On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 03:10, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:00:16 pm Richard D. Moores wrote: >> Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of >> screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't >> think of a better place than Tutors to ask for advice. > > Because of course knowing Python makes you an expert on Windows :) > > > [...] >> Then recently I've talked to a couple of guys (separately) in 2 >> Office Depots near Seattle who both told me that the Vista -> 7 >> upgrade should go without any trouble at all. That I should do the >> upgrade, then immediately download and install all the updates for 7 >> that MS has issued. Both used used to do such upgrades for customers >> for a fee ($40), but not anymore. > > Why did they stop? Could it be because the upgrade is sometimes > difficult and requires huge amount of manual effort to get it working, > far more than $40 will cover?
Do you know that it does? Please tell me what you know. > > Cynical? Who, me? > > > -- > Steven D'Aprano > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
