Have been switched to windows 7 from the day of its beta release.
Anyhow windows XP still runs on two VM's.
From my experience, windows 7 is better than XP and much better than Vista.
Have been switched to windows 7 from the day of its beta release.
Anyhow windows XP still runs on two VM's.
From my experience, windows 7 is better than XP and much better than Vista.
i am still using Windows XP and have no intention to switch to Windows 7 though I have a genuine windows 7.due 2 audio problem . can u help me?
Just installed 90 days windows 7 enterprise trial , will decide on my experience if all my previous applications work flawlessly on windows 7
I will still prefer Windows XP as it is the best OS.
Me!
I've tried Win7 and it's nice... but I need a much more powerful box to run it on. With a Core2Duo E6300 (1.86 GHz) and 1.5 GB RAM I can be a very happy camper with XP Pro or a marginal user with Win7 and all it's prettiness and coolness.
I'm also seriously looking at Ubuntu... as long as I've got XP virtualized (see below).
Easy decision. So, yeah. I do plan on getting a Win7 box: at least 6 GB RAM, SATA III and USB 3.
But I'm also looking at holding onto XP via VirtualBox. I do have a XP Home license that originally came with my current box along with the XP Pro license I got when the box was refurbished.
So, hopefully I'll be able to sucessfully get the XP Home license installed on a virtual machine. (I'm sure I'll have to do phone activation with MS on that: I'm looking at the sticker on the side of my box as I type this.)
Now you can see why I want at least 6 GB before I'll consider Win7 => At least 1.5 GB for the base virtual machine. Then I can have various versions of the vhd with assorted soon-to-be legacy apps installed in them.
I even wrote a poem for an XP license competition.Alas, I didn't win
Ode to XP
Like a comfortable armchair art thou to me
Though I never dreamed so attached to you I'd be.
I recall how small you used be when only 2.0,
The exciting possiblities I spied at 3.0,
How the whole world suddenly changed with 95 & 98,
And how Windows became the OS I loved to hate.
False starts, and blue-screen fits you used to throw.
Those ugly, embarassing phases like Bob and ME really used to blow.
And then finally, the promises, promises came true.
Windows XP: stable, sturdy and keen, my appreciation grew and grew.
Has it really been 9 long years? Are you really through?
Come on now, I didn't buy that Vista ballyhoo.
But I see the bright and shiny blossom of 7
That Redmond promises, promises to be OS heaven.
And in my future, there's a monstrous machine:
Quad cores, 16 GB RAM and more... with a really big screen.
And I'm told I really won't have to say goodbye
To you, Windows XP, my old friend and faithful ally.
They say, "Come take a close look inside.
In Virual PC will XP still reside."
Oh, how sweet, I think. But wait...
I feel like I've been set up for a blind date!
We all know the score, tis understandable too.
A ploy: big corps with legacy apps to comfort and subdue.
XP Mode? Good for them, but not really for hobbyists like me.
There's a great way to keep you around, and it's free!
Uncrippled and robust, I can keep you in a VirtualBox.
So many apps do I test and try, it's hard to pull up all the weeds.
But once a retail license's installed, I can have a vdh for each of my needs
While my base system remains clean and lean. What can I say but XP ROX!
And come Windows 7 or 8 or Ubuntu, Whoopee!
With me, will my virtualized XP Pro always be!
Last edited by jelson; 10-12-10 at 10:46 AM.