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Guys - Just to say a big thank you for evryone who posted sensible pros and cons. I've gone and surprided myself! I've purchased W7 Pro, mainly due to a lot more research, which all led from this thread.

Thank you!

I'll hang onto another E-sata drive with XP pro just incase

Ill be getting my copy downloaded from msdnaa soon as the college decides to re-enable my account

Not looking forward to the back up process to update my RC1 version though bad times...

Well chaps windows 7 Final is out on MSDN is anyone has access.

I'm going to install it tomorrow everning. I'll let you know how it goes.

recruit wrote:Well chaps windows 7 Final is out on MSDN is anyone has access.

I'm going to install it tomorrow everning. I'll let you know how it goes.

unless the new release has drivers for older cards, then no i wont be lol.

the RC1 was great... but it didnt have support for my age old raedon, shame

if it has vista driver support then you can use the vista drivers they have the same driver tech stuff

Dam my college only setting my account up for a year have to wait till its re-enabled to re-download

I am running the recent version of Windows 7 RC on my Test pc, not used it much at all, but I am seriously considering buying it anyway on my Main PC from XP Pro straight over to W7. ( leap frogging Vista totally ).

I am especially interested now, as I see its being retailed at £159.99 for the Professional Edition.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168375/sh ... t_overview

Just making sure its DOES come with both 32 and 64 bit editions...

Oooooohh IXL - A bit late for the boat my friend. They were selling it for £89.99. I got my pro version when it was cheap Just got to wait for release/delivery now

Yea, but when I "started" looking to buy, ( which was about 3 weeks ago ) it was over £250, so im not that worred . I havent been testing it all that long, but since ive upgraded my PC, I really need the 64 bit OS to take full advantage... I have to say, Ive not seen it at that price anywhere... and at the same time, I probably wasnt so keen on committng that early on... so im not too worred

I've got it on order from e-buyer. It was a pre-release deal.

A little bit better than ebuyer now is DABs http://www.dabs.com/learn-more/software ... -6662.html as it also seems to have free delivery. Every little helps, but I checked all my usual hardware/software sites, and it seemed to be the best now the early deals have passed.

Yea, ebuyer is with free delivery too. ( as is anything over £50 )

Cheers tho.... There is some debate if that version ( the retail version ) comes with both 64 and 32 bit editions...

Its gone down in price even more now..

Its now £148 inc VAT delivered.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168375

I wonder how much more it will come down... lol

ok forgive the dumb questions, plus i havent read the whole thread:

1. is the final version of Win 7 out yet? Still Beta?
2. Is there a consensus on whether its better than XP - When im upgrading my no smokin PC should I go with win & or just use XP.
3. Vista has leprosy?

I want to have as much memory as I can jam into my new MOBO, boo hiss XPs limit,

PC will be used mainly for gaming, Pr0n, graphics - photoslop, pr0n. perhaps some flash animation, pr0n, CSS map design and maybe a little pr0n to finish.

Its being released on October 22, ebuyer and aiming to have it delivered to customers "on that date".
I dont know if its better than XP as Ive not ran W7 long enough, but its likely to be better than Vista is for sure and take more advantage of your hardware better than XP and Vista. There are some small drops in performance here and there, but on the whole, I think the pro's out weigh the conns. With all new OS' theres bound to be driver issues here and there, but I believe they will be sorted quicker than what Vista was by a long way.

Im leap-frogging Vista totally. Ive used it at work for 2 years and its shite, esp on exchange.

Some info here is helpful as its updated regularly.

http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=48424

Cheers,

probably will only upgrade OS when I upgrade my HD, going to do MOBO processor and GFX card first - all together!,

then HD, OS and Memory.
or do i have this arseways?

Yea that makes sense.

If your asking me, I try and do the three main components together.. ( RAM, CPU and MAINBOARD ) without question. Then if possible the GFX card as well. Then opt for a new HARDDRIVE and OS later. However saying that, ive been lucky enough to do all 4, but I had to get the GFX card as I didnt have a PCI-E GFX card at all anyway. Whole lot cost me just under £400.

Just waiting for W7, which is out of my hands.