Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99

"BillW50" BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

XP still works well for being 11 years old.

I have/had some technical problems with Windows XP. For example... X-
Plane 10 takes 5-10 minutes to load.

On 11/8/2012 11:23 PM, John Doe wrote:
"BillW50"BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

XP still works well for being 11 years old.

I have/had some technical problems with Windows XP. For example... X-
Plane 10 takes 5-10 minutes to load.

Wow! I too have X-Plane (v9). And I have only installed it on my XP
machines. Although I have installed other games on my Windows 7/8
machines. Nor have I seen any speed improvement over XP. At best, they
run about the same. At worst, some won't run at all under Windows 8 CP
for example. In a week or two, I'll find out how Windows 8 works with them.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12.0.1
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

BillW50 BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

John Doe wrote:
"BillW50"BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

XP still works well for being 11 years old.

I have/had some technical problems with Windows XP. For
example... X-Plane 10 takes 5-10 minutes to load.

Wow! I too have X-Plane (v9). And I have only installed it on my
XP machines. Although I have installed other games on my Windows
7/8 machines. Nor have I seen any speed improvement over XP.

If you want to know what I'm talking about, you can simply
download the X-Plane 10 demo.

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At best, they run about the same. At worst, some won't run at
all under Windows 8 CP for example. In a week or two, I'll find
out how Windows 8 works with them.

On 11/10/2012 4:08 PM, John Doe wrote:
BillW50BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

John Doe wrote:
"BillW50"BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

XP still works well for being 11 years old.

I have/had some technical problems with Windows XP. For
example... X-Plane 10 takes 5-10 minutes to load.

Wow! I too have X-Plane (v9). And I have only installed it on my
XP machines. Although I have installed other games on my Windows
7/8 machines. Nor have I seen any speed improvement over XP.

If you want to know what I'm talking about, you can simply
download the X-Plane 10 demo.

Demos are too limited. That is why they are called demos. ;-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12.0.1
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

It's the same with the retail version.

And I'm beginning to wonder if this thing can read.

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BillW50 BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

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On 11/10/2012 4:08 PM, John Doe wrote:
BillW50BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

John Doe wrote:
"BillW50"BillW50 aol.kom wrote:

XP still works well for being 11 years old.

I have/had some technical problems with Windows XP. For
example... X-Plane 10 takes 5-10 minutes to load.

Wow! I too have X-Plane (v9). And I have only installed it on my
XP machines. Although I have installed other games on my Windows
7/8 machines. Nor have I seen any speed improvement over XP.

If you want to know what I'm talking about, you can simply
download the X-Plane 10 demo.

Demos are too limited. That is why they are called demos. ;-)

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12.0.1
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2

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John Doe typed on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:34:06 +0000 (UTC):
It's the same with the retail version.

And I'm beginning to wonder if this thing can read.

I went over to the X-Plane website and looked over the system specs that
one needs to run it. And it looks like I won't be able to take part in
this little experiment. As my game machines are from 2007 and they just
don't have enough power to pull it off. X-Plane v9 full install was
60GB. I hate to imagine how large v10 would be.

So I am just going to take your word for it. But I guess it does make
sense, since Windows 7/8 are far better at taking advantage of newer
hardware while XP isn't. But then again, newer isn't always better in
all cases.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2