Is there any reason why Vista users should upgrade to Windows 7?

[Grey Fox]

How much are they paying you?

[Caliga]

  Why would they pay me to tell people it's not vital to upgrade?  Upgrading = more money for Microsoft.  Not upgrading = no money for Microsoft.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Naw not really, like Cal says.  I guess if you're using one of the 32 bit Vistas and want to have a 64 bit OS, that would be a good reason.  Or if you're trying to run Vista on a 386 like Grey Fox and Tyr apparently are.  Otherwise?  Eh.

[Grey Fox]

Naw not really, like Cal says.  I guess if you're using one of the 32 bit Vistas and want to have a 64 bit OS, that would be a good reason.  Or if you're trying to run Vista on a 386 like M. Fox and Tyr apparently are.  Otherwise?  Eh.

I7 920, GTX 285, Asus Mobo with 8 PCI Express 16x.

This shit is crazy fast, yet Vista sucks on it.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I7 920, GTX 285, Asus Mobo with 8 PCI Express 16x.

This shit is crazy fast, yet Vista sucks on it.

Well...how long does it take to boot up?  What programs are starting up, etc?  My falling apart piece of shit is less than one minute from beep to desktop with things like evemon, winamp, and poweriso starting at boot.  Vista Bidness is the shit though.

[Grey Fox]

It's probably vshield slowing it down but my Win 7 partition also has it & it isn't as slow.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Maybe.  Out of curiosity, if it's significantly faster with your particular setup, why not just use 7 all the way, since you already have it and all?  Still in the "testing" phase?

[DontSayBanana]

7's better for notebooks; my laptop got an hour and a half battery on high performance under Vista, up to two and a half on power saver.  Under 7, I'm getting two hours on high performance and three and a half on power saver.  The power management's better, and the boot time's shrunk, lowering the amount of battery that's exhausted during boot, so you get both increases.

Also, I find that 7's wireless network discovery works MUCH better.  I was having issues with spotty networks on Vista, and those same networks are being discovered, connecting, and remaining connected with less problems almost all the time now.

[Grey Fox]

Maybe.  Out of curiosity, if it's significantly faster with your particular setup, why not just use 7 all the way, since you already have it and all?  Still in the "testing" phase?

Because of people screaming "don't upgrade". We have (as a business) to keep supporting Vista. So I have to keep using it.

[Josquius]

I've had it on pretty OK computers. All of which showed massive performance boosts when they were fixed with windows xp

On the subject of 7 I'm getting it free through uni but have to download and burn it myself. Which is the 32 bit one: X64 or X86? I know 64 bit is x86:64 but...thats both numbers.
I'm going to install it on my desktop at christmas I think but unsure on my laptop: is it better than XP or just less bad than vista?

[Caliga]

x86 : 32 bit
x64 : 64 bit

[garbon]

Windows 7 itself could be called Vista Mark 2 for godsakes.

Windows ME => Windows XP...

[Darth Wagtaros]

 

Windows 7 itself could be called Vista Mark 2 for godsakes.

Windows ME => Windows XP...

[viper37]

I have Win7 and Vista on various sytems.  Win7 is better, but not that much.  Stick with Vista for now, unless you have a 32bit system.  Next time you change your computer, get Win7.

[Pedrito]

XP 4 life

QFT

L.