General OS advice...
Vista or 7...
Monday, October 26, 2009 by RPGFX | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ok, I've never upgraded my current system from XP to Vista. I bought a new computer, should be in tomorrow, and it will be loaded with Vista 64 bit. I also will be recieving a free Windows 7 upgrade certificate with it. Should I play with Vista for a while, or just upgrade straight to 7...
Reply #4 Monday, October 26, 2009 2:22 PM
Make sure to get this tool (for going from xp to 7):
Reply #5 Monday, October 26, 2009 4:22 PM
Thanks for the opinions everyone... Doc, I'm not going from XP to 7. My new computer is preloaded with Vista...
Reply #6 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:39 AM
Is the XP to 7 upgrade problematic? I have an old system AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU, 400FSB, 2-1Gb DDR dual channel ram. Microsofts compatability tool says I'm OK for an upgrade except for a couple of drivers. My question is can I run 64bit or must I stay with 32bit?
Reply #7 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:50 AM
You can run 64 bit as the Athlon is a 64 bit processor, more RAM would be good too 2 x 2 Gb sticks.
I think there is no upgrade XP to 7 it is a new install just, it only would have been possible to upgrade sticking with the 32 bit systems anyway so lots of downloading your Documents and Settings folder.
Reply #8 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:55 AM
Thanks AV. I hate doing upgrades, but the retail full version costs are way beyond my means these days. Does 7 do an upgrade like XP did over 95, where you just had to pop in the 95 cd to authenticate?
Reply #9 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:01 AM
I think it just checks legality of XP then you input your 7 serial then it formats disc and installs 7 (very quickly too). Yes all handled by the disc.
Reply #10 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:03 PM
From Vista.
There's no 'update' process from XP to 7.....other than the old exporting of docs and preferences and such.
From XP it is a full install process...
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Reply #1 Monday, October 26, 2009 1:31 PM
Straight to 7..... period.