Windows 7, total crap, new OP system recommendations?

[Aloha_Shooter]

CP/M was certainly better than MS-DOS but so was DR-DOS. I really liked OS/2 Warp -- it was a better Windows than Windows by the time they got to V3 and V4. I tend to think that was one of the reasons MS pressed so hard to get a crappy version of Win95 out the door since IBM had no rights to the extensions MS added for Win95. I was laughing at the guys who stood in line for a midnight copy of Win95 and then bitching about how bad it was the next day. My OS/2 system was more stable and user friendly than the Win NT 3.5 systems at work -- but IBM had really crappy marketing for PC-related products.

[blacklabel]

The only trouble that I've had with 7 was using massive Excel sheets. It's not stable at all.

[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.

[ANADRILL]

Windows 7 is evil....

[rondog]

Any of you computer savvy fellers work on them for hire? If so, send me a PM willya? Being unemployed I'm gimping along with an old corporate laptop running XP. Ain't much of a computer, but still works fine. It has a bunch of old corporate BS software cluttering up the drive that I'd love to get shoveled out. Basically a cleanout and tuneup, something to keep it alive until we can replace it. Not looking for free work, but affordable.

Also have a Dell desktop that's newer and better, but Micro Center says the motherboard is getting flaky and can't be fixed. I'm a total computard when it comes to working on them.

[Aloha_Shooter]

The only trouble that I've had with 7 was using massive Excel sheets. It's not stable at all.

How massive? Mine were 45 MB with tons of data, formulas and graphs and I never saw stability problems. Took a while to open them but no stability problems.

[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.

[colorider]

I'm still running XP. I feel like a Ludite.

"puter specs would really help. As others have said, sounds like a horsepower issue.

I'm still on XP too. .And use a computer ever day. I can't switch. I have a plotter that I use and the software will not work with any other windows. New software is over $800. I am quite fond of xp. Never crashes or hangs on me.

[cstone]

I'm still on XP too. .And use a computer ever day. I can't switch. I have a plotter that I use and the software will not work with any other windows. New software is over $800. I am quite fond of xp. Never crashes or hangs on me.

WinXP is just fine for what it is. Just FYI, M$ has milked every dime it could from WinXP and they have decided to cut it loose and no longer support it, so as of April 8th, M$ will no longer provide updates and patches for WinXP and Office 2003. What does M$ suggest you do to insure you have an OS which is patched to any flaws or exploits? Give them money and upgrade to Win7 or Win8 and Office 2013.

One of my biggest beefs with M$ is that they won't release MS-DOS into an open license like GNU. M$ won't release any of their old, unsupported software into open licensing so that computer enthusiasts could continue development on older platforms. I guess in a way it has been good because it has forced developers to create new and innovative solutions, however, it would garner just a small amount of goodwill if M$ would throw a bone to people who just like to tinker with older systems. Rant off.

[clublights]

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Macs are great if you buy into their proprietary everything bullshit and pay out the ass for it.

What "proprietary everything bullshit" do you mean?

I'm seriously curious here....