Windows 7, total crap, new OP system recommendations?

[brianakell]

Ive got windows 7 on 2 computers. Both absolutely suck goata$$. Slow as can be, and for stupid stuff. Like saving a word document, here's you blue swirly thing. Want to open UPS software, oh another blue swirly, yay! Worse is, Ive got an old XP laptop that smokes the windows 7 machines for responsiveness. I run autocad on a silly old laptop, that's had repair, and the brand spanking new desktop, I won't even load it on! Web pages, holy hell, whole 'nother story. WAAAAY better on the XP machine. Literally took 10 second to just log in to this website on the 7 machine!

Bottom line, Im so sick of this Microsoft utter POS, I want to drag it to the range and pickup some tannerite on the way. What OP systems are good these days? And do I have to re-buy all the programs for a mac or something else, or are those companies likely to help me out in some form?

Other than CAD, paper beat computer every day of the week. Gates you suck miserably. Great marketing and taking majority of consumers money, but your software is utter crap!

[kawiracer14]

What are the specs on these computers? Are they too old to run Windows 7?

7 is light years better than Windows 8.

[Teufelhund]

What are the specs on these computers? Are they too old to run Windows 7?

7 is light years better than Windows 8.

+1

Windows 7 is very stable and runs fast on everything I have it on. It outperforms Vista and Windows 8 in my experience. I would take a look at your hardware specs, and then what else you have running in the background. Anti-virus scans will make most PCs unusable while they are running, and a majority of software that you install also installs an "always on" service for no good reason (e.g. my Epson printer software seems to think it needs several monitoring services running all the time; those get shut off permanently on my PCs).

[trlcavscout]

What are the specs on these computers? Are they too old to run Windows 7?

7 is light years better than Windows 8.

Agreed 8 is like a teenage girls wet dream Iphone yet worthless as fuck as a PC OS.

[ZERO THEORY]

What are the specs on these computers? Are they too old to run Windows 7?

7 is light years better than Windows 8.

This. If you're having issues with W7...YOU are havng issues.

[ben4372]

What are the specs on these computers? Are they too old to run Windows 7?

7 is light years better than Windows 8.

I like 7 too.

[Delfuego]

Something is wrong with your stuff brother. I have no issues with Win7, it flies. You probably have a root-kit or something is wrong with the system.

I'm sure Apple will just give you everything you need, they are so very helpful

No trying to be a dick, but I give your rant a 2 out of 10. I have been hearing the same thing for a decade now. WinXP (Windows 2002) is officially done in a month or two. It is end of life and will be the biggest virus magnet ever soon enough. I have deployed Windows 7 in many, many offices, and homes and it works great. If yours is having problems it isn't the OS, it's something else. If you want to bring it to me I will sort it out for you...

And Bill Gates doesn't run MS anymore, not since 2008.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Win7 is to WinVista as Win98 Second Edition was to Win95 but your computer does need to meet some minimum specifications or it'll run like a drunk two-legged dog.

Win8 is just total fecal matter so I've eliminated the use of Windows at home and even convinced my workplace to get me a MacBook Pro instead of a Windows box when they did lifecycle replacements to get me off WinXP.

If you want to reuse the hardware you have then switch it to Ubuntu or some other flavor of Linux or FreeBSD.

[spqrzilla]

On older hardware, I put a Linux release on them and get a lot more life out of them. However, if you are dependent upon specific software, you will probably not find it in Linux versions (although you could be surprised).

In most cases, if your system really is a dog with Windows 7 you might look at its installed RAM. These days, if not already maxedout, RAM can be the cheapest upgrade to PC hardware.

[sellersm]

On older hardware, I put a Linux release on them and get a lot more life out of them. However, if you are dependent upon specific software, you will probably not find it in Linux versions (although you could be surprised).

+1 to this suggestion as well! I've got some very old hardware chugging along with Linux... For just web surfing or basic stuff, it works fine.