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Windows 7 Released
Posted On Oct 28, 2009
Windows 7 has arrived. While we're really excited about what we've seen, most folks should probably not run out and buy upgrades for all of their computers, here's why. I have been running Windows 7 full time for the last three weeks and it's been going great but I have a new system running a 64 bit i7 Intel processor, a great Directx 10 video card, 8 Gig of Memory and a fast 1TB hard drive. If you system is more than a month old you probably don't meet those specs and an upgrade to Windows 7 might take a slow PC and make it even slower. If you have a Core 2 Duo processor and 3Gig or memory or more than you should be all set to make the move to Windows 7 bliss., just make sure you buy the right version. Below I'll try to clarify the upgrade options.
The only way you can do a direct upgrade is going from the exact same version of Vista to Windows 7. That means if you are running Vista Home 32 bit you must buy the Windows 7 Home 32 bit. Windows 7 Home 64 bit or Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit or any other version will require a reinstall. What do I mean by reinstall you ask. I mean that you must back up all of your data, install Windows 7, reinstall all of you applications and restore you data. It's time consuming and a pain but there it is.
Having said that I do recommend that if you can manage the reinstall yourself and you have a 64 bit processor that you go with the 64 bit version simply because of the 4 gig memory limit on all 32 bit versions of XP. To see memory limits on the different versions of Windows follow this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx
The only way you can do a direct upgrade is going from the exact same version of Vista to Windows 7. That means if you are running Vista Home 32 bit you must buy the Windows 7 Home 32 bit. Windows 7 Home 64 bit or Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit or any other version will require a reinstall. What do I mean by reinstall you ask. I mean that you must back up all of your data, install Windows 7, reinstall all of you applications and restore you data. It's time consuming and a pain but there it is.
Having said that I do recommend that if you can manage the reinstall yourself and you have a 64 bit processor that you go with the 64 bit version simply because of the 4 gig memory limit on all 32 bit versions of XP. To see memory limits on the different versions of Windows follow this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx
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