On 26-Oct-2017 04:55, Eduard Braun wrote:
(I have an XP machine running myself but I'm honest enough to admit it's only lack of time/convenience/laziness I did not install a current OS yet - on all objective measures it's stupid to still use it)
Agreed except for one thing - XP is noticeably faster on the same hardware that than W7. I have two identical machines: dual core Athlon X2 with 2Gb memory, 1Tb disk, same graphics card. They have the same background programs installed (Symantec endpoint protection and Sassafras K2 Client [license controller]) and for some reason or other programs just start quicker and run faster on XP. Yes, I have already worked through several "make W7 faster" guides. There are not background jobs on the W7 box sucking up CPU time, it just drags for some reason. Both Windows variants are less responsive than Xubuntu, but that's really apples to oranges and not a fair comparison.
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