Windows 7 here on Thursday

It's finally here...:)

Goodbye Vista...:sick:

Adiós Windows XP....:(
 
First was on the rc for about 2months and have now been on the rtm for a good 2 to 3 months. Can't wait for the masses to get it.
All i hope is that x64 uptake is going to be better, we need it to move forward and as long as people stay on the old we won't.
 
I'm looking forward to it, but I want to buy a new laptop with win7 installed. Since that probably won't happen for a few months still, what happens if I buy a Vista laptop after win7 is out? Do I still get the free upgrade?
 
Does anyone know whether South African buyers who bought Vista in the past 3 months would qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7? I've heard this mentioned on international news sites but not sure if it applies everywhere?
 
Why, Vista has served me well actually--just have to know what to switch off--and with SP2. I think it out performs XP by a long shot. Windows 7 is very much the same as Vista (in terms of behavior), so if you have not tried Vista, Windows 7 will be "new" to people. Having said this, Windows 7 is faster and leaner than Vista. I particularly like the dock-type task menu for easy to reach apps and documents. Will wait for SP1
 
martin said:
Does anyone know whether South African buyers who bought Vista in the past 3 months would qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7? I've heard this mentioned on international news sites but not sure if it applies everywhere?
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You only get a free upgrade if you received a Windows 7 Upgrade voucher when you purchased your pc/laptop. I've already requested 4 Windows 7 Proffesional 32-bit upgrades with the vouchers at the office.
 
I am not negative about Windows 7 at all, nor upgrading in general.

But, I have not found one feature of Windows 7 Professional that is not available in Win XP Pro that I actually need, so I simply cannot warrant the expense to upgrade.

I almost managed to convince myself to purchase based solely on the improved backup and restore facilities, but, my current simple backup and restore facilities work well, and have proven themselves over time.

Also, whether or not you can upgrade from XP Pro straight to Win 7 bypassing the Vista upgrade is still unclear. So, whether an XP Pro user can actually upgrade to Win 7 Pro for $200 is still unknown.

Perhaps MS should stop throwing money at marketing and try to clarify the real-world cost saving advantages first.
 
davemc said:
I am not negative about Windows 7 at all, nor upgrading in general.

But, I have not found one feature of Windows 7 Professional that is not available in Win XP Pro that I actually need, so I simply cannot warrant the expense to upgrade.

I almost managed to convince myself to purchase based solely on the improved backup and restore facilities, but, my current simple backup and restore facilities work well, and have proven themselves over time.

Also, whether or not you can upgrade from XP Pro straight to Win 7 bypassing the Vista upgrade is still unclear. So, whether an XP Pro user can actually upgrade to Win 7 Pro for $200 is still unknown.

Perhaps MS should stop throwing money at marketing and try to clarify the real-world cost saving advantages first.
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You cannot upgrade from XP to Win7 unless you upgrade to Vista first. By upgrade M$ means that you upgrade your installation and cannot do a clean installation from scratch. It's not possible to do a upgrade installation from XP to Win7
 
64bit uptake... well it will be difficult in environments where the application has stayed the same. Example 16bit applications. Windows XP drivers for specialized applications.
 
Installed Win7 a couple of weeks ago on my Toshiba Satellite A200-1M8 notebook. It picked up all the drivers nicely except for 2 (PCI Memory Controller and Mass Storage Controller). However, am experiencing up to a minute of freezing at a time, during which there is limited functionality (i guess it's any HDD availability thats an issue, as movies, etc... will freeze) and then after this the system recovers without any further issues.

Until i get this sorted out, Win7 won't be my primary OS.

I have tried Toshiba's driver download site, but they haven't updated their Vista drivers in ages and no mention of Win7 specific drivers yet.

Highly doubt my next notebook will be a Toshiba due to the disappointing support!!!

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P.S. Am still running XP on a 2nd partition on this notebook, so i have the option of going back to XP as long as there are still Win7 driver issues to sort out.
 
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@davemc: I'm sure u have your reasons for wanting to 'upgrade' XP as opposed to doing a clean install, but I personally would never upgrade an Microsoft OS :p

Clean installs just seem to be less hassle.
 
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