Quote from: Eagle on January 20, 2013, 18:51:57 PM
Because it's fast, 100% stable and hasn't let me down since I first installed it.

Besides, I can't stand the new versions of Windows Mail (can't stand alternatives either).

with a bit of option tweaking, windows live mail looks just like outlook express

I know because i hated the new one too !


p.s. rest of the system looks good, go for the 8gig ram

or... mb/cpu/ram/psu/gfx upgrade for about 300 to 350

Quote from: knighty on January 20, 2013, 19:07:50 PM
...rest of the system looks good, go for the 8gig ram

Just nabbed it.

I hear people bemoan Vista64 all the time but as ever, YMMV... I've ran it since it came out and it's never failed me... and as fast as the day I installed it.  Only times I've ever reinstalled (twice) is through hardware failures.  It's been superb since day 1, IMO.

It's not broke - and does the job very nicely - so I won't be 'fixing' it any time soon.

I never had a problem with Vista either (Windows 7 is fine by me but the new Windows Live apps are getting worse and worse tbh, which is the downside of upgrading). But eventually its a guarantee they will take away support for the older versions. Windows 8 is god awful, if you can do so you might as well skip 7/8 and see what their next release is like.

Whilst I don't hate Vista, there aren't enough words to describe how much better Windows 7 was. Maybe similar on the surface but good god it performed better when you're under fire.

I just upgraded to 16gb today and my machine is fast as fook now. Debian looks its swap and before I was maxing out all cores at 100% doing any kind of CPU intensive task. Now its a joy.

And I should add 16gb for 60 quid from tekheads. You're just tight if you buy any less

Turned out the RAM in me mobo was 800Mhz anyway but the 8Gb is now in.

sh*t the bed - what a difference!  Wish I'd done this years ago. 

Glad to have helped