I am not a window user myself but all my friends who upgraded are quite happy about it. AFAIK Vista was a failure but 7 is good, so it is worth upgrading.
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of > screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't > think of a better place than Tutors to ask for advice. > > I bought this Toshiba Satellite last October. It came with the right > to receive the upgrade CD for Windows 7 when it became available. I > think I finally got the disk in February, but by that time I'd gotten > used to Vista, and Vista was then, as now, in SP2 (64-bit). By that > time a generally computer-savvy friend (but who runs linux) was > telling me to not do the upgrade because I'd end up with problems with > 7 and also with a lot of the software I had already installed. > > Then recently I've talked to a couple of guys (separately) in 2 Office > Depots near Seattle who both told me that the Vista -> 7 upgrade > should go without any trouble at all. That I should do the upgrade, > then immediately download and install all the updates for 7 that MS > has issued. Both used used to do such upgrades for customers for a fee > ($40), but not anymore. So they didn't have anything to sell me -- I > think they were being honest about their experience. > > Has anyone here done the upgrade I'm considering, or know of anyone > who has? Any advice or anecdotes for me? > > Thanks, > > Dick Moores > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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