windows 7...

[Badgerman85]

is awesome! i actually love it! vista was a joke and thank god its finally over!

[Stu_B]

Windows 7 was my idea

[Ste-V]

Why what is the difference?

 

Is it worth investing in?

 

Steve.

[Badgerman85]

Why what is the difference?

 

Is it worth investing in?

 

Steve.

 

they got rid of alot of the useless the round ones nobody needs, it runs a hell of alot faster due to this as theres alot less stuff running in the background, the new task bar is pretty cool too, that and the fact its so easy to install and setup, in my opinion it runs as quick as XP does if not a little bit quicker!

[EscortHeadCase]

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=104069&start=0

 

To sum it all up. Xp is a Mk1 Escort Rs2000 that is now running with a YB and t5 in it. Vista is the M5/6 Escort Rs2000 and W7 is an Escort Cossie.

[RossMK2]

Windows 7 was my idea

 

no it was mine

[SebringRS]

I was thinkin of gettin it, but my computer slow as it is, i'l just ave to wait til i get a new computer

[Badgerman85]

I was thinkin of gettin it, but my computer slow as it is, i'l just ave to wait til i get a new computer

 

what kinda spec is the pc? processor speed, ram etc?

youll probably find if you wipe and stick a new copy of 7 or XP on itll be a hell of alot quicker!

[Ste-V]

I used to like XP more than Vista, much simpler

 

Will look into 7...

[Vista]

Dumb question time: To Install 7 does it wipe your drive so you have to reinstall everything?

[Burns]

Dumb question time: To Install 7 does it wipe your drive so you have to reinstall everything?

 

if you upgrade from vista i believe it is just an upgrade (keeps your stuff) but if it's from xp then it's gonna be a fresh install (lose your stuff).

 

ps. i'd recomment a fresh install but it's up to you

[Vista]

It's from Vista but the machine is only 3 / 4 months old so it's not yet too bogged down. TBH I don't really have any problems with Vista as I don't know enough about PC's to see the difference.

[Badgerman85]

you can upgrade from windows 2000, XP and vista according to the upgrade documentation, not that i believe what microsoft have to say.

 

Either way you're better off doing a totally fresh install as if you upgrade there will still be some remnants of vista sitting around to cause trouble!

[over_head_cam]

I've had a quick go on 7 and I quite like it. But until I get a new machine it xp all the way for me

[SmokeEm]

you can upgrade from windows 2000, XP and vista according to the upgrade documentation, not that i believe what microsoft have to say.

 

Either way you're better off doing a totally fresh install as if you upgrade there will still be some remnants of vista sitting around to cause trouble!

 

Can you pop over & install your copy on my laptop

[Badgerman85]

Can you pop over & install your copy on my laptop

 

Maybe

[Nicks53]

This is a great new system, been using it since the test versions were released and I'm happy to say it's been no problem, even on a 4 year old laptop.