Windows 7: HOT: Windows 7 Information
- 10/7/09 5:18 PM
OOPS!:)
by allie1021 - 7/10/09 6:54 PM In reply to: IE 7 Upgrade by allie1021DUH! Guess I should have read more carefully before I posted my reply. You all aren't talking about IE but the new version of Windows that's already been Beta tested to upgrade from Vista! Feel REALLY foolish:(
I actually KNEW all about what you were discussing re: Windows 7...had a rough week and need a good night's rest:) Guess I will continue to just read everyone's posts and not add my teo-cents anymoew:)
Allie
Not IE7
by jvs6663 - 8/30/09 5:13 AM In reply to: IE 7 Upgrade by allie1021Not IE7 Windows7
Its a newer operating system.Not an Internet Explorer.
Confounded!
by Sanguine_about_denouement - 9/17/09 12:10 PM In reply to: IE 7 Upgrade by allie1021What if I run it on a 256MB RAM system?
2.93GHz processor
and 80GB HDD.
xp is good allmost compertible 4 any program
by ocmurdock - 10/30/09 11:28 PM In reply to: IE 7 Upgrade by allie1021ie7 is good but firefox 3.5.4 much faster try it!!
Upgrading to 7 Ultimaete.
by STAT1C - 8/2/09 1:11 PM In reply to: Clarification... by John.Wilkinson
Dear CNET,
Forgive me for taking up your time,If I wanted yo as you say
upgrade from my Vista Ultimate to 7 Ultimate,do I have to pay
anything or is it free and if yes how much, secondly is there anything else that one
should know (technical,softwares, aero) concerning above transa
ction.
Sincerely yours,
Arthur Sabbagh Azizian.
P.S._Your prompt reply would very much be appreciated.
Bad Move
by LifeOnAString - 7/17/09 7:05 PM In reply to: Not impossible; it is true... by John.Wilkinson
If I have to reinstall everything from scratch, seems there are other options open to me besides staying with Windows. Can't say that WinXP does anything that I was not able to do in Win98. I do word processing, spreadsheets, and web pages.
I wonder if Microsoft has forgotten what happend to IBM. There is a risk that... Microsoft :: Windows operating systems as IBM :: PCs.
I agree, but...
by John.Wilkinson - 7/17/09 8:23 PM
In reply to: Bad Move by LifeOnAString
-> I can type documents, access websites, et cetera using DOS 3.1. I know some who still do and will readily tell you that those who use Windows XP, Windows 98, et cetera are not 'real' computer users. Then again, there's more to using computers now than typing documents and viewing text-based websites like we did back in the 80s. We've progressed quite a bit.
-> Apple has told Apple owners that they are prohibited from installing their upcoming release, Snow Leopard, on any computer bought from them during the lifecycle of Windows XP or before. The operating system is simply incompatible with the hardware. It will not work. Imagine Microsoft doing that, saying you are prohibited from buying and using Windows 7 without buying a new (overpriced) computer.
I agree they should have provided a clear upgrade path to Windows 7, especially since so many avoided Windows Vista, and that it will end up hurting both consumers and Microsoft in the long run. However, keep in mind that Microsoft's limitations are far exceeded by some of their competitors.
John
Leaving the Path
by LifeOnAString - 7/18/09 10:15 AM In reply to: I agree, but... by John.Wilkinson
John, I am of that same vintage. I had the first IBM-PC at my engineering company, and traded in a 64K memory board for a 300 baud Hayes Stack modem, so I could log onto one of the six bulletin boards in Manhattan. Until recently, I held onto my Toshiba 1000, because I knew that I could actually do my consulting work with PC-Write (which I STILL use), and Lotus 123 (still liked SuperCalc better, which was an improvement over VisiCalc). The main reason that I don't look at a Mac is because they don't offer an MS-DOS window - to this day, that is my bread and butter access to my computer.
Computers are being used for many things now, and unfortunately, one of them is to simply run Windows as an app. I realize that there might be many things that one cannot do without Win7, but having started with Win 3.0 (when the oft-asked question was, "Have you put Windows in your Autoexec yet?"), through Win 3.1, Win95, Win98, WinME and now WinXP, the OS is doing more for itself than for me. This may be the break point where I give up being on the mainstream path and look back on my Toshiba 1000 scenario. If I can run PC-Write, OpenOffice, SeaMonkey for my email, and any browser (I have Safari, Sea Monkey, FireFox and IE7), what does Win7 do FOR me? compared to what Win7 does TO me. By leaving the Microsoft OS game, I may be looking at freeing up time to do more (construction-related) work, the work that I get paid for, and in that work the computer is only a tool.
