Are you nostalgic for Windows XP?

Your survey would be better if it asked which operating system participants were currently using. I would be reluctant to drop my current XP Pro for XP 2012 for the simple reason that I wouldn’t want to be a Microsoft tester, which is what people who go for new Microsoft products always are. It is XP but not as we know it Jim. I would want to wait at least 6 months for a couple of service packs to be released. However, if I were a Vista user I would probably be more inclined to take the chance.

No I wouldn’t ditch my my present operating system for Windoze XP, although I use it in emulation. I use OS X.

Like other commentators I am still using XP and have found it to be well behaved and stable, unlike the dreadful 95….
I regularly run System Mechanic, especially after a Windows patch/upgrade session, which seems to clear a fair amount of system clutter and, touch wood, my machine continues to purr along nicely. Vista? Not unless I have to!

No1 No! No! ” VISTA ” is far superior & has never crashed or given any trouble over all the years that I have used it since inseption. I would not ditch” Vista” for any other operating system including Windows 7. which seems to be just a dumbed down version of “Vista”.and at a very high cost.

I would not want a new xp MS would only mess it up but do keep the old xp going for years to come and I think that Atom chip in netbooks 1.6 Ghz is way too slow many have reported their netbooks crashing and locking up with windows 7 starter. Netbooks would need to be 2 or 3 Ghz speed even if the battery life would suffer.

There’s a dreary old saying: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. XP for a vast number of users is a solid, simple and reliable system. Mike Minh is right. For Microsoft, controlling user experience means just that – we’ll tell you what’s available and what we can fix. Otherwise, tough. When I look at the desktop display on my daughter’s W7 machine, I’m amazed that anyone can really find their way around.

I have been using XP Home Edition for many years and find it most reliable and easy to use and understand.
I hope that MS continue to give support for sometime to come and if they decide to re-launch a newer version I will consider it if the price is right.

Windows 7 is just like Vista rehashed. Full of gimmicks and fancy tricks. Aero Snap? There’s a far better version in XP called Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically that isn’t limited to arranging just two windows but any number you select. There are many good useful features of XP removed and broken in Windows 7. The file manager, Windows Explorer was utterly destroyed in Vista and becomes worse in Windows 7. Poor usability. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_7 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista . Unnecessary GUI changes. Vista was innonative but horrible usability wise and removed things. Windows 7 is Vista with few new features and again many features removed and fancy gimmicks and shiny graphics added. Sure it’s more secure and XP is also *secure enough*.

I’d definitely buy new and improved Windows XP if it will have all of the features that are originally installed but new ones will be added like directx 10 and thumbnail size control and aero effects and startup screen customization. I’d prefer it over any OS any day.

I’m very nostalgic of Windows XP. That 7 is a total CRAP!!! Some day, maybe i will install back my innocent Windows XP!

Im actually 14 y/o as of june 2012, (born ’98), and im nostalgic for windows 95. When I was little,(around 2002) My grandfather gave me an old computer as my first computer which was a windows 95. i set it up myself, but my room didnt have an internet hookup, so I used it for games, like minesweeper,etc. But it didnt last long. about two years later from what i remember, my mom threw it away for no reason, the computer was just fine. RIP windows 95.