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EmigrantMtChri wrote:
I've got four computers at home running Windows 7 RTM (Not pirated, I'm an MSDN member). It is leaps and bounds ahead of both XP and Vista. Lightroom & photoshop work well on it.

I've got my laptop with 4GB of RAM running 64 bit Ultimate. My wife's netbook is running 32bit Home Premium, my son's is running 64bit Home Premium, and our seven year old desktop is running 32bit Home Premium. The seven year old desktop runs extremely well with Windows 7, it runs considerably faster than it did with XP even.

And for those of you upgrading from Vista, do yourselves a favor and do a completely fresh install. Installing Win7 over Vista is asking for problems in the future.

I'm glad to hear that Windows 7 has been such a positive experience for you. I have Vista 64 bit on both my desktop and laptop and have been considering installing Win 7 on top of Vista, i.e. not a fresh install. What sort of problems are you referring to?

I'd like to avoid a fresh install, if possible, as it's such a pain to reinstall all my software and reconfigure everything, especially on two computers.

Oct 21, 2009 at 06:55 PM

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p.2 #2 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

IMHO there's only one thing worse than re-installing : troubleshooting a problem on a new OS, and not knowing whether the old OS is part of the problem

Oct 21, 2009 at 08:27 PM

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p.2 #3 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

I normally do clean installs. But, surely there has got to be a better way and Win 7 said it was totally possible. So, I tested Win7 64bit upgrade install on my test machine last night and it was like magic. It installed right over the top of Vista 64bit while Windows was running. I got tired, went to bed and when I woke up this morning, the install was done, and with in a few minutes, it was up and running and installing some updates to drivers. Petty slick. I hate reinstalling all of the programs I have and it now appears that only 4 will require reinstallation, iTunes, EOS Utility and two other minor programs.

Just to be safe, I backed up some critical data, like my .pst file, etc, but the upgrade went without a hitch.

Oct 23, 2009 at 05:27 PM

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p.2 #4 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

How long is it taking you guys to get in and do all the registry and windows services clean up?

Still have those really annoying "what would you like windows to with this?" pop ups when you put a CD in?

Oct 23, 2009 at 07:24 PM

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p.2 #5 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

clean installs and no issues.

Oct 24, 2009 at 02:48 PM

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p.2 #6 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

Does MS still make you jump through hoops to activate Windows?

Oct 24, 2009 at 02:59 PM

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p.2 #7 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

if you are referring to activating it yes it still requires activation and that takes entering the code and pressing the activate button. its really hard for those thst are challenged with chewing gum and walking at the same time.

Oct 24, 2009 at 03:29 PM

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p.2 #8 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

I was referring to that over the phone activation they used to make people do to activate XP.

Oct 24, 2009 at 03:36 PM

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p.2 #9 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

i never had to phone activate XP and i had a fairly large user base i installed. if of course you were at maybe 3-4 times in less then a month that can occur. i did have to call in about office 2007 once. it then took about 10 minutes to resolve.

there is a pattern of use they generally work with. the cycle per product is roughly 120 days and in general 3 reloads and after the 3rd load and +120 and the install clock zeros out. so essentially if you load it up a lot they are going to take some interest.

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Oct 24, 2009 at 06:02 PM

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p.2 #10 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

Been running Win7 as a RC for the past few months on a 5yo P4 3ghz laptop w/2GB Ram. No issues. Did not see a performance hit between XP and W7. Just finished "upgrading" the laptop to the Retail version via clean install. Runs lightroom and CS3 just fine. Not lightning fast but fast enough for now till I can build a new machine.

Oct 24, 2009 at 07:17 PM

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p.2 #11 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

running on a dual 2.4 and 64bit it sure makes a little difference. win7 can revive a few old laptops though.

Oct 24, 2009 at 07:45 PM

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p.2 #12 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/windows-xp-vs-vista-vs-7/

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:35 PM

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Has anyone used an upgrade version on an XP machine? Trying to figure out the process for when I get a new computer. I'm thinking of getting the $30 EDU thing mentioned earlier in this thread, but If I have to install XP and 500 updates for it to believe I own it, I'm not sure it's worth the hassle. Also, when you do the upgrade version, can you still use XP on another computer or does it deactivate the key?

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:37 PM

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p.2 #14 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

If you go the EDU route do it over the phone 1-877-696-7786. You can get the full install version as opposed to the upgrade version for the same price if you ask for it. I got the full version of win 7 professional and the total cost was 32.09 after tax. Just make sure you have a valid .edu email address.

Oct 25, 2009 at 01:30 AM

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p.2 #15 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

Ah that's great! That solves that problem, thanks.

Oct 25, 2009 at 01:39 AM

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n0b0 wrote:
If MS continues their track record, I'll probably get it after the SP1 is out.

This was Microsoft's largest beta testing program.... it is ready for prime time unlike the release of Vista. but really, I blame the bad Vista rollout on the vendors. They just did not get in line behind vista and a lot of the initial problems were related to crappy drivers.

Overall the look is the same as Vista but its is the improvments under the hood that make it nice. Windows XP mode is awesome as well. I have a video camera that has no drivers for Vista/7 and had to keep an XP install just so I can finish converting all my 8mm home videos... but now I can use my win7 install.

Oct 25, 2009 at 03:18 AM

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p.2 #17 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

I'm running it on my netbook with no issues. I actually like it...

Oct 27, 2009 at 12:19 AM

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mfharper wrote:
If you go the EDU route do it over the phone 1-877-696-7786. You can get the full install version as opposed to the upgrade version for the same price if you ask for it. I got the full version of win 7 professional and the total cost was 32.09 after tax. Just make sure you have a valid .edu email address.

Well I called them up this afternoon and ordered the Professional Full version. They picked right up; no 30mins on hold. After repeating the spelling for everything about 3 times I think we got it all right.

It sounded like she was taking my call from a high school cafeteria there were so many people talking in the background. I went ahead and ordered a DVD since my computer right now can't run the 64bit version and I didn't want the hassle of downloading 3gigs of files. Only problem is I haven't gotten the confirmation email yet, so if I don't have one by tomorrow afternoon I guess I'll have to call them again and check.

All told, it's gonna be about $38. Not bad!

Oct 27, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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p.2 #19 · OT..who is going Windows 7 first

a little secret for you. buy the upgrade (which gives you both 32/64 bit versions) for that relatively reasonable price. load it up. do not put in the activation code. reboot and do another but clean install. it will see the previous install and allow you to load and activate w/o needing a previous version.

Oct 27, 2009 at 08:05 PM


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