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Windows 7 was the first compelling upgrade of Windows in over eight years, it pretty much works, and it was a necessary upgrade to properly take advantage of 64

Windows 7 was the first compelling upgrade of Windows in over eight years, it pretty much works, and it was a necessary upgrade to properly take advantage of 64 bit computing. Windows 8 is a customer-hostile mess that adds very little to the Windows 7 formula.

nly 13y ago
> and it was a necessary upgrade to properly take advantage of 64 bit computing. Huh? I ran Windows XP x64 Edition with no problems before Vista even arrived.
- hobs 13y ago
  A LOT of drivers were not available for xp 64, otherwise you are right, it was just fine.
  - sjwright 13y ago
    Yep, hence why I qualified it with properly.