Much easier to just stop by BestBuy on way home from work, pick up a 500gug HDD and install w7 on *that* instead of risking my present C: drive. I do have an “apps” dvd with all my mission critical stuff so why take the risk with my stable drive? If i dont like w7 I can just take it back.
And anyway, Im hearing some negative things about w7. Legacy programs wont work, copying files to and fro STILL takes forever, no classic start menu, no “up” arrow in explorer, cant upgrade with apps intact from xp, so why bother? As soon as they get all the bugs squashed with w7, the next op sys will be out.
True, but I read a few days ago that legacy apps aren’t a problem. It was another thread and I was specifically looking into the compatibility of Office 2000. All seemed well. There may be some 3rd party applications that don’t work as well as on XP, but from what I read, the vast majority of major applications run well.
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.