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Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
03/28/09

In reply to Rumor: Palm Pre Beta Tester Gives April 30th as Planned Release Date
That's my birthday
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EBone
03/29/09

@funyun2: Well, that seals it for me. It's definitely coming out then.
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im.thatoneguy
02/21/09

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You do realize a XP -> Vista Home Premium upgrade is only $70 right? Ultimate is $140. (Which coincidentally is almost exactly that $100 upgrade path when averaged out.

Can you skip a version when upgrading? XP -> 7?
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ZLevee
02/21/09

@im.thatoneguy: they've not yet said what the final upgrade options will be.
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PreachingLlama
02/22/09

@im.thatoneguy: MS have said that you can buy an upgrade license for XP -> 7 but you will have to do a clean install.
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ZLevee
02/23/09

@PreachingLlama: well, probably, but the same article that said that [www.computerworld.com] says:
Microsoft said it was working on ways to help Windows XP users make the move, but it did not get more specific. "Microsoft plans to have other tools and ways to help people get through that process, but we don't have full details on that at this time," a company spokesman said today.
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DoctorNine
02/21/09

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The technical merits of the 7 OS are moot at this point. Purely from a business perspective, it makes no sense to release a new OS at this time. The economy is tanking. Most of the MS market is business oriented, and no one is making large hardware purchases. Even if they are, they still have legacy machines that are going to need to use XP, because they don't have the horsepower for OS 7. It would make more sense to like release a $100 upgrade path to XP.7 or something that gives XP a shot in the arm with some of OS 7's new approaches, but won't require replacing all the boxes in your enterprise. Then do a better job honing the final release of OS 7, and get it ready for opening up when the economy recovers.
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DoctorNine
02/21/09

@DoctorNine: It's better to be incremental than revolutionary at this time, in my opinion.
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Xeno
02/21/09

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I can't wait to download the next version of the best consumer OS money can't yet currently buy.
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ZLevee
02/21/09

@Xeno: take that John Mahoney!
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Linux Chief hardware engineer
02/21/09

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YES!

Please fix all the bugs and crashes!
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/22/09

@Jim Halpert: The only issue I'm having is an occasional hang up of the trackpad but other than that I'm very happy with W7. I expect that should be resolved by the time the final version is released.
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amābō tē?「Tayler」
02/21/09

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I wish Microsoft would have finished Win7 sometime at the beginning of last summer.
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Linux Chief hardware engineer
02/21/09

@TaylerTesminombre:

True, the least they could do is admit their mistake and release 7 as sp2
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AvidBlogger
02/21/09

@Jim Halpert:

Now THAT, I agree with.

Or make Windows 7 a discounted upgrade for 1/3-1/2 of the price to anyone who legally obtained a copy of Vista.

I wouldn't complain to much, because in all fairness there are a few features on 7 that aren't on Vista at all.
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Linux Chief hardware engineer
02/21/09

@Matthew Rebmann:

Not enough to justify a $300 price tag.

I dont see any reason to pay over 300 for it when macs can already do everything windows does.

Make win7 100 and im all over it
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IN THE FACE!
02/21/09

@Jim Halpert: Context; this statement needs some.

"I dont see any reason to pay over 300 for it when macs can already do everything windows does."

So my options are, spend $300 for an upgrade to a much more stable and useful OS. Or spend ~$1k+ for a new computer with a known good OS...

I'm not saying anything bad about macs, just pointing out the simple facts about what would be involved in your statement.

So I am left wondering what you actually meant.
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OMG! Ponies!
02/21/09

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I dunno if I'll download the RC or just wait for the general release. Right now, the Big Beta 7000 is doing just fine.
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IN THE FACE!
02/21/09

@OMG! Ponies!: agreed, without meaning to I sorta "moved in" to Win7. I still have an install of XP that is completely kitted out that I could use to do everything I need. But my girlfriend is really the only one that ever uses that XP install anymore (for Sims 2)...

I'm still really hoping that when they actually release the retail version there will be an option in the setup to install over a beta version...
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ZLevee
02/21/09

@OMG! Ponies!: For the real thing you'll of course want a clean install, but people say the successive betas upgrade over each other so I'd assume the RC will, and that might be worth doing to get the benefits of the RC until the final release.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/12/08

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But will it iPhone?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/12/08

@Lite: By iPhone I mean get poor 3G reception due to faults within AT&T's 3G network design, and not entirely because of the phone itself, even though AT&T let Apple take the fall?
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