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I'm running XP and love/like it at home and work, but in both places I'm
also getting increasingly frustrated by the processor and storage
limitations of the aging machines that this aging OS is driving. As the
time grows nearer to say good-bye to an 8-year-old operating system
(with many generations of computers come and gone since then), it will
be with fondness and appreciation. But I'm not anticipating regrets
moving forward to Win7.
Another 2 cents,
Jim
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Behalf Of Dana Worley
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:58 PM
To: Techwr-l
Subject: Re: Interesting Article on Windows 7
IMO, Windows 7 is not an upgrade for XP users. It's an upgrade for Vista
users.
My personal laptop was shipped with Vista. I installed Win7 RC1, and
then installed the RTM once it was available to MSDN subscribers. In
both instances, I did a non-destructive clean install (there's info on
the web for doing this -- just google). I've been happy with Win7,
especially in comparison with Vista.
If you are running XP and love it, I would stick with it (I'm still
running XP on my other three computers). If you are running Vista and
hate it, it's worth your time to upgrade.
2 cents,
Dana W.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> If 7 is pretty much indistinguishable from XP, I'll probably get it on
> my next computer. Unless I bite the bullet and switch to Linux or Mac.
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Karen L. Zorn <k -dot- zorn -at- zorntech -dot- com>
> wrote: > For right now I'm staying with XP. Everything works, so why
> change?
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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell
Scientific, Inc.
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help
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