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Topic: Dont think I am liking Windows 7

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The more and more I use Windows 7, it makes me feel like going back to XP. Everything seems so inconsistent when it comes to like, going to Amazon and downloading my music from there. With XP, I never had these issues. Whats up with needing like 2 gb of ram for alot of programs and only needing 1 gb of ram with XP. Seems to me, I am better off with XP. I had less problems. Does anybody feel the same or is it just me having issues?
 
Posted Sun 19 Jun 11 @ 11:35 am
w7 was built to work with more memory. Vista was a disaster. XP was outgrowing the more advance PCs being built. MS took the best of XP and Vista, and built W7. So far, w7 is my favorite....
 
Windows 7 is great for me...excellent operating system...
 
well, considering windows XP needs only 64mb (128mb recommended) ram minimal requirement, and W7 needs 1gb minimum requirement just for the operating system then the need for 2gb or more on W7 is just good practice.

having only 1gb ram on an OS that requires 1gb to run is not sufficient enough to cope with the running of advanced softwares like VDJ.

therefore 2gb is needed miinimum to allow the OS to use its 1gb minimal and 1gb extra to support the added software.

however, there is a great option on W7 called Ready Boost that i suggest you use before reverting back to XP

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/readyboost

with ready boost, you can use SD/USB storage devices as extra ram to speed up your computer. i suggest using SD to save on USB ports.
 
With wndows 3.1 we only needed 2MB of ram. God knows we could not do with that today. Generally speaking, each new windows OS has had a greater requirement for resourses to accomodate new demands.

Fortunately, the price of new and faster hardware keeps falling especiallly for memory.
 
I absolutely LOVE Win7. But I am on a slightly high-end rig... corei7 3.2ghz, 12gb ddr3 1600mhz ram, x-fi titanium, dual amd radeon HD 5870's.
And I run Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit Edition.

I run everything with no problems, from VDJ7 to Angry Birds. My laptop also runs Win7 64-bit Home just fine as well, but that has 4gb ram, core2 duo 2.4ghz, built in x-fi sound. No good video to speak of though, so I can't really run Aero without sacrificing some ram, which I don't need to do since I primarily use my studio desktop for VDJ and my laptop just for on the go computing.

Either way, if you have a decent amount of ram (4gb+) win7 64-bit is a great bet. I never go with the 32-bit, even on my laptop. It just makes no sense to me, since 64-bit windows can still run all 32-bit applications just fine, and there are usually (100% in my case, but other people have told me more like 90%) 64-bit drivers for any hardware you have. Also, you get the benefit of being able to run applications that take advantage of the 64-bit processor. Encoding DVD's and CD's, or even MP4s or AVIs for example, runs at least 2x as fast on 64-bit.
 
I´m running w7 on a machine I built for approx 6 years ago. 3.5Gb of ddr ram,an old & outdated nvidia 7600gs gpu & the first true 64 bit cpu,amd 64 3500+. The only problems I´m experiencing is due to the fact that the cpu is single core & the rest of my hardware is out of date. But,as for running the system I´ve got no problems,everything works,but a bit slower. My laptop is much better speced,and I´ve got no problems what so ever on that machine. So,my guess would be that you need more memory my friend.
 


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