Re: Is Windows 7 going to be worth it?

Ron O'Brien;1150677 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Is Windows 7 worth it?
>
> I remember all the computer press telling us how Vista was going to be
> a
> gift from the God's (well, hardly a 'gift' not at UK prices anyway!)
> how it
> was going to blow XP into the dark ages etc etc
>
> We seem to be getting the same spin about Windows 7 - which makes me
> question the independent nature, the skill and the expertise of
> computer
> magazines.
>
> I have to say I have had just about every Windows o/s from 3.1 to W95,
> 98,
> ME, XP and Vista Home Premium and Ultimate - I have never had a problem
> that
> I couldn't easily resolve by asking a few questions.......well, not
> quite
> true OEM version of Vista on a laptop was a nightmare but worked fine
> after
> destroying (I mean removing!) the OEM's crapware and up-dating the
> graphics
> driver.
>
> I think so many of us want something out of the box that will work with
> every possible combination of hardware and software and do so
> effortlessly
> without any problem - but unless you buy Apple, that isn't going to
> happen
> (and in fact I have had problems with Apple).
>
> What does concern me is that perhaps Microsoft are considering that an
> o/s
> release every 2 or 3 years is the best way to keep the directors share
> dividends up and convincing us that Windows 7 is the all singing all
> dancing
> super safe o/s - which is exactly what they said about Vista, so should
> be
> be suing Microsoft under the terms of the Trade Descriptions Act
> because
> Vista never managed to live up to the spin (according to many) or just
> shut
> up and put our hands firmly in our pockets and cough up another
> astronomic
> sum?
>
> Note to Microsoft: take a look at the upgrade price for Apple's o/s
> then
> hang your head in shame
>
> --
> Ron<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


Microsoft has given all of us ample opportunity to judge for ourselves
by supplying the free early test versions. Most of the applause seems to
come from those early users and not neccessarily the press. I remember a
slogan of some commercial from years back that said: "Try it, you'll
like it" - or maybe not.


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whs

 

In article <e$kCsRFRKHA.352@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, NoSpam@NoSpam.org
says...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> It's worth it because you neither want to be stuck with antique WinXP nor
> with lame Vista. If you can't afford Win7, you better stay with WinXP and
> forget Vista.
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

I have XP and Vista and Win 7 Ultimate running on a bunch of machines -
my take is that Vista is slower and more clunky than Windows 7. The good
thing is that Vista SP1 and Windows 7 allow XP video drivers, so we're
not completely out when it comes to older, but still good machines.

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"Leythos" <spam999free@rrohio.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.2534621689904f7c989f23@us.news.astraweb.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> In article <e$kCsRFRKHA.352@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, NoSpam@NoSpam.org
> says...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> It's worth it because you neither want to be stuck with antique WinXP nor
>> with lame Vista. If you can't afford Win7, you better stay with WinXP
>> and
>> forget Vista.
>><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> I have XP and Vista and Win 7 Ultimate running on a bunch of machines -
> my take is that Vista is slower and more clunky than Windows 7. The good
> thing is that Vista SP1 and Windows 7 allow XP video drivers, so we're
> not completely out when it comes to older, but still good machines.
><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

I was pleasantly surprised to find that when I did a clean install of 7 RC
on my Toshiba Satellite that had come with Vista, no external drivers were
needed at all! All my hardware (including Wireless) worked straight out of
the box!
Well done MS!

 

On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:06:16 -0400, Leythos <spam999free@rrohio.com>
wrote:
<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>In article <e$kCsRFRKHA.352@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, NoSpam@NoSpam.org
>says...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> It's worth it because you neither want to be stuck with antique WinXP nor
>> with lame Vista. If you can't afford Win7, you better stay with WinXP and
>> forget Vista.
>> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>I have XP and Vista and Win 7 Ultimate running on a bunch of machines -
>my take is that Vista is slower and more clunky than Windows 7.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

Run some benchmarks, THEN try to tell us W7 is better than Vista.