Comments on: 5 Reasons Not to Wait for Windows 7

By: Christopher Rees

Christopher Rees — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:47:08 +0000

There is not upgrade path from XP to Vista (as in an in-place upgrade) however most organizations of any scale will automate this process, pull the user settings off the box, do a fresh install of Windows 7, the pull the user settings, files, etc., back down to the machine..

For home users and smaller companies, it makes more sense if you need to buy a new PC now, to get it with Vista installed rather than downgraded to XP. Then upgrade in place to Windows 7 if/when needed. This of course if upgrading is the desired path. I always prefer to do a fresh install so you’re not porting over any issues with the old OS.

By: Mrityunjay

Mrityunjay — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:45:30 +0000

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By: Mukul

Mukul — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:37:14 +0000

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By: Windows Boy

Windows Boy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:56:32 +0000

Windows Vista is not as bad as the people think. But one thing is sure. If you have tasted Windows 7, you will never look back to Vista. That’s the power of Windows 7.

By: willie smith

willie smith — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:19:18 +0000

whether you like it or not, you’ve got to accept changes, and move on with the latest technology

By: Christopher Rees

Christopher Rees — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:35:48 +0000

@Brian, we’ll see with regard to EOL. They’ve already extended support once, so it’s just a matter of time before it ends completely. Whether it happens before Windows 7 is goes RTM (Release to Manufacturing) remains to be seen.

Requiring a hardware refresh along with an OS update keeps everyone in business! Same reason tires wear out, lightbulbs need replacing, etc. Built-in obsolescence, while seen as not good for us, is part of what keeps companies in business and allows them to continue to develop new products. If Goodyear built tires that never wore out, once everyone had tires, they’d basically be out of business. Not really, but you get the idea..

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:14:52 +0000

I’m not an IT person so I probably don’t know a whole lot about what you are talking about, but I do think that the high usage of Windows XP might be able to win over EOL. If the majority of consumers are still using XP, then they can’t just refuse to support them.

Also, in many organizations, XP has done well for them. The computer that runs XP does fine but wouldn’t do fine under Vista. They would have to not only upgrade OS, but all their computers to run Vista. Why do that when it is less costly to upgrade for Windows 7 (Microsoft claims it will run smoothly with only 1GB of RAM as opposed to 2GB for Vista).