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[ARF]

As it stands now, I have no desire to purchase windows 7. I have purchased 2 Vista PCs since its release, 1 32 bit and 1 64 bit and have had problems with neither, in fact I much prefer vista over XP. I just bought a gaming rig in June (I was unaware of windows 7 and the cutoff date for free upgrade). And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

 

[AeroX23]

Well dude it's whatever you make it out to be. If you've tested it before, it's really nice, to be honest. You can shuffle pictures as a slideshow(which makes your background change to your favorite pictures) it's faster than Vista, and on top of that, it's looks nice as well as it performs.

But don't take my word for it. /laugh

 

[keypox]

As it stands now, I have no desire to purchase windows 7. I have purchased 2 Vista PCs since its release, 1 32 bit and 1 64 bit and have had problems with neither, in fact I much prefer vista over XP. I just bought a gaming rig in June (I was unaware of windows 7 and the cutoff date for free upgrade). And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

no reason to if you like vista. The 3 license family pack is only $150. I would try to go in on it with your family (roommates), close friends, distant friends, lost cousins, kissing cousins, ebay associates or your closest relatives on craigslist.

Though some of that may be against the license.

 

[Tews]

As it stands now, I have no desire to purchase windows 7. I have purchased 2 Vista PCs since its release, 1 32 bit and 1 64 bit and have had problems with neither, in fact I much prefer vista over XP. I just bought a gaming rig in June (I was unaware of windows 7 and the cutoff date for free upgrade). And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

I think you have answered your own question ...

 

[usasma]

If you like what you've got - then stick with it.
If you're not satisfied with what you've got - then upgrade.

 

[Antman]

The first step is recognizing and admitting that a problem exists, or maybe, simply believing there might be a better way. It is not unreasonable to assume that you are at this forum for a reason.

Perhaps your browser's redirect feature is disabled.

 

[garbanzo]

yes, you're absolutely right, OP. i can't think of a reason to keep my software up to date either.

you'd best just stick with Vista for at least another 4 or 5 years, because new software technology rarely has anything to offer...

 

[pparks1]

yes, you're absolutely right, OP. i can't think of a reason to keep my software up to date either.

you'd best just stick with Vista for at least another 4 or 5 years, because new software technology rarely has anything to offer...

I think that is being a bit harsh. The hardest thing for most with keeping multiple computers up to date with Microsoft operating systems is the pricing. Prior to the family pack option with Windows 7...it was costly to buy multiple licenses to run on multiple computers. And even with the family pack, $150 is $150. Some people need that money for food, groceries, rent, etc.

As far as not staying up to date...Microsoft will be releasing patches via Windows update for many more years to come. It's not as if the OP would be unsupported if he chose to stick with Vista.

To the OP: Personally, I never made the upgrade to Vista from XP on my machines at home. I didn't feel that the price for the licensing was justified based on the performance of the system and all of the hardware requirements and problems at launch time. While Windows 7 is far more streamlined with great driver support, I'd say if you are happily running Vista and not experiencing a problem...I wouldn't even attempt to try to convince you that spending more money to get to Windows 7 would be a wise move.

The easiest way to know for sure would be to download the release candidate which is free and give that a shot. Personally I loved it when I tried it and will be putting 1 copy of Windows 7 onto a new box that I just assembled. My wife's laptop came with Vista and I have no intention whatsoever or changing this to Windows 7 as I haven't had 1 problem whatsoever and I have the super convenient system restore option right from HP if I decide to use it. My older box running XP, is going to move to Linux as it's free and I don't really have need for another Windows machine.

 

[smarteyeball]

And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

Honestly, whilst there are a whole host of improvements in Seven over Vista - Vista is still a good and stable OS.

A viable option for you would be to continue continue using Vista until the Seven upgrade discs drop in price.

 

[chuckr]

As it stands now, I have no desire to purchase windows 7. I have purchased 2 Vista PCs since its release, 1 32 bit and 1 64 bit and have had problems with neither, in fact I much prefer vista over XP. I just bought a gaming rig in June (I was unaware of windows 7 and the cutoff date for free upgrade). And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

You sound like a contented person, at peace with yourself...

Why the posting ???

 

[Joan Archer]

I've had no problems with my Vista purchase either and I'm happy with it but I'm still buying Windows 7 and will dual boot so I have both to use.

My machine is covered via warranty until 2011 so at least if something goes wrong I'll still have the original OS installed even if I may not use it that often

 

[Paarkhi]

As it stands now, I have no desire to purchase windows 7. I have purchased 2 Vista PCs since its release, 1 32 bit and 1 64 bit and have had problems with neither, in fact I much prefer vista over XP. I just bought a gaming rig in June (I was unaware of windows 7 and the cutoff date for free upgrade). And I am not finding any reason to spend $120 on the upgrade. What makes windows 7 better than vista? Because I find very few things that would make it worth the upgrade.

surely some changes but not of worth to spend $120 if you have spent very recently but if you want to try then download RTM from somewhere and see by yourself

 

[Dorfdad]

Many people in here have already given some good reasons. I will give you the best one honestly..

Pick up your keyboard and smack yourself in the head.. How does that feel? Hurt's huh? Do it again, and one more time for good measure.

Now every day you think you don't need or want Windows 7 make sure you do this 3 times a day. Until you get tired of the pain Vista is causing you especially x64..

Now Download a trial or RC for windows 7 and see how much better your current system runs faster, uses less resources, offers more advanced features for the future, and end user friendly graphical UI features..

Also if your a honest VISTA owner you get an upgrade for pretty cheap! So why not?

Are you refusing to change for change sake? Honestly I bought a MAC beacuse vista sucked that hard. I was done with XP and all the problems I had.

I still love my iMac but windows 7 is now my favorite OS for the time being..

also if you get the RC or any other version besides the RTM just know they have drastically improved the speed and OS from 7100. Even so that 7100 is better than vista SP2 or not..

 

[pparks1]

Now every day you think you don't need or want Windows 7 make sure you do this 3 times a day. Until you get tired of the pain Vista is causing you especially x64..

While I'm not historically a huge fan of Vista, I started a new job with a company in December of 2008 and my work laptop (Dell E6400) has Vista Enterprise installed on it and it's been very solid for the past 8 months. So, I don't think that "all" people really have a terrible experience with Vista.