Windows 7 is out, have you upgraded?

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

Yep, I'm running windows 7 on one of my computers since a few weeks. Very stable and fast so far.

HemLok · Member Joined: 20 Apr 2007

I wiped my Vista Ultimate SP2 (64-bit) system over 2 months ago and did a clean Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) RTM install. I have zero regrets with moving to Windows 7.

rhegedus · Member Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Location: on the jazz

Yes.

Was running 64bit demo, now running Ultimate 64bit.

Very smooth.
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lordsmurf · Posted: Oct 25, 2009 05:38

Nope, no reason.
Windows Vista on a pair of systems, XP on all the others.
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yoda313 · Regular joe Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: sector 001

Not yet.

I need another option - Using vista because it works - not because its crap.

I have vista on my dual core amd 2.7ghz pc and xp on my older single core 2.66ghz emachine that is still kicking - in fact I'm typing on it right now and its got to be 5 years old or more. THough it has had transplants

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lacywest · Member Joined: 28 Aug 2001 Location: California

Been messing with win 7 for since Feb 2009 ... currently on this PC Im typing on ... it is a dual boot ... WINXP and WIN 7.

PC in bedroom is different story ... XP MCE2005 and Vista Ultimate x64 and if I boot to the drive that I send my recorded videos too ... it will boot to Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ... its the Media Center on Vista x64 SP2 that works very good and the Media Center on WIN 7 x64 Ultimate is also very good.
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usually_quiet · Member Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Location: United States

I haven't upgraded yet, although I do have an Vista Home Premium with an upgrade coupon. If possible, I'll wait at least a few months to see if any serious problems are discovered before installing it on my new computer.

I still have an old Dell as well that I use once in a while, built at the end of 2001, running windows XP. It can't be upgraded enough to run either Vista or Windows 7 competantly.

MJA · Member Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Location: IL

happy Vista owner here.

edDV · Posted: Oct 25, 2009 10:17

I've partitioned with dual boot XP and Win7 in mind. Currently two machines are running Vista and two the Win7 RC. I have the Win7 Home Premium 3x Family pack on order. I may keep one Vista Ultimate for connection to business servers, but will probably upgrade that to Win7 Pro later.

I've also got a Win7 Home Premium Upgrade for my Vista laptop.

Also there is the HP MediaSmart Server running Windows Home Server. I learned yesterday that a Power Pack 3 upgrade will be available in November to handle Win 7 specific issues.
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dessieclive · Member Joined: 25 Oct 2004

yep 7 is faster than xppro & vista

Lawbringer · Member Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Location: United States

Happy with Vista x64. Will probably get Win7 when I build my next machine.

handyguy · Member Joined: 25 Mar 2003

redwudz · Mod Neophyte Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: AZ, USA

Just got my W7 disc, but waiting delivery of a 150GB Raptor for the boot drive. My SSD will be retired to a scratch drive.

rumplestiltskin · Member Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Location: United States

I use OSX 99%+ pf the time. I did put Windows 7 on an old Acer laptop I have and, surprise!, it runs fairly well. The real test will be when I download all of the "free apps" that Microsoft saw fit to exclude from the distribution (whatever M$ calls their iApps) and we'll see if W7 is more than just a means to run Office 2007.

vhelp · ..Semi Neutral.. Joined: 31 Mar 2001 Location: New York

I voted No, Windows XP is still the best. for the moment.

edDV · Posted: Oct 25, 2009 12:58

Check out the "7 days of Windows 7 savings" computer deals on the Microsoft site.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/offers/7-days/

Look at this

HP Laptop, Netbook, Desktop and a router with install all for $1199 (same as the cheapest iMac).
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/offers/7-days/Compare.aspx?filter=Best Buy
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TBoneit · Member Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: USA

Where was the choice for eventually I'll have a new machine with W7?

