Upgrading to Windows 7 - Comments Page 1

Went to the download page only to be told I couldn't get the download. Seems it has expired. Che sera,sera.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, I just read that the beta expired TODAY - sorry!

Vista / Windows 7: How about the issue of programs that work with XP but will not run under Vista. Has MicroSoft done anything to solve this issue. I have a program I designed and have around 350 users but it will not run with Vista. It was developed using Borland Builder C++ 5 and using Paradox as the database.

EDITOR'S NOTE: I doubt that W7 will differ from Vista in that respect. Which piece doesn't work on Vista, the C++ executable, or the Paradox database? Perhaps a newer compiler or database engine is available.

Great coverage of the techy aspects, but the main question is: why open my wallet to make the world's richest man richer? Or in sales jargon, where's the benefits to me upgrading? So I have a glass wall I can put gadgets on?

EDITOR'S NOTE: See my prior article -- http://askbobrankin.com/windows_7_is_coming.html -- for some details on what's in W7.

Hi Bob,
I am beta testing the 7000 build of Win 7. It is beta software and there are bugs and concerns chief among them is the weak UAC as shipped the UAC allow a simple VBS script to turn off UAC / or change the level without elevated privilages MS has promissed that this will be fixed in the final release.............Phil

Win 7 Beta will not install on Vista Machines with nVidia 6100 series onboard Video Cards if the computer is connected to an LCD monitor. Weird.

The problem has something to do with the OS needing High Resolution at one point of the installation, and the above combination will not allow it. Near the end of installation, the LCD monitor will go black with a one pixel wide blue line at the top of the screen.

Windows 7 Starter Edition for $50, will this wipe out demand for Linux Netbooks? Well no, Linux will still be $50 cheaper and will be able to run more that three programmes at a time, unlike W7SE. Just by making Windows 7 cheaper doesn't mean that people who chose Linux are suddenly going to move to Windows 7.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Very true. But it will sway people who are nervous about switching to Linux. The logic for many will be "For $50 bucks, I'll stick with the Windows environment I'm familiar with now." Right now the price difference is $200 or so, which gives much more incentive to try Linux. I love Linux, and have written extensively about it. But if MS drops price on W7, it will have an impact.

You wrote: "...and according to the early testers, (Windows 7 is) everything that Vista should have been."

Those early testers then admit by their statement that those who bought Vista were all suckers by purchasing an undeveloped or flawed product. If Microsoft is willing to foist such junk on an unsuspecting public how can we be sure that Windows 7 isn't another pig in the poke? I'll stick with XP as it works just fine. No sense fixin' what ain't broke.

I think Microsoft should be giving windows 7 to all vista users after all vista is nothing but a big problem to most that have it. at least give it to the ones that bought vista within the last year.all i hear are Horror stories about vista.
at least come down on the price.

I've been running the Windows 7 beta in VirtualBox under Xubuntu - it's stable and slicker than XP. (Never saw Vista.)

I now have a Dell desktop pc with Windows Vista that was purchased in February 2009. I have pre ordered the new Windows 7 to be delivered at home when the release date comes. My question is...will I be able to take the new 7 version out of the box and download it right over the Vista version in my pc? Any comments one way or another as to the installation?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, you can install Win7 over Vista, as an upgrade.

i m user of w-7.during shutdown my lappy shows me there are still programs remain to close. but i couldn't find any programs for close. please suggest me for same.
regards
ranjit