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May 18th, 2012 - 12:08 am ET by Bill in Co | Report spam
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On Thu, 17 May 2012 04:12:11 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom>











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Windows 7, and even more so Vista, requires somewhat better hardware
than XP to run optimally. Every version of Windows has had that same
behavior over its previous version... needing more memory, faster
processors. There are a lot of advantages to Windows 7. If they don't
make up for the disadvantages as far as you're concerned, that's your
personal view. There are plenty of quite experienced computer
professionals that would strongly disagree with your assertions, and who
have none of the problems you describe. It's opinion. I don't
understand your hostility. {shrug}



I am curious as to what advantages you've found with these newer OS's,
Glen,
especially considering that you're a techie, and thus wouldn't be wowed
over
with just appearances. For example, what is it that is missing in WinXP
or
98SE? Well, ok, I can see some (possible) points against Win98SE, with
its heap resource problems, limited USB support issues, and a greater
tendency to blue screen with some aberrant apps, but that was all taken
care
of in WinXP. (That said, I still admire 98SE for being so compact and
having true DOS capabililty and support, and it's just sticking to the
basics of just being an OS, per se. Little hand holding. :-)

And from what I've read, the later editions of Windows have taken away
some
stuff (and user control over it) that we've been accustomed to having; you
even mentioned one with Windows Explorer. And even things like control
over codec support (controlling what audio or video codecs you can have
installed) have been diminished, from what I read.

It just seems like MS is taking away more and more control over the OS
from
the user. Is that "progress"? I guess I just don't see the point in
having a OS attempt to do more for you, or have a glitzier looking
interface, or dumbing down the interface, plus the trend to remove easy
and direct access to files and folders that I think you mentioned, Glen).



Can anybody here shed some light on what great features of these newer OS's
one is missing by sticking with an older OS like XP? I've politely asked
twice and gotten no concrete answers, and was just *curious* as to any real
life examples). But as a point of reference, I'm still more than content
using Office 2000 (and even MS Works 4.5 on occasion), and maybe that's part
of the problem. :-)
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#11 BillW50
May 18th, 2012 - 08:22 pm ET | Report spam
On 5/18/2012 11:49 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 18/05/2012 12:08 AM, Bill in Co wrote:
Can anybody here shed some light on what great features of these newer
OS's
one is missing by sticking with an older OS like XP? I've politely asked
twice and gotten no concrete answers, and was just *curious* as to any
real
life examples). But as a point of reference, I'm still more than content
using Office 2000 (and even MS Works 4.5 on occasion), and maybe
that's part
of the problem. :-)



I like the integrated search feature. I also like the Resource Monitor,
which is an upgrade to the Performance Monitor in XP.



Yes nice when we are talking about a stock system. But Aston Shell
search does the same thing for XP and up. In fact I use the Aston one
instead of the Windows 7 one, as it is much faster. And I am sure there
must be more third party stuff that does better too.

I don't use the Resource Monitor too often, but it is indeed nice for
stock. But I also mostly use third party utilities which also work for
XP and up too.

Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP2
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#12 Char Jackson
May 18th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ET | Report spam
On Fri, 18 May 2012 19:22:13 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

On 5/18/2012 11:49 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:

I like the integrated search feature. I also like the Resource Monitor,
which is an upgrade to the Performance Monitor in XP.



Yes nice when we are talking about a stock system. But Aston Shell
search does the same thing for XP and up. In fact I use the Aston one
instead of the Windows 7 one, as it is much faster.



Since the Win 7 search returns results as you type, I'm not quite sure
how another product can be "much faster". How does that work?
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#13 BillW50
May 18th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ET | Report spam
On 5/18/2012 9:43 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2012 19:22:13 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

On 5/18/2012 11:49 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:

I like the integrated search feature. I also like the Resource Monitor,
which is an upgrade to the Performance Monitor in XP.



Yes nice when we are talking about a stock system. But Aston Shell
search does the same thing for XP and up. In fact I use the Aston one
instead of the Windows 7 one, as it is much faster.



Since the Win 7 search returns results as you type, I'm not quite sure
how another product can be "much faster". How does that work?



I don't know how it works. I don't know even how Windows 7 search works.
I just know that I use both and Aston blows Windows 7 search away. And
Windows 7 search only works for Windows 7/8. And Aston search works for
XP and higher.

Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP2
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#14 Bill in Co
May 19th, 2012 - 12:02 am ET | Report spam
BillW50 wrote:
On 5/18/2012 9:43 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2012 19:22:13 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

On 5/18/2012 11:49 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:

I like the integrated search feature. I also like the Resource Monitor,
which is an upgrade to the Performance Monitor in XP.



Yes nice when we are talking about a stock system. But Aston Shell
search does the same thing for XP and up. In fact I use the Aston one
instead of the Windows 7 one, as it is much faster.



Since the Win 7 search returns results as you type, I'm not quite sure
how another product can be "much faster". How does that work?



I don't know how it works. I don't know even how Windows 7 search works.
I just know that I use both and Aston blows Windows 7 search away. And
Windows 7 search only works for Windows 7/8. And Aston search works for XP
and higher.



I can't even imagine how bad its search tool must be!
I couldn't even stand the XP file search tool (it was a lot better in 98SE),
and replaced it with Agent Ransack and File Locator Pro.
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#15 BillW50
May 19th, 2012 - 12:18 am ET | Report spam
On 5/18/2012 11:02 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
On 5/18/2012 9:43 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2012 19:22:13 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

On 5/18/2012 11:49 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:

I like the integrated search feature. I also like the Resource Monitor,
which is an upgrade to the Performance Monitor in XP.



Yes nice when we are talking about a stock system. But Aston Shell
search does the same thing for XP and up. In fact I use the Aston one
instead of the Windows 7 one, as it is much faster.



Since the Win 7 search returns results as you type, I'm not quite sure
how another product can be "much faster". How does that work?



I don't know how it works. I don't know even how Windows 7 search works.
I just know that I use both and Aston blows Windows 7 search away. And
Windows 7 search only works for Windows 7/8. And Aston search works for XP
and higher.



I can't even imagine how bad its search tool must be!
I couldn't even stand the XP file search tool (it was a lot better in 98SE),
and replaced it with Agent Ransack and File Locator Pro.



I don't know about File Locator Pro but I love Agent Ransack. That is
really great software.

Windows 7/8 search and Aston search works differently though. So neither
replaces Agent Ransack per se. But what Windows 7/8 and Aston does is to
search common folders that holds data, start menu shortcuts, programs,
etc. at a quick speed. Agent could do this too if you could select a
bunch of folders at a time too. Another thing that Windows 7/8 and Aston
search can do is search the Internet. Well ok, Aston can for sure.

Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP2
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