copy every thing i would update

Over a decade ago, in the golden days of AOL, we had a computer in the office that was connected to the Internet via dial-up and we had an AOL account only to get us on line, but we never used AOL's browser. We used IE and IE only, and it worked well for our needs.

There were a couple of young boys working at our office who constantly "upgraded" the AOL software on that computer for no reason, since no one used AOL's software for anything. Every month or so there was a "new" version of AOL on discs given away everywhere for free and the young guys kept "upgrading" our computer crushing it terribly with each new "upgrade". It did not help telling them that there was no need whatsoever to install anything new from AOL; their urge to "upgrade" was just too strong to resist.

Today I find the same "upgrade for the sake of upgrade" mentality in the folks talking about XP being "outdated", and anxious to get Windows 7, and now Windows 8 on their machines.

No one reasonable could give me a single compelling reason to do so, and I always get really frustrated when I have to work on Windows 7 PCs.

I know that my games respond a lot better on xp. The graphics are much smoother and snappier.