Do you all have a reason not to use XP ?
Major releases:
There was win95 .. it was unstable
Then came win98, it was more stable but still had lots of issues
Win2000 was the first pretty stable release (let's ignore NT for now)
XP is Windows 2000 together with a (stupid) changed frontend, more recent bugfixes.
XP already has some pretty bad features but it's not too annoying.
After XP we had a bunch of stupid variants .. none of them bring anything we need.
Vista was the peak of stupidness, slowish, heavy memory usage, lots of useless crap and it introduced a lot of software incompatibility.
No one wants Vista, even businesses use XP as it's stable, more lightweight and doesn't have all those features that steal your time.
Microsoft realiced Vista is a fiasco, so they make something total NEW.
They take Vista, change it's modelling. Add a few features, remove a few features and to make clear it is not Vista they call it "Windows 7.0".
Now what do you get ? You get Vista + a bunch of features you don't want.
Use XP .. it's faster and got everything you need from an operating system. (already much more than most people actually want but not as shitty as vista or windows 7.0)
Window's 7 is not Vista Revamped. Its Mac type operating system, which does not have the typical window's startup programs. Therefore making it faster and more stable, you run what you want to run. Nothing More.
Hey man I used to have access to the MSDNAA while I was at Uni and there was a little bug in it that basically gave you access to as many serial numbers (LEGIT!!) as you wanted but only once per product. You could do it with all your mates accounts as well though. I don't know if this still works but if you want to try it I would love a serial if it still works
Basically what you need to do is go through the steps to order it and then when you get to the stage of checkout (exact page is forgotten cos this was years ago) where you get your serial number and just refresh the page. It used to rotate serial numbers almost indefinitely (never got more than 10 but I heard some people got more). I had so many legit serials for XP pro it was silly.
If you wanna try this out you could do it on another app that you could get for free that uses serials and check if it works. When it worked for us we could get as many serials as we wanted for any app.
Just to answer anyone who may ask yes these serials worked with WGA and gave access to all support and were recognised as completely legit serials. Let me know how it goes.
Could anyone explain what the heck are all these different versions?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Editions
Could anyone explain what the heck are all these different versions?
Windows 7 Starter
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Ultimate
Microsoft realiced Vista is a fiasco, so they make something total NEW.
They take Vista, change it's modelling. Add a few features, remove a few features and to make clear it is not Vista they call it "Windows 7.0".