Windows 7 Upgrade?

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The "word" is that it takes up fewer resources, doing the same tasks, versus Vista or XP.
 
Windows 7 is basically a refresh of Vista with a new user interface. It appears to be as stable as Vista (possibly more stable?) which means it is more stable than XP. It is not uncrashable and is still at the mercy of poorly written device drivers. The interface is a blend of XP and Vista making it simpler for most users. It uses less resources than Vista, but more than XP.

An older machine running XP may be noticeably slower running W7. (That is assuming it is either a fresh installation of XP or has been well maintained defragged regularly and not full of garbage. If it's an old machine that has never been reloaded and is full of garbage, then W7 will probably run faster.) If you have less than 2GB of RAM and a single core processor, I would stay with XP. I would not upgrade a machine to meet W7 specs, just leave it running with XP.

I would not hesitate to upgrade a Vista machine to W7. If the machine ran Vista, it should run better with W7.


Scott
 
I never mentioned XP, I was wondering if there was any significant advantages to upgrading a Vista machine like my Core 2 Duo laptop with 2GB of ram. If there is no significant speed improvement or other advantages then why bother? Vista works just fine for me.
 
My guess, is you would probably like Win7 more than Vista Wiz...

Then again, I have been known to be mistaken before :sqlaugh:


I took that new MSI Touchscreen PC I got (which came with XP on it), put Win7 on, and it runs at least twice as fast! It's a fairly low end machine, Atom 330 (which is a true dual core, but still slow compared to a regular processor), 2 GB RAM, and a 250 GB drive.

It is now usable for more than a digital picture frame :)


I have crashed Win7, although it's the pre-release, and I have some wacky drivers, so no surprise there. I have also recently had Vista 64 start crashing on my main dev machine -- that had never happened, until I loaded some 3rd party Codecs to test, that appear to be incompatible with the built in sound card drivers...

So, everything is in fact crashable -- providing you use crummy software and drivers :sqwink:
 
It just worked! Thats exactly how I felt when I installed it on my home baked dual core machine. No drivers to install at all! It installed in 15 minutes on a fresh drive. Takes half the time to boot up as compared to Vista and runs a hell of a lot faster than Vista. Uses about 20% less ram too! It is definately worth the upgrade.
 
I just checked and they want $119 for the W7 upgrade. As much as I'd like to upgrade my existing Dell Visa Home Premium 32 bit laptop, it makes no sense to me to spend $119. I'd rather put that $119 towards getting a new laptop. I guess my "old" laptop will become the backup machine. According the MS upgrade advisor my laptop is absolutely ready willing and able, according to my wallet it's unwilling and unable, lol.
 
I should have jumped on it, but at the time I wasn't thinking about it and really didn't know anything about W7. Didn't know it had a significant performance improvement. For $60 I'd do it. Story of my life, a day late and few dollars short. No biggie, I was planning on getting a second laptop anyways. I'm getting busier and busier and I can't miss a show. I have lots of backup audio gear and now I NEED a backup laptop. I can get a new laptop now with a free W7 upgrade bundled in for $500-$700 depending on what I choose.
 
I just got a 90 day trial of the enterprise version. I lied a bit and said I'm developer.. Well I am just not a software developer. :D

Long story short I probably cannot come up with the cash for a new computer. I'm probably going to max out my RAM and buy a 64 Bit license.
 
After playing w/ the current free version, I will see the $120 as worth it when the time comes.

But now, XP is currently the tool of choice. And I do NOT like Vista.
 
In July, I bought a $399 laptop vista and it came with a free win7 upgrade when it comes out. I filled out the stuff online and they said they will email it when it's ready.

4mb ram HP pentium dual core processor 2 ghz processor 64bit vista home premium 250g HD
 
thats why I am replacing vista stuff with winxp

this is my 8th system in 4x weeks that I have had clients that have bought someplace else and want vista off the system

I have now created a new CD image that has xp and all the things needed to do the job they need

anyway back to work
 
Hank Davidson said:
There's an old saying that goes..."If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Your answer lies within.


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That's what they said about horses -- or did they just shoot them... :sqerr:

If ya can't handle the heat -- there's a door that leads out of the kitchen... :sqwink: :sqlaugh:
 
The Wizard Of OZ said:
If anyone got the Beta and isn't going to upgrade for $60 I'd be interested in taking it off your hands. Thanks
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Trust me, you don't want to hack this -- it will only bring grief upon you... ;)

Spend the money, and buy the real deal -- well worth it :)
 
Hack? Don't they just send you an upgrade CD? If you needed to have the Beta and there is no other way to do it then I won't do it, believe me, hacking anything is way beyond my technical capabilities and not worth my time. If this is the case I'll just buy another laptop with W7 on it or that comes with a W7 upgrade included. No way I'm gonna spend $120 on my "old" laptop and then upgrade the memory and who knows what else. For that much I can just replace it and use the "old" machine as a desktop replacement for the home.
 
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