I'm sure my Q6600 with 4Gb would run W7 fine. However When XP works OK on it too, Why spend the money? Oh wait, That's right I'm the guy that didn't replace his old car when it was paid for. 5 minutes of driving to work and then back home at really high speed (up to 40Mph that is). So the AC is dead. several days a year I even miss the AC. The heater died in 97, I finally got it fixed.... hmmm... heat or W7.... heat won.

Or to put it another way, It ain't broke so I ain't fixing it. I'll have to fix it when Microsoft stops the security updates or I can't get AV apps for it, whichever comes first.

I expect support for a while on XP since Netbooks are being sold with XPHome currently and We've been selling New Toshibas that had Vista Business and recovery media to switch to XP Pro this year.

BTW I suspect that Netbooks and XPH were one of teh driving forces to get W& out the door.

Cheers

edDV · Posted: Oct 25, 2009 13:51

When XP came out, people said they would stay with stable Win2000 or Win98SE.

When Win 8 comes out, people will want to stay on stable Win7.
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CogoSWSDS · Crazy Guy Joined: 06 Sep 2002 Location: Central IL

Where's the "Running XP, waiting for Windows 7 SP1 so the bugs will be worked out" option?

I'm actually still running 98SE on one machine and XP SP3 on the other two.
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edDV · Posted: Oct 25, 2009 14:09

15 million used the Win7 Beta and all were being monitored under the Beta terms. I think we got the SP1 this week.
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gadgetguy · Contestant Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Location: Michigan, USA

Still on Win2K on my primary, XP on my laptop. If or when I can finally upgrade my hardware, it will probably come with Win7, but until then (in other words, for the foreseeable future), I'll be staying with what I have.
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minidv2dvd · .com Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Location: United States

i just got a free copy of Windows Server 2008 R2(from my kid who's in the dreamspark program) i think i may build a dual quad-core box for us to test it out on. support for 256 cpus, but i don't think i can afford that many

based on the same nt6.1 as win7 i believe. haven't a clue what will run on it yet though...

ouch - dual xeon 55xx's won't come cheap. just checked newegg.

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budz · Posted: Oct 26, 2009 01:36

I get my W7 home 32 bit on Tuesday which will be installed on my mini itx system that's hooked up to my 40 inch LCD TV. All my other pc's run XP PRO which is great. I've been using W7 RTM version for awhile now with my mini itx system and I do like it.

Dv8ted2 · The One Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: OA

My netbook has running 7 Ultimate for a while. My main desktop is running Vista Business SP2. I have a Ubuntu system and another running XPSP3.
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zoobie · Posted: Oct 26, 2009 04:14

it's early but it looks like XP is blowing away the competition

I'm thinking Arbys
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guns1inger · Member Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Location: Miskatonic U

Been running the Beta/RCs on a tablet notebook for months with no problems. Will probably get a new boot drive for the desktop and keep the old XP drive on ice for a little while when I upgrade.

I like W7 so far, but it certainly does need more grunt than XP to get the same performance
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handyguy · Member Joined: 25 Mar 2003

No doubt W7 is fast. But then so would XP be on those new quad core computers.

w7 compatibility checker at MS says I would need a new scanner.

neomaine · Member Joined: 09 Jul 2001 Location: United States

Been running fine on my main machine for about a month. Upgraded a Vista Ult 64 to Win7 Ult 64 with no issues*. Although I had been running fine with Vista, with admittedly some UAC tweaks. However, I haven't applied those same UAC tweaks tweaks to Win7. UAC is plays much more nicely this time around.

(* = Well, once I found out the *real* issue. Had a virtual IDE driver leftover from a daemon tools uninstall that the Win7 hardware check didn't like. Actually, forced the upgrade to back out. Didn't feel like a clean install... probably should have... but things have been running just fine.)
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Constant Gardener · Member Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Location: Canada

I'm "rebuilding" an old computer - meaning I'm keeping the case - and I will install Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I have to maintain the illusion that I know what I am talking about when people ask for my opinion on computer stuff. The rest of the family computers will stay on XP3 for now.