I'd be fucking relieved if it came with XP
but then I can't see the point of any of the newer versions of windows. Come to that I was happy with 2000.....
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 6 Sep 2010, 10:27, 2 replies)

it couln't be more obvious
the Vista and Win 7 are simply 'we have to change everything, because you've all bought XP already'.

Hurumph . . .
( Not Pineapple anymore, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 11:40, closed)

To be fair though
XP is getting on for 10 years old now.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 11:56, closed)

Yes.
But is that the only reason to change it?

Vista and 7 seem to have gone in the opposite direction to every other release. They're getting more difficult for Bill Gates Mom to use.

I'm not a technophobe by any means, I am well trained and qualified for various computer systems (mainly Windows), but I hate the fidliness and obscurity of Win V/7. It's far harder to show other people how it works too, so it's not just my personal opinion.

I'll put this out for flaming - I use OSX a lot of the time too, and it's easier to use than Win 7.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:30, closed)

Win7 is fine
as long as you've got a half decent spec PC
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 12:01, closed)

Like surely most of us have?

( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 6 Sep 2010, 12:06, closed)

Win7 is better even if you have a crappier PC
i run win7(ultimate) on a netbook and it works a treat .. but then I did upgrade RAM to 2GB
(TwinkleFuckingToes Has a ingrown toe nail, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 12:35, closed)

my feeling exactly
again I felt much the same about XP/2000
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 6 Sep 2010, 12:58, closed)

I'd be dead chuffed if it came with XP too...
...in fairness I haven't tried Win 7, but Vista is gradually eroding what little sanity I had to start with.
(eesnahk, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 12:31, closed)