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this may not be in the correct grouping as it is aimed at people who use laptops in the field but has any body got any views on windows 7 against xp pro
laptops running windows 7
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they both stable, theyve both as responsive as each other, havent had any software compatibility issues..
we're replacing our XP machines with 7 at the moment, no problems at all.
youll be hard pressed to find a new laptop with XP preinstalled now.
we're replacing our XP machines with 7 at the moment, no problems at all.
youll be hard pressed to find a new laptop with XP preinstalled now.
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The Win7 starts up and shuts down very much quicker than one I had with XP Pro.
Other than that, there's only the stupid folder layout to contend with, after being used to XP !
Other than that, there's only the stupid folder layout to contend with, after being used to XP !
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Im running a Dell E6500 with Win 7 Ultimate and it flies along, mind you it helps having an SSD installed, 14 seconds to boot and launch my first application.
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Dell work laptop I just got was installed with XP (and this wasn't a special request from work)
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interesting dell told us they dont do XP downgrades anymore..
not that it matters as we rebuild them all with our OVS copies.
but certainly in the shops 99% (if not 100%) will have windows 7.
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They do for orders of over 50 units
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4 units only I believe.
We are a premier partner, but not for laptops.
Anyway, to the OP. Probably going to be windows 7 on any laptop you find in a shop which hasn't been sitting on the shelf for a significant period of time.
Either are likely to run as badly as each other.
One area where MS generally is poor, is the amount of disk-access on boot, and laptop aren't known for the fastest disks.
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If you order enough units they'll install Win 3.11 for you 