Posted on 10/21/2009 11:43:38 AM PDT by bcsco
If you’re like of lot of Windows users out there, you skipped Vista and are still running XP on your computer. You’ve been waiting for October 22 and now that it’s here you’re ready to try Windows 7. You’re system is relatively new, about three- to four-years old, and you’ve run Microsoft’s Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and your hardware is well on par with Windows 7’s requirements.
However, you’re not quite ready to give up XP just yet. Maybe you have some applications that failed the Upgrade Advisor’s compatibility check or maybe you got burned during the Vista debacle. No matter what the reason, you want to give the new operating system a chance but you just don’t want to put all your eggs in the Windows 7 basket.
So you’re pondering the idea of installing Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration along side of Windows XP. Doing so will place both Windows XP and Windows 7 at your disposal, which will be a big advantage as you begin your experimentation. You can investigate Windows 7, but when you need to get some work done, you can boot back into Windows XP. This type of configuration will also be handy if and when you decide that you want to move to Windows 7.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.techrepublic.com.com ...
If you buy the system builder OEM version, it is even cheaper.
Microcenter.com has Win7 Pro for $129.99
I wonder how reliable these type applications are. I’d want to see some unsolicited user experience first...
Thanks for posting! My computer is pretty old, and slow, though, so I am just waiting to see how Windows 7 is working out and then buying a whole new system.
I probably would have bought a computer a year ago, but for all the bad reviews of Vista.
I just bought a Dell mini Notebook a few weeks ago for my wife. It came with XP. It’s not the most formidable PC by any means, but if all one wants is simple computing and Internet/email access, it works great. And at $299, the price was right.
Now with Windows 7, you can still buy a higher-end PC with Vista today and get the free upgrade. Or, Windows 7 will likely replace Vista on machines in stores and online very soon. When you make the decision is now pretty much up to you. Good luck.
You know that every Windows PC bought this month (and in the last few months) auto,atically qualifoes for a free upgrade don’t you?
You know that every Windows PC bought this month (and in the last few months) automatically qualifies for a free upgrade don't you?
This seems to be a fairly honest review of the process.
And written almost a month ago, so hopefully it has been improved since then.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1375&page=4
bump
Been using Win 7 since beta for a year now. It's pure bliss.
Best OS I ever used bar none.
“Legacy programs wont work, copying files to and fro STILL takes forever, no classic start menu”
All my legacy programs from Vista installed and run just fine on Win 7. Same with all my peripherals.
No problem whatsoever copying files, and the start menu is better than Vista.
Plus win 7 runs smoother, is rock solid and stable and veryv overall, just stays in the background like a good operating system should, and let's you get on with your work.
It appears to be an alternative, though with some issues. I just get leery about 3rd party vendors and their compatibility claims. I’ve had too many ‘yeah, right’ experiences under my belt.
Windows 7 is good, but those upgrade prices for what is essentially a fix for a broken OS are kind of high.
XP on these small PC’s only makes sense; price first, then a relatively solid operating system. These machines aren’t robust by any stretch, but they answer the basic needs of people. I took the wife’s PC to my Kiwanis meeting last week and passed it around (we’re a Golden K group of elders). I had a number of interested guys who saw it as an alternative to older PCs that just didn’t cut it anymore, or a simple, inexpensive, step into first-time computing.
Useful article.
I already have a dual boot Vista, Win 7 laptop.
Do you see yourself migrating completely in the near future?
$30, $50, $150, looks like an issue to me to fix what was broken.
Program Upgrade - the politics of Bill Gates
The changing politics of Bill Gates.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_2_51/ai_53662235/
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $8.8 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/12/11/health.women.gates.reut/
Bill Gates against repealing the inheritance tax
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_inheritance.html
The Left-Wing Billionaire Collectivist Pigs
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/25/191020.shtml
Billionaire Collectivist Pigs on a Roll
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/11/171315.shtml
“Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?”
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_29feature.html
(Bill Gates for gun control, pro-abortion, etc.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/guns_11-4.html
(bottom of page - more money for gun control from Gates and his father)
“Software, soft money, and Libertarians”
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0039/news-anderson.shtml
[Bill gives money to both sides—whoever supports Microsoft and extreme social left policies. ...includes Barney Frank.]
Client testimonials, Bill Gates in China, Bill Clinton in China
http://www.beijinghighlights.com/testimonials/testimonials.htm
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