This is to be considered I think. Just want to avoid the pain of doing a clean install later on... when I have more programs in my computer...
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: Chris Dunford <[email protected]> >Sent: May 1, 2009 7:44 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? > >> This is what I am afraid... If this is the case I would rather do a >> clean install with Vista now while the computer is new. >> >> Marcio > >Actually, I think Jeff had a great idea. Windows 7 RC1 will be available for >free download on May 5 and will be valid for a full year, so it will work >until long after the general release. You can do your clean install once, buy >Win7 when it comes out, and not have to pay for Vista. > >Now, Tom is going to splutter and fume and start hyperventilating because >we're suggesting that you use a beta version of Windows. He would have been >right if we'd suggested this in December. But the current beta is already rock >solid, and RC1 is the release candidate--the version that will be sold as >Windows 7 with only the most minor of tweaks. Millions of people, including my >son, are using the current beta every day. A number of people at my office >have been using Win7 since the day the *first* beta was released. I don't use >it every day, but I have used it a lot and haven't seen a single problem. No >one is having any difficulty at all. Some earlier Windows betas were pretty >bad, but Win7 has been trouble-free. > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
