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Do you plan on upgrading to Windows 7?

Yes - immediately
37 (13.5%)
Yes - but waiting
95 (34.5%)
No never
20 (7.3%)
Not sure yet
83 (30.2%)
Already installed
40 (14.5%)

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Re: October monthly poll
« Reply #30 on: October 07, 2009, 08:24:30 AM »
With the huge BETA release to the general public i believe you won't seequite as many issues with 7 as we did with Vista...
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Re: October monthly poll
« Reply #31 on: October 07, 2009, 11:02:04 AM »
Well, just received my Windows 7 (Final) DVD's from MS (1 copy of Professional and 1 copy of Ultimate). I'll get around to playing with them one of these days :)
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Re: October monthly poll
« Reply #32 on: October 07, 2009, 11:12:07 AM »
My version of Windos 7 RC calles itseld 'Ultimate"...
 but it seems to be lacking something.
I have it installed on two machines. This machine is my Dell 280 SFF.
Can't log onto Internet on this machine...The wireless card is not very compatible. So I bought a new card that is Windows 7 certified. Should be here in a few days.
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    Re: October monthly poll
    « Reply #33 on: October 07, 2009, 07:44:15 PM »
    I think there should be a place for just "no"; "no never" is too strong a choice for my answer and "yes, but waiting" doesn't quite fit.
    npersn31 ;)
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    Re: October monthly poll
    « Reply #34 on: October 07, 2009, 11:17:07 PM »
    Quote from: npersn31 on October 07, 2009, 07:44:15 PM
    I think there should be a place for just "no"; "no never" is too strong a choice for my answer and "yes, but waiting" doesn't quite fit.
    npersn31 ;)
    I agree
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      Re: October monthly poll
      « Reply #35 on: October 08, 2009, 12:07:24 AM »
      wouldn't "Not sure yet" work?
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      Re: October monthly poll
      « Reply #36 on: October 08, 2009, 07:14:32 AM »
      "No"...
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        Re: October monthly poll
        « Reply #37 on: October 08, 2009, 07:57:37 AM »
        I plan to wait and find out how it does for a couple of months and see if there is any real reason for me to make the switch. From what I have seen Vista and Windows 7 seem around the same.
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        Chris7251m



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          Re: October monthly poll
          « Reply #38 on: October 09, 2009, 06:31:29 PM »
          I have a free upgrade, but am leery to do this right away, any advice out there?
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          Re: October monthly poll
          « Reply #39 on: October 09, 2009, 10:11:00 PM »
          Quote from: Chris7251m on October 09, 2009, 06:31:29 PM
          I have a free upgrade, but am leery to do this right away, any advice out there?
          If it was me I would upgrade a soon as I could. It is a really good OS, the beta was actually more stable then Vista when it was first released. It has a lot of new features too. I'd say go for it. :)
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          Re: October monthly poll
          « Reply #40 on: October 10, 2009, 03:06:13 AM »
          Quote from: cragtom on October 07, 2009, 07:06:18 AM
          answered yes I will but not not strait away as i remember all the bugs and driver problems in vista when it first came out(cannot connect to printer being one)and they knew microsoft was making a new op. And as my comp came from P/B with just enough to run vista basic I know it will run 7 easy especially after all the upgrades I did

          No bugs so far in Windows 7. Been running the beta for 6 months and recently got a free copy of Microsoft 7 for hosting a Microsoft Intro Party. Much better than Vista!
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            Re: October monthly poll
            « Reply #41 on: October 12, 2009, 10:10:40 AM »
            I voted "Not sure yet". I'm not an early adopter so I'll wait. The first version of anything always has a few bugs in it and I'm pretty happy with XP right now. As an aside, how did they (Microsoft) decide this would be Windows 7 and not something like Windows 12  ???
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            Re: October monthly poll
            « Reply #42 on: October 12, 2009, 11:57:04 AM »
            Quote from: BG-Fan on October 12, 2009, 10:10:40 AM
            As an aside, how did they (Microsoft) decide this would be Windows 7 and not something like Windows 12  ???
            It is their 7th major OS. This is what i was told:

            Windows 95 was the 1st
            Windows 98 was the 2nd
            Windows 2000 was the 3rd
            Windows ME was the 4th
            Windows XP was the 5th
            Vista was the 6th
            And Win7 is the 7th of course.
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            Re: October monthly poll
            « Reply #43 on: October 12, 2009, 01:51:33 PM »
            version numbers for those Windows OS's whose versions are not in the name:

            Windows 95: 4.00.1111

            Windows 98: 4.10.1998
            Windows 98 SE: 4.10.2222
            Windows ME: 4.90.3000
            Windows 2000: 5.0.2195 (the "build number" is different for the different SPs... this one is SP4)
            Windows XP: 5.1.xxxx (same as above... also merges business (NT) with consumer(9x) lineage)
            Windows Vista: 6.0.6002 (Revision different for the SPs, same as above)
            Windows 7: 6.1.xxxx (again... SPs...)

            Windows 7 is Version 6.1, but that isn't as catchy as just 7.

            There is no technical reason it's called Windows 7. It's purely marketing. Same reason they moved away from calling the OS by their version numbers to begin with- marketing. (Which would sound better in 95, "WINDOWS VERSION 4.00.1111" or "Windows 95"?)

            It's purely a marketing thing.
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              Re: October monthly poll
              « Reply #44 on: October 12, 2009, 02:22:54 PM »
              Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 12, 2009, 01:51:33 PM
              version numbers for those Windows OS's whose versions are not in the name:

              Windows 95: 4.00.1111

              Windows 98: 4.10.1998
              Windows 98 SE: 4.10.2222
              Windows ME: 4.90.3000
              Windows 2000: 5.0.2195 (the "build number" is different for the different SPs... this one is SP4)
              Windows XP: 5.1.xxxx (same as above... also merges business (NT) with consumer(9x) lineage)
              Windows Vista: 6.0.6002 (Revision different for the SPs, same as above)
              Windows 7: 6.1.xxxx (again... SPs...)

              Windows 7 is Version 6.1, but that isn't as catchy as just 7.

              There is no technical reason it's called Windows 7. It's purely marketing. Same reason they moved away from calling the OS by their version numbers to begin with- marketing. (Which would sound better in 95, "WINDOWS VERSION 4.00.1111" or "Windows 95"?)

              It's purely a marketing thing.

              Sounds more and more like stardates  :D
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