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Wulf190

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Since we have a fair number of tech heads, I'd like your opinion.

A couple of months ago I gave my XP install disk to a friend so he could get in to his PC in safe mode to try to either repair it or grab some files on the HDD. He ended up just buying a new 'puter.

Well I'm still waiting for my disk back from him. My wondering is would it be a good idea to get a new XP pro SP3 disk from newegg, or just wait it out?

I'm leaning to getting a new copy of XP because I'm sure Win-7 is going to have its own fair share of fitz and start out of the gate, and if I do get my XP pro sp2 install disk back, I'll have to call India to activate it. I once reformatted twice in a month which negated my use of their auto-verfiy function over the internet. Besides, getting a XP SP3 copy would cut down on the number of patches I'd need to grab.

I haven't reformatted my system since I built it roughly a year ago, and I don't like even going this long with out a fresh wipe, but what duz you guys tink?
 
depends on the cash situation
i have xp pre sp1
a pain to reload but its paid for
i guess it would be nice to have xp sp3 all on 1 disk
would i buy a new version
probably not
been playing with win7
thats pretty good
so far
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I went with XP/SP3 on my last build, and I'm glad I did! Everything runs smooth and no Vista headaches! I'll hold off on Windows 7 until I hear more feedback. After listening to all the complaints after Vista came out, I'm leery about any new OS until they get the bugs worked out...
 
YUP...I have XP SP 3 also on my gaming rig too and love it..

I am building another rig for my shop and might investigate Windows 7 on that rig..I did buy Vista for it, but might just keep it around as a spare....
 
I think I'm going to grab a copy of XPpro SP3. I am looking forward to Win7, but I'm leary when it comes to 1.0 software. (look was M$ did with Windows 6.0 'Vista')
 
YUP...Heard that..I chickned out to and put vista 64 on my new shop rig...LOL
 
Bjoern said:
From what I've heard, the W7 beta was already miles better than Vista.
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I heard that too... I still might add Win 7 to my lettle shop rig with a dual boot just to play with it ....But me a big chicken at times too...LOL
 
harleyman said:
I heard that too... I still might add Win 7 to my lettle shop rig with a dual boot just to play with it ....But me a big chicken at times too...LOL
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You could as well try to setup a virtual machine running Windows 7. It's even safer than dual-boot.
 
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