Windows 7 - Anyone else dropping their pitchfork & torches?
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xplaytendo
November 2007
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View profile »Now that I've received my FREE Windows 7 upgrade, I was even LESSER thrilled to do a complete overhaul of my system, and install the sucker from scratch. Given that I have nothing important in my laptop, other than arcade games & unsent love letters to Rosamund Pike... I figured it's safe to install.
I know I'm gonna burn in hell when I say this but: Windows 7 is THE TRUE UPGRADE to Windows XP. I just hope I get a lobster dinner on my final meal... CIAO!
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/review-windows-7/
[Post edited by xplaytendo on Oct 22, 2009 - CDT 4:46 PM]
Falcon01
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If they do I'll try it out.
John J. Puccio
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It will if you're upgrading from Vista, you're safe. If you're using XP, as most people are, you're out of luck. You have to reinstall everything. Or install Windows 7 on a separate hard disk or a separate partition or something.
Otherwise, you start from scratch and reinstall all your programs and customize them the way you remember them, if you can. What? You say you have about 800 separate programs on XP, all of them modified to your liking already? It'll only take you the next ten years to get everything back the way you want it with Windows 7.
Oh, and the dreaded Windows Registry is still there to continue gumming up the works. Apparently, the smartest and richest people on the planet, who work for Microsoft, still can't figure out how to make an operating system without the clumsy, ever-fragmented, ever-bloating Registry.
John
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View profile »It just needs a bit more work.
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Well, if you have to re-install all your programs you could always change to a Mac
Seriously though I hear nothing but good about Windows 7 so it should be a worthy upgrade. But as you say, the foundation of the OS is still the same and this will not change unless they do what Apple did. Create a new OS from scratch and run emulation software for old programs until new versions have been created.
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