Take the plunge? Into Windows 7 Ultimate that is.

[OMGz Turbo]

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Ugh, I'm sorry. I should have mentioned that I went from Vista to W7, so it worked for me. I suggested getting a large slave hard drive to store all that stuff to. I bought a 1.5TB spare hard drive for all my media and it is the best computer investment I've made specially since I run many OS's and sometimes have to clear the hard drives when testing linux distros that corrupt the GRUB loader.

Eh its cool bro, i had a 150GB seagate external but i tried hooking it up and the drive is borked. So ill just replace all i lost, not a big deal

[Foolinaround]

I bought a fresh Tb drive for my desktop just for 7,im going to leave the other drive as an xp drive just incase i decide i dont like 7
i also love dc++ and the hub we have set up at school which is currently sharing 25.67Tib

[Vypurr]

Mine just came Friday!

[Scapegoat]

what the **** is all that **** in the box?

[Vypurr]

Posters, streamers, napkins, puzzles, playing cards, tote bags, advertisements, balloons, and Windows 7 Ultimate! Haha. It's the Windows 7 Promotional Party Package.

[Foolinaround]

this is why microsoft is ****ing retarded. lets send streamers? come on

[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by Foolinaround

this is why microsoft is ****ing retarded. lets send streamers? come on

and least they're not sending you ****ty hardware wrapped in a metal box

[jpalamar]

I've been using 7 for a few weeks. Its great. Love everything about it so far. No issues. Even my fingerprint reader software is built into Windows. So much smoother and now 1 less softeare installed to slow everything down.

Going to buy it this week now since I know it actually works.

[Vypurr]

It's an ingenious advertising campaign actually. Their cost is a few dollars per package, and the idea is that you throw a corny party to explain 7 to your friends. It generated massive press, and everyone is talking about it. Like it or not, you know about it and here we are talking about Windows 7!

Not everyone gets these packages, you had to sign up to throw a Windows 7 House Party. But they have gotten their money's worth from me! I own 3 licenses, and have gotten atlest 7-8 people to purchase it as well. Word of mouth works wonders.

[OMGz Turbo]

Originally Posted by Vypurr

It's an ingenious advertising campaign actually. Their cost is a few dollars per package, and the idea is that you throw a corny party to explain 7 to your friends. It generated massive press, and everyone is talking about it. Like it or not, you know about it and here we are talking about Windows 7!

Not everyone gets these packages, you had to sign up to throw a Windows 7 House Party. But they have gotten their money's worth from me! I own 3 licenses, and have gotten atlest 7-8 people to purchase it as well. Word of mouth works wonders.

Awesome will, Yeah the streamers and **** is awesome. Hence why the outside of the box says "Welcome to the party"


I LOVE windows 7 now, i use the sticky notes like twice a day

[Foolinaround]

i might just upgrade my vista to it,just gotta back everything on here up.

[Vypurr]

If you are a student, go to http://www.win741.com/ . You can purchase 7 for only $29.99. (Requires a valid .edu email address)

[M5ASTER]

Windows 7 looks amazing. I have mac but that looks like its the next best thing. I just wonder how it is on catching viruses and spyware and such.

[lagos]

Originally Posted by M5ASTER

Windows 7 looks amazing. I have mac but that looks like its the next best thing. I just wonder how it is on catching viruses and spyware and such.

Less likely than windows xp, but its still a target. Install free antivirus software like avg, and you'll never have a problem.

I have been running the 7 beta on my desktop for months now, and its incredibly well polished and bug free...and thats just the beta!
I'll probably grab the 30$ student edition at some point when I feel like reinstalling a fresh copy of the os. For now Ive been in love with ubuntu 9.10 on my netbook!

[elwishtwo]

The most important thing is that your current version of Windows is properly activated. Although Microsoft alluded to the idea that Windows 10 would be a sweeping upgrade that would even install on pirated and/or unactivated copies of Windows, that plan never came to fruition and you most certainly need an activated copy under the current deployment model.

[elwishtwo]

To check if your copy of Windows 8 is activated, press Windows+W to pull up the Setting search, type “activated” into the search box, and then open the “See if Windows Is Activated” result. Alternatively, you can look under Control Panel -> System to see the status of the machine.

[elwishtwo]

Hopefully, you’re already backing up your PC regularly. If not, be sure to make a full backup before you get started. The update procedure is non-destructive (you won’t lose personal files or installed apps), and we don’t anticipate you’ll run into any problems. But, better safe than sorry. At the very least, make sure you have your important files backed up.