There are a lot of people out there who decided to never make the jump from XP to Vista for a myriad of reasons. Instead they decided to stick with a good rock solid version of Windows which is fine except now that Windows 7 has arrived to great reviews some have decided that it is time to go down that perilous upgrade path.
The problem is that there is no real easy way to upgrade a computer to Windows 7 from XP. This has created a bit of a PR problem for Microsoft with a lot of people complaining about the trouble they are having, or going to have, moving to Windows 7. IT is especially a fun topic among Apple fans who slyly suggest that the easiest upgrade path is by getting yourself a Mac (gee who woulda thunk huh).
The best response to all this stupidity has to come from James over at Smalltalk Bits, Industry Rants when he writes
Which takes me to an oft heard complaint – why not allow an upgrade from XP? Well, consider that XP came out in 2001. Tell me, does Apple allow an in place upgrade to Snow Leopard from Cheetah or Puma to Snow Leopard?
A most excellent point. Chew on that you complainers.
Really folks why do we think that just because for whatever reason you decided to stick with XP that Microsoft is obligated to support upgrading from an almost 10 year old version of Windows.
Get a grip.
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Those who make a living installing Windows software will tell you that upgrading an OS is not a good idea. It's not difficult to backup files to an external drive and do a fresh install. Yes, it will take time if you have a lot of programs that need to be reinstalled. But it's a small price to pay in time for a system that will ultimately run faster with fewer problems down the road. I tell people who can upgrade from Vista to do a fresh install of Win 7.
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Most definitely Brett the fresh install is the best way to go but a large majority of people are too lazy to want to have to deal with the time involved in installing their software onto the new OS and then have to get all their favorite setting back in place.
I speak from experience on that
but this time even though I am running the RC I'll be doing a fresh install.
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True, but if you don't have an external drive (me for example, and most other Windows users). Then thats another thing you have to go out and buy.
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