Windows 7

[asuhoru]

Re: Windows 7

I bought a 3 license upgrade for Win 7 Home Premium the other day from Best Buy for $149. Then someone showed me the other day that Microsoft has student deals. One particularly involving Win 7 professional for 30 bucks and Office 2007 for 59. Go to Microsoft and search Ultimate Steal. You have to have an edu type email address for verification. If you are a student or have kids who are students.. go git. I wish I did before I went and bought it at BB.


I am impressed. In my opinion, its like right between Vista and Snow Leopard as far as speed and features are concerned. I have only played with it a day or so and I love it so far. (I use my Mac a bit more) I agree that its what Vista should have been or Vista v2.

Note: I've always reformatted my computers and reinstalled their OS' every 6 months or so. My main laptop install used to take hours to reinstall Vista because I'd have to install drivers that Vista didn't catch. With Win 7, it installed EVERYTHING. Installation was done in an hour.

[Frankie's Market]

Re: Windows 7

Normally, I'm the cautious type who likes to wait 6 months or even a year to upgrade my OS so that all the bugs can be worked out. But when Best Buy offered both free Windows 7 software and installation on the PC (with Vista) that I purchased from them a month ago, I decided to go for it.

Aside from a couple of driver incompatibility issues with regards to video playback and sound devices (all of which I eventually managed to resolve successfully), everything seems to be running okay. And the new security enhancements give me added peace of mind.

and PS - you weren't all that polite.

Just my opinion, but I didn't think find anything impolite about Stinky's or Amati's postings. Or did I miss something?

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Windows 7

Talk about excited! I had an older Pentium II computer that just can't run XP so it sat collecting dust in my storage shed. The other day I find a copy of Windows 98SE and a Windows ME upgrade disk at the Salvation Army for $1.05 and installed it on this computer and for some reason I feel giddy about it. ME is so unstable but heck there are still drivers out there for it. It's nice to get old stuff up and running again.

[Linkmeister]

Re: Windows 7

Does Win7 have a fax function? XP had WinFax, but Vista Home did not (Business did).

[Ron Whitfield]

Automated help for W7

www.support.microsoft.com/gp/mats
Intro - www.bit.ly/oA0Ae

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Windows 7

I suscribe to the Kim Kommando newsletter and find some of the articles interesting. I thought this one on Windows 7 Security features was decent and want to share it with everyone.

[anapuni808]

Re: Windows 7

**bump**

Has anyone tried out Windows 7 yet? and I'm wondering if there is anyplace that will give info on compatibility of my current M/S programs with Win 7?

thanks!

[Nords]

Re: Windows 7

**bump**
Has anyone tried out Windows 7 yet? and I'm wondering if there is anyplace that will give info on compatibility of my current M/S programs with Win 7?
thanks!

Ironically, my upgrade DVD is in the snail mail.

No rush, though-- I'm going to let a few million more guinea pigs keep testing it. So far the only really annoying things in Vista are its oxymoronic "user access control" and the lack of a fax program. Hard to see it as an XP upgrade, and I'm not looking forward to a similar frustrating experience with upgrading yet again to Win 7. Most days I seem to spend more time on "maintenance" than "use".

To handle all the details of your question, you could download & run the Upgrade Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-2497c146af15

[matapule]

Re: Windows 7

I suscribe to the Kim Kommando newsletter

Kim Kommando is much hotter than Sarah Palin.......... and a whole bunch smarter too!

[helen]

Re: Windows 7

Has anyone tried out Windows 7 yet?

Right now no. At best I am window shopping for a new desktop based computer to replace my 5 year old Compaq. At this point in time all of the new systems would be running Windows 7 so upgrading won't be an issue for me.

One thing I am looking out for is the Hyperterm application which was included in Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional operating systems, but was not included in Windows Vista. I am just wondering if the application is included in Windows 7?

[Honoruru]

Re: Windows 7

One thing I am looking out for is the Hyperterm application which was included in Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional operating systems, but was not included in Windows Vista. I am just wondering if the application is included in Windows 7?

According to this, it is now available for Windows 7 (and Vista). I stumbled upon this when I googled to find out what "Hyperterm" is.

[helen]

Re: Windows 7

Available yes, but my question was is this application included with Windows 7? I suspect it may not be.

[anapuni808]

Re: Windows 7

Nords - Thank you so much for finding that link for me. I tried to find something yesterday and was not successful. I just got through running the test and found that most of my software will have "issues". My main concern was the M/S Office 2003 Pro package that I have. It says I need to get another service pack for it which is an easy fix but some of my other stuff is just not gonna work.

My reason for the question is that I'm hoping to buy a laptop after Xmas, which will probably have Win 7 installed on it. Since my current budget will not allow for all new software, I may have some problems but nothing that can't be worked through somehow.

Thanks again!

[zff]

Re: Windows 7

Available yes, but my question was is this application included with Windows 7? I suspect it may not be.

Yeah, Hyperterm's not there anymore. There are free alternatives out there you can download and use. I use PuTTY.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Windows 7

Hyperterminal = Digital Equipment Company (DEC) VT-100 terminal emulation