Windows 7 Pricing Announced, Cheaper Than Vista

[Netherscourge]

Also - I'm running Win 7 Ultimate RC right now - just curious as to what I'll be losing when I install Win 7 Home.

 

[cregan89]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Can I upgrade from Win XP Home 32-bit to Win 7 Home 64-bit?[/citation]

Yes you can. You could with from XP to Vista anyways.

And as far as what you'll loose going to Home Premium, basically, you'll loose a bunch of corporate networking features, bitlocker, virtual hard disk booting, and Windows XP mode.

Mostly stuff you'll never use unless it is a business computer at which point your business probably pays for your Windows liscence anyway. Windows XP mode could be useful for some though.

 

[cregan89]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Also - I'm running Win 7 Ultimate RC right now - just curious as to what I'll be losing when I install Win 7 Home.[/citation]

Here's a more detailed comparison chart:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

 

[leafblower29]

[citation][nom]Not Evil Bill[/nom]Damn it's expensive to get your computer virus infected.[/citation]

Yeah because we totally can't install anti-virus and firewall software.

 

[Netherscourge]

Can I upgrade from Windows XP Home to install Windows 7 Home and THEN re-install Windows XP Home on a separate partition? So I could dual-boot to Win XP if I have, for example, a VPN program that only likes XP?

 

[t85us]

[citation][nom]kami3k[/nom]Well no duh W7 will be a lot more then a OS released NEARLY A DECADE AGO!!![/citation]
well who cares if M$ was incompetent and was too dumb to write an OS that is reliable, not HW demanding, costs little and has few bugs.
vista costs a lot of money, is full of bugs and needs a nuclear plant to work well (4G of ram, multicore cpu, good video card)
so i don't care if w7 will be released after a decade ago. will stick to linux. no heavy requirements, few bugs and no 200$ licence needed. that's enough for me

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]t85us[/nom]wow 200$ for a home premium is a LOT of money.. a lot more than xp home.. and be fair. can't do more than xp... it's an OS...need to think if it's really gonna be a good investment buying a win7 licence, and change the OS from ubuntu to this one...[/citation]
Did you ever buy XP home edition it was like $180... and that's back when the dollar was worth more...maybe you just don't remember...

4g of ram is 30+ bucks... multi core cpu 40+... good video card 60+... you're more complaining on the laptop side then the desktop vista for desktop runs fine on any computer made in the last like 4 years at a decent price 600+ then invested in 30-40 dollar for 2 more gigs of ram or 4 gigs of new ram.

Vista performance problem stems mostly from the anemic integrated graphics in a lot of computers.

 

[P_haze420]

Too much money. No thanks. if it was under 100 dollars then I would buy it.

*search window 7 torrent*

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]p_haze420[/nom]Too much money. No thanks. if it was under 100 dollars then I would buy it. *search window 7 torrent*[/citation]
And you wonder why it's so expensive...

 

[Marcus Yam]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Can I upgrade from Windows XP Home to install Windows 7 Home and THEN re-install Windows XP Home on a separate partition? So I could dual-boot to Win XP if I have, for example, a VPN program that only likes XP?[/citation]
You can always boot as many OSes as you like, including hanging onto your XP Home. The thing to keep in mind here is that you cannot do an in-place upgrade from XP to Win7, so you'll have to do a clean install.

You should also considering using XP Mode that will come with Win7 Professional and up, if your CPU supports it.

 

[Guest]

Do OEM copies of vista qualify for the pre0rder price? I'm afraid I'll buy a copy for all my computers only to find W7 won't install cause my current Vista license 'does not qualify'.