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Am I missing out on anything by sticking by Windows XP?

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Mar 15, 2026873 views

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I've seen Vista come by, and while it looked cool, I assumed that it would run slower on my machine with the Aero theme. I also run my XP with animations, shadows and the like turned off, and also set to Windows Classic theme. With Windows 7 on the horizon, is there any reason I should be thinking …

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XP 64-bit isn't very "polished", with a lot of missing drivers, and a 64-bit OS is the only reasonable way to get more than 4Gb of addressable RAM.

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Am I missing out on anything by sticking by Windows XP?

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