To be fair, Windows XP was “extra fancy” compared to 9x series, and everyone said the same stuff.
But I’ve found general hardware support out of the box to be far better in Windows 7 than XP; plus, XP seems to not like some of the newer technology. I cannot describe how much problem I had getting Windows XP installed on my native SATA drives (without any legacy IDE support enabled); XP simply does not accept it.
Also, XP assumes the floppy drive for some activities during installation. Unfortunately, the floppy drive is almost dead, and rightly so. Most new systems these days don’t have it.
I of course have created a USB install disk, with the native SATA drivers slipstreamed and also loaded on the setup, so I won’t have that problem again. However, Windows XP is now behind in terms of modern support, and now that official support for it has ended, hardware developers only continue spending finances on supporting it because so many people use it.
It will die off eventually, just like the 9x series. It’s not wrong or right; it’s just the way it is.
I like the fancy new look of Windows 7; but it certainly isn’t to everyone’s taste, and nor is it the only reason to switch to Windows 7.
Anyway, that’s my sales spiel.
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