Worth upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista?

Jango · 18 Nov 2010 at 14:49

I currently have Vista on my PC, but a thinking of upgrading to Windows 7.

The Windows Update on my Vista keeps failing to work and upgrading to a X64 bit would free up some RAM too.

There are a few other reasons why I want to upgrade to Windows 7, but those above are the main ones.

Would it be worth the £75 to upgrade?

Munkyman · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:02

Personally i think it is. It uses resources much better than Vista ever did and it just works.

oap · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:10

Win7 is what vista should have been.

citizenx13 · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:26

Big HELL YES from me

willhub · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:28

Yes. It is..... efficient.

shine · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:30

Munkyman said:
Personally i think it is. It uses resources much better than Vista ever did and it just works.

oap said:
Win7 is what vista should have been.

citizenx13 said:
Big HELL YES from me

I couldn't agree more.

I recently upgraded my laptop from Vista x64 to Win 7 x64. While running Vista it had the annoying habit of just slowing down randomly for no obvious reason. Since the upgrade its just smooth.

Valo · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:33

Munkyman said:
Personally i think it is. It uses resources much better than Vista ever did and it just works.

Couldn't of put it better myself.

bells · 18 Nov 2010 at 15:49

I would have to say no even though i prefer windows 7 but it is not worth the money going to to 7 from vista , xp yes

ThriceNightly · 18 Nov 2010 at 16:57

bells said:
I would have to say no even though i prefer windows 7 but it is not worth the money going to to 7 from vista , xp yes

agree @ 75 Pounds it's not worth the money

sWiZzLe · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:09

ThriceNightly said:
agree @ 75 Pounds it's not worth the money

Unless you knew where to get Win7 Ultimate for £30 maybe

mediaman · 18 Nov 2010 at 17:54

Isnt 30 quid for students only?

theheyes · 18 Nov 2010 at 18:07

If you use your PC a lot then yeah it's probably just about worth that. I wouldn't upgrade just based on Windows Update not working though.

Bony Maloney · 18 Nov 2010 at 18:08

YES close thread

SiriusB · 18 Nov 2010 at 18:48

£75 isn't a lot of money, so I would say it was worth it. As above, if you use it day in day out it is a no-brainer.

Brabbinho · 18 Nov 2010 at 21:35

citizenx13 said:
Big HELL YES from me

+1 what vista should have been

FoxEye · 18 Nov 2010 at 22:43

mediaman said:
Isnt 30 quid for students only?

The student deal has always been on win7 pro UPGRADE edition. 100% useless for those with OEM xp who might change their hardware in the near future too :/

I've not seen Ultimate for £30 anywhere. That's less than the best student deals for Pro.

Final8y · 19 Nov 2010 at 00:12

Craig321 · 19 Nov 2010 at 00:13

Jango said:
I currently have Vista on my PC, but a thinking of upgrading to Windows 7.

The Windows Update on my Vista keeps failing to work and upgrading to a X64 bit would free up some RAM too. There are a few other reasons why I want to upgrade to Windows 7, but those above are the main ones.

Would it be worth the £75 to upgrade?

Yep, go for it.

Craig

Chris1712 · 19 Nov 2010 at 00:34

Not worth it for £75 imo, 7 is great but its not miles from Vista. There's a few things I really miss from Vista actually, why they got rid of the sort columns in all views and the sidebar completely elude me

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Craig321 · 19 Nov 2010 at 00:37

Chris1712 said:
Not worth it for £75 imo, 7 is great but its not miles from Vista. There's a few things I really miss from Vista actually, why they got rid of the sort columns in all views and the sidebar completely elude me .

Getting rid of the sort columns does make things look better, but I did also miss that when I first got W7. Quickly got used to the old right click > sort by name like I did in XP.

What's wrong with the current gadget system? You can easily have it in a sidebar layout if you want & it doesn't take over the entire right hand side of your monitor.

Craig