Widows 7

chris.p · 27-Oct-2009, 18:22

Come on then all you IT techy types.
Is it better than.

A/ Windows XP?

B/ Windows Vista?

C/ Should we buy it now or wait???

Your advice and thoughts please

Chris

YMFB · 27-Oct-2009, 19:11

im not a techy but based on the grief and aggro that has occured when all the above came out I wouldnt touch Windows 7 for at least 12 months

Monty · 27-Oct-2009, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by YMFB

im not a techy but based on the grief and aggro that has occured when all the above came out I wouldnt touch Windows 7 for at least 12 months

That fills me with joy-I bought a pre order copy and am about to install it on my netbook and home machine. Not as stupid as I sound though as the techies from work have been running it for months as a test and are pretty impressed with it-we shall see.

John

chris.p · 27-Oct-2009, 20:10

I bought Cathy a Packard Bell laptop from PC World a couple of months ago, it came with Vista Home (Basic) so not entitled to the so called free upgrade, Bummer

Chris

phil_h · 27-Oct-2009, 21:28

I am typing this in 7 on a laptop designed for 2000 or xp - low-spec.
I upgraded it from vista last night.
It now seems to work faster than with vista, and tbh, it wasnt that wonderful with xp.
So, overall, I'm impressed so far, and will be upgrading my desktop too.

There's no cost involved luckily, cos I have a msdn licence, but unfortunately the useless corporate I work for is still only running xp at work, so I rate this as 'necessary development' !

Jasper · 28-Oct-2009, 01:53

No matter how bad it is,it can't be worse than vista.I am still running xp on all 4 computers!!

Murray Mint · 28-Oct-2009, 09:02

I've been using Windows 7 for months now and for me it worked right out of the box. No upgrade path from XP so it will mean a full backup and restore of your data, even MS recommend that a clean build is the way to go for those with Vista.

Conclusion

I'm one of those Windows bashers but when it comes to desktop / laptop computing environments it's pretty much the only way to go, we are now seriously thinking about a OS refresh program at work.

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27-Oct-2009, 18:22	#1
chris.p Registered Forum User Ducati Corse Bikes: Monster 1100 EVO Posts: 3,969 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: lincoln Mood: I'm A Grandad again :-) Widows 7 Come on then all you IT techy types. Is it better than. A/ Windows XP? B/ Windows Vista? C/ Should we buy it now or wait??? Your advice and thoughts please Chris Reply

27-Oct-2009, 19:11	#2
YMFB Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica Bikes: R1200RT F800GS. Hopefully another Ducati soon Posts: 2,526 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Salisbury im not a techy but based on the grief and aggro that has occured when all the above came out I wouldnt touch Windows 7 for at least 12 months Reply

27-Oct-2009, 20:10	#4
chris.p Registered Forum User Ducati Corse Bikes: Monster 1100 EVO Posts: 3,969 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: lincoln Mood: I'm A Grandad again :-) I bought Cathy a Packard Bell laptop from PC World a couple of months ago, it came with Vista Home (Basic) so not entitled to the so called free upgrade, Bummer Chris Reply

28-Oct-2009, 01:53	#6
Jasper Registered Forum User Ducati Corse Posts: 3,707 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: YORK No matter how bad it is,it can't be worse than vista.I am still running xp on all 4 computers!! Reply