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We bought a new computer a few months ago.It had Vista installed on it and because of the adverse publicity about Vista, I wasn't very happy about having it. However, we have had no problems with it, it loads up quickly, is easy to use and shuts down quickly as well.All in all, we're happy with Vista

Windows 7 now available for pre-order in the UK

Windows 7 Home Premium £44.99
Windows 7 Professional £89.99

Please bear in mind that the European version of this software DOES NOT ship with Internet Explorer.
You need to download a copy of Internet Explorer from the Microsoft site (preferably to a usb disk/external hard drive) before installing Windows 7

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/windows7-preorder


Amazon are also doing Windows 7 Professional for £89.97

Click Here to go to Amazon UK

I've been using it for the past month or so, and I hate the obtuse depth you have to go through to get anywhere. I miss the simplicity of XP, but I can live with it, but I still dread having to do things like sorting network problems out - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - click - etc.
It's only crashed once, and it crashed on the intro screen for a week, but it's back to normal after a restore.

The thing about IE not coming with Windows, some people are going to have problems downloading a browser.

You are advised to download a browser of your choice to a memory stick or external hard drive before installing Windows 7.

Currently having the hard drive going ballistic on start up. 15 minutes later, and it's still whiring around. Windows 98 used to do this with the swap file.

The professional edition was only available for about 24 hours at the price of £89.97 from the 15th July on amazon before it 'sold out'. The home premium edition was available for a few days at £44.97 before it too 'sold out' on amazon. (The prices are now £179.97 and £74.97 respectively). Go to one of the following to get it at the discounted price.
currys
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/editorial/windows7-preorder?int=1043_windows7_preorder
(£89.99 and £49.99)
pc world
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/windows7-preorder
(£89.99 and £49.99)
tesco direct
http://direct.tesco.com/p/inc/specials/windows7/
(£99.97 and £49.97)
staples (a bit dearer than others above)
http://www.staples.co.uk/ENG/static/wrapper.asp?CT=1


Just Pre Ordered Mine the Pro Version.
About time i went with a legal copy lol

Jesus just said print receipt after doing the PC world link
thanks for the 7 pages of terms and conditions.

Now i only need a PC lol

Im sticking with XP and Vista until Red Dog or Windows 8 whichever makes it. Microsoft aint getting another penny of my hard-earned prior to 2011.

xp was great, but jumping into vista was like a downgrade!
im sticking with the linux OS, mod it to do whatever i want great system

What flavour?

Ive got the release candidate and installed it on Virtual Box it took 10 minutes to install.. Impressive and thats on a Virtual PC ? Maybe it was meant to install that quick cause its a Trial LOL.. But im playing around with it and it just reminds me of vista with high heels but it does run smoothly i might upgrade the laptop to it when it ships just for the hell of it or just keep it.. Im not a fan of vista but seems Windows 7 is vista but i think it might have a better back ground ? Who knows but it does sure run fast..

2000 runs faster lol

Yer i know matt LOL it runs like a dream on the pc upstairs hehe

Yeah and none of the "Microsoft knows better" shite with it, it just does what you tell it, when you tell it, without questioning your judgement. As well as being the most reliable and stable OS Microsoft have ever produced.

I wonder if 7 turns out to be a mess, they will build 8 on the NT5 core and then make a few changes to make it look different lol. Like what happened when Wasabi went tits up!

What they should do is build a NEW os on the Windows 2000 platform dont change much but just update it.. I think it should be still updateable i did get a Service Pack 5 for it but it wasnt from microsoft

Looool yer, to be fair though, SP4 wasnt really needed and was quite a surprise, by SP3 it was all running perfect.

Its as we always used to say at Asset init, the reason Microsoft will never release Win2k Pro to the mainstream, is because it is almost flawless - nobody would ever want to change - XP sort of proved that, because being essentially a bloated version of 2000, still the majority of people refuse to optionally upgrade to Vista.

Most people running Vista are doing so, because they bought a new PC with it installed. Whereas within a year of XP launching, most people had already/wanted to migrate away from 9x.

Microsoft need to keep developing broken OS's to make the next upgrade "worthwhile".