Windows 7 or vista..?

[colemancol]

Hi to all
I am planning to buy new laptop.But confused little which system to buy.So please share your experience so i can get some ideas.which one is better..?

[debo]

Windows 7 without question. Much faster load time, programs run faster because of memory management, no lockups or freezing, ease of operation, seeing mulitple programs open at the same time. I will never own a PC with Vista ever again. Also Windows Professional is always stronger than Windows Home.

[davef]

Windows 7 without question. Much faster load time, programs run faster because of memory management, no lockups or freezing, ease of operation, seeing mulitple programs open at the same time. I will never own a PC with Vista ever again. Also Windows Professional is always stronger than Windows Home.

How does Windows 7 stack up to XP? We still have XP pro on all of our PC's and upgrading worries me

[curtis]

Upgrading to a new OS without doing a clean install is always a worriesome ordeal.

By everything I have read, talking to friends, and having a trial version of Windows 7 on my laptop(not my main machine), it is better than XP. BTW, Vista also never touched any of my PC's.

[debo]

There isn't a upgrade path from XP Pro to Windows 7 Pro, you will have to backup your files format your drive and do a fresh load of Windows 7 Pro. I did my XP Pro laptop last week and love it. However if your not having any issues with your XP Pro I wouldn't upgrade. I only did because I was having some drive problems and was going to reload anyway but if you have Vista the upgrades worked great.

Your right Curtis in not letting Vista touch your laptop.

[curtis]

There isn't a upgrade path from XP Pro to Windows 7 Pro, you will have to backup your files format your drive and do a fresh load of Windows 7 Pro.

Really? Hmmm....that changes my thoughts about "upgrading" all my machines to Windows 7.