Going from XP to Win 7? Maybe not....

porphy · 07-24-09, 01:41 PM

Sounds like Mr Mossberg is lazy man...

The recommendation to buy a computer with Win 7 pre-installed to save the hassle seems like a pure plug for people selling this. And everyone knows that most such deals means they install a lot of crap on your computer as well, and that you then will spend time to get rid off it.

I did a clean install of Win 7 RC on a friends laptop yesterday and I was done in two hours maximum, and that included program installs and upgrades. The driver support seems excellent in Win 7 as it found and installed everything on its own. (Remember installing a clean copy of XP? now we are talking fiddling with drivers and software, especially if you had to start from a disc with no sp 1 & 2 included)

I never missed Xp a beat after moving to win 7, I skipped Vista though.

cheers Porphy

07-24-09, 01:41 PM	#5
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Sounds like Mr Mossberg is lazy man... The recommendation to buy a computer with Win 7 pre-installed to save the hassle seems like a pure plug for people selling this. And everyone knows that most such deals means they install a lot of crap on your computer as well, and that you then will spend time to get rid off it. I did a clean install of Win 7 RC on a friends laptop yesterday and I was done in two hours maximum, and that included program installs and upgrades. The driver support seems excellent in Win 7 as it found and installed everything on its own. (Remember installing a clean copy of XP? now we are talking fiddling with drivers and software, especially if you had to start from a disc with no sp 1 & 2 included) I never missed Xp a beat after moving to win 7, I skipped Vista though. cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.