said by MDA:The actual problem is XP doesn't use a multicore CPU efficiently like Vista and later. You may see more than 1 cpu graph with a multicore processor in the Task Manager, but all its doing is taking those CPU speeds combining them to simulate one supercore/thread.
This is no benefit for games (audio and video run out of sync) and the network stack can't benefit from RSS since workload is not being divided evenly like in newer OSes.
As said before, you would need a dedicated gigabit NIC card to get past the CPU issue (unless you upgrade your OS), and to manually tweak XP's TCP window and its TCP/IP features (because Vista and later do it automatically).
In my opinion, if one thinks Vista was a complete failure, they are one of those people that went back to XP even before the first service pack or didn't even use it and are just saying that from what the grapevine told them. Service pack two for Vista was basically the same as Windows 7.
However, nothing to benefit for staying on Vista now unlike before Windows 7 was out. Windows 8/8.1 (as much as people hate it for its interface) use WAY less memory (try like 1.2gb out of my 8gb at startup). Even with Aero forced off, Windows 7 uses more memory (1.8-2gb on this Windows 7 laptop I'm currently typing on). Shutdown time is 4-5 seconds. Half of any previous OS I used. Windows 8/8.1 may not look easy to navigate (a learning curve), but it's performance is at least 20% better than even Windows 7.
In summary, if you plan to stay on XP pro, your doing nothing but limiting your performance.
said by why60loss:Windows 8.1 broke a bunch of stuff that worked on windows 7.
For the 25% that are still on XP, I really do feel like they should use Linux as windows 7 still does break a lot of stuff and windows 8 is just trash.
There's that grapevine again...
Everything I had installed on Vista I have installed on Windows 8.1 Pro. What broke?
You really think what I am saying is smoke. I used Windows visa on it's 2nd SP and it still sucked. It would lock up and reboot on it's own 2 times a week right out of the box. Windows 8.1 broke a lot of the setting's that would allow older software to work. Try setting it to act like windows 95. Oh wait you can't that's only on windows 7.
Even then windows 8.1 doesn't handle older stuff well at all nor do many drivers play nice with it. Just ask my DVD drive that worked on windows 7 but not windows 8.
I used Visa every day for over a year before going to the windows 7 beta that only MS devs could get and even it worked better than visa because it was like SP3 of it.
Oh and that shutdown isn't a real shutdown and that will make issues later on trust me.
You are really telling him to buy new hard ware just to maybe get a 10% boost on download speed. That's just stupid.
Can you tell or sell me on why should someone on XP upgrade to windows 8.1 when none of the old stuff will work and most software made now is cross pat and would run on Linux.
I get the feeling most windows 8.1 users are just butt hurt and want to make every one else do the same thing they did to make them self's feel better.
Sent from a Windows 8.1 PC.
