I'm considering biting the bullet and upgrading my IBM clone From Windows XP 32-bit to something else. I'm wondering if I should just go to Windows Vista/7/8 or should I change over to a new brand entirely? Keep in mindI use this computer largely for gaming so I need an OS that will support that.
Depending on just how old the hardware is, you may do OK with Vista. I somehow doubt anything that came with XP on it will do well with Windows 8.
oh most of the hardware is pretty new. the processor, RAM, motherboard and such are all q uite new in fact.
I'd stick with 7 at least until 8.1 comes out.
Quote from: MrBogosity on August 15, 2013, 11:32:26 PM
I'd stick with 7 at least until 8.1 comes out.
Probably the best bet, let them try to patch some of the bugs in the new features in 8. (This is why Windows 2000 is still my favorite desktop Windows version: They had intended to have all the features of XP in 2000, but there just wasn't time, what with the urgent need to get something else out the door when the market decided it hated Me. They had to strip all the actually new features out, leaving them with NT 4 with the multimedia features from the 9x series added in. Everything started out pretty well debugged and didn't change much with any of the four service packs. XP, on the other hand, changed radically with SP2.)
XP was great by the time Vista came out. It still is, but unfortunately, Microsoft will be discontinuing updates for it soon, meaning open-season on hacking unpatched security flaws.
I'm actually quite happy with Windows 8. Unless you're worried about the start button (I'm glad it's gone), you can get windows 8 now, and install the free 8.1 update later this year. From what I can tell, other than the option to return the (now redundant) start button to it's traditional place, 8.1 is just an update.
That being said, if you're accustomed to previous versions of windows, there is a learning curb with Win 8. (Think about the same learning curb between 3.1 and 95.)