Will You Upgrade To Windows 7?

[Zoidberg]

Most of us have tried the beta, but when Windows 7 is officially out on the shelves, will you pay for it and upgrade? I am particularly interested to see what XP users have to say.

EDIT: I think these are the prices:

• Windows 7 Starter: $199
• Windows 7 Home Premium: $259
• Windows 7 Professional: $299
• Windows 7 Ultimate: $319

 

[sophie]

Haven't even upgraded to Vista yet. 7 looks doubtful.

 

[itsmeJonB]

7 is going to be soooo much smaller in size than vista, and even notably smaller than xp

yes i will upgrade

 

[Springsteen]

I will when I get a new PC

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Well there's always Christmas.

 

[Zoidberg]

7 is going to be soooo much smaller in size than vista, and even notably smaller than xp

yes i will upgrade

Smaller than XP!?? I wonder if I can run it on an EeePC 701.

 

[PoopaSwoof]

I am going to give 7 a shot on my laptop. It's the only Vista machine that I own and it sucks ass.
I am hoping that 7 will run a bit faster than Vista.

 

[itsmeJonB]

Smaller than XP!?? I wonder if I can run it on an EeePC 701.

you may be pleased to know:

Windows 7 vs. Windows XP – Asus Eee PC « TTC Shelbyville – Technical Blog

 

[sophie]

Someone explain it to me please, like I was a moronic toddler...WHY would I want to change my perfectly good operating system? What benefit does it have that XP does not?

 

[itsmeJonB]

Someone explain it to me please, like I was a moronic toddler...WHY would I want to change my perfectly good operating system? What benefit does it have that XP does not?

other than aesthetics nothing for the casual computing person.

quality and performance acceleration for the gamers, video editors, and designers

 

[Zoidberg]

Plus updates to software and a lot of junk cut out. Apparently XP still remains the most stable OS to play games on, but that should change in the not too distant future.

 

[sophie]

Is it prettier than XP?

 

[canidae]

I will when I get a new PC

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Well there's always Christmas.

:homo: - I'm not interested in upgrading from XP, but I will deal with 7 on a new PC.

 

[itsmeJonB]

Is it prettier than XP?

lol yes. they used the glass design similar to vista

 

[Staci]

have no idea....i have vista and it sucks

 

[itsmeJonB]

Plus updates to software and a lot of junk cut out. Apparently XP still remains the most stable OS to play games on, but that should change in the not too distant future.

XP is a very solid OS indeed. but as soon as the first service pack is released im sure it will fix any 7 bugs

 

[Dakota Jim]

Nope. Next PC will have it no doubt.

 

[retro]

I'm running the RC on both my home and work computers, and I plan on upgrading both of them as soon as it's available retail. I generally wait for the first SP before adopting an MS product, but Windows 7 is such a nice step forward from Vista that I'm just going to buy the damn thing early.

 

[ssl]

XP is a very solid OS indeed. but as soon as the first service pack is released im sure it will fix any 7 bugs

considering that xp is in sp3...

i doubt sp1 will fix ALL win7 bugs.

 

[sierrabravo]

i was reluctant to move to vista from xp (my xp kept crashing so i just went out and bought a new computer which had vista.) As long as I keep Fallout 3 running I won't even notice it's vista!

 

[ssl]

I do not upgrade.

I partition.

Which may mean getting another hard drive.

Which may mean getting either a SATA expansion card (never got one) or a new motherboard.

If its a new motherboard, will probably get an Intel setup (I've an AMD based system right now), looking maybe a Quad Core 2 or so; the i7 is a little bit rich for me yet.

But I'm good for the moment. Vista B 64 sp2 seems to be working swell, and I've no major issues with it.

The only "issue" I've with the Windows product line is the bundling of extra utilities and software (such as games, wordpad, internet explorer and such) that are obviously not necessary for the operation of the computer system.