Windows 7, what's the verdict so far?

In My Humble Opinion
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So far I am linking Windows 7. The upgrade went fine (although since it was from Windows XP it was really a new install.) Some notes for others:

I bought an upgrade online. The advert said that qualifying products included Windows XP home (which I had.) When it arrived the container said: Upgrade designed for Windows Vista. I nearly sent it back - thinking that this meant I needed a different disk for XP. It only meant that a straight upgrade path exists only for Vista. You can still use this disk, but you end up doing an install and a reinstall of all your software.

The install went smoothly, for the most part. I have two sound cards, one on the motherboard and a high-end one. Windows 7 currently only sees the one on the motherboard. I have tried installing drivers, but so far nothing. I don’t care too much really, so I will postpone working with it.

For the most part I like it, except for the learning curve. It isn’t significantly different from Vista, but for some reason I like it better. (Haven’t put my finger on why yet.)

My Norton Ghost does not seem to be compatible - I am investigating what can be done (beyond buying a new copy.) Windows 7 has a backup of its own though, so I may not bother.

I am still installing other things, if I run across more incompatibilities I will let you know.

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I’m curious about that, if you don’t mind my asking – how was it? What are it’s capabilities? Did you have (or do you know of) any issues? Does it also support migration to a new computer?

I should mention that I’m asking on behalf of 1 or 2 users at work; I’m a linux guy myself (although I maintain XP, OS X, and Ubuntu boxen). I’ve just recently had to claim ignorance about MS’s tools when asked about an XP → Win7 upgrade – it’d be nice to have at least 2nd hand anecdotes to pass along…

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I had no problems with it (except that it takes forever and you are not supposed to run other software as it does its thing.)

It will support migration to a new computer. It basically backs up your data and settings (it doesn’t migrate software, you must reinstall that.)

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That was a question I was specifically asked, thanks. Yikes…that’s really unfortunate.

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Yeah, I’m hating it. On the plus side though, all the data has been found (so far.)

For instance, I have Quickbooks for my business. After I installed it, it found all my data from yesterday.