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Windows 7 use finally overtakes Windows XP

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socrates
socrates Original post #1
Oct 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM
There are now more people using Windows 7 than Windows XP, according to figures from the stat counters over at StatCounter. Windows 7 use finally overtakes Windows XP | News | TechRadar UK
Vyom
Vyom #2
Oct 18, 2011 at 12:16 AM
Finally Windows 7 caught up. It's good.
I think, market shares would primarily consist of XP and 7 for a long time to come. Windows 8 looks no good for the masses. (Atleast till now).
Vyom
Vyom #4
Oct 18, 2011 at 10:29 AM
@dashing.sujay: Many are dude.
Well, I forgot to mention that me too is still on XP. But, that's purely because of my age old hardware. So it's not by choice.
dashing.sujay
Oct 18, 2011 at 12:03 PM
^^Well harware is not a problem for me, but i love XP, and plus, I'm not having personal PC/lappi, so never bothered to upgrade :p
nims11
nims11 #6
Oct 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM
I used XP on my old laptop(256 meg RAM and it ran quite well) and PC until i got a new laptop with preloaded win7 this month. I love XP for its simplicity.
tkin
tkin #7
Oct 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Its about time, XP was a good OS, I didn't even bother checking out Vista, but 7 is too good, it deserves the market share.
R
Oct 18, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Windows XP is still the best Windows.
skeletor
skeletor #10
Oct 18, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Windows XP is 10 years old. :p You see, how long it lasted.
dashing.sujay
Oct 18, 2011 at 10:42 PM
^^And i seriously doubt any other OS to sustain that much. <3 XP
R
rajnusker #12
Oct 18, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Well, so was Pen 3. So why did you upgraded to Core i5? ;)

Because it was getting slow with time. Windows XP is not slow, its fast and actually loads apps faster than 7, old games run much better on XP than on 7. Not to mention the ease of use. My brother owns 2-3x better rig than me, still he prefers XP. Why? Because he wants simplicity, not fancy eye-candy aero.
dashing.sujay
Oct 18, 2011 at 10:59 PM
^^Also i get lost in win7 finding many things which were available in XP at ease / or i could say i was used to.
avichandana20000
Oct 18, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Make a classic menu and a quicklaunch. things will be eased