My current OS is windows vista and I am in a confusion whether to upgrade to Windows 7 or wait for windows 8. Currently my office laptop is configured with Windows 7 and i dont find any Value-add after upgrading to Windows 7 Sp02. My assumption may be wrong as i have not experienced Windows 7 on desktop.
Windows 7 or wait for Windows 8
- Thread starter svkndv
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, Waiting for windows 8 is not a good idea i guess, if you want to buy a legal windows then its the perfect time because the price is also quite affordable...
theoracle
Level F
Windows 8 is not going to be released anytime before end of next year, so you also need to decide if you can wait till that time.
Personally I feel that Vista to Windows 7 won't have much of a visible/drastic difference. Although I feel Windows 7 has some small small advantage over Vista.
Personally I feel that Vista to Windows 7 won't have much of a visible/drastic difference. Although I feel Windows 7 has some small small advantage over Vista.
Try a copy of 7 on your machine, do not enter a key. After 30 days you will have to enter a key or remove it. If you like it, buy a copy of 7. else go back to vista. On the whole, felt vista was not as good as 7.
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You mean after upgrading to Vista SP2, right?
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svkndv said:
You mean after upgrading to Vista SP2, right?
i was always the beta guy, trying out various s/w s in their alpha and beta form but somehow i found windows 7 a very stable os in terms productivity and stability also, i realy doubt windows 8 will be a super hit in desktop and laptop scenario ( sure it will be very productive for arm/tablet guys)
samiryadav
Level F
svkndv said:
Go for win 7.else you have to wait at least 8-10 months to get win 8.Also there will be option to upgrade win 7 to win 8 at reasonable price.
i upgraded form vista and it was a new experience ...fast and more reliable.....
i hope i helped you,,,
GunsNRoses
Disciple
krugur said:
I wouldn't call Vista a failure as an OS, and neither did MS. But, undoubtedly, Windows 7 is better than Vista in terms of UI, performance and stability. The differences were big for me, but YMMV. And W8 has way more differences from W7 than W7 had from Vista (metro and ribbon UIs).
As for the OP, you have lots of options. You already have a feel of W7 from your laptop, that alone should be more persuasive than the opinions of random people on a forum. After all, you'll be the one stuck with it for the next 5-6 months till W8 launches.
Your options:
1. Stick with Vista if you're happy with it
2. Go with W7
3. Get the W8 Developer Preview
I'd go with option 2 personally.
I think its better to wait and watch.i saw the developers preview build at my friends house the metro UI seems utterly pointless if you have a desktop,
and switching between metro UI and the desktop feels wierd,have they changed anything big in the desktop ?
also upgrading from windows 7 to 8 will be considerably cheaper than buying a whole new OS itself rite?
and switching between metro UI and the desktop feels wierd,have they changed anything big in the desktop ?
also upgrading from windows 7 to 8 will be considerably cheaper than buying a whole new OS itself rite?
shahbaaz_vision
Disciple
The Upgrade License are Cheaper than Full Copy but not much difference, you can go ahead with OEM License which will be more cheaper, also if you buying this only for gaming and Aero then go with Home Premium or the max Professional.
You wont be fully happy with Ultimate.
You wont be fully happy with Ultimate.
Dont use W8 DP if your machine is 3~4 years old or more. I have issues with W8 on my C702TU.
shahbaaz_vision
Disciple
Windows 8 is an better visioned OS, I am currently doing its official beta testing, I have seen lot of enhancement and terms of grouping, visualization, its more approach is to be mobile.
Its like having Andoid in your PC but as I said its a visioned Software hence deployment/Release candidate will take time.
Regards
Shahbaaz
Its like having Andoid in your PC but as I said its a visioned Software hence deployment/Release candidate will take time.
Regards
Shahbaaz
First of all, windows 7 is not any major upgrade from vista. its more a like a slightly tweaked version of vista itself. second thing, about microsoft admitting vista to be a failure, most people dont see it microsoft has played the biggest gamble. .they admitted vista is failure, launch windows 7 with minor tweaks, supposedly giving users a whole new OS. windows 7 does not have any kind of better memory management or anything.. its just that in windows 7, lot of unneeded background services that used to run in vista, have been turned off by default. u can manually do this in vista too.. just open 'services.msc' from the run command. turn off a few glossy and memory eating windows visual settings like glass effect, fading effect etc.. make your windows look like windows 98, and see for yourself the difference in working speed..and your vista will be just fine..
On default vista settings, the idle processor usage stays above 6 %, averaging at around 10 to 12 %. whereas after the tweaks, my idle processor usage came down to less
than an average of 1 to 2 percent.
I had vista on my laptop, upgraded to windows 7 for just 2K (relative working in microsoft --- employee quota. . heheh.) and there wasnt really much difference.. .i noticed, that 7 was just vista, with lots of background things turned off .. which i had done in my vista too. so no visibile performance upgrade..
if u think ur vista's running slow, all u need to do is make a few tweaks.. can help u with that if you're interested..
my suggestion is to stick with vista, make the tweaks and not spend money unnecessarily on windows 7..
On default vista settings, the idle processor usage stays above 6 %, averaging at around 10 to 12 %. whereas after the tweaks, my idle processor usage came down to less
than an average of 1 to 2 percent.
I had vista on my laptop, upgraded to windows 7 for just 2K (relative working in microsoft --- employee quota. . heheh.) and there wasnt really much difference.. .i noticed, that 7 was just vista, with lots of background things turned off .. which i had done in my vista too. so no visibile performance upgrade..
if u think ur vista's running slow, all u need to do is make a few tweaks.. can help u with that if you're interested..
my suggestion is to stick with vista, make the tweaks and not spend money unnecessarily on windows 7..
shahbaaz_vision
Disciple
For gaming you will get performance improvement in windows7 like dx11, better optimized windows shell scripting hence background delays don't happen, etc.
Anyways, its your call, you can wait for windows 8 also but as I said earlier it will take lot of time, i think the wait will be worth as then investing money again and again makes no sense to me.
If you upgrade to windows 8, you will anyways get windows 7 license also.
Anyways, its your call, you can wait for windows 8 also but as I said earlier it will take lot of time, i think the wait will be worth as then investing money again and again makes no sense to me.
If you upgrade to windows 8, you will anyways get windows 7 license also.