Which W7 Edition do you buy?

Brought (well pre ordered) Pro for £78. Wasn't going to bother with 7 till next year but saw the cheap price and thought i'll grab that. Will install it when i get it on the 22nd. :D
 
I'm thinking of making the jump to W7 for my main PC. Can anyone advise me as to whether I would be better going for the 64bit version rather than the 32bit, going by my system spec ( in sig ) ?.

What are the pro's/con's with the 32/64 bit situation?.

Apologies if this question has been asked before. :cool:
 
Draeger said:
I'm thinking of making the jump to W7 for my main PC. Can anyone advise me as to whether I would be better going for the 64bit version rather than the 32bit, going by my system spec ( in sig ) ?.

What are the pro's/con's with the 32/64 bit situation?.

Apologies if this question has been asked before. :cool:
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i wont go into detail as in the windows forum there has been many a thread if you have a quick search dude.

however i will say, looking at your spec there is no logical reason why you should not make the move to 64 bit. for a start you will get the full benefit of your 4gb ram which on 32 bit you wont.
 
3 x Home Premium @ £45 each, I don't need the features in Pro or Ultimate.

Currently running RTM Home Premium, hopefully I'll be able to just activate it.
 
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EgonSpengler said:
Did you test Win 7 with the RC to find out?

I find Win 7 streets faster than Vista personally as its not as resource hungry, seems a general consensus !
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Is it really faster or is it simply because it's a clean install. Look HERE and then come back in six months or so and tell us honestly if its still streets ahead. I didn't find it pavement width faster never mind streets.
 
Faustus said:
Is it really faster or is it simply because it's a clean install. Look HERE and then come back in six months or so and tell us honestly if its still streets ahead. I didn't find it pavement width faster never mind streets.
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i'm a big vista fan, but win7 is faster in from boot times, logons, file transfer and application loading, i have the full release of win7 as gold partner at work and prior to that i had a clean install of vista because i wiped the win7 beta.... its faster trust me
 
_Jimlad_ said:
i'm a big vista fan, but win7 is faster in from boot times, logons, file transfer and application loading, i have the full release of win7 as gold partner at work and prior to that i had a clean install of vista because i wiped the win7 beta.... its faster trust me
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Sorry but that wasn't/isn't my experience. I found Vista/W7 to be just about the same when I ran both the beta and RC versions, and on my Laptop which isn't very well spec'd but runs Vista I found the CPU load higher with W7 which many reviews have noted also. I think like many other applications that it depends very much on what hardware you have. I run Acronis TI which I think is great, TI 2009 runs flawlessly for me and yet I know that is not the case for everyone.
 
Pre-order Pro for the new PC

Also have to disagree with Faustus - been using Win 7 since ver 7068 and has about 80 apps running from it including a few photo libraries and music libraries of a couple of 100 Mb each and Win 7 is definitely way faster and better at coping than vista ever was
 
I'm starting to think, is it worth me buying Windows 7 Ultimate. If I want, I can always upgrade from Home Premium to Ultimate can't I?

I guess, I just took Ultimate as I had Vista Ultimate, but is the extra £100 really worth it? Might have to change my pre-order with the jungle to Home Premium.

Edit: Cancelled my Ultimate pre-order for now. I don't need it. Ordered Home Premium. Will be building my girlfriend a PC next year, so will buy myself Ultimate then if I feel I need it then.
 
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Went for pro for remote desktop on main PC and home for my laptop which the woman uses, ultimate seemed pointless, couldn't find any reason to opt for it.
 
I have ordered:

1 x Pro for my desktop
1 x Home Premium for my netbook

My desktop is currently still running the RC as I ahve not yet had time to upgrade it to RTM

My netbook is running Home Premium RTM now so just needs activating on the 22nd!
 
I did have Ultimate x64 on pre-order, but cancelled that when I saw the student Pro version for £30.

So I now have Win7 Pro Upgrade x64 on order for £30. Am on Vista Ultimate x64 currently, but the price of the student offer was attractive enough to switch to Pro.
 
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