[CGUYS] Win7 not winsome WRT upgrades
Walt Mossberg requested and got from MS an official Windows 7 upgrade chart. http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20090804/deciphering-windows-7-upgrades-the-official-chart/ It has *only* 66 upgrade scenarios in it, as it merely considers half of the versions of Win7 that MS will be offering. The chart is horrible, there is a discussion of that and a much improved version of it at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1246, where you can also read about a workaround for an upgrade path that MS won't let you do directly but which a lot of people are likely to want. Why won't MS enable you to upgrade directly from Vista Home to Windows 7 Professional instead of doing an annoying workaround? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Win7 not winsome WRT upgrades
But it is windows. A clean install is the only sane way to install. Yes I've done upgrades in place but it wasn't pretty and went back to reinstall soon after. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM, David K Watson davidkirkwat...@gmail.comwrote: Walt Mossberg requested and got from MS an official Windows 7 upgrade chart. http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20090804/deciphering-windows-7-upgrades-the-official-chart/ It has *only* 66 upgrade scenarios in it, as it merely considers half of the versions of Win7 that MS will be offering. The chart is horrible, there is a discussion of that and a much improved version of it at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1246, where you can also read about a workaround for an upgrade path that MS won't let you do directly but which a lot of people are likely to want. Why won't MS enable you to upgrade directly from Vista Home to Windows 7 Professional instead of doing an annoying workaround? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Win7 not winsome WRT upgrades
But it is windows. A clean install is the only sane way to install. Yes I've done upgrades in place but it wasn't pretty and went back to reinstall soon after. Actually, this turns out not to be always the case. A co-worker of mine updated his PC from Vista Ultimate to Win7 Ultimate RTM over the weekend. He says it went splendidly: he has found nothing so far that isn't working right and all his apps and settings, as far as he can tell, are still in place. Some other types of upgrades will certainly present problems, but Vista Ultimate-Win7 Ultimate appears to work pretty well. And this guy is no WFB, by the way. He prefers his Mac. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Win7 not winsome WRT upgrades
On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:04 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: But it is windows. A clean install is the only sane way to install. Might as well make it a hackintosh. Less trouble and a better result. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Win7 not winsome WRT upgrades
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:07 PM, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:04 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: But it is windows. A clean install is the only sane way to install. Might as well make it a hackintosh. Less trouble and a better result. Yeah but I would clean install OSX as well. Our Mac has been on the original installation of OSX.4 (was that Tabby or Calico?) for a couple of years and it is due for a good housecleaning. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
