Recent content by Ed Dixon

There is a difference between intelligence and knowledge. What most are saying here is that many consumers lack knowledge when it comes to the finer points of OS comparisons. And while intelligence can enter into the equation, it’s more of a knowledge thing. Those consumers will rely...

For me, stability is about the same between XP and W7. I do note that IE8 tends to go stale more often in W7 than XP. Ed

Most consumers don't give a crap about platform, and most don't even know what that means. What they do want to know is if they will gain more than they lose when moving from XP/Vista (or anything else) to W7. Its a little like buying a new car. The worlds greatest 2 seater is mostly...

That is the actual brand and model I have, and it has worked very well so far in XP, Vista, and W7. Ed

Amazon.com: Powercolor HD4770 ATI Radeon 512MB Graphics Card: Electronics

The ATI 4770 series is a good one too, and usually less than $100. Ed

I think that the people here all understand this. The issue is that most consumers don't. Ed

I think the problem with those with older machines is not so much the machine, but the other stuff there today. I have W7 running on a couple of different PCs now. Some newer and fairly capable and some much older and limp in comparison. So far, W7 seems to have similar performance to XP, so...

EasyBCD 1.7.2 is way easier for these actions. Its all point and click. Ed

Many regular consumers with Vista will be hesitant to make a change soon, as they already feel burnt from the last Microsoft Great OS... For them it will take word of mouth from friends who did make the jump and that it was worthwhile. Losing software was meant to include "...and some old...

Most data seems to indicate that it is close to XP, one direction or the other...which means its mostly irrelevant as Drew says. There are 3 basic cases for W7 users: 1. New PC users 2. Recent PC users who have XP or Vista 3. Older PC users who have XP or earlier OS versions Case 1...

Use EasyBCD 1.72. It allows you to name each accordingly. Ed

All three show in my boot window today, along with a 4th for W7 64 bit. Each is installed to a different partition. I also use a product called BING from terabyteunlimited which may be helpful. Ed

I get teh same result here for a network printer. What is even stranger is that I also have Virtual PC 2007 installed on the W7 partition. If I run it, using an XP setup, it can correctly see and install the printer. Just one more thing that doesnt work with W7. Maybe the RTM will be...

Performance for W7 vs XP is somewhat user specific. I have W7 on two diff PCs now, and it runs slightly slower than XP (on average) for the various tasks I perform. It does seem better than Vista in all cases. Ed