smeeIT

October 06, 2009 at 12:12pm

I've got a free copy of Home Premium coming my way from Dell.

(since I bought the Studio XPS 13 between certain dates)

But I'd like to buy Pro or Ultimate. I am THOUROUGHLY Impressed with W7 and have no doubts about it.

I've never been this excited about a new OS to be honest.

Even just the RC version (which I'm currently running) made me decide to switch from OSX.

 

I can't wait. :)

dmcnic

October 05, 2009 at 7:31pm

I am planning on getting a whole new system capable of handling Windows 7 as close to the launch date as possible. When can I expect a suggested hardware guide from Maximum PC?

Gigabyte

October 05, 2009 at 9:14am

I paid $269 for TechNet, and downloaded Winodws 7 Ultimate (64bit)  2 months ago. I put Office 2007 on all my systems and have the rest of the software and keys too.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx

dracx619

October 05, 2009 at 5:30am

msft giving me a free copy of pro and i can fortunately still use my student discount to get home premium for my laptop

paschal

October 04, 2009 at 7:44pm

And the point of you braggart, chest beating post is ............?

 

We should all go apply for a job there?

 

Ask us to be happy for you?

 

People are talking about mainstream discounts etc they are trying to get Somehow I do not think that getting a job where you work would be considered mainstream. I am sure that everyone is happy with the price you were able to secure, but it is not an action result item that amounts to much. Had you stated as a BTW if you work for X, please be aware that you product cost could be X, that would make some sort of sense. I have had regret on a few I wish I could have pulled back, and may be the same in your case.

vhernandez2005

October 04, 2009 at 6:55pm

...I work for Geek Squad and I qualified to take a couple of tests on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Microsoft Office Home and Student....and I passed them all with an A+ and all I had to pay was for shipping, handling and insurance.

paschal

October 04, 2009 at 6:21pm

OK folks, what I am concerned with is the upgrade process which even MaxPc at last check is still a bit foggy on some issues, but I really do not expect them to have all of the answers at this juncture in time.

If I have to repartition a drive to basicly put xp or vista in a corner of a drive in its own partition to do an install, OK well I have plenty of drive space to spare with a TB boot drive, and I can squeeze that partition down to 50 or sixty gigs as a holding tank, and then I have it all backed up to my Windows Home Server, and if my WHS does not get trashed which is always possible. The idea is to keep the old OS installed going by the info available, if I have to do a win7 reintall fresh...now then there is the other hot rumor that the old os when it is deected will have its license key destroyed when I use an upgrade edition........This would and should be a MS coffin nail if the rumor bears out...but they are smarter than that....I hope.

I feel pretty confident that MS is keeping a lot of this information quiet to prevent exploits that their security folks will work on until release date and that to me is logical. However for the end result, as Max PC has stated, do not make it harder to upgrade for paying customers than to pirates. More than anything, more than anything, more than anything, more than anything.......do not punish me if my hard drive crashes or my motherboard blows up, or my power supply fries my motherboard, or anything that happens beyond my control to prevent me from getting a system up and running again just because I bought upgrade editions for my household. There is no doubt that MS made a great price point for millions of pre-order copies of something so many of us bought in blind faith that they would be fair in the upgrade process.

They also produced a product that works and feels incredibly good to operate.

I have totally enjoyed running both the beta and the RC7 and am more than pleased with the way it runs. I have also spent a great deal of time and some expense with the x64 version to insure compatibility with everything that I want to run, going so far as buying an interface from the UK to insure 64 bit compatibility with radio controllers. So, like many people out there, I am more than ready for Win7 x64.

So with October 22 being so close to the 31st, I am hoping that Freddie, Jason, Michael Myers, and the rest of their comrades do not jump out of that box at the end of the month that so many of us have invested so many pre release dollars into.

damicatz

October 04, 2009 at 4:23pm

At a minimum, I would require the professional edition for domain support. I am not seeing anything that would justify spending an outrageous $200/$300 to "upgrade". Not when I can can just use Linux/BSD for free complete with domain support.

aldude505

October 04, 2009 at 4:12pm

I've been running Windows 7 Pro for about a month now, I got it through my college's computer engineering MSDNAA account. It's pretty solid, I have had no problems with it, other than a few very fixable compatability issues, which were easily fixed by the XP mode. It blows Vista and, dare I say it, XP away. If you are planning on doing a simple upgrade though, please make sure you back up your drivers as I had a video card driver go astray from my upgrade. Other than that its real simple and I'm planning on getting the retail copy for my other computer on Oct 22!

whitehat2009

October 04, 2009 at 3:57pm

Tech retailer based in Chicago, eh? I bet my ass it's CompUSA/TigerDirect.

Sovereign

October 04, 2009 at 3:15pm

I can't believe there's actually a Help and Support entry on opening a Windows Vista box!  ROFL.  I've had 7 since beta and am running MSDN-AA code now.  Nothing has shown up that would send me back to Vista.  I intend to run 7 until 8 arrives.

nhskier4life

October 04, 2009 at 2:56pm

I got picked to host one of the Windows 7 Launch parties. I just got the tracking number for the party pack. It should be here on the 7th. Hopefully I can install it right away. I've been running 7 since the RC was released. All of my games and peripherals work perfectly.

maniacm0nk3y

October 04, 2009 at 2:45pm

The only reason I would be upgrading from Vista Ultimate x64 is because HL2 BSoDs on me every single time I quit the game. It doesn't work in 64-bit, so I have to put it to 32-bit. I could use the XP Virtual Machine and install HL2 on there....maybe that would work. Other then that....I am perfectly fine with Vista. No problems at all. I never really bought into the "Vista is crap" crap. I followed it's timeline and bought a copy from a friend 2 years ago. XP was actually giving me more problems then Vista was. 

 I might wait and buy it or just forget about it. 

sammyd253

October 04, 2009 at 2:33pm

Pre ordered, and will be installing Windows 7 Home Premium as soon as I get my hands on my copy.