Comments on: Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade: Basho’s Experience http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/ Travel writing, reviews, philosophy and airsoft Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brody http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-10896 Brody Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:57:36 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-10896 you either need a book or a few more bottles of wine. it gets boring hella fast. you either need a book or a few more bottles of wine. it gets boring hella fast.

]]> By: Brody http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-11815 Brody Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-11815 you either need a book or a few more bottles of wine. it gets boring hella fast. you either need a book or a few more bottles of wine. it gets boring hella fast.

]]> By: James Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-10888 James Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:03 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-10888 Looking at your procedure, I must agree. You're doing it right and are not being paranoid. Having said that, it would be easier to convert to being a Hackintosh. OSX is easier, cheaper, more powerful, and is probably more stable. (That jury is still out on Win7, but it looks very good so far) When you're finished, you'll have what passes for a Macintosh and have access to all of the free and amazingly affordable software. This is after you've saved a bunch on the OS itself. For example, I had Sony Vegas as a video editor. At the time, that was $700. Sometimes $600 with discounts. Now, I have Final Cut Express that does all the same things except faster and easier. $150 on sale. All of my Windows games run faster and better and I have the same or equivalent software that was free or dirt cheap. I haven't lost a single file, text, video, or graphic and do everything I please without a worry about viruses, trojans, or worms. Looking at your procedure, I must agree. You’re doing it right and are not being paranoid.

Having said that, it would be easier to convert to being a Hackintosh. OSX is easier, cheaper, more powerful, and is probably more stable. (That jury is still out on Win7, but it looks very good so far)

When you’re finished, you’ll have what passes for a Macintosh and have access to all of the free and amazingly affordable software. This is after you’ve saved a bunch on the OS itself.

For example, I had Sony Vegas as a video editor. At the time, that was $700. Sometimes $600 with discounts. Now, I have Final Cut Express that does all the same things except faster and easier. $150 on sale.

All of my Windows games run faster and better and I have the same or equivalent software that was free or dirt cheap. I haven’t lost a single file, text, video, or graphic and do everything I please without a worry about viruses, trojans, or worms.

]]> By: James Smith, João Pessoa, Bra http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-11814 James Smith, João Pessoa, Bra Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-11814 Looking at your procedure, I must agree. You're doing it right and are not being paranoid. Having said that, it would be easier to convert to being a Hackintosh. OSX is easier, cheaper, more powerful, and is probably more stable. (That jury is still out on Win7, but it looks very good so far) When you're finished, you'll have what passes for a Macintosh and have access to all of the free and amazingly affordable software. This is after you've saved a bunch on the OS itself. For example, I had Sony Vegas as a video editor. At the time, that was $700. Sometimes $600 with discounts. Now, I have Final Cut Express that does all the same things except faster and easier. $150 on sale. All of my Windows games run faster and better and I have the same or equivalent software that was free or dirt cheap. I haven't lost a single file, text, video, or graphic and do everything I please without a worry about viruses, trojans, or worms. Looking at your procedure, I must agree. You’re doing it right and are not being paranoid.

Having said that, it would be easier to convert to being a Hackintosh. OSX is easier, cheaper, more powerful, and is probably more stable. (That jury is still out on Win7, but it looks very good so far)

When you’re finished, you’ll have what passes for a Macintosh and have access to all of the free and amazingly affordable software. This is after you’ve saved a bunch on the OS itself.

For example, I had Sony Vegas as a video editor. At the time, that was $700. Sometimes $600 with discounts. Now, I have Final Cut Express that does all the same things except faster and easier. $150 on sale.

All of my Windows games run faster and better and I have the same or equivalent software that was free or dirt cheap. I haven’t lost a single file, text, video, or graphic and do everything I please without a worry about viruses, trojans, or worms.

]]> By: KierO http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-10685 KierO Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-10685 I agree. Windows 7 is very easy to install, the only issue I have had (doing it for a friend) was lack of Motherboard drivers, which was ASUS' problem and not MS. I am very impressed, which the opposite to what I thought of Vista... I agree. Windows 7 is very easy to install, the only issue I have had (doing it for a friend) was lack of Motherboard drivers, which was ASUS’ problem and not MS.

I am very impressed, which the opposite to what I thought of Vista…

]]> By: KierO http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-11813 KierO Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-11813 I agree. Windows 7 is very easy to install, the only issue I have had (doing it for a friend) was lack of Motherboard drivers, which was ASUS' problem and not MS. I am very impressed, which the opposite to what I thought of Vista... I agree. Windows 7 is very easy to install, the only issue I have had (doing it for a friend) was lack of Motherboard drivers, which was ASUS’ problem and not MS.

I am very impressed, which the opposite to what I thought of Vista…

]]> By: Basho http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-10682 Basho Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:24 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-10682 The Windows upgrade is still working fine and iTunes, etc has gone back on ok. The Intel message did indeed go after patching. Basho The Windows upgrade is still working fine and iTunes, etc has gone back on ok. The Intel message did indeed go after patching.

Basho

]]> By: Basho http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-11812 Basho Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-11812 The Windows upgrade is still working fine and iTunes, etc has gone back on ok. The Intel message did indeed go after patching. Basho The Windows upgrade is still working fine and iTunes, etc has gone back on ok. The Intel message did indeed go after patching.

Basho

]]> By: Basho http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-10676 Basho Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:05:52 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-10676 The Website had a burp yesterday, sorry all. Caching has been disabled by a bad wordpress upgrade package. <del datetime="2009-10-28T14:12:22+00:00">I will look into it.</del> I am now cutting over to a new host - watch this space! The Website had a burp yesterday, sorry all. Caching has been disabled by a bad wordpress upgrade package. I will look into it.

I am now cutting over to a new host – watch this space!

]]> By: Basho http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/10/26/vista-to-windows-7-upgrade-on-laptop-bashos-experience/#comment-11811 Basho Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3507#comment-11811 The Website had a burp yesterday, sorry all. Caching has been disabled by a bad wordpress upgrade package. <del datetime="2009-10-28T14:12:22+00:00">I will look into it.</del> I am now cutting over to a new host - watch this space! The Website had a burp yesterday, sorry all. Caching has been disabled by a bad wordpress upgrade package. I will look into it.

I am now cutting over to a new host – watch this space!

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