New Hard Drives May Force XP Users to Upgrade to Windows 7
Thursday, March 11, 2010 by natas2 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Your computer won't smack you in the face and force you to upgrade, but poor performance might. Hit the link.
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Reply #42 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:53 AM
I got to talk to him for a few years before the chem's he was exposed to during his tour slowly destroyed him from the inside out. Not all casualties died there on the foriegn soils. He had 2 things in his life he told me were his proudest achivements. Me being one, and knowing that he had the chance to give his life to protect our freedom. And yes I know how he would have thought as he was big on the freedom to disagree without persecution. Our freedom to disagree, yours to tell us how you fought to protect our freedom to drivel..as well as your Freedom to call a conversation drivel, as well as dismissing others who disagree with your opinions as drivel. 
Oh BTW you might also realize that being born after his tour I too most likely have the same lovely stuff floating around inside, and might invariably end up with the same fate. The VA confirmed he passed of over exposure.. I refuse to be tested as I'd rather not know...
Reply #43 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:27 AM
Mate of mine [GrandPrix Official] died a few years ago from 'injuries in 'Nam'.... second tour...SAS...Helping show the Americans how it's done...and one of the grunts stood on a mine....he got half his face blown away [the grunt was less lucky - came home in a box]....died 30 years later from septicemia...old wound re-opened.
SAS...+ behind the lines = Dead by Agent Orange
Reply #44 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:42 AM
I't is a tragedy what they went thru and what some are still. All who served are heroes. Those who gave thier all, hold a dear place in my heart.. 
Reply #45 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:26 AM
I'm not. 
Reply #46 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:56 AM
I'm not.
Phew, that's a relief! Dunno how I'd have lived with myself if I had influenced you as much as Webgizmos influenced me.
Yup, his rants have had a profound effect on me... so much so that when I'm doing kisses for a dollar at the local church's charity booth, I often feel compelled to give the lassies 97c change. It's a sad state of affairs, Ill tell ya! I can't take the medication Webgizmos prefers (ssshhh...wacky tobaccy... don't tell anyone) so when the vicar see's I'm getting a little agitated he puts me in a strait jacket so's I can't dip into the cashbox and give refunds. And believe me, that has other disadvantages! Like when some ol' grandma type comes up fer a kiss and plants a right slobbery one right on the lips... bloody strait jacket means I can't wipe it off.
Reply #48 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:27 PM
Reply #49 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:12 AM
In similar news: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/ie_9_wont_be_supported_xp
Which, with 3 other IE browsers in the wild that do support XP, this probably won't really make a difference to anyone actually running XP. Oh, woe is XP, woe is XP.
Reply #50 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:37 AM
I don't understand what can be better in Win7 when it needs so much RAM to run and it's hardly customizable at all.
My XP runs like a racing car, stripped from any unnecessary services, it only uses about 300mb RAM on startup (180mb virtual memory).
I've never even updated it, all the false security fixes are unnecessary (just need a good security suite and to avoid using IE)
The best tip I can give for a super-fast performance is to use a tool called XP antispy, it's not a security app, it lets you strip the OS from anything unnecessary (there is a lot you don't need to run in the background) and it has a cool UI with recommended profile and explainations about each service -
http://www.xp-antispy.org/index.php/en
I also use Tuneup utilities to customize the startup entries and get rip of many apps that run in the background each time the OS starts
Once you will customize XP, there's no OS that can even come close in terms of performance!
Reply #51 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:36 AM
.....other than Win 7 ...
Reply #52 Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:48 AM
Comparing XP and Win 7 performance-wise.... hehe, like the tortoise and the hare.
Ok, so you can't customise everything in Win 7 as yet.... but it was never butt ugly to begin with. Not like that bastard child of Fisher Price, XP.
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Reply #41 Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:28 AM
A video I found on the new tech...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3bR0fRq48