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    Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st

    It's Official: Windows 7 Shipping Mid-2009
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    Image of loudensspam loudensspam
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Microsoft just helped guarantee zero sales of Vista in FY Q4!
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/07/09

    @loudensspam: Standalone sales are already so sluggish that they care more about not crippling sales for the hardware vendors, which in turn allows them to sell more licenses for a MS OS anyhow.
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    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    I still want to know if this post [i.gizmodo.com] about the WARP feature in Windows 7 "a 'fully conformant software rasterizer', WARP requires nothing more than an 800MHz processor for complete-if comically slow-DX10 compliance" means Windows 7 will let an older system that stutters on hi-def video (but can more or less play it) display such video without hiccups?
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    damn... 6 months too early. guess it will be BT for me!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Damn, I gotta sell my unopened box of Vista Ultimate soon.
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    Image of Mr.SithNinja Mr.SithNinja
    01/07/09

    @ripfire: "Return it" to a retailer. You will get more that way.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @Mr.SithNinja: Ermm. I'd rather not. :P


    How about you, do you want to buy it?

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    Image of smirkette smirkette
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Cheap & easy upgrade for the folks why buy after July 1st? MS shows no love for the poor schmucks who have had to suffer through Vista.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    01/07/09

    @SF_iris: What Microsoft did here is almost unforg@ChrisFu: I think that Microsoft should do the right thing here and offer a free upgrade to Windows 7 for anyone who paid for the upgrade from XP to Vista. If people got Vista free with a new computer or as free upgrade, I can't see any reason to give folks a freebie, but if people actually fell prey to MS's marketing hype and actually paid for Vista, they ought to get a free upgrade path. That seems only fair.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    are they going to offer install floppies like they did for Windows 95?


    I haven't upgraded since then, and would hate to have to buy a CD/DVD drive just to install a new OS

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @discounteggroll: I suggest upgrading memory first. 256MB 72-pin SIMM just went on sale for $300 bucks.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    01/07/09

    @discounteggroll: Vista was on a DVD so I would assume that 7 will be on a DVD. They didn't have DVDs in 95 so I think that it would be safe to assume that your computer wouldn't run any OS that came on a DVD. You might need to take a look at some new hardware or just converting to Mac. Mac works a lot more like W95.
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    Image of Null42 Null42
    01/07/09

    @reddingofish: It's alright I guess, since you were actually trying to give a helpful response instead of a flame, buttttt...keep an eye out for the sarcasm! They like to sneak it in everywhere.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    01/07/09

    @Null42:


    remorse feels even worse. I apologize

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    Image of General Halfshaftery General Halfshaftery
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    If Vista were a person i would've murdered that person, likely by poisoning its food.


    Hello Vista i love you GOODBYE.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @General Halfshaftery:
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    Image of Mona N. Mona N.
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Cheap and easy as in iTunes 30cent f*ck you DRM cheap and easy or the way it should be done: FREE. Wake-up, Microsoft!
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    Image of divideby7 divideby7
    01/07/09

    @Mona N.: um, what?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @Mona N.: I suggest using hyphens. Great tool.
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    01/07/09

    @ripfire: Cheap and easy as in iTunes-30cent-f*ck you-DRM cheap and easy? Or the way it should be done: FREE. Wake-up, Microsoft!


    There.


    Seriously, why is that so hard to understand? Don't you keep up with news? In order to have DRM free music, it is 30 cents per mp3. So in order to 'upgrade' your current library to DRM free music, it is 30 cents, per mp3, for however many gigs of music you have. That statement is called SARCASM. Ever heard of it? WHY am I even bothering to explain.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @Mona N.: Huh? What? Oh I'm sorry. It's just that my attention is a little.. Oooh look at that Dragon Bluetooth Headset!
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    Image of gerrylum gerrylum
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    I'm also wondering if Windows 7 supports LCD monitors. Anyone have any idea?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @gerrylum: What do you mean if it'll support LCD monitors? Of course it will..


    ... oooohhoho. I see what you did there!

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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/07/09

    @gerrylum: LOL way to keep flaming Skorpius
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    Image of Skorpius Skorpius
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Sweet. Does anybody know, by the way, if 7 supports multi-core processors?
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    01/07/09

    @Skorpius: Just for you, no.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    01/07/09

    @Skorpius: Intel 486, only.
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    Image of monkey_87 monkey_87
    01/07/09

    In reply to Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st
    Damn that was quick...
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    Image of Saurabh Bhatia Saurabh Bhatia
    01/07/09

    @monkey_87:

    TOO QUICK???

    Are you kidding...

    Although I admire M$ products, Vista felt like it was an incomplete version of Windows 7. Windows 7 is going to be like the 'new' XP or the Win95 in that it will be unique and different than the older MS OS's.


    I kinda like their strategy, though.

    First release a perfect OS: WINXP

    Followed by a crappy one: Vista

    Next, blow everyone away with something better than the previous version of the perfect OS: Win 7


    I don't know if was really their strategy, but it got me!!! I'm going 12AM to the stores this time to get a copy ...

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    Image of JEmlay JEmlay
    01/07/09

    @Saurabh Bhatia:
    WinXP wasn't even CLOSE to being perfect when it was released. So how did they just up and release a perfect WinXP? It took a while to get to that point.


    @lilaliendog:
    "there is hardly anyone using or wanting to continue using VISTA"


    You do realize that over 250 million Vista licenses have been sold? This is compared to Apple selling 9.7 million macs in 2008.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/07/09

    @JEmlay: Just a minor nitpick, but seems that the 250 million Vista licenses sold is mainly sale of third-party systems with the licenses attached, rather than people actually buying Vista standalone. Since these comprise the bulk of the market in general from the major PC vendors, it's sort of a moot point.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/07/08

    In reply to It's Official: Windows 7 Shipping Mid-2009
    Well they getter get crackin', before Jobs beats them to it with

    Photobucket
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    11/07/08

    In reply to It's Official: Windows 7 Shipping Mid-2009
    I'll believe it when I see it. But if they say it will be like it looks I will finally upgrade to 7.
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