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 How much should we pay for this? November 19, 2009
Satisfied customer (Texas)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
The system is OK, But-----. It's very, very irksome to consider that Microsoft, with its incredible resources, produced a major operating system (Vista) which has been almost "universally condemned" as being bloated, slow, still subject to malware, etc., and for which it was paid by the operating systems buyers, and now expects us to pay over $100 for a "new" system which works more like the previous system should have worked in the beginning. If I were to charge you $5000 to paint the outside of your house, and you reasonably expected a professional job, and instead received an inferior job, should I charge you ANOTHER X number of dollars to correct what I did sub-standard before? I don't think so. Microsoft should sell this system for no more than $30-40 for those who previously paid for Vista. Especially since Microsoft will be getting paid for every new computer sold going forward because it will be loaded with Windows 7. Sorry, Bill, but the price of 7 to previous Vista buyers doesn't go down real well.
 Clean, quick and worth the upgrade. Media Center is amazing! November 19, 2009
Stanltaaf (Free Lunch, Luna UAE)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Why you get it: because it does what we've been wanting ever since you bought a digital camera: a respectable home for all your digital photos and videos. It's cleaner code than Vista, XP SP3 and it takes real advantage of the hardware you haven't been using to its real potential because you were told 'Vista stinks' so you stuck with XP.
I did the pre-production release of this (Release Candidate) and run a home DVR on it. That means, I record live HDTV from an antenna, pay no fees to satellite or cable and am THRILLED with the quality. Running it with a dual hard drives in RAID configuration on a recent gen setup (nothing fancy) and you have a mean home theater. Say nothing that you can network all the media together between all your win7 or Vista machines PLUS any XBOX 360 you may have in the house.
In short, this software gets you started on having a smart-home. I've been running it in that configuration and I couldn't be happier. Xbox in the bedroom (good used ones run 150) for watching recorded or live tv. Home theatre pc hooked up via HDMI to the flatscreen in the family room; it boggles the mind that not only do I get to see all my media (TV, home videos) anywhere in the house but it is something that I look forward to.
Note, home premium supports 2 tuners of ATSC or NTSC. To add more you can buy ultimate which gives you more options.
I made a listmania list for the curious folks out there... just search for DVR in listmania.
Easy upgrade from XP Pro November 18, 2009
Steven N. Olsen (Hanford, Ca United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I preordered this and it arrived on the offical availibty date. From start to when it finished, it only took 30 min. Everything worked.... I installed all of the new drivers without problems. The only thing that didn't work was my old Logitech Optical Mouse. I just had to have my middle button/wheel set to double click. I found that by loading the MS Intellimouse software, I was able to program my mouse to my satisfaction. Since the initial install, I have tried to get a wireless adapter that will work with the 64-bit install. That is becoming quite the issue. I'll find one yet.
 Too expensive November 18, 2009
S. Kim (Hoffman Estates, IL United States)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
The best OS in the market (from Apple) is $40 to upgrade. How much does this operating system offering for your money? The most if improvement is the User Interface. If you take away UI, it is functionally identical to Vista (which is considered as one of the worst OS in the market) Internet Explorer 8 is also the one of the most memory hungry slow browser you can use. The first time I lunched the browser, system crashed. Had to reboot the computer.
UI is not that great - already getting behind Linux Compiz Fusion or Mac. Coming from using multiple OS experience, Windows 7 UI offers nothing new. The big difference is that Mac OS is cheaper than Win 7, and Linux is free. So I have to ask, what is this OS offering for the money?
 Microsoft Disappoints Again...You must buy PRO version! November 16, 2009
W. Raffa (Canyon Lake, CA United States)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
The only reason I upgraded to Windows7 is because I bought a new HP Laptop computer in May 2009 with Vista OS, 22 days before I would qualify for a free upgrade to Windows7 from HP. My experience with Vista has been so bad...that last week, I threw in the towel and purchased a copy of Windows7 anyway.
I now feel like I would be a better candidate to be in a MAC commercial. I have had it with Microsoft...but I will try and review Windows7 fairly without my prejudices...showing!
Because I was running Vista I was able to just upgrade. If you're running Windows XP you will have to do a full upgrade, backing up everything. Of course if I was still running Windows XP, I would have not upgraded at this time...and maybe never. There are still far too many device drivers and Software upgrades that are not available yet for Windows7. I'm sure in time those upgrades will be available.
My Canon IP5000 needed new drivers...thank you Canon, all I had to do was go to their site and download...Windows7 drivers. However, my HP I purchased in May came with Digital Persona Personal, fingerprint recognition software...it's not compatible and there isn't an upgrade...as of yet. So I am now tying in all my passwords again...I sure miss that finger print reader!
I also reloaded Microsoft Flight Simulator 10, a one year old MS program... The computer has locked up twice while running the program requiring a restart...so Windows Vista and Windows7 do have some common features...
I also had a copy of MS Streets 2008, on my laptop. That program also isn't compatible...you would think a one year old MS program would run on its own new operating system. Since I own a 32 bit version of Streets and my new HP laptop is a 64 bit machine and because I purchased the Home Premium addition I don't have the feature that allows older programs to run in XP Mode! I can't believe MS doesn't include this feature in all versions.
If you have mostly 32bit programs you will need to load the 32 bit versions of Windows7 (both 32 and 64 bit versions are in package) or many of your 32 bit programs...are iffy and may not operate or will not run properly. The Pro version of Widnows7 was an additional $40.00. If you're considering this upgrade, don't buy the Home Premium edition as it does not include the ability to run programs in the XP mode feature. You need to purchase the Professional version to get this feature. You can load the 64 bit operating system and then you can run your 32 bit programs in the XP Mode; nobody should buy Widows7 without that feature.
All in all...this is just another offering from Microsoft...that again misses the mark. It still crashes, locks up, and won't run some programs...just like Vista! I would only consider this upgrade if you currently run Vista... and at this point the improvement isn't determinable yet.
After four days of working with Windows7 it's has not proved to me yet that it's better than Vista. I think it just looks new! Knowing what I know now, I wish I would have migrated to a new MAC back in May before I bought the HP!
This upgrade will take time...and it won't be smooth....
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