I got a windows 7 "upgrade option" with my vista installation with the new computer I just built, and based on the comments here, I am going to go ahead and redeem it Thanks for all the feedback! Will let you know how it goes... it's the home premium edition btw.
For all those buying, be informed that I could not upgrade my Vista Ultimate x64 to 7 Pro x64. For whatever reason, it said an upgrade was not possible. I ended up doing a clean install with the upgrade disc (the upgrade does include both x86 and x64) and key, which worked fine without any weird tricks.
that's strange EF2, I was able to upgrade on my x64 Vista ultimate to x64 7 Ultimate.... though I do know people are having trouble with going from 32 bit to 64 bit version, the trick is to convert that student download on that one to a bootable iso and install from that... which I did on my laptop. So two PC's both now running 7 and both are fantastic, seriously go for this upgrade. -KM
Ultimate will upgrade to Ultimate, but moving to Pro instead requires a reinstall if I recall. I'll look for the chart... ...ok, bottom of this page: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/upgrade?os=win7
I do remember seeing that, but I was crossing my fingers. Not that I have to reinstall too much though.
me too and I put my coupon in Friday, so I hope it will arrive soon and cross my fingers that it will stop the crashes in Aion raids. (At least there is HOPE)
It's not going to stop your crashes in Aion I'm afraid. I have a TechNet subscription so I've had the retail version of Windows 7 x64 Ultimate for a couple of months now (prior to that I was running the Beta/Release Candidate). The crashing problem is with the way Aion handles memory. If you downgraded to XP 32bit with Service Pack 3 you might have a shot at having a stable Aion experience in mass PvP. Lifehacker has some nice Win 7 info: http://lifehacker.com/5388948/top-10-windows-7-booster-apps http://lifehacker.com/5386953/lifehackers-complete-guide-to-windows-7 And for people installing a new copy of Windows 7 this little application is quite helpful. It allows you to pick and choose a bunch of applications to install in one shot instead of installing each individual component. http://ninite.com/
Interesting. I thought the system architectures were similar. Do standard PCI-e expansion cards for the PC not work with Macs? I've never used one, never mind reconfigured one, so I'm not really familiar with how they work. Wonder if Apple still keeps a tight leash on hardware after all.
When I say Mac, I don't necessarily mean the hardware, more or less the OS. If someone says "but I cans only use the OS on the Macs hardware", I shake my head with shame. Apple tries to keep a leash on their hardware, but ever since the Intel chip switch, it has become increasingly harder to do.
So... I'm overdue to report back. The installation was fail from the get-go. I used the "upgrade compatibility tool" to detect "incompatible" programs, removed them, and tried to do the direct upgrade option (rather than a fresh install), but it errored out, saying (after I checked twice to the contrary) that I had incompatible programs and it would not be able to upgrade, so I had to do a fresh install. I went ahead anyway... From then on, things were iffy for a while (it took me way too long to figure out how to create a share folder for my husband to be able to access across the LAN, there were weird program and folder permission issues), but I liked the user interface tweaks so I kept it. Then I tried to install Dragon Age. And boy did I try. I tried about 10 times, at least 5 different ways, but in the end the only way it would work was if Giff installed it on his computer, then moved the installed game directory into the shared folder on my computer, and I dropped that directory into my program files directory. FAIL. I also got several BSODs (blue screen of death) while playing Dragon Age; my computer is new this year and though not "top of the line," is pretty smokin'. Not a hardware issue, to say the least. I had a similar problem installing Borderlands. Giff transferred the installed directory for me again, and this time the intro videos didn't play, but once it got past those everything seemed to work, except my mouse software wouldn't allow me to map keys or even detect that I was running the program. That's when I got pissed off and reinstalled Vista, and decided to wait until they release some service packs for Windows 7 before I go through that horseshit again. Giff talked to his coworkers and apparently I'm the only one any of them know who has had a worse experience with Windows 7 than with Vista. Goody
Where did you get that information from? Cause it's wrong. Sid, I'm surprised too cause I have installed W7 on three of my computers around the house here, one iMac 17" Intel and two AMD machines and haven't had any trouble at all. You know me, I'd love to be able to complain about M$, but for a change this time things went well. Are your BSODs related to your RAM? That seems like the most sensitive thing on my machine, aside from the overheating on my second 4850.
I agree. W7 is easily the most stable and reliable 1.0 OS Microsoft has released in gawd knows how long if not ever. I just loaded it on my fourth machine after X-Mas (Daughter's x-mas present) and have had zero issues (My main machine is x64 the others are x32). I'm also playing both the games you mentioned without trouble.
no kidding, geeze. I've yet to have anything install incorrectly... although with a few older games (1990-2000) W7 sometimes claims that they did install improperly, but clicking "nah it's good" and then opening them worked after. I do wonder if some underlying configuration was freaking things out, because those are some unique issues ;p Although, one of my friends was unable to get network access on his installation, but that proved to be because he was using a cracked copy that wasn't all proper... him getting a legit copy fixed that.
i get Ultimate for free lol both 64bit and 32bit....... I passed out all the keys i had but to like 3 ppl