Topic: Windows 7 upgrade

[jeff]

Yes, in this case "upgrade" means you are getting a better OS, not that you can take your XP installation and turn it into a 7 installation.

And it definitely is better to start from scratch.

[shakes]

(dig dig dig) With the release fast approaching I have a few questions. Is everyone going to install it right away or wait for the enevitable fix's to come first? Also how does everyone store stuff like music and pictures during the transition? I don't have anything right now but figure I have to get something. Is an external hard drive the best ( meaning the cheapest) way to go? I don't have gobs of pics and music and stuff (Barry Manilow may have wrote the songs but he didn't record them all!) but my wife takes alot of pics. What are your thought on this Hobson?( Arthur reference)

[Sipin]

Add a new hard drive to install win7 on. That way you keep everything, and have dual boot option then.

[General Tso]

With my .edu work e-mail, I got the student version of Win 7 Home Premium via download for $30.

I just haven't done it yet.  Scared.

[Smonkey]

How much space you need? You can always just buy or store them on usb cards untill your up and running. I got ten 4gb usb drives last year for stocking stuffers at $5 each. Im sure now almost a year later you can get an 8gb one for the same price. As for your first questions Im installing ASAP and on a new pc. The beta version which has been out for awhile now has been nothing but great so I do expect the retail version to be the same or better from the start.