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upgrading from Vista to Windows 7

sirspamalot · 2010-02-05 16:16:16

Hi folks, I have two Vista laptops, performance is terrible on both of them I want to upgrade them both to Windows 7 I am happy to do a "clean" install, there is nothing on either machine that can't be backed up. What product should I buy? (the new OS on disks including softcopy of the manuals..?) Is there a cheaper way to…

05-02-2010 5:16pm

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sirspamalot

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Hi folks,

I have two Vista laptops, performance is terrible on both of them

I want to upgrade them both to Windows 7

I am happy to do a "clean" install, there is nothing on either machine that can't be backed up.

What product should I buy?
(the new OS on disks including softcopy of the manuals..?)
Is there a cheaper way to do this by downloading an ISO and then burning it myself

Can I use the same product to upgrade both machines?

Do I need to worry about drivers for the wireless/802.11 hardware?

Thanks,

S

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#2 06-02-2010 3:19am

Flin

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As far as downloading the ISO is concerned, thats illegal, and I'm pretty sure we cant talk about it here.

But I can say from experience, Windows 7 comes with a lot of drivers preloaded, so you needn't worry about that.

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#3 06-02-2010 2:11pm

biko

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You need to purchase a install for each machine.
If money is a concern, go with Ubuntu instead. It's free and very good.

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