> As the owner/user of half a dozen networked XP machines that date back quite > a few years and have half to one meg of ram and under 2 MHz processors, I > have to ask myself what advantage there is of Win7 over XP. I am not a gamer > or need to deal with video files; I don't watch TV on my PC (or even on the > TV for that matter), and my main use for the computers is Email, Web > surfing, some light document preparation and reading, as well as the > handling of images from my digital camera.
If XP is handling everything for you, then why upgrade? XP SP3 is being supported for 5 more years. You don't run as admin on these machines, right? > As a retiree, why should I be > forced to "upgrade" from XP to Win7, especially if it means replacing > some/all of my machines (that now work just fine) with brand news ones at > considerable expense and time, plus the hassle of moving files over, buying > upgrades to existing applications (if they are even available), replacing > hardware that may not have new drivers, etc? Who is forcing you to upgrade? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
