John Boyle wrote:
To Users: I use WIN XP, and today at my computer club, we had a
presentation of WIN 7 and the FACT that MANY programs are NOT
compatible with it, OR , the FACT that you have to have the original
installation disks, as you have to re-install ALL programs, although
you can and must back up ALL that you have on your computer NOW! I
was given a WIN 7 Upgrade Advisor disk, to take home, this is NOT WIN
7 itself, but it checks out what you have both in devices and in
software, and gives you a list of what will work and what won't!
BEFORE, anyone upgrades, it would behoove you to get that Advisor from
MSFT! Those of you who just got NEW computers with WIN 7 already
installed, I say great, but most of us are in deep trouble, as I see
it!!! =-O You will either have to find ALL the original installation
disks, or get new versions on disks, except for Open Office, which you
will just have to download ALL OVER AGAIN! It seems it is mandatory
that you backup ALL your hard drives, even though you still have to
have the original installation disks, anyway! Plus you may have to get
NEW HARDWARE, also! How many think WIN 7 is worth ALL this trouble? :-\
Now you know why I avoid using Microsoft products. I've been running
Linux for several years and OS/2 before that. I have never had Windows
as my primary operating system on my own computers. In fact, of the 5
computers I own, only my ThinkPad even has Windows on it and even then
only because it came with it. I normally run Linux on that computer too.
Regardless, it's alway a good idea to back up your documents etc.,
especially when doing an operating system install.
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