Windows 7 pre-order

**Churchill** · 15 July 2009, 10:36

Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

£90 from Amazon for the Pro version (£130 off), and I think £50 for home. And these seem to be the full licence rather than an upgrade, and you get both 32-bit and 64-bit in the box.

Hmmmmm, what about the FSX license aggro when I move to Windows 7?

**minestrone** · 15 July 2009, 10:38

Obvious question coming, does anyone know what it will cost to upgrade from vista pro to the pro version of 7? (32 bit)

They should be handing it out for free if they had any shame.

**Fred Bloggs** · 15 July 2009, 10:44

Originally posted by minestrone View Post

Obvious question coming, does anyone know what it will cost to upgrade from vista pro to the pro version of 7? (32 bit)

They should be handing it out for free if they had any shame.

It seems to say on Amazon that there is no upgrade available to Windows 7 E from Vista. Odd?

**VectraMan** · 15 July 2009, 10:56

Originally posted by minestrone View Post

Obvious question coming, does anyone know what it will cost to upgrade from vista pro to the pro version of 7? (32 bit)

I have a Vista Ultimate laptop, and last time I looked the pricing was £150 just for the upgrade (sod that). So £90 for a full version is something of a bargain.

They're not doing any actual upgrade installs because of the EU Internet Explorer nonsense (hence the E versions). So even if you get an upgrade licence you still have to do a full install to make sure you don't get any sneaky left over ability to use the internet in your modern OS.

**Fred Bloggs** · 15 July 2009, 11:14

Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

I have a Vista Ultimate laptop, and last time I looked the pricing was £150 just for the upgrade (sod that). So £90 for a full version is something of a bargain.

They're not doing any actual upgrade installs because of the EU Internet Explorer nonsense (hence the E versions). So even if you get an upgrade licence you still have to do a full install to make sure you don't get any sneaky left over ability to use the internet in your modern OS.

What a load of poo! Haven't the EU commissioners got better things to do like sorting out the hassle of contractors working between EU states for example?

**minestrone** · 15 July 2009, 11:18

I think I might just wait and hear how good it is before I buy, it will go through the books anway.

The main issue I have with Vista is that it takes about 2 minutes to boot, which is shocking on a fairly high spec laptop, actual performance when it gets there is pretty much OKish.

**KevinS** · 15 July 2009, 11:23

Originally posted by minestrone View Post

The main issue I have with Vista is that it takes about 2 minutes to boot, which is shocking on a fairly high spec laptop, actual performance when it gets there is pretty much OKish.

I'm running the RC on my laptop and performance is better than Vista.. With a SSD, it boots in 24 seconds (including the 5 seconds for the POST). Reboots in 35 seconds.

**Mehmeh** · 15 July 2009, 11:33

Yea, I'm running the RC also.

Boots fast, shutsdown LOTS faster than vista...

Been running it a month and don't think its crashed or nothing yet.

I'll be buying a copy once my RC runs out....or if the full version is that better/faster than the RC

**VectraMan** · 15 July 2009, 12:09

I've got it running in Virtual Box, and it does seem faster than Vista also running in Virtual Box. Not that a VM is a good test.

And my Vista laptop boots up fine. I don't really have any issues with Vista TBH, other than Visual Studio seemingly being a bit more flakey than it is with XP.

Windows 7 pre-order