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By: FifthGradeEnglishTeacher

FifthGradeEnglishTeacher — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:10 +0000

Please learn the difference between "your" and "you're." I cringed so many times while reading this post that I could barely concentrate on the content.

"Your" is possessive. You used it correctly when you referred to "your computer" or "your machine."

"You're" is a contraction of the words ""you are." You incorrectly used "your" instead of "you're" four times in the following three sentences, as well as numerous other times in this short post.

"And the chances are if YOU'RE thinking of getting a new machine, YOU'RE running Windows XP, and the upgrade process to Windows 7 is a long and tedious process. But if YOU'RE up for the challenge have a look at our guide here. If YOU'RE updating from Windows Vista this process is easier but it does take quite a while."

By: FifthGradeEnglishTeacher

FifthGradeEnglishTeacher — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:47:10 +0000

By: DanTG

DanTG — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:53:04 +0000

Upgrading to 7 IS tedious, no doubt about it. However, you *can* skip the “reinstall everything from scratch and salvage all the data* saga.
What you need is Zinstall, which actually does solve that problem (all your apps work on 7!).
I've already mentioned this in the upgrade guide discussion – but it's just that great, I can't stop raving about it

By: Windows20

Windows20 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:52 +0000

I would rather buy a new PC with Windows 7. Even better is to include the Windows 7 Service Pack 1. With a new PC, new operating system. You will have a new PC with USB 3.0 and PCI Express 3.0. Also I would choose either the Intel Core i7 or Intel Core i9 processor. Wow! My PC will have the latest technologies. I would rather choose Windows 7 Home Premium. I have two Windows XP computer. One was brought in 2005 and another one was brought in 2007. The 2007 PC has the Windows Vista Capable logo. However, both of my XP computer is getting slower. Not enough RAM and I won't buy RAM just to upgrade my 3 year old PC and my 4 year old PC. I have 3 Vista PC. But I'm planning to buy two Windows 7 PC from a PC company but I will customized it. I can't wait the beta build of Windows 8.

By: Robert B

Robert B — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:44:21 +0000

Fair comment, i forgot about USB 3.0, you state your case well, maybe the other side of the argument will be part 2 of this article

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:38:59 +0000

Fair enough, but you point out many good things about buying new and only negatives about upgrading. Therefore what other conclusion could a reader come to?
If you are looking at this as a cost/value point of view, then most inexpensive PCs do not have more than 2-3 GBs of RAM - which is the main value for having a 64-bit OS. You need to either build your own PC or buy a more expensive one to take advantage of the 64-bit OS, which decreases the value/cost of the decision to buy a new PC.

On the flip side, there is little/no discussion about the great fact that Windows 7 does a great job reviving old hardware. I can get Windows 7 HP right now from Amazon for about $110. I could buy a GB of DDR memory for less than $30. So for about $100-150 I could make my old PC perform like a brand new one, saving me about 2 more years on the need to upgrade. There hasn't been a lot of great hardware improvements on PCs (ports or PCI-E type advances), so now is actually a good time to extend the life of your PC as USB-3 is on the horizon. Such changes, likely to come in the next year or so, are going to outdate a new PC very quickly.

Basically if you weren't writing for a conclusion, then you actually need to present the other side of the argument.

By: Robert B

Robert B — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:37:56 +0000

I didn't come up with a conclusion, i simply gave my point of view. I am in complete agreement that Windows 7 does run as well, if not better than XP on old machines, what i was trying to get across is that if you were thinking of upgrading or buying a new machine, now is one of the best times to do it. Im looking at it from a cost and value point of view as well, you could buy a computer now and it would last you for the next 6-10 years just as your's has done for you.

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:04 +0000

I completely disagree with the conclusion here. I upgraded my old PC (~6 years old) to W7 and had no problems. Only needed to search for 1 driver, which was on the manufacturer's website. I added a second HD to my PC and formatted it first. Then I did a fresh load to that additional HD.
It was easy and only took about an hour or so to load – on that old machine! I have all of the Aero features and now I've been able to test all of my old software and devices to see if they work with W7.
W7 actually seems to work faster for me that WXP on this machine, but with this method I am always able to go back to WXP if something doesn't work.
This process revived a still good PC that's capable of meeting my current needs. Should I need more power, then I will upgrade at that point — computers are always advancing fast and it doesn't make sense to upgrade until you need to. At that point, you'll end up with a faster/better PC for less money.