Upgrading to Windows 7 or Snow Leopard?

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Just to help all those out there I have included the official microsoft upgrade chart, by way of explanation (and quite frankly it needs a lot of explanation). You can read about it here at deciphering windows 7 upgrades. (http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20090804/deciphering-windows-7-upgrades-the-official-chart/)

http://cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/win-upgrade-1.jpg

Here is one for the mac users too. :)

http://cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/win-upgrade-2.jpg

The pricing is unclear for Microsoft but you can bet most of those boxes will have different and big prices in them. The last I heard was you'll pay around $50 aus for Snow Leopard.

[solmanic]

HEY HEYYY!!!
I can do an "in-place upgrade"!

I guess that means only two false starts before it works and half a day instead of a full day to perform :p

YouTube - Apple "Get a Mac" ad: V Word

[Hastykiwi]

I actually went to the beta version of win7 before jumping to ubuntu. I had to do a clean install as i was going from XP, which didn't particularly worry me, and the OS itself was pretty solid from the little use i gave it.
Downsides were it was incredibly slow to load, and networking this machine with what was my Vista laptop on wifi, was a pig! The differences between 7 and vista were enough to make it a real pain.

The amount of peripheral support for w7 at the mo is an issue too.

Never again.:)

cheers
Nick

[richard4u2]

i aint spending another cent with m/s upgrade , every time you upgrade the computer runs slower so then you have to buy a new computer , enough is enough :mad:

[inside]

Although if you're a Power Mac PPC user like myself you need to factor in $4.5K for a new Mac Pro to get Snow Leopard. Apple is very good at not caring about customers on older platforms.

[incisor]

Although if you're a Power Mac PPC user like myself you need to factor in $4.5K for a new Mac Pro to get Snow Leopard. Apple is very good at not caring about customers on older platforms.
but still way better than microshaft..

btw my upgrade to windows 7 on my pc laptop was entirely painless and quite impressive really...

a couple device driver issues but they were a known quanity prior to the upgrade

[Chucaro]

I am happy with my XP Pro and will not consider "downgrade" to the new versions.
Just imaging the problems in installing again all the software for photography again and the filters is enough to put me off :)

[djam1]

After fighting with SP2 on Vista I gave up
Installed Fedora 11 and its been fantastic 20 second boot ups and quite stable.
Glad MS is so bad because I make my living out of it lol

[C0L0N3L]

I have been using windows 7 RC1 since it came out (couple months) and its great.
People who are saying its very slow to load are either running a dinosaw or comparing it to something half the size. It boots alot quicker than vista does and is generally a bit zippyer for most programs.

Networking specifcaly file sharing I did find a little tricky this was because 7 wanted to use some homegroup thing which looks pretty good but is only compatable with other 7 machines. Turning that off and it worked ok.

Also 7 has quite a few usefull features and works well without any drivers.

[Bytemrk]

Glad MS is so bad because I make my living out of it lol


:D:D A few of us in that boat.

I've been messing with various versions of 7 since the early beta's... and without any question it is a HUGE improvement on Vista. I've currenly got the RC loaded on 2 machines - both of which are running perfectly with no need to stuff around with drivers etc - it detected everything on both machines.

As far as networking goes one lives in a home workgroup quite happily while the other is giving me no grief on a corporate domain.

I've not had 1 networking issue at all... Vista on the other hand :angel:

If I had to pay for it I would buy it.... but only with a new machine - I wouldn't be racing out throwing money at MS only for the software upgrade.

As for Snow Leopard...yeh it's heaps cheaper than the Windows upgrade.... but don't forget it's bugger all use on 90% of PC hardware.... I am however looking forward to trying in at some point on my Imac though..

The way I see it - Apple make their money from the hardware .. MS make it from software.

As long as neither gets perfect and leaves me an area to earn a living.. I'm happy :whistling:


Mark

[Taz]

i'm not sure what beta version of 7 it was, however my brother, after converting all 4 of his PC's to win 7, discovered that the operating system was powering down the system after 45min running time. He discovered that this 'feature' was built into the beta version and it kicked in after a few months use.

[Hastykiwi]

I have been using windows 7 RC1 since it came out (couple months) and its great.
People who are saying its very slow to load are either running a dinosaw or comparing it to something half the size. It boots alot quicker than vista does and is generally a bit zippyer for most programs.

Networking specifcaly file sharing I did find a little tricky this was because 7 wanted to use some homegroup thing which looks pretty good but is only compatable with other 7 machines. Turning that off and it worked ok.

Also 7 has quite a few usefull features and works well without any drivers.

No , I don't run a dinosaur, and yes ubuntu is less than half its size, and yet does all I need it to do. Does Win7 need to be several Gb in size? Saying it boots a lot quicker than Vista isn't really a ringing endorsement is it.

Yesss.....homegroup. What a winner!

fact is, Win7 is here to fix the dog Vista is.


cheers
Nick

[spudboy]

If you have an older PC that's hasn't got enough grunt for Win7, you can play around with something called OSX86, which tricks your PC into thinking it's a Mac, and then you can load OSX.

I saw it on a PC where I was working one day and it was very impressive. Sounds like you have to get involved in Torrents etc, but might extend the life of some older hardware.

Was odd to see Mac stuff running on a PC though!