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10 December 2009

I Have 2 Hours To Buy Windows 7, Which Version Should I Get ?

post by: rollick at: 11:22 | 9 comments

Snow Leopard. . .

posted by danf 10 December | 11:25

Wonder if anyone will pop by to suggest Linux?

Heh...rollick, I'm afraid I haven't stayed current with all the versions. I barely understood the difference between XP Home and Professional!

posted by richat 10 December | 11:33

Here's the official windows 7 upgrade matrix.

posted by octothorpe 10 December | 12:11

comparison chart is here

I would go with either Pro or Ultimate simply for the XP compatibility mode.

posted by kellydamnit 10 December | 12:15

What version of Vista does your current machine have? I'd go with the closest Windows 7 equivalent. I assume most people are getting the home premium version. I haven't heard any good reason to go with the more expensive options. Are there really many XP programs that don't run on Vista/Windows 7?

posted by DarkForest 10 December | 13:14

Xubuntu! Gentoo! Slax!

(There you go, richat.)

posted by box 10 December | 13:51

/smiles contentedly.

posted by richat 10 December | 14:34

i went with home premium and a 1 tera hard drive (now my music folder will all fit one drive lol)

now i just have to figure out how to hook up a sata connection and do the install. i'm at a point where my data is all backed up, so i'll make the switch either tomorrow or on the weekend .

seeya if it works !

posted by rollick 10 December | 22:31

Are there really many XP programs that don't run on Vista/Windows 7?

Yep, including most of the Microsoft programming languages. And beware, if you get W7 for the Virtual XP machine, you must have BOTH the W7 Pro version AND a CPU that supports hardware virtualization that can be enabled in the BIOS of your machine.

posted by pjern 11 December | 01:23

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