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Killjoy · **Windows 7. Who's gonna upgrade? -** 10-22-2009, 07:38 AM

It's officially been released today.

Supposedly, Microsoft has fixed a lot of the problems with Vista.

Who's going to upgrade?
I'm going to wait until they come out with a service pack or two, to fix what they missed.

RogerAylstock · 10-22-2009, 09:47 AM

Yep, I'm an early adopter.

lvolkjr · 10-22-2009, 10:08 AM

I've been beta testing it and the beta has been more stable than other betas in the past. Windows 7 has been ready for awhile IMHO.

Remember the main problem with Vista was getting driver support from rest of the industry. Oh, and some people were annoyed with the tighter security.

Killjoy · 10-22-2009, 11:57 AM

I'm one of those people who had problems with Vista.

I bought a laptop for my trip. It had a fast processor, 4 Gig of RAM, yada yaa yada.
It kept giving me the Blue Screen of Death when I tried to edit RAW files in CS3.
Then it kept giving me the Blue Screen of Death when I tried to upload photos to my SmugMug page.

I returned that turd.

Needless to say, I'm skeptical at best about ANYTHING from the Evil Empire (Microsoft).

Killjoy · 10-22-2009, 11:57 AM

Oh, and no I will not switch over to an Apple. That's not even an option.

lvolkjr · 10-22-2009, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killjoy

I'm one of those people who had problems with Vista.

I bought a laptop for my trip. It had a fast processor, 4 Gig of RAM, yada yaa yada.
It kept giving me the Blue Screen of Death when I tried to edit RAW files in CS3.
Then it kept giving me the Blue Screen of Death when I tried to upload photos to my SmugMug page.

I returned that turd.

Needless to say, I'm skeptical at best about ANYTHING from the Evil Empire (Microsoft).

I'm remember that. I build my own computers and never buy laptops from the store. The computers at the store are mass produced and given the cheapest components to keep the price down. The operating systems and added software are tweaked by the manufacturer for their benefit not yours. I go online and put in the options I want. It takes longer to get, but it's worked for me and I have yet to send anything back or have it fail. Once I get it I run it hard for the first month to make sure if it's going to break, it's going to break early so I can send it back and get something else. I do have manufactures that I've tried once and have never gone back because of business practices. That way I keep not only myself happy but more importantly my customers.