I am dismayed at the many versions of Win7, and that fully 90% of the differentiations have nothing to do with me what so ever. I can understand if this was an upgrade for the big offices where the PCs have replaced the DEC Vax and IBM370s, but that there is the "Home" version makes this all seem silly, MS nefariously knowing that the DVD playback is the only version hook for most users. A smart company will take this opportunity to swoop in and offer another upgrade path, with a $99 OS that gives a Vista/Win7 alternative to the WinXP users. For me, once MS drops support for WinXP, since I have to reload all my software anyway (and run the risk of incompatibility). I might as well give Linux or something else a try. At some point you have to kick the OS game habit and focus on getting your work done.
Three things...
by John.Wilkinson - 7/18/09 1:42 PM
In reply to: Leaving the Path by LifeOnAString
1.) As a Windows XP user, you do not have access to DOS anymore. That disappeared with the Windows 9x line. Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 do, however, have a command line with similar functionality, which many call a DOS prompt, even though it is not. OS X was never based on MS-DOS, but also has similar functionality using Terminal. Same deal for Linux users.
2.) Windows 7 has just three main editions: Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. The others are limited market only, so you'll only find them if you live in Pakistan, buy a cheap netbook, or get your software through an enterprise licensing agreement. Windows XP actually had more editions. Few stop to realize that before criticizing Microsoft for offering users too many choices.
3.) An upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium is sitting at $119, and those that chose to pre-order earlier this month snagged copies for as low as $50. $99 for a version 1.0 operating system that forces a clean install, just like Windows 7, sounds like a waste of money.
It may seem like a second job, keeping up-to-date, but switching to another operating system is a full-time job in and of itself, considering you must start anew learning the operating system and finding all new applications, which may not even be able to access your old files in some cases.
John
I agree with you 100%
by Gerard5819 - 9/18/09 5:21 AM In reply to: Leaving the Path by LifeOnAStringLike yourself, I came from the Dos, Mac's and Atari St time. I was introduced into PC with an Atari St. It sat in the box for a month until I could find something for it to do. I picked up a free copy of a word processor and spreadsheet. Bit by bit it found it's way in my office until Windows OS system which was like a Mac system came on stream. I sometimes regret moving over to Windows, because I got more work done with out lock up and distractions. The screen was very basic, But most invoices, Quotes and letter are basic. Once you setup your template up, that was it. Call up the template and fill them in and save under a eight digital job number. It was basic, but it worked ever time. No lock up, No loosing Files and your PC was much quicker in starting up than it is now. I never had virus trouble as it was not on the Internet. Now it like a maze with all this junk that loads it's self from the Internet. There was a time I new where everything was and what it did. Now it's all double dutch and I wounder what improvements Window 7 has that will make doing my job without been distracted with uploads, virus checks and Lock ups.
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Yours,
Gerard.
Re:
by JJ - 10/31/09 2:41 PM In reply to: Not impossible; it is true... by John.Wilkinson
Not only you can't upgrade to Windows 7 without a clean install. Windows 7 has very poor drivers support. I won't upgrade because Windows 7 is incomplete because of drivers. What good is an O.S. if it doesn't have drivers?
Yes u Can
by spider56 - 8/29/09 10:23 AM In reply to: No XP Upgrade? by TrantaLockedI have a Dell XPS GEN3 running XP and I have had no problem running the Windows 7 Beta RC on it. You can upgrade from XP to Windows 7 No problem
Dual booting, the best option!
by Dzinpa - 11/1/09 11:23 AM In reply to: No XP Upgrade? by TrantaLockedIf your machine came with Windows XP find out how you can manage your hard disk so as to install Windows 7 along side XP. If you're able to partition the disk you can then install Windows 7. And to me this is the best option. But mind you, Windows XP should be installed first. Though if Windows 7 is installed first you can still install XP but you have to dig out some processes before making the XP appear.
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