Windows 7

[pfyon]

Originally Posted by Zandig

I can't wait for Windows 7 to be released. I've been holding off on buying a new computer for it. I want no part of Vista.

Apparently, if you buy a new computer from an authorized retailer in the months coming up to the release (maybe starting now?) with vista, you'll get a free upgrade to windows 7 when it comes out.

[Shendare]

I played that game with Dell on the gaming computer I got in late '06.

It took them six months past official release to get me the Vista upgrade, plus it was only Pro, when I had wanted Ultimate.

From now on, I'm planning to stick with going ahead and buying the full version of an OS when it comes out. Even upgrade versions can be a pain when you're fishing out your old CDs from a decade ago to install from before you can perform the upgrade to the new OS, leaving behind who knows what old files.

Better to wait and spend the extra and get the full non-upgrade version when it comes out, in my opinion.

[provocating]

From what I have heard Window 7 will not ask for your old OS disk.

[Shendare]

Vista Upgrade didn't me for my old disc, either, but I had to run the disc from within my old Windows. So, I in order to get a fresh Vista install, I had to first install XP, then perform the upgrade to Vista. The Vista Upgrade CD wasn't bootable.