Windows 7: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to?
- 8/28/09 12:15 PM
Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 8/28/09 12:15 PM
If you will be upgrading to Windows 7, which one will you be getting?
Home Basic. (Why this edition?)
Home Premium. (Why this edition?)
Professional. (Why this edition?)
Enterprise. (Why this edition?)
Ultimate. (Why this edition?)
Home Premium
by Jonmor68 - 8/28/09 1:56 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
it has all I need, I have no need for the additional features in Professional and Ultimate.
The only thing they offer that I would have use for, is the System image backup, I already have Acronis True Image Home 2009 that I use in Vista as well as W7, which ia a lot cheaper then paying extra for Ultimate.
Australian W7 Prices:
Home Premium upgrade $199.00,
Professional upgrade $399.99,
Ultimate upgrade $429.00
Acronis $70 AU.
Pricing of upgrade
by FrenchyHey - 8/28/09 6:56 PM In reply to: Home Premium by Jonmor68Here in Canada the price of the upgrade is at least 50% of your cost or even lower if you did took advantage of Pre order i.e. another reduction with up to 3 licenses per upgrade, anyway.
With Windows 7 I don't need any more a DVD software to buy a saving from $40-$120 depending of what brand of software you want etc. i.e. Cyberlink to Wind Dvd, they are more complete but and have a lot of extra feature but if not interested, another huge saving there.
Windows 7 is not without flaw i.e. Crysis that work for me on Vista will not work correctly on the release candidate once you try to install the patch, for my case it work correctly until I try to patch it, (Securom) protection software is making a mess and without intervention from me, it will not work and once it work this is not pleasant game anymore.
Anyway after all the benefit I want I decided to get my entire 4 PC to run on Windows 7 and been backup to a Windows Home Server for backup and multimedia server (great software great to recycle old hardware too) little footprint needed also to run and thrive. (Free to try for 120 days) and easy to upgrade without losing your data, only have to do a reinstall option to keep all your backup and data only thing you lose are the C partition BTW all the other share remain intact and available after reinstallation of the bought version. The free version is also fully functional version of the commercial one also.
Anyway other games that are demanding won't work also on windows 7 like battlefield II, 2142, Call of Duty 4.
But because I have XP DVD I am going Dual boot for that.
My printer work great (Brother MFC-5440CN) it is setup as a Network scanner and fax printer and it is cheap to operate and easy to maintain.
All in all I am happy outside that games are not necessary easy to work in Windows 7 other programs that are not game are working great under Windows 7.
Been on the internet since 1996 I am quite comfortable with windows and prefer more advance option available with pro then home edition and because we do a lot of video encoding and audio also, outside the usual RPG games.
Win7 Home Premium is my choice
by joemac - 8/28/09 5:28 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Our current two desktops are WinXP Home-SP3 and Win VISTA Home Premium-SP2. The Vista machine was bought a free upgrade to Win7 Home Premium. Basic is TOO basic and the rest cost too much more for added features I don't need. My laptop is also WinXP Home. I haven't checked whether it meets specs for Win7, but if it does, I will go with Win7 Home Premium on it, too, to keep maintenance more consistent.
Home Prem Family Pack
by tannman357 - 8/28/09 6:07 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
With 3 PC's in the home I am choosing the 3 pack. Home Premium has the features I like and though been using Ultimate in the RC we feel this is the best choice.
Ultimate and Prof.
by ESUNintel - 8/28/09 6:32 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My HTPC is running Vista Ultimate, so to make the upgrade easy, I'll be using Windows 7 Ultimate. I'll run Professional on my Mac.
...um, but with Snow Leopard's release today, I could care less about a future Windows release. It's not that I don't like Windows, unlike many, I actually love Vista, but today is Apple's big day, not Microsoft's.
Windows 7 Pro. choice.
by Speedyfanger - 8/28/09 6:44 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I will be purchasing W7 Pro. as it has a very desireable feature that my Vista Business has and that is the ability to make a complete backup of the operating system partition. This can be a life saver in times of trouble when "Restore" is inadequate.
It is pleasing that each grade of Windows 7 will contain all the features of the lesser version as was not the case in Vista. I discovered that Vista Business did not have the ability to play DVD's without the purchase of a $US15.00 codec needed to be added to Windows Media Player. I thought this was very disappointing and penny pinching of Microsoft.
I might add that I only installed Vista on one of my six machines and only then in a dual boot situation with XP, keeping XP exclusive on the others as I thought XP superior.
why i be geting ultimate
by magnusfl - 8/28/09 7:35 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
simple I a Var so I get my free copy at a preview show if not I and my customer base will simply sick to XP pro
windows 7 Ultimate
by dbear135 - 8/28/09 11:18 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'll be upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate .It's the one i'm testing now
and it really rocks!
Windows 7 Ultimate
by jonjonthemighty1 - 8/29/09 1:42 AM In reply to: windows 7 Ultimate by dbear135Only way to go, stay abrest of the pack let them find out the hard way
Windows 7 Pro
by mjayhunt - 8/29/09 3:39 AM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I got Windows 7 Pro RTM (release to manufacturer) because I got it free through MSDNAA. Most people don't even know they can get it free through them if their college or work pays for the program though Microsoft. Only thing is for some reason the RTM doesn't have the games on it yet, so no more Freecell =/
If you're in college or work somewhere that deals with computers, check to see if you have access to MSDNAA or MSDN. Also check out Microsoft DreamSpark for free programming software like the $600 MS Visual Studio Pro 2008. To check for your school, follow this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/dd861347.aspx
Windows 7
by 131238 - 8/29/09 5:20 AM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It all comes down to cost.
I am an OAP with limited resources, therefore I may stick with XP as long as possible, the basic windows 7 is a bit more than I can afford.
I suspect Microsoft of skulduggery by charging exorbitant prices for software and failing to address compatibility problems without recourse to further expense.
John Baker.
Professional
by brianlevyesq - 8/29/09 10:00 AM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
7 Professional. I use XP at the office as well as 2000 but did need to buy a new laptop that came with Vista Home only to find out it will not connect to the network at the office. Talk about dumb. As 7 was announced I decided to set aside the laptop until 7 was released rather than upgrading in what was already announced as a dead end OS. I ordered 3 of the Professional upgrades b/c of the 1/2 price deal but will use 1. At some point I'll pick up some systems that can use them.
I can easily live with 2000Pro and XP but at the office some of my software is no longer supporting 2000 and I've had announcements for end of life XP support.
My feeling is that I try to maintain updated versions of applications I need to work with so why no do the same with the O/S.
For personal use at home, I'll probably stick with 2000Pro since I do not use my home computer for video, music, gaming, etc. but, generally writing, templating and research. Only problem running with it is that Corel WordPerfect X4 will not install and I use it so will have to stay with my version 11. Happily, unlike MS Office the company does not scr*w around with file formats with every release.
Free Windows 7
by mjayhunt - 8/29/09 10:50 AM In reply to: Professional by brianlevyesqYou do realize that there's a free upgrade to Windows 7 if you buy a Vista PC now...
Or you could just get it free with any computer like me from MSDN or MSDNAA.
Windows 7 Professional
by gdthestew - 8/29/09 2:31 PM In reply to: Poll: Windows 7: Which edition will you be upgrading to? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've already purchased my copy of Win 7 Professional "upgrade". I chose Professional because it permits the use of the "Remote Access" feature. This simply means that if I leave my computer on, I can access it whenever I'm traveling and retrieve info or files, run maintenance, or pull up music or pictures for someone I'm visiting. My preview copy of Win 7 RC has been the "Ultimate" version. It has been excellent.
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