WinXP vs Win7

by Udedenkz from Neowin

Windows 7 has better that XP,

• Shutdown, Startup, and Standby Times
• Media Features (WMP, Codecs...)
• Ease of Use
• GUI Glitter
• Some GUI elements (such as the new start menu search / run hybrid)
• Libraries (Useful)
• Smarter Remove Hardware
• Security Features (I guess, I never used them)
• Microsoft Support
• Ability to mute individual apps.
• GPU dependency / features
• Administrator Tools
• Language Support I think
• Live App Support
• Ease of Installing Drivers
• Harder To Crash ?

Windows XP is better than Windows 7 in, (excluding driver issue)

• CPU Usage (no DWM, not much additional services, etc...)
• RAM Usage (disable this and that and you will be at 120MB)
• Sound Support (because Vista and Up use some sort of DRM - which leeches resources)
• GUI Speed (as long as you add a tweak here and there scrolling, responsiveness is better)
• Application Startup Times (might not be true for old folks with
• Hard Drives - tested on SSD no *fetch functionality)
• You will have more space left on your Hard Drive.
• Some GUI elements.
• DX9 performance.
• Driver Support for Uncommon devices.
• It has less bugs (8 years of bug fixing!!!)
• Working chkdsk (In W7, chkdsk crashed Windows for me)
• Immense amount of data and tweaks are available for XP.