Or some retailers sell the oem version also against some reasonable price...Tom wrote:If you don't think that the programs you will be running will experience conflicts with Windows 7, then I would certainly suggest purchasing it over Vista. I am actually considering purchasing it myself very soon. Just don't be fooled by the prices. Microsoft likes to show the price for the Windows 7 upgrade from Vista package on their website as the main price for Windows 7, but the price of the full version of Windows 7 is actually much higher.
But how could you live without the big and beautiful box that the regular version comes in, as opposed to the DVD case that the OEM is sold in.Rotsblok wrote:Or some retailers sell the oem version also against some reasonable price...
From what I've seen as well, most of the new laptops are coming with 7 preinstalled anyways.ChriZathens wrote:I, myself NEVER installed windows Vista... On the other hand, a genuine copy of Windows 7 Ultimate was sitting on my desk on the afternoon of 22nd of October. The installation took place two days later. I'm using them every day since that day in a corporate environment with AD and never ever faced any problems (except a desktop background AD policy that won't work exactly right..)
So, I really doubt it if there will be any application issues with Windows 7..
Besides that, since you are buying a new laptop, why purchase an old O/S with it?
You should see my student version, its in a DVD sized piece of anonymous white cardboard.Tom wrote:But how could you live without the big and beautiful box that the regular version comes in, as opposed to the DVD case that the OEM is sold in.
But, seriously, I would never pay for the full version when the OEM version is available. I can do without the big pretty box and all of the manuals and such - OEM is perfect for me (and so is its price).
I have a few samba shares I copy files from/to and never encountered such a problem...Darth Wong wrote:Does Windows 7 still have that annoying problem of really slow file copies from Samba shares? Vista was absolutely brutal that way, and unpredictable. One machine would be fine, but another machine would copy files from a Samba share at about 20 kB/sec, over a 100Mbps LAN connection.
Mine came in the form of a DVD-R .ToonArmy wrote:You should see my student version, its in a DVD sized piece of anonymous white cardboard.Tom wrote:But how could you live without the big and beautiful box that the regular version comes in, as opposed to the DVD case that the OEM is sold in.
But, seriously, I would never pay for the full version when the OEM version is available. I can do without the big pretty box and all of the manuals and such - OEM is perfect for me (and so is its price).