Has anyone upgraded yet? I may get a new netbook in the future and am wondering whether it would cope.
Still on XP at the moment.
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Has anyone upgraded yet? I may get a new netbook in the future and am wondering whether it would cope.
Still on XP at the moment.
Hi AMR
I haven't upgraded yet but I have a friend in the IT business who has, and he says its great. Way better than Vista and much less of a system hog. I think if you buy a new netbook it should handle it.
Go here to upgrade advisor and it will tell tyou if your system is capable.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...e-advisor.aspx
My netbook is on xp and borderline fror upgrade. Had my first play with windows 7 last night on a new laptop friend had bought. It's going to take a bit of playing around to learn after years of xp, but most comments appear good. XP still damn good system though.
funguspudding: Agreed on XP. I still run it on my desktop. It's been going sweet for years and no problems. If Windows 7 is as good as they say it might replace XP as the best OS from Microsoft. Vista was of course a waste of time, money, and system resources.
Just had a good play with windows 7 today . Im a convert. Big thumbs up. Will keep xp on my netbook, which is great on the small machine - but will update my laptop very soon. It's xp but 8 years old. Still going perfectly and had intended just keeping it for another year or so, but after trying w7, I think I'll bring that forward.
You will need to bear in mind that you can't upgrade to Windows 7 from XP. You will probably need to do a fresh install, which isn't such a bad thing really.
From what i have managed to gather from geek sites Windows 7 seems very good BUT make sure that you have at LEAST the Home premium version.
This link here gives a pretty good summary and is worth a read .
http://www.retrevo.com/my/5875/artic...75?cmpid=Email
One of the key points is you need at least Windows 7 Professional to run some existing XP programes
I had Windows XP Pro, Downgraded to Vista then 2 days later I upgraded to Windows XP, Two years later I upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate and its brilliant. Unlike Vista its clean and not full of crap......
So far I have only had 1 problem with it but apart from that its 3 times faster.... If you put it to sleep
> Open it up > Push the power button > It goes to the desktop in 3 seconds - That is good no waiting 1-2 minutes for it to start up.
I recommend everyone to upgrade its Like Windows XP just 10x BETTER.
Regards James Anderson.
Yep - it's great, but I'm puzzled why you turn your computer off? Just turn the monitor off if you are running a big power guzzling screen. Computers like constant temperature rather than the off-on business. I have a laptop that I have used daily for ten years, turning it off only if I'm taking it with me somewhere. It's had one new keyboard, but otherwise still perfect.
I have an XP desktop linked to a Windows 7 laptop. Whilst I like both I am impressed with Windows 7 - it is fast and very slick. It takes a while to get used to some of the features thought - and I still can't find the Run thingy to let you ping a site - grr!
I dont turn it off it just goes to sleep when i shut the lid - Its a laptop.... Its so fast it dosnt matter if you turn it off!!
Regards James Anderson.