Archive for October 2009
Its time for you to upgrade your PC. Actually if you don’t want to that’s just fine. The price to do it may be beyond your imagination. Do people really want to pay over $100 for Windows 7? Times are changing, and the web has become even more free when it comes to applications. Google has given us Google docs which is just if not better than the Microsoft suite.
One positive thing that Microsoft is doing, is giving discounts to students who purchase Windows 7. For those with multiple PCs in the home Microsoft has also created a special package deal allowing for Windows 7 to be installed on up to three PCs.
After testing Windows 7, it is pretty sweet. But justifying the needed upgrades for the older computer after purchasing the software is pretty much a joke. Why wouldn’t someone just go out and buy a brand-new PC with Windows 7 already loaded on? It seems logical that if people are going to spend money, it is not on a program like Windows when people are just satisfied with XP.
Most Windows users will probably be afraid to spend more money after all the crap that they’ve been through with Vista. Most Windows users were happier with XP as it not only needed less memory, but also provided security that Vista showed to be a second nature from its launch. I think Microsoft is trying to move on from views that many users have on Vista and begin with a fresh user experience on the new platform.
Is Windows 7 worth it? Personally I wouldn’t pay for it, at least not right now while everything available as far as software is concerned is pretty much compatible with XP which I use now. Sometimes it seems best to lag behind the rest of the pack and make sure you have all the security updates after those leading the pack have been hacked and burned a few times.
That’s my review of Windows 7, so let’s see where it goes from there.
