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...only option, 'cause I can't afford a Mac.

(tried Ubuntu, not enough software compatibility).




Leave it to Microsoft...

Ran the upgrade disc to bump Vista to 7...a mere six hours twas all it took...

The second it booted past the Windows 7 welcome screen, my monitor throws up a dialogue box saying "Screen Resolution Out of Range - Monitor Going to Sleep"

So for the next half hour, until it finishes its setup cycle, I have to keep turning my monitor back on every fifteen seconds, so I can follow the procedure and click OK when prompted, until it stops and I can finally go into Control Panel and adjust the resolution.

It gets done - Yay! I set up all my preferences, themes, wallpaper, etc, etc, add essential software, reboot.

Gets to the new Windows logo and hangs...and hangs...and hangs...finally, I have to unplug the unit to reboot. Hangs at the logo again. Runs its own recovery procedure - OOoOoHH, We're SO SORRY, but Windows CANNOT RECOVER from this error...

Long story short, after several cold boots, I did finally manage to get into Restore and take it back to the moment it first finished loading 7.

Its just so pathetic, that even with all the buzz about 7 being the most stable version of Windows EVER and so functional and such an improvement, that it f**ks up so royally right out of the box.

Schmucks.

I thank you for the warning!

I just bought an inexpensive laptop that included a free Win7 upgrade, and the disk(s) should be here in another day or so. However, I tend to doubt the laptop is well-suited for anything more than the Vista already in it.

My favorite computer? My old Compaq with Win2000!

But, here I sit with a Dell and XP ... and MicroSoft says it would need more memory and a new video card to run Win7.

Thank you for the warning Willard. I have Vista (don't care for it that much), and I have been considering upgrading this Dell laptop to Windows 7---but I am not so sure after your experience. Like you, I feel Mac is a bit out of price range.

Leejopsepho---Like you, I tend to like the older windows computers. My oldest functioning computer is an E Machine from QVC with Windows 97. It fought its way through many virus attacks and hung on. My biggest problems have come with the newer Windows.

I think I will now just continue to prod along with Vista.

Well, to be fair, I have heard from a few who actually do seem to feel 7 is an improvement over Vista and it may turn out to be - at least it seems to have a lot of built-in failsafe, self-repair mechanisms (if they work), but what does it say about your product if the best new features in your flagship version are all designed to help it fix itself when it inevitably screws up?

There are little things I already dislike, such as changes to the Start menu which you can't alter, but I suppose that's my autism wanting everything to stay Classic Windows because I just naturally resist change. Its just so inefficient having to learn a whole new OS every other year. I don't mind a new feature or two, but what do they always change the stuff that was actually working and intuitively comfortable?

I'm too old for this s**t...

So far, I have noticed Most people our age prefer XP Mode

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Upgrading operating systems does not work It's never worked.

Do yourself a giant favor. Backup your data, format the disk, install a clean OS and your apps, and restore your data.

Your bad experiences have little to do with Win 7 and everything to do with the upgrade process.

Microsoft should do their own TV commercials.

Two identical guys: Hi I'm a Mac! And I'm his idenical twin the PC!

Then we get to see inside a Mac and a PC only to discover that the components are identical.

Then we see the Foxconn factory in China where Macs come out one conveyor belt and HP and Dell PCs come out the other.

Macs are PCs designed by Apple, folks. The software is the only difference. Do you know you can run Windows on an Apple. and OS X on a Dell or an HP? You can.

I upgraded from Vista to 7 by doing the Upgrade install and there was no problems for me! I thought a computer that comes with Vista would probably work flawless with Windows 7, but I guess that's not always the case.

yes windows 7 is still on problems until next patch somewhere along 2010-2011
i recommend using still stable vista ill still try to run windows 7 best i can

Not to sure I'd call Vista stable. It can't even properly install its own updates through windows updater and keeps giving me errors. Not encouraging >.<

Thanks for the heads up about 7, I haven't run my "upgrade" yet so it's good to know this stuff. I planned on backing up and formatting anyway (actually I thought a format may be manditory) though.

What you should of done before you upgraded your operating system to Windows 7, back up all your stuff and do a clean install.
Before you should of done that, you should get the upgrade advisor, it would tell you what you needed to upgrade.
I personally wanted to upgrade my system to Windows 7, i'm currently running windows vista and i was told that my laptop can run windows 7 which im very happy about. 4GB ram 2.10ghz AMD Turion x2 processor with Nvidia graphics with 250GB hard drive thats definitely worth an upgrade but hearing that you had troubles with it, i don't think i want to take the risk just yet.

I installed 7 today (32-bit Vista upgrade to 32-bit 7) on my main work system after verifying that my clients could survive for a few days if my world went to hell as a result.

(Thanks for the warning, Willard!)

No catastrophes yet, just a few nits that I'm working through now.

Decided to dump Norton AV/IS and go with CA instead, so it's still scanning.

Do back up everything of importance first.

So far so good...

EDIT: Ditto what Superboyian said: be sure to run the Upgrade Advisor first. If you plan to use Virtual XP mode (which has a hardware requirement--check your BIOS), see DaWalker's earlier post in this thread for links.

I don't think Netbooks do have a dial-up plug but I know that some of them will have a built in slot to put the SIM card for that mobile broadband to work or you could plug in a USB modem which i personally think is faster and recommended and alot cheaper than dial-up.

It makes me wonder? Is there a netbook that runs Windows 7?