-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows 7 Pro or Windows 7 Ultimate? Now or wait?
- From: Steve Aiello <deacondeamon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:48:28 -0400
Dave
I've been running Windows 7 RC ( release candidate ) for almost 3 months
know. Maybe I've just been lucky, But the pnly problems I've had with it
was compatible programs such as AV etc. All these are being fixed with 7
due out the end of next month.
I'm running a HP G60 laptop that came with Vista home premium on it. I
paid about 16 USD to get a restore disk from HP. I have 3 gigs of ram and a
AMD Turion X2 64 CPU.
As far as price I can't help much as 7RC is the ultimate version, and I
have not used the pro.
Don't know how much this will help,
Steve
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM, David TW Chun <dtwchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I just wanted to get some opinions on Windows 7. Should I wait a few
> months before updating? I'm planning to upgrade eventually since I
> think that I hate VISTA. My problem with Vista is that several programs
> that I want to use (currently low priority since I'm behind in things;
> but will be a higher priority when I get caught up) such as Corel
> Painter 4 as well as other programs won't install , or programs that
> have installed won't install the upgrades, such as Corel Paint Shop Pro
> Photo X2. Another annoyance is that there are folders that are grayed
> out that Vista won't let me view (which also means that I can't
> manipulate/edit). My current system is a HP desktop with a quad-core
> processor, 3 GB memory, and lots of hard drive space, internal and
> external. And I set myself up as the administrator, even though it
> seems that Vista has doubts about that and often won't let me install,
> upgrade and view things on occasion -- but usually it will ask and then
> let me run/install programs such an SlyFox's 'AnyDVD' etc.
>
>
> I just saw that Amazon is offering Windows 7 Ultimate for $219 which is
> just $20 more than Windows 7 Pro which is the OS version that I was
> thinking would be the minimum system that would make me happy (so I'm
> sort of leaning towards Ultimate now). I'm hoping that Windows 7 will
> be a smooth upgrade that will let me dump Vista without losing my 'data'
> on the 'C','E','L', 'O' etc drives. I'm looking for an OS that will let
> me do what I want with installing programs etc. The XP option is very
> attractive since I'm hoping that programs that I'm having problems
> installing, but works on my XP laptop, will either install smoothly in
> Windows 7 or in Windows 7 running under the XP mode. I'm still using
> lots of older programs such as Office 2003 (I still can't believe that
> Office 2010 is about to be released -- where has the time gone?) and the
> Netscape mail program.
>
> Also, the HP computer didn't come with CD's containing the OS. Rather,
> I had to create 'restore disks'. I liked things better in the good old
> days that when you bought a computer, the computer came with disks that
> had the OS. This was good because then in case of a serious crash, such
> as when your 'C' drive becomes defective and you need to replace the
> drive. I've had desktops fail and when I tried to install the OS from
> the restore disks, I found that the restore disks were somehow defective
> and the only way I could use the computer was to install the OS from an
> OS installation CD. So, I'm looking forward to having the OS on CD's
> to start with, for the peace of mind.
>
>
> Also, I'm hoping that Windows 7 really requires less resources so that
> my 3 GB will seem like more memory (I would add more memory; but if I
> understand the VISTA 32-bit version OS, the maximum is 3.6 GB anyway).
>
>
> Anyway, I'm just putting this out since I suspect there is lots of
> interest now that Windows 7 availability is become a 'reality' for many
> of us who want to divorce ourselves from VISTA.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> David
>
>
>
>
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