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| Thread ID: 136317 | 2014-02-17 01:13:00 | Windows upgrades | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 1367787 | 2014-02-17 01:13:00 | My g/f's staff of three need to upgrade to either Win 7 or 8. Firstly, two of them are real luddites and will struggle with anything too different from XP, so would 7 or 8.1 be better? And where's the cheapest place to get three licences, or are any PressF1'ers able to off me the best deal? Thanks. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1367788 | 2014-02-17 01:25:00 | If they're going to struggle, may as well struggle with the latest :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1367789 | 2014-02-17 02:12:00 | Good point, on the other hand 7 is more like xp so SD slightly less struggle. Either is fine in my opinion. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1367790 | 2014-02-17 02:22:00 | Another question - when I upgrade to 7 from XP will the programmes and data all be retained? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1367791 | 2014-02-17 02:41:00 | Moi, who hated Windows 8 with a passion has found redemption with Windows 8.1!! Can be set up to boot to desktop like Win7. I like it now, it boots up so quick and runs quite sweetly. I had some problems running the odd program but most software that I use has been upgraded to work with Win8 As pcuser42 said "If they're going to struggle, may as well struggle with the latest" Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1367792 | 2014-02-17 02:41:00 | If it's 64 bit Win7 no. Better to do a clean install | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1367793 | 2014-02-17 02:48:00 | One other thing to keep in the back of your thoughts -- Depending on how old the Computers are, meaning older hardware, not all PC's running XP will run 8.1 Microsoft changed the hardware requirements between 8 & 8.1, some computers that run W7 or W8 run fine but spit the dummy at 8.1 My older media Center PC is like that and struck a couple of customers PC's run into the same problem. :( |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1367794 | 2014-02-17 02:57:00 | Another question - when I upgrade to 7 from XP will the programmes and data all be retained?a fresh install would be best since xp is on it. probably fairly old installs | plod (107) | ||
| 1367795 | 2014-02-17 03:18:00 | Thanks for the inputs. We're going to go with Win7 Upgrade version. Now where to buy a licence for three users and their machines? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1367796 | 2014-02-17 04:11:00 | Thanks for the inputs. We're going to go with Win7 Upgrade version. Now where to buy a licence for three users and their machines? Sitting down ? pricespy.co.nz They are over $200 each, and from what I see no 3 user licences. so thats over $600 in software. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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