Re: Windows XP - What you'll miss about Vista
David;732405 Wrote:
> What a crock, regarding how XP "slows down". I've had XP loaded on my
> desktop Pavilion for about over 4 years, and its no slower than the day
> it was purchased. I haven't had to reload any of my OS's since I got
> WIN3.1. I use each PC until i get the urge to buy another one in a few
> years and the new PC has another version of Windows on it. I don't
> understand why so many people claim they NEED to reinstall windows from
> time to time. IMO, if they knew what they were doing they could keep
> windows running as well after 2 years as the day they bought it. And NO,
> I'm not just unaware of slowdowns--I can tell if somethings wonky.
Thats a valid argument, but there ARE scenarios where Windows XP can
and will slow down over time. While I do not doubt your case, perhaps
you should do a test. Clean install Windows XP, and all your usual
applications, then run a benchmark test, and record the results. Then,
after perhaps 6 months or so of genral daily use, run the exact same
benchmark, and compare the results. The second test will likely give a
lower score.
David;732405 Wrote:
> I've used 3.1, Win 95, Win 98SE, XP, and now Vista. Unless the hard
> drive dies on my Vista machines, I anticipate the same longevity with
> ONE installation of the OS,. rather then the PC-hobbyist mentality of
> reloading it 3 or 4 times a year.
I too have been using Windows since 3.1. And I do agree with you that
re-installing a couple of times a year is a bad idea - this is why too
many people never learn how to keep their systems running smoothly. When
something goes wrong, they re-install, instead of figuring out how to
solve the problem and in turn how to prevent it from happening again.
Re-installing to solve a problem is like curing the disease by killing
the patient!
But that still doesn't change the fact that Vista is far more stable
than XP could ever hope to be, and does not *need* to be periodically
reinstalled. As a rule, I always re-loaded all my XP systems once a year
over the December holidays (when I had the time), in preparation for the
new year.
In now close to 15 months of using Vista x64 Ultimate, I've reloaded
once, when the motherboard on my computer was destroyed. But that too
was a choice - because when I plugged the Vista drive into the new
computer, it simply detected the new hardware and continued normally.
But I wanted to start fresh, and formatted and re-installed Vista
anyway. Had that happened with XP, the reload would have been forced,
because the XP installation would not have survived the motherboard
change.
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