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From: Richard on 19 Dec 2009 07:40 Is there any benefit in upgrading from XP Pro64 o Windows 7 64 please? Does it run significantly faster for example. Cheers Richard --
From: mikeyhsd on 19 Dec 2009 08:21 as with all upgrades your mileage may vary. it has the ability to be slightly faster. depends on your configuration. it is more secure for sure. and is on the list of OS to be supported for years compared to xp which is on the grave list. mikeyhsd(a)hotmail.com "Richard" <richard(a)spamfree.co.uk> wrote in message news:6FGrJAe4mMLLFwJt(a)eclipse.co.uk... Is there any benefit in upgrading from XP Pro64 o Windows 7 64 please? Does it run significantly faster for example. Cheers Richard --
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 19 Dec 2009 11:02 Well, there's a lot more functionality in Win7. It's certainly more secure. And it is far better supported for drivers and software. Is it faster? Probably not, though if you have enough hardware to run 64-bit at all, it probably isn't any different in speed. Faster for some things, I suspect, though I honestly haven't done any direct tests. The real point is that Windows 7 is the future, and Windows XP x64 Edition is a dead-end. BTW, there is no direct upgrade available. You'll need to do a clean install when you move to Windows 7 64-bit. (You can use an Upgrade version, but it still requires a clean install.) -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Richard" <richard(a)spamfree.co.uk> wrote in message news:6FGrJAe4mMLLFwJt(a)eclipse.co.uk... > Is there any benefit in upgrading from XP Pro64 o Windows 7 64 please? > Does it run significantly faster for example. > > Cheers > > Richard > -- > > >
From: Richard on 19 Dec 2009 12:39 In his posting of Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Charlie Russel - MVP writes >Well, there's a lot more functionality in Win7. It's certainly more >secure. And it is far better supported for drivers and software. Is it >faster? Probably not, though if you have enough hardware to run 64-bit >at all, it probably isn't any different in speed. Faster for some >things, I suspect, though I honestly haven't done any direct tests. The >real point is that Windows 7 is the future, and Windows XP x64 Edition >is a dead-end. Thanks for that. Not sure that this is a problem for some time as basically this machine is for just running Photoshop very fast when working with files that start at nearly 2G and can end up being 5G. Still got Win 2000 installed on the office/Internet computer and it is fine. > >BTW, there is no direct upgrade available. You'll need to do a clean >install when you move to Windows 7 64-bit. (You can use an Upgrade >version, but it still requires a clean install.) > Thanks, I will try to remember this for when the time comes<G> Cheers Richard --
From: Jim on 20 Dec 2009 17:28
On Dec 19, 11:39 am, Richard <rich...(a)spamfree.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks, I will try to remember this for when the time comes<G> > > Cheers > > Richard Hi Richard, I think it's all about the money. I have upgraded my X64 machine to Vista 64-bit and just recently to Windows 7 64-bit. I haven't seen much change. My machine is still badly screwed up, as it was the last two times I upgraded. However, Windows 7 has one feature that I *really* like, which is the ability to *Force* a shutdown of programs which are locked up in the background. My machine was starting to take 20 minutes (literally) to shut down. Windows 7 has cut that to less than 5. Also the networking is *much* improved, particularly with other Windows 7 machines. Vista was a networking disaster for me. Nevertheless, I can't say that my hardware is much improved, other than the startups and shutdowns being quicker, which is not insignificant. I hope that helps! :-) Jim |