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Saw the Windows 7 in the store today. $117 smackers in the local Sam's Club for the home/premium version.
Has anyone bought it yet....and would you recommend it as an upgrade from Vista?
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 06:12:02 PM » |
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Let's see? each previous version is supposed to be better than the previous, and yet. With each new release nothing changes. There are BSOD's, worms, virus', and malware.
Enter at your own risk.
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 08:12:55 PM » |
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if you are the kind of person that absolutely has to have the latest (and not necessarily greatest), then you might want to get it. But, personally I am happy with Vista (as happy as I will get at least) and I don't think I would want to be the "Test Panel" for new software..... know what I mean?
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 08:26:15 PM » |
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Hmmm... Since I spent a LOT of time the last two years upgrading friends and relatives computers from Vista to XP, guess I should dust off my Windows 2000 install media so I can start upgrading those stuck with Windows 7 back to Windows 2000, eh?  |
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 09:26:28 PM » |
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I think if more users would try Linux they would forget windoze. Take a step and install it on a separate partition. It wont hurt the Windoze
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 03:37:31 AM » |
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I have seven computers, six with XP and one with Vista. I have no issues with them !! Rule of thumb is you never get get the first version of an OS software till they get the bugs out if it. They hype it and get it out there and the customer becomes the test group. Bottom line is IF IT IS NOT BROKEN DON"T FIX IT.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 04:21:32 AM » |
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I have XP on all of my PC's and have no intention of upgrading until I'm forced into it. It's working just fine so why fool with a new product.
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2009, 04:21:49 AM » |
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I think if more users would try Linux they would forget windoze. Take a step and install it on a separate partition. It wont hurt the Windoze
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2009, 05:32:57 AM » |
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Been running a beta version of Windows 7 for, I think, about six months. Considerably more stable, smaller, and faster than Vista. Comments about the "bugginess" of new MSoft OS's are well taken. But just as XP was the finished version of the previous version of Windows (I can no longer recall what the immediate predecessor was), W7 is the finished version of Vista.
If you're currently running Vista, the upgrade to W7 is a snap. On the other hand, if you're running XP (or anything earlier), it amounts to a fresh OS install. And some (very "old") applications may no longer operate correctly, especially if they were problematic under Vista. W7 is not as much a memory hog as Vista, but it's still more memory intensive than XP. So if you have 2 GB of memory or less with XP, I'd recommend either expanding your memory or sticking with XP. Unless, of course, you need an OS upgrade to run applications you cannot run under XP. (That's going to be rare, I suspect.)
Bottom line is that if you purchased your PC with Vista in the last year, especially if you received a discounted or free offer of W7 to replace the Vista you received on your system, I'd recommend getting away from Vista as soon as possible.
Comments on Linux are also well taken. If you're a moderately skilled user and are not playing the latest games, it's a great operating system. And, of course, it's considerably cheaper and less likely to be a target of viruses. Or if you're just tired of spending your life putting up with all this crap, you can go Apple. An expensive alternative, but if you don't have to have Windows (I do, unfortunately), it's no doubt better in almost every way. Just remember that you're tying yourself to the Apple train.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2009, 06:56:53 AM » |
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Price going to Mac is relative. What is each of your time worth continually "managing" your PC of viruses, spyware, finger pointing from MS to the PC manufacturer and vice-versa when things don't work right (add in an additional layer of finger pointing with peripherals). If you call Apple they are actually excited to help solved your problem. Stop in a store and they will bend over backwards to answer all your questions. If you really want windows, set up a partition and run both windows and mac 9or get an emulation sw package). When Windows 7 was announced and it was "revealed" if you were on XP you basically had to start from scratch, that broke my back and I am going Mac. One of my friends summarized it best, PCs are like HDs, they work, you have to work on them a lot to keep them going for the long run, they have all the accessories. The Mac is like a Gold Wing or Valk, you just turn it on, use it, it works every time. Perfect, no, but a lot less headaches.
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2009, 07:14:25 AM » |
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspxThis is a link to windows 7 upgrade advisor. After I downloaded it, sadly, it said I had 12 issues to deal with going from xp to 7. It reads your 'puter and tells you what you have to do, if anything. edit w/ correct link. mdk
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 07:34:13 AM » |
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After 30+ years in IT, 99% on Mainframes and their replacements, the one constant was that unless you absolutely positively need to be on the new O/S .... let someone else be the test platform and wait for the patched version.
Now this doesn't always work with PC's so what I do is when I replace my PC then I get the current O/S, preferably the professional version or its equvilent, and have all the patches/updates installed. Then all I have to concern myself with is getting my files copied.
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2009, 08:25:07 AM » |
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I work from home and I have 4 computers. 1. Company laptop with XP. I have no control. 2. Seven year old AMD single processor running the latest XP. I just installed Microsoft's free security package which includes Virus and Spy fighters. 3. 18 month old Intel Quad processor with dual boot Vista 64 and Server 2008 R2. 4. 9 month old Intel I7 Quad processor (looks like 8 processors) with dual boot Server 2003 x32 and Windows 7 RC Ultimate x64. I use my XP system for personal email, web searching, soft phone, etc. Very stable now bot have had lots of issues in the past. I plan to replace this system with a new Intel I5 Quad processor and Windows 7 Ultimate x64 for my x-mas present. I only use Vista to play Texas Hold em and recently had network issues that I had to solve with manual configuration changes. When I first built the Q4 PC, the only operating system I had on it for several months was Vista. I never really liked it except the games. I use the Server 2008 for work. It has built in Hyper-V for running multiple OS Virtual machines. On my I7 Quad processor, I mostly use Server 2003 for work. Occasionally, I boot to Windows 7 to try things. One thing I really like is the XP virtual PC that I downloaded from MS. This is their answer to running old or x32, previously called WOW, Windows On Windows. Once you install a 32 bit program on the XP VM, you can run it from the x64 Win 7 start menu. I also use the Win 7 for cutting all my DVDs because it has built in DVD software  |
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2009, 10:06:40 AM » |
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I have 5 computers and just bought a new one came with vista and I will be formatting and putting in XP as are in all my systems. The new one was interesting as it came wiht a 64bit os I have never really delt with one and dont think Ill keep the 64 software but switch it back to 32. As for 7 Ill wait a while and if it doesnt have to many problems I will try it on one computer, but I am already hearing stories about install problems but no running problems.
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2009, 10:45:12 PM » |
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Rodmeyers is spot on
But will be getting a new laptop now that I don't have to deal with the VISTA
first time I skipped a version LOL
Why me ...I should have been a MAc geek
What cracks me up is each new version of windows you need a upgraded Fast hardware platform.
Another words windows is BLOAT WARE
Linux can run on a hunk a junk old windows 98 box
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« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2009, 02:22:46 AM » |
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According to MS chief Steve Ballmer, W7 is XP upgraded. They understand that Vista is big problems for many folks, not the least of which was obsoleting older software. Having said that, I agree that the intro version of most anything is a bad idea unless you just have to do it.
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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2009, 05:20:51 PM » |
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I've used every version of windows out there, troubleshoot and fix PC's constantly, run a giant server for a large organization with windows me and managed said company's accounts.... that being said...
My wife owns a Macbook with Snow Leopard on it.
I have a Macbook with dual boot mac/ubuntu on it.
Windows is a necessary platform and will continue to be for a long time. If you like fixing computers, stay with windows. If you like using computers... get a Mac.
No, I will not be "upgrading" to windows 7. I've made quite a bit of business "upgrading" Vista to XP. he he he
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