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[h1]Is Windows 7 the new XP?[/h2]
A brief overview of operating systems.





Server Operating Systems

For those that don't realize it, Windows Server operating systems are derivatives of Microsoft's general OS line of products.

Going back some time:

Windows NT Server - Based loosely off of Windows 3.1


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Windows 2000 Server is based off of Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003 is based off of Windows XP (and is YN's webserver platform)
Windows Server 2003 R2 is still based off of Windows XP
Windows Server 2008 is based off of Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008 R2 is based off of Windows 7

Windows Vista



I have always compared Vista to "a pretty stage that is so eccentrically detailed, that the performers you came to see can't even perform, because they're tripping all over themselves.

Most people charge that "Vista is fine, it's the User Access Control that people complain about", while this is true, I've left it on the entire time I used Vista...Despite the annoyance, it truly was a good security enhancement. I'm talking more of incompatibilities, speed, security, and reliability. These aren't items typically prevalent to most people who buy an OS for it's "appeal."

Windows XP

Windows XP, when it first came out, was a little on the "unstable" side, there were s...

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Tags: Windows, 7, XP, Vista, Microsoft, Operating, System
  Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 4:23:57 PM #23084
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I don't believe I have the Sys. requirements to run Windows 7, so I'll keep XP. Nice article though. You should edit the first line so the tags close properly. 5*

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  Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 5:29:05 PM #23089
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Yeah, i love it. Due to a fucking stupid problem, im stuck using windows vista home basic until i find a decent copy of W7

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  Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 9:49:50 AM #23179
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I might upgrade to W7 after I research it a bit more.

Are windows XP programs compatible with Windows 7?

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  Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 1:16:09 PM #23188
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^Yes!

Although a few may not be, most are.

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  Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at 1:24:08 PM #23189
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I read somewhere that windows 7 got more preorders on amazon then the last 2 harry potter books.

Deny! Deny! Deny!
  Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 12:14:52 AM #23416
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I plan on trying to get a copy of this new OS, and installing it (clean install) and getting rid of Vista (Shitsta).

"Ah that's one thing about our Harry, doesn't play any favorites! Harry hates everybody: Limeys, Micks, Hebes, Fat Dagos, Niggers, Honkies, Chinks, you name it."

  Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 2:19:11 PM #24833
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I use Tiny7 rev 01 on my netbook and it kicks ass, only had to reinstall once due to a fuck up on my part.

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