Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 9th Aug 2009 20:49 UTC
While the tech media are all busy praising Windows 7, the operating system still obviously does have issues, it being Windows and all. Because we are talking about Windows, and not, say Ubuntu or Mac OS X, it comes with one big downside that will mostly hit new users of Windows 7 (meaning, everyone): the incredibly complicated upgrade paths.
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RE: Cut the table in half
by darknexus on Mon 10th Aug 2009 03:12
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Actually, 99% of desktop computers sold, and most laptops, are now sold with 64-bit x86 processors and many already come with 64-bit Vista as it is. Whether they really benefit from it or not is a point of debate, but you'd be hard pressed to find a desktop being sold today that does not have a 64-bit CPU in it aside, of course, from some of the nettops. Not all such systems come with a 64-bit os installed, but a good majority of them do. It's hardly limited to gaming machines these days.
RE: Cut the table in half
by sbergman27 on Mon 10th Aug 2009 03:47
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Remove the 32 to 64 and 64 to 32 bit moves and the table becomes much simpler. Few people are going to move from 32 to 64 bit in upgrading the Winodws 7. You either have a PC that can benefit from 64 bit, or you don't. If you do, you've got a server-type hardware, or a Core i7 MB, and probably got it because you wanted to run 64 bit Vista.