They have a downgrade option NOW.
I’ve been using Windows 7 Beta for weeks now and it rocks. Why would I want to go backwards?
my experience with Vista ultimate is just fine. I have no problems with it. I am mystified by the alleged fact that it is unsatisfactory and believe that to be an urban myth started and repeated by those who would complain about not being hung with a new rope.
That makes for allot of confidence.
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How many new peripheral upgrading and increased memory, etc., will 7 require? Will it bomb due to driver conflicts (a problem VISTA never seemed to overcome)?
I’ve been running Windows 7 here for a while. It’s great. Installs and runs on 512mb of ram on a p4 1.8 without issue.
Vista would have crushed that machine.
They messed up Vista so bad that the DoD refuses to let it on their computers and I do not think they have learned anything from the experience.
The Stalinistic DRM for Vista will probably get even worse for the retail/OEM versions of 7 and I have heard from some developers it actually disables your high def audio even for video that you have made and rendered yourself.
Their quest to squeeze every penny of licensing fees and make us pay for the content of everything, whether it should be paid for or not make their software bloated and totally unfriendly (remember that liberals would kill you for a buck but scorn you if you want to earn a buck yourself).
I finally built three new computers for home and loaded them with XP Pro 64bit. While there is some software that does not work on the 64bit XP I like the added security and how FAST it is with 3.2 Gig processors and 16Gig RAM. Also get to use the High Def audio and video at my leisure.
This isn’t about Windows 7, this is about Windows Vista.
Every Microsoft OS has “downgrade” rights, which means you can downgrade to one version prior. What they are saying here is that instead of going back to Windows Vista from Windows 7, you can skip Vista and continue to downgrade to XP. This is for companies who don’t yet wish to migrate to the new OS but purchase new computers, for instance.
When they are ready, they will migrate from XP to 7, skipping Vista entirely.
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They have a downgrade option NOW.
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I know many people with huge problems with Vista.
actually I think this is a good marketing move.
It allows the transition with the comfort of an escape clause. Thus you are not “stuck” with the upgrade that you don’t like.
What’s funnier than the “downgrade” option at all, is their assumption that you wouldn’t even want Vista, and jump right over it to XP. This is also good news for those of us who already own XP, as it probably means end-of-life support will be extended.
Quite possibly.
(NB: I know I’m months late, I’m only popping in briefly)
I do think part of it though is that some applications didn’t run well on Vista and they wanted to increase volume of Windows 7—something that seems fairly logical.
Tried the beta—not bad, but still prefer Solaris 10 myself. Heck, if I could get Photoshop and iTunes 9 (for an iPod Touch) to run, I’d be running it solely...