Re: Windows 7 edition comparison

[Gavin Wilby]

Ill be honest, most of our guys will be staying with XP. It works, we know it works, its supported and the end user knows how to use it. W7 will go to standalone laptops in the main, and Vista was a mistake for everyone concerned,.. Windows ME anyone? Gavin Wilby. MCSE. MCTS. MCITP. ACSP. MSN: gavst...@hotmail.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk Steven M. Caesare wrote: I’m with ya. Some things in 2k8 make me very happy: Drilling down in to what process owns what I/O load, error logging/filtering, TS gateway, IIS admin, etc…   Other things make me want to pull my hair out… the network control panel/configuration stuff comes to mind. As does firewall configuration, etc…   Win2k as compared to NT4 managed to improve just about everything and seemed to do little wrong. Win2K8 seems to have changed a lot of things for just for the sake of being able to call it “new”.   -sc   From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 edition comparison   I also am skipping Vista...does anyone else have the same feeling as me with changing to Windows 7/2008 Server, that MS let XP/2003 bed in for so long that we all hate the changes? I don't remember NT4 --> 2000 being as annoying as the changes that I am experiencing now with shifting to Windows 2008. I despise the default desktop, the fat icons, the hunting through roles and features to add stuff in....although, to be fair, they have significantly reduced the attack surface of a basic Windows server by doing the last of these. Am I just getting old, cranky and stuck in my ways, or does anyone else feel the pain? 2009/7/24 Bill Lambert <blamb...@concuity.com> I have Windows 7 on my dream list for next year's budget so we'll be skipping Vista.  All XP clients here...no Vista. Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison We will start the move to Windows 7 sometime in 2010, otherwise all XP here with one Vista machine. _____________________________ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021    Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison We are still an XP client shop, with about 1% of the systems running Vista. I envision us going right to Win 7. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison Currently support XP on systems we roll out. Allow Vista for systems researchers buy on their own. Movie to win7 for our rollouts after evaluating the release version. We are skipping Vista as a standard desktop. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Windows 7 edition comparison > > With the impending move of the Windows world to version 7, I thought it > would be prudent for the list to discuss this. In addition, most of us > would use a Windows desktop, in one form or other, on a personal system > to access and/or administer corporate servers/networks. > > Off the top of my head, questions would be (but not limited to): > > . Staying with XP? >    Why / until when > > . Staying with Vista? ;-) >    Ummmm... > > . Recommendations to management/clients regarding upgrading? > > . 32 or 64 bit? > > . Which edition of se7en (as my 13 year old calls it) >    Microsoft is not very helpful here: > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare- > editions?T1=tab01 > > This is better: > > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/14422-compare-windows-7- > editions.html > > -- > Peter van Houten > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~ -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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