Windows XP in comment and analysis
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment So what issues are you likely to come up against if you choose to move from XP to Windows 7? However, the long term issue for Microsoft is not whether new and existing machines in the consumer space are... [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Sure there have been a few missing drivers here and there but in every case the resulting machine worked and almost always performed better than under Vista and XP. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his... [23 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment We've seen this with Vista, XP and the other Windows operating systems going all the way back. Vista predecessor XP is now long in the tooth but remains the overwhelming choice of... [20 Oct 2009]
Hands-on with Windows 7: How it worked for me
Comment Indeed, after the original alphas and beta of Windows 7 were released, Microsoft agreed that including a virtual PC capability for running Windows XP was a good idea. It has a much... [13 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment Just think back to the furore surrounding the initial launch of iPlayer, when the online media player was released only for Windows XP - and not for Mac or open source OSes. Click here for page two whose... [31 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up The Round-Up thinks it might be churlish to point out the presence of Windows XP (via downgrade rights from Vista), the eight versions of Vista itself and the Windows 7 beta not to... [17 Jul 2009]
Inbox: 'Microsoft - focus on what you do do, not what you don't do'
Comment Also: Microsoft's promise to provide Windows 7 with an XP mode got readers on a rant. Microsoft to woo users onto Windows 7 with 'XP mode' Microsoft is trying to make it... [05 May 2009]
Ask the Experts: How can I get to use a Mac at work?
Comment You could make the head of IT feel slightly less anxious by pointing out that Macs can run Windows XP or even, heaven help you, Vista. What can it do that a Windows PC cannot? Eager to... [17 Feb 2009]
What does Ballmer worry about? "Google, Google, Google"
Comment And we're doing very well with Windows XP, which fits. With Windows 7, we're able to build compatibly off of Vista and really tune the user interface, the performance, and at the end of... [09 Jan 2009]
A first look at Windows 7 in action
Comment I found Vista to be a worthy upgrade from Windows XP SP2. Microsoft appears to have wiped out a lot of the Windows XP-era interface quirks of Vista; the result is a much... [08 Jan 2009]
Inbox: Hasta la Vista, cloud debate, Apple future gazing
Comment Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking out the unreleased Windows 7 OS than its... [10 Oct 2008]
Inbox: Vista, Bletchley Park and Cuil
Comment And Vista versus XP (and even Windows 98) is a hot topic for readers - below are just a few of the responses we've had. Microsoft got together a sample of Windows XP... [31 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up The company got together a sample of Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista and asked them for their opinion on the OS. Vista has proven so unpopular with some that it's driven... [25 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Time finally runs out for Windows XP, place Wherever you look, it seems the world doesn't want XP, yet MS insist on ramming it down out throats! XP is dead Teacher... [03 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Wave goodbye to Windows XP and say hello to Vista. Of course, you can still run XP on new PCs you just need to buy Vista and downgrade it. Slightly better news for... [27 Jun 2008]
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