As well as my aviation background I also repair pc’s on the side having learnt my craft many years ago when Windows didn’t even exist! I’ve got several pc’s here at home dotted around the house, and run XP fine, and Vista fine too actually. All are updated and free of bugs after using various tools of the trade to sort some out. I used to loathe Vista too, but I’m using a high spec mini-tower on Vista right now to write this (it’s my main terminal)? I’m a staunch supporter of XP and I will be very reluctant to let it go eventually…. my two ‘spare’ laptops run it as they are both lower spec machines….
I wouldn’t be in the business of repairing other’s pc’s if there wasn’t a good deal of junk on many people’s pc’s without them even realising it – often the cause of crashes and other issues, which is how I end up with them in for repair. It’s almost 99% software issues these days as hardware is very rarely the problem.
I have used Windows 7 a lot over the last year as I also help with an IT class for mature citizens in my local community centre, and find 7 to be a nice version to use, with very few issues in itself? The driver problems for older hardware will eventually vanish as 3rd party drivers get written, or the hardware gets replaced over time – so not a big deal there…
Windows 8 – forget it – even Microsoft are ditching it after a lot of problems and an interface no-one really liked. It’s not long before the next rollout of a new Operating System so 7 is the biggest OS in the retailers now.
I’m not in any rush to upgrade to anything to be honest – why fix something that isn’t broken etc etc 😉
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