I am not a window user myself but all my friends who upgraded are quite happy about it. AFAIK Vista was a failure but 7 is good, so it is worth upgrading.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Richard D. Moores <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rdmoores@gmail.com">rdmoores@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Sorry about the OT, but I'm really nervous about the possibility of<br>
screwing up my laptop by upgrading the OS from Vista to 7, and can't<br>
think of a better place than Tutors to ask for advice.<br>
<br>
I bought this Toshiba Satellite last October. It came with the right<br>
to receive the upgrade CD for Windows 7 when it became available. I<br>
think I finally got the disk in February, but by that time I'd gotten<br>
used to Vista, and Vista was then, as now, in SP2 (64-bit). By that<br>
time a generally computer-savvy friend (but who runs linux) was<br>
telling me to not do the upgrade because I'd end up with problems with<br>
7 and also with a lot of the software I had already installed.<br>
<br>
Then recently I've talked to a couple of guys (separately) in 2 Office<br>
Depots near Seattle who both told me that the Vista -> 7 upgrade<br>
should go without any trouble at all. That I should do the upgrade,<br>
then immediately download and install all the updates for 7 that MS<br>
has issued. Both used used to do such upgrades for customers for a fee<br>
($40), but not anymore. So they didn't have anything to sell me -- I<br>
think they were being honest about their experience.<br>
<br>
Has anyone here done the upgrade I'm considering, or know of anyone<br>
who has? Any advice or anecdotes for me?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Dick Moores<br>
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