Windows 7

[upnorth]

Has anyone upgraded yet??? I have heard of some upgrade issues and gonna wait a bit to upgrade my home laptop.

Would like to hear if anyone has had any experience with it yet tho.

[JollyT]

Like every other Windows upgrade, I've heard of issues. Best to back everything up and do a clean install.

[MN Mike]

Upgraded last week from XP Pro to 7, so far so good but I haven't spent much time on the new OS yet, it seems to run pretty snappy but I would expect that on a clean install, clean install went very well.

Mike

[fishwater]

We tested it on a few machines at work doing updates from xp to 7 and also clean installs. We had major driver issues doing the updates, wound up needing to ghost the machines back to xp reformatting and doing clean installs to get them to load 7.

[jwhjr]

Upgraded 2 weeks ago to 7 Ultimate from Vista Home Premium and have had zero issues (needed 1 updated driver, but was notified about it before upgrading). I did the in-place upgrade and it took about 3 hrs. I made sure to back up everything prior to the upgrade. I also picked up a new laptop last Thursday with 7 Home Premium and have had no issues with that one either.

[Jim43]

I won`t upgrade from XP pro but my wife and sons computers are both Vista Home. They both complain about all the problems it is.

Guess I`ll be upgrading both of them.

[upnorth]

As per my usual I am going to wait and them work some of the 1st round bugs out before I upgrade. The laptop I just bought came with a free upgrade to Windows 7 so it will just be a matter of time for me.

[Nick Kuhn]

All the reviews I've seen have claimed it to be a pretty good build. The way things are today most "problems" encountered are a google search and 5 minutes of reading from no longer being a problem.

[Jakesbuds]

The way things are today most "problems" encountered are a google search and 5 minutes of reading from no longer being a problem.

Isnt that the truth! One day soon there will no longer be a need for IT Support. Im a Network Admin myself and have found many many answers to questions by typing my question in the all knowing Google Monster lol

[jwhjr]

Isnt that the truth! One day soon there will no longer be a need for IT Support. Im a Network Admin myself and have found many many answers to questions by typing my question in the all knowing Google Monster lol

Shh! Don't let anyone in on our IT secrets...

[upnorth]

Originally Posted By: Jakesbuds

Isnt that the truth! One day soon there will no longer be a need for IT Support. Im a Network Admin myself and have found many many answers to questions by typing my question in the all knowing Google Monster lol

Shh! Don't let anyone in on our IT secrets...

It ain't always that easy. I am sitting on google trying to find out if it is possible with an HP Procurve switch to put DSCP EF tags on the packets entering that port. But yes most of the time google is a wonderful thing. Most often than not you can find it on google if you know what you want to find.

[Jim Almquist]

Most often than not you can find it on google if you know what you want to find.

Very true.

If you don't know how to ask the question in the right way you will not get the right answer or at least that is what I have found when using Google.

[upnorth]

You got that right Jim, you have to phrase your search right or you aren't gonna find your answers. Seen people give up and after a few minutes found an answer for them.

[T.S128]

i got it on one of my computers a few weeks before it was released and i am very pleased. its faster then vista for sure and seems easy. haven't had any problems so dont know what to say. my roommate had the client release or beta all of last year and he liked it as well. i haven't put it on my computer yet becasue my school does not yet support it haha should be soon though