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Posted at 9:39 AM on Friday 06/26/09 by
Ben
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If you're already going to buy Windows 7, then check out the MicroCenter.com Windows 7 Upgrade Preorder sale. Preorders for Home Premium Upgrade is $40 and Professional Upgrade is $90 with in-store pick up on the 26th. [Compare]
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    khorne55 - Posted 5:06 pm PDT 06/26/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    #30 lrn2dualboot, save the $50, get home premium ftw

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    khorne55 - Posted 5:08 pm PDT 06/26/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    also, any win7 version comes with 32bit and 64bit editions on the same dvd. thought i'd add that before someone asks

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    khorne55 - Posted 5:10 pm PDT 06/26/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    also, no you cannot upgrade a 32bit os to a 64bit os, duh. start over, lose your settings and whine about it.

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    khorne55 - Posted 5:13 pm PDT 06/26/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    I will repeat. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY WINDOWS VERSION AT ALL TO INSTALL THE "UPGRADE" WIN7.

    do i need blah, no
    do i need vista, no
    do i need xp, no
    do i need anything? yes a computer and the win7 upgrade for $50

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    khorne55 - Posted 5:17 pm PDT 06/26/09 (97 Posts)  Report Spam

    "But I want to be cool and have the Ultimate edition so i can impress friends and chicks. also, it has real benefits"

    ok then, fork over the cash, stimulate the economy. our economy depends on uneducated consumers. but plz do not produce offspring.

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    nuisance - Posted 5:28 pm PDT 06/26/09 (10365 Posts)  Report Spam

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    Sparty0n - Posted 7:36 pm PDT 06/26/09 (248 Posts)  Report Spam

    "Running Earlier Versions?
    If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications."

    http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-7-Home-Premium-Upgrade/product/B0F9E641

    Bottom right of page.

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    just_a_guy - Posted 7:59 pm PDT 06/26/09 (428 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yep, already stated that way back on the first page, but thanks for the source.

    Also, looks like bacon is making friends, as usual.

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    ironbadge - Posted 8:37 pm PDT 06/26/09 (2555 Posts)  Report Spam

    meanoldbaldteacher wrote:
    My local Fry's is advertising a Lenovo 15.4" laptop with an Intel Dual-core mobile processor, 3 gigs of RAM, and a 250 gig HD for $420. You also get a free upgrade to Windows 7 after the release date. Is this as good a deal as it appears to be?


    You might want to be more specific about the machine. How is the video card? How is the weight? How is the battery? Wi-Fi? Bluetooth? Software?

    I won't be concerned much about the "upgrade" because I believe the configuration of the machine you mentioned is only good enough for XP.

    "Good" is quite a relative concept and "good deal" is very personal. I would have bought a cheaper but heavier laptop but since I have to haul it around the campus all day long therefore a much more expensive but a lot lighter Thinkpad X61 have been a "good deal" for me. May be a $420 deal is good for you, if you only need to move it around the house or the office.

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    RKLE - Posted 8:41 pm PDT 06/26/09 (8910 Posts)  Report Spam

    how is it this cheap?

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    Sparty0n - Posted 9:40 pm PDT 06/26/09 (248 Posts)  Report Spam

    You're welcome guy...

    The way I interpret it, khorne55 is correct:

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/167444/window7upgrade_faq.html

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    Anonymous - Posted 3:55 pm PDT 06/27/09 (16776936 Posts)  Report Spam

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    Ima_Cheapass - Posted 11:00 pm PDT 06/27/09 (447 Posts)  Report Spam

    52 posts and only 1 maroon saying xp is good enough.

    I'm calling it. Windows 7 wins.

    burp... I really liked linux.

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    HAHAHAHAHA - Posted 10:50 am PDT 06/28/09 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    Windows 7 is an improvement over Vista in many ways, but some of the things about Windows 7 still irk me, and those are the things that were carried over from Vista. File browsing (and by that i mean simply clicking through the windows explorer) seems a lot more tedious now, as does the "save" dialog boxes because they both default to the "bread crumb" GUI, which is broken.

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