imschur Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Any of you guys moving to Windows 7 when its released? I ran the betas for a while and liked it. Its still very vista like though imo. I pre ordered my copy from Amazon when MS offered the special pricing.
Madhouse Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Windows 7?!? I've barely seen Vista more than a couple of times in person. I run XP Pro on all of my machines. ;D
steel609 Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Windows 7?!? I've barely seen Vista more than a couple of times in person. ;DYou're lucky then. I think Vista sucks.I run XP Pro on all of my machines.Ditto.
Madhouse Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Our corporate IT has stayed away from Vista as well (we have about 3000 employees). They say they'll jump straight from XP Pro to Windows7 as well. :thumb:
imschur Posted August 26, 2009 Author Report Posted August 26, 2009 Vista can be mostly ok once you turn off the annoying stuff. Its been very stable for me.On the negative it has a few infuriating features like not remembering the last saved path. Every time I save a file I must drill through every directory. Not sure if its common to my Vista or a quirk of my system. Either way W7 is what Vista was supposed to be. Users will be a little confused by the new interface much like Office 2007. They fixed what wasnt broken.
rodent.22 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Posted September 6, 2009 I've had Vista on my machine (a new Acer) almost 2 years. I'm severely techno- deprived and I hate Vista also....
imschur Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Posted October 22, 2009 My copy of Windows 7 shipped. I will have it in my grubby little paws tomorrow.Im putting it on a new drive and keeping this one as a ready to roll spare.BTW I will be going with x86 again.
Longitude Zero Posted October 22, 2009 Report Posted October 22, 2009 I will wait a few months to maybe a year. MS CANNOT build an OS that is not buggy.
asmurff Posted October 22, 2009 Report Posted October 22, 2009 I went to buy one of the netbooks to keep in the livingroom for when we have questions about movies or shows we are watching and was told wait until the new ones with 7 were on the shelf, so I guess I can go back now. C:-)
Madhouse Posted October 22, 2009 Report Posted October 22, 2009 I went to buy one of the netbooks to keep in the livingroom for when we have questions about movies or shows we are watching and was told wait until the new ones with 7 were on the shelf, so I guess I can go back now. C:-)As I understand it, the NetBooks never had Vista. All of them ran XP.
steel609 Posted October 23, 2009 Report Posted October 23, 2009 I'm planning on buying a new laptop this week or next. I was holding off until the Windows 7 models were released.I think this is going to be a very good improvement over Vista.I hope. :P
imschur Posted October 24, 2009 Author Report Posted October 24, 2009 Well that sucked....Ive been in Windows 7 hell since the day it arrived. Its a file permission mess. I couldnt install just about anything. It wouldnt allow me to easily access my external usb and nas. Fortunately there's already registry hacks and fixes that solved many issues. Creating a new user profile solved my software install issues so far.I had 0 issues with the beta on this same pc.Avoid the upgrade purchase option. Buy the full product. I had to install an os to start the upgrade in order to get MS to accept my license. Installing to a new formatted drive will die at the license screen. There are some folks who worked around it but they are presented with the license screen later in the process and are able to edit the registry....weird. FWIW many folks are not having issues but the file permission and access errors seems to be the biggest issue.I disabled UAC just as in Vista
Cyclone Posted October 25, 2009 Report Posted October 25, 2009 I recently had to man up and buy a new laptop after a meltdown of my 7 year old Dell. I got a killer deal on a Compaq computer I bought it a week before 7 was released. I was given the free upgrade to 7 with my purchase al I had to do was go on HP's site and register to get it. I am not all that unhappy with Vista for what I do it is treating me fine. I came from XP Pro, if I decide to run the upgrade I will certainly wait a while till a service pack or so is out there, I'm sure it wont take long.
imschur Posted October 25, 2009 Author Report Posted October 25, 2009 after really diving into this is seems that the big issue was in fact the original profile was corrupt. Beyond that the file ownership thing.Todays annoyance: when I got to move open windows they are automatically expanding to full size.
techmike Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 I have a coupon from Office Depot, that states: "Come in for FREE installation of Windows 7" $99.99 value. Anyone seen this????TM
Madhouse Posted October 26, 2009 Report Posted October 26, 2009 I have a coupon from Office Depot, that states: "Come in for FREE installation of Windows 7" $99.99 value. Anyone seen this????TMThat means you buy the $300 Windows and they won't charge you the normal $99 fee to install it, I believe.
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