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Verified Purchase. I have a 9yr old Dell It was purchased with the hope that it would last a long time. It has a 2Ghz Pentium 4 and a video card that supported DirectX 9. I upgraded the RAM to 2 Gig and the hardrive for more space. Last year I was about done with this computer. All the Windows XP updates that were installed made the startup painfully slow. The programs were unreliable and I didn't even want to use this computer anymore. I tried everything possible to make this computer run better.
Installing Windows 7 was a last effort to salvage this computer. According to the Windows Upgrade Advisor my system was the absolute minimum configuration with any hopes of running Windows 7, I upgraded anyway. I couldn't be happier! I installed the upgrade and then downloaded and installed all the patches, which made me gringe knowing what XP updates did to my computer.
I installed Service Pack1 and the updates that came after that. It took me quite some time to get the OS fully updated. Much to my surprise Microsoft changed the way updates load. It seemed to me they used to place the updates on the computer and they reloaded each time the computer starts. It would appear, now the updates are incorporated into the OS and loads with it.
My startup takes about 2 minutes now and that includes wireless, printing and gadgets! I'm happy to be using my computer again. I'm looking forward to more products written for Windows 7. I just hope I can afford them;. One person found this helpful. I am a tough sell too! For many years, due to business constraints, I was unable to upgrade to Windows 7.
I'm glad I waited because I was able to review a lot of comments about the different Windows 7 versions. I decided to upgrade when I was having a problem with my operating system, so it was time.
If you are not in the habit of filing you data in an orderly fashion, this may take weeks. You need to put all your data on either a flash drive or an external drive depending on how much data you have 4 If you have your software CDs, updates, and backup data ready, the EASIEST way to install Windows 7 is to just install it on a clean drive.
I have one device that I am still working on the drivers for - however, the nice thing about Windows 7 Ultimate also Professional and Enterprise versions is that I can always use the device through the Windows XP Mode option. Windows 7 Ultimate is worth the extra price and as hesitant as I was to upgrade, this is a solid piece of software. I upgraded to Windows 7 ultimate because my company did so recently.
The only reason why I use Windows is because I need to maintain compatibility with work so that I can access and use work software. The good: I like the interface. It works faster than Windows XP on the same platform.
It boots up quickly. The bad: Installation process was a pain in the butt and then, I could not get the software registered without calling the helpdesk. The call was free, but I wasted a lot of time trying to figure it out and finally gave up. Turns out there was no way I could have registered on my own. This is not like a typical upgrade. You have to reinstall everything you had on your machine - the upgrade does not overwrite the OS and keep your programs. It's a whole new OS.
It took me about 2 weeks to pretty much get everything to where I needed it to be. Internet Explorer is a problem. It will not work with IE 7 or earlier. That's a problem for some of my work applications that I can no longer get to work.
Fortunately, I kept my Windows XP and am using that to get into my timekeeping system. So it's frustrating, but I'm dealing with it. Do not refresh the page or select back — doing so will cancel the request. Before you begin Make sure you have: Your Windows product key xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.
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