Worth upgrading to windows 7??

[MiGhTyuK]

Hello everyone,
first of all i hope this is the right category, if not then mods please move it.

Im getting my new laptop tomorrow (windows vista), i can upgrade to windows 7 for free, now the question is that is it worth upgrading? or should i just stick to win vista?

If i do decide to upgrade can i run win xp/vista programs? Or do i have to wait for lets say netbeans to make a program for win 7??

thank you

 

[MarcG]

Almost every piece of software I have from XP / Vista works fine in 7. I found Vista to be serviceable but very bloated. 7 is zippier and overall improved. I say go for it! Do it now rather than after you've got your programs all settled in. Less upheaval that way.

 

[Tews]

go for it...

 

[smarteyeball]

go for it...

+ 1

 

[wysiwyg]

One question,
1. Have you used Vista before, if not, use it to get used to it first, it will make your conversion to Seven easier

Whats the spec of your Laptop.
Remember the laptop should be designed to use Vista efficiently.

 

[wysiwyg]

If i do decide to upgrade can i run win xp/vista programs? Or do i have to wait for lets say netbeans to make a program for win 7??

thank you

Vista certainly, XP lap of the gods with obsolete OS's

Ask around.

 

[srq2625]

Go for it.

Everything I ran under XP runs better under Win7.

My son, whose big (by my standards anyway) into games has not yet voiced a problem running any of his games on Win7.

 

[Hakon]

Do it, so worth it

 

[96accord]

Definitely upgrade to Win7

What brand laptop are you getting? Since just about every laptop manufacturer loads a bunch of crappy software that slows down your laptop which you will never use it's definitely worth the upgrade to have a fresh O.S. (Operating System) on the laptop

 

[96accord]

My son, whose big (by my standards anyway) into games has not yet voiced a problem running any of his games on Win7.

I am big (probably not as big into games as your son) but I play my fair share of games and have not had any problems. I ran the Beta & RC before the Window7 was released. Now I am running Windows 7 Professional with no problems

 

[OpSysWiz]

+1 go for it! Best OS MS has done!

 

[96accord]

+1 go for it! Best OS MS has done for now!

fixed for ya

 

[tonight]

Just get the Windows 7.
I think that's really worth to cost the upgrading.

I just fall in love with my Windows 7 LOL
I suppose Windows XP is dying PP

 

[MiGhTyuK]

Hello guys, thank you for the replies i think im gonna go for it now , i was just a bit confused!!

Well i bought a Dell SXPS 16
specs:
Intel Duo core: (2,80 GHz
4gb Ram
500gb hard drive
1gb ATI HD 4670 graphics card

so ithink it should run fine with windows 7 as im getting it with windows vista home
I've used windows vista before.
Well, i can't wait till i upgrade it as i asked around no one has said anything bad about it yet!

But to be honest really good to hear its successul as i can remember the way people weren't happy with vista

 

[harpua]

7 is really great and it should just fly on your new machine. Have fun and come back with any problems or questions you may encounter. The folks here will be glad to help you out.

 

[OpSysWiz]

+1 go for it! Best OS MS has done for now!

fixed for ya

Hopefully <keeps fingers crossed>