Windows 7 - Better or Worse? Your oppinions please?!?

[Zenax]

Hey Guys,

I am looing into upgrading to the Windows 7 OS. Now I am currently running on Windows Vista. At the moment I have no problem with Vista. It is still running fine on my Dell Laptop, probably due to the fact that I keep an eye on whats installed on here.

I would also like to know whether you guys would rather own an OEM version or a full retail-boxed version. Since I am fairly knowledgable about computers I don't mind buying an OEM version, but I am wondering whether anyone else would.

Thanks for any feedback.

[Corey]

I upgraded to Win7 64Bit, I love it. I would never go back to Vista after upgrading

[lezreth]

When I purchased my computer, it came with Windows Vista. I thought it was an interesting change from XP, however certain annoyances of Vista started to get to me, like UAC for example. When they released Windows 7, I got the professional version and after installing, the first thing I noticed was how much faster my computer booted up, compared with Vista. Also, the changes to the taskbar make my work much easier. Pinning programs straight to the taskbar puts everything I frequently work with a single click away, no matter how many programs are covering my desktop or cluttering the start menu.

I suppose I better stop there though, because I could ramble on and on about the differences between Vista and Win7. Suffice to say that Vista feels like the beta release of Windows 7 in my opinion.

My verdict: Windows 7 is most certainly worth the upgrade, especially if you are currently using Vista.

[Zenax]

Thanks. Surfing the net, that seems to be the response most people are giving but I wondered what you guys thought of it here.

[Mr. DOS]

If you're having no problems with Vista, the thing to consider is whether or not 7's new features hold any appeal to you. If they don't, then don't upgrade just for the sake of upgrading - given the price of a Windows 7 upgrade, it's hard to justify that. The exception would be if you qualify for the student pricing - if you do, absolutely get it. $40 is a lot more reasonable, and I'd say it's worth it.

I'd go for OEM over retail. While OEM editions aren't really supported by Microsoft, really, how often do you use Microsoft's support (other than the KB) anyway? Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll just keep the extra $50 please.

--- Mr. DOS

[kestrel1]

Not used the latest release of Windows 7, but used the RC version & found it quicker than Vista & not so much of resource hog.
Probably be getting some machines in at work soon with Win7 on them. Normally I roll back computers to XP, if they come with a roll back disk but I will leave Win7 on the new systems as I think it will work much better than Vista.
Personally I use Linux, but would consider Win7 as an option. I would also go with the OEM version.

[Smith6612]

Windows 7 is definitely a change from Vista. One thing that I as well as anyone else can note out is that it's much faster and is a bit more efficient on system resources than Vista is. Now, I haven't purchased Windows 7 yet but I have been running the Release Candidate inside of a Virtual Machine for some time, which runs inside of Vista on my gaming computer, and it's pretty snappy for me only giving Windows 7 1GB of RAM to run off of out of 8GB. One thing with upgrading to any operating system is to Google up your hardware to see if anyone has come up with any problems with it. I have had a few reports come in with a few sound cards having driver issues with Windows 7, but by now the manufacturers should have released updates for them.

But give it a shot. As per full retail vs. OEM, the OEM copies tend to be much cheaper due to the fact that they buy the licenses and disks by the bulk. Just watch out for those boot and nuke recovery CDs you'll get from some OEMs though.

[Gouri]

As compared to vista. It is worth upgrading to Windows 7. I am using it since when it was released as Beta. Now i am using Windows 7 64-bit Professional version. I like the way it is designed.

It became more user friendly.

[user681]

a step up from windows vista thats for sure..

[adamparkzer]

I think it's much better. I upgraded from Windows XP. There are still a few compatibility issues (like Webdisk and web folders still not working), but it's MUCH better than Vista. The security isn't as moronic as Vista's (for example, you don't have to give yourself permission to do basic tasks).