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Ryan
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 Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject: Windows 7 question. |
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If I upgrade to windows 7 beta from vista, will all my drivers be compatible? The system is only about 2 months old and it came with vista.
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LP-SolidRaven
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Well it most likely will work just fine since windows 7 and vista are pretty much identical in every way except the GUI.
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mcwkm
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Remember that updates for windows beta 7 will stop on august 1st i believe and it is still beta software so may have a lot of bugs. |
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If you're thinking of upgrading your main machine to Windows 7, let me advise against doing that...
Just make a partition and install it there. Never use a beta as a primary OS.
As for the beta support ending in August, I'm sure that by then beta 2 or 3 may be out and so the updates would continue so long as you continue to upgrade to the newest version. But still, it's not the wisest thing to rely on.
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mcwkm
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| Xtreme $niper wrote: | | As for the beta support ending in August, I'm sure that by then beta 2 or 3 may be out and so the updates would continue so long as you continue to upgrade to the newest version. But still, it's not the wisest thing to rely on. |
There is no indication to believe that beta 2 or 3 will be public and there is no guarantee that he will be able to get an official version of the current beta release then or that Windows 7 will be released by then. |
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Xtreme $niper
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| mcwkm wrote: | | Xtreme $niper wrote: | | As for the beta support ending in August, I'm sure that by then beta 2 or 3 may be out and so the updates would continue so long as you continue to upgrade to the newest version. But still, it's not the wisest thing to rely on. |
There is no indication to believe that beta 2 or 3 will be public and there is no guarantee that he will be able to get an official version of the current beta release then or that Windows 7 will be released by then. |
Well I agree, and they even said there won't be any more public betas, but then again they did put this on the official beta website:
| Quote: | | Watch the calendar. The Beta expires on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Apparently Microsoft have said there won't be a second beta. There's an article floating around the internet somewhere.... |
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