Why you would stick to Windows XP and not upgrade to Windows 7

[kavin]

As i run this forum and blog, I need to do a lot of software testing before I write something. Atleast I need to install the application and run it for some time atleast. That's when I find its not as good as XP and everything doesnt run on the fly.

I accept this concept. But you could have used XP in VM instead because its the best way of testing out stuffs.

Yes I do know that almost most of the apps run well on Windows 7, but still its not 100%.

Some apps did fail to install in 7. Its a problem if you happen to use that exact ones.

Another thing as i said before, I hate the search function of Windows 7. May be none of you ever tried it.

I never have to try it, because i have to USE it instead.
Its much different from XP's. And i accept that its little tougher to use at first go. But you would feel pleased with you when you keep on using it.

[Avinash]

I accept this concept. But you could have used XP in VM instead because its the best way of testing out stuffs.

You cant test everything with VM, the reason the drivers of actual hardware are not loaded there and its not a real testing environment. Its a virtual environment. If something runs on VM, thats no guarantee it will run on actual machine.

I never have to try it, because i have to USE it instead.
Its much different from XP's. And i accept that its little tougher to use at first go. But you would feel pleased with you when you keep on using it.

As i said before, I do a lot of testing and I deal with loads of files. So I need to find files, folders etc based on so many parameters like file size, modification, some text inside file and other advance parameters. At that point, its very difficult to define these advance parameters.

The search function or overall Windows 7 is for average users with advance options either put OFF or removed or deep hidden inside.