10-22-2009, 03:17 PM
jdc wrote:
But there's one hitch and it's a biggie: upgrading is far from easy. XP users who choose to upgrade their computers to Windows 7 will have to either wipe their hard drives or re-install all of their applications. That means finding the product keys and old CDs. As a result, some experts say XP users interested in Windows 7 are better off just buying a new computer.
Since I only had 7 apps installed under XP (Boot Camp) and only one requires any sort of authorization, that's not a big deal to me.
It is a PITA in other ways, tho. For example, I got a downloadable upgrade from MS, but since I didn't buy it directly from their online store I couldn't get an iso to make a bootable image from. If/when I have to install again, I'm going to have to install XP first. Not horrible. Just annoying. I've got a WinClone backup of the XP partition.
'Downloaded and doing the upgrade today on my MBP in-between other stuff. I hear the actual install time should be a half hour or so for a setup like mine, but the preliminaries are taking all morning.