Windows 7 launches today.

[OWC Jamie]

Anyone install it on B&W G3 yet ?

[Z]

Does that really say 113 g of fat? Man, the Japanese really know how to celebrate.

[Doc]

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.

[StingMe]

At least there's only one SKU & price so there is no confusion as to what you should get. Oh, wait:

Windows® 7 Home Premium Upgrade $119.99
392449
Windows® 7 Professional Upgrade $199.99
388223
Windows® 7 Ultimate Upgrade $219.99
388256
Windows® 7 Home Premium Full Version $199.99
388157
Windows® 7 Professional Full Version $299.99
388199
Windows® 7 Ultimate Full Version $319.99
388231
Windows® 7 Upgrade Anytime
Windows® 7 Starter to Home Premium Upgrade $79.99
388058
Windows® 7 Upgrade Anytime
Windows® 7 Home Premium to Professional Upgrade $89.99
388124
Windows® 7 Upgrade Anytime
Windows® 7 Home Premium to Ultimate Upgrade $139.99
388066

Windows® 7 Home Premium System Builder 32-bit DVD
340372
Windows® 7 Home Premium System Builder 64-bit DVD
340430 $97.99each
REG. $109.99

Windows® 7 Professional System Builder 32-bit DVD
340414
Windows® 7 Professional System Builder 64-bit DVD
340448 $129.99each
REG. $149.99

Windows® 7 Ultimate System Builder 32-bit DVD
340422
Windows® 7 Ultimate System Builder 64-bit DVD
340471 $174.99each
REG. $199.99

[pRICE cUBE]

Headline should read, "M$ whips out their latest POS today".

[norse]

Radio news this morning said WindBlows 7 is similar to Apple's operating system.

[DRR]

bazookaman wrote:
Yeah. Saw Monkeyboy on the Today show this AM. he DID show off a REALLY slim dell laptop though.

Couple of funny things I noticed from the today show -

The big monitor behind Lauer and Ballmer, that had the Windows 7 logo on it, showed a previous gen MacBook Pro.

Also, there was hardly any information about Windows 7 aside from the fact that it was new, and Ballmer was unable to avoid a few questions where Matt asked about the iPhone and Apple. If Jobs was on, I doubt they would ask him about about Windows Mobile 6.5.1.

It's humorous to me how a company with that much market share can consistently be a follower and not a leader.

[freeradical]

DRR wrote:
It's humorous to me how a company with that much market share can consistently be a follower and not a leader.

It's always been how they operated since they bought DOS from Seattle Computer Products and put their name on it,

[volcs0]

Funny how everyone here craps on it without using it, just because it is microsoft. Sort of reminds me of all the PC users I know who bash Macs without ever trying one. I've been using Windows 7 on one machine for months now, and it is a beautiful OS. Very slick, fast and easy to use. Most of my computers are macs, but for the PCs I use, they will be getting an upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as possible.

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volcs0 wrote:
I've been using Windows 7 on one machine for months now, and it is a beautiful OS. Very slick, fast and easy to use.

That review will go down in history...