Windows 7 Launch Oct. 22, 2009

You'll like it Laura. Of course things get changed around and may take more clicks to do the same thing, but overall it's what Vista could have been IMO.

 

Hehehe, I called XP cartoony when I switched to Vista, and believe it or not, I'm running XP again but with all the bells and whistles turned off on my second rig. I want it for legacy games that don't like Vista/W7 as they need a DOS emulator like 'droptodos' which doesn't fly with the new OSs. I have W7 on my main rig so I'm not missing out.

 

Cool. I bought my wife her laptop this July and it came with the free upgrade to win 7. Just waiting for the e-mail from Dell.

 

Got Windows 7 Ultimate (retail) on order.

 

Me too. Wonder how long it will take?

 

Just got back from from the store and bought the Windows 7 Family Pack. I get to install tonight

IMO, this is probably one of the best deals MS has done in a long, long time. I can't believe that you can get three licenses for the software that cheap. Before you had to purchase the software and then purchase the licenses but it wasn't that cheap. Well, I don't think it was rolleyes

 

According to the Dell account, they estimate shipment on Oct. 30 (which is today, but it has not shipped yet).

 

I expedited the process and went to the Dell site and ordered it. All free. https://win7.dell.com/

Ordered: 10/24/2009
Status: Shipped

It was showing as not shipped yesterday with a estimated ship date of 10/31. Must have went out today.

 

That's where I went as well. All mine shows is that it is estimated to ship 10/30, not yet shipped or a carrier yet :cry

 

I got the final aWin7 and it acts the same as the beta; it is going back if I can return it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/upgrade-from-vista.aspx

is there really anything there you want to trade $100 and a slower PC for?
XP Pro gives me 5 - 7 more FPS in WoW and 7 - 10 more FPS in Counterstrike.
I am using a legal serial# with Tiny XP. I was hoping Win7 would have comparable features and speed. Unfortunately Win7 does a ton more of what I don't want and gives me little choice about it. Too bad Win7 misses as an OS. Win7 is good entertainment, but I have programs for that, my OS just needs speed and in that race XP wins.

 

It's free, and I don't HAVE to install it. I haven't played around with 7 yet, but I hear it is better than vista. I do prefer XP over vista, but this is for my Wife's computer (bought a new Dell this last July), and did come with the free upgrade option to 7, so i am taking Dell up on the offer
Other than that, until more people chime in about 7 and maybe microsoft does something about the fact that to upgrade to 7 from XP you have to basically wipe the drive and clean install then use their XP mode "emulator", I myself will stick to XP.

 

Free Win 7 > Vista for sure!

As for the full wipe install - some of the reasoning by MS is no doubt to get as much XP off the market as possible. Once you have wiped and installed Win7 you will think more about fixing / living with problems than going back to XP.

My advice: Ghost the drive so you can return to XP easily. You may fall in love with Win7, or you may hate it. Most likely it will be a little of both.

 

I agree 100%.

Ghosting is a great idea, but the Win 7 will be for my Wife's laptop, which is Vista now
If I like 7, I would have to buy it most likely put it on a spare hard drive and then either dual boot or flop hard drives so as to not lose XP at all.

 

IMO, Vista was a good OS for home purposes and for the normal everyday computer user that didn't know what was good or bad for their computer. However, Windows 7 has come a LONG way since Vista and it does have it's quirks but I am really liking this new OS. Have it installed on 4 of my home computers and my children have already noticed that their computers are running better with Windows 7 than it was with Windows XP.

Ok, the one that said that we had to double his memory (1.5 GB now from 768 mb). He doesn't know any better since he is the smartest when it comes to computers.

 

I'm now seeing an estimated ship date of 11/15. Dell apparently didn't order enough to go around. :confused
A co-worker ordered the ultimate version and after a week or so, Dell cancelled his order because it was out of stock. He was/is quite ticked off that they just cancelled it vs. back-ordering it for him. Dell's not winning the popularity contest around here.

 

Admittedly i did not order an OEM version but i was able to pick up my Ultimate X 64 on the 24th October from my supplier.

 

Got the disks. Went through the process.... Straight into a boot loop.

 

So much for the "new and improved" O.S.

Looks like my Wife's has shipped, and it's sitting in Ohio UPS as of 11/04