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Everyone Should Know This
ANY Microsoft OS you are gambling with your life to do an upgrade....

98, ME, XP, Vista...all of them ground the system to a halt...

Fresh install no problems!
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Everyone Should Know This  itanalyst2@... | 11/04/08
Prudent procedures  rag@... | 11/04/08
RE: Everyone Should Know This  fmhiggins | 11/04/08
Amateurs...  rag@... | 11/05/08
Then why sell an upgrade version?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/06/08
And Joe Sixpack does not ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
You sure?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/06/08
Bottom Line  mrjoctave@... | 11/07/08
And Microshaft...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/07/08
@ B83...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/08/08
Wolfie  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/10/08
One More!  aussieblnd@... | 11/05/08
Totally agree....  devlin_X | 11/05/08
Why is there still a 32 bit version?  Norcross | 11/04/08
And yet going to 64bit only would result in more compat claims. (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/04/08
Quite. No problems with Vista64 here...  HypnoToad | 11/04/08
They don't have a monopoly on RAM hogging...  Mike (not Cox) | 11/05/08
They don't have a monopoly on RAM hogging...  pauldoyle98@... | 11/05/08
You're welcome to come visit...  wright_is | 10/27/09
Do you have any references for this?  ye | 11/04/08
Around the time of the WinFS speak, I seem to recall.  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
So, the longhorn betas, not Vista.  rtk | 11/04/08
That's your job...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/06/08
oh, good one  rtk | 11/06/08
Hey shill,  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/06/08
yo, troll  rtk | 11/06/08
Hey shill  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 11/07/08
Who needs references for THAT? It is a DooDoo statement!  XweAponX | 11/09/08
Revisionist History.  ShadeTree | 11/04/08
Requires the latest hardware yet still does 32 bit ...  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
You're worse than a broken clock  rtk | 11/04/08
LOL, nice one.  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
Not if it's on ZULU time...  fairportfan | 11/05/08
ZULU? I think you mean 24-hour time.  *Gman* | 10/27/09
The more logical explanation would be  GuidingLight | 11/04/08
Said the amoeba to the monkey wink  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
so whats the point here?  mrjoctave@... | 11/07/08
...the rascal's to ...  jinxsm@... | 10/24/09
Where did you learn your grammar?  pfyearwood | 10/26/09
I'll give you two guesses but you're only going to need one happy nt  ye | 11/04/08
I'll give you two guesses but  Me_too | 11/20/08
Thunking layers  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
Not everything was rewritten genious. (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/04/08
Correct, and yet it was supposed to be "all new", dimwit.  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
And where did you hear everything was suppose to be rewritten? (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/05/08
It's all the little voices he hears...nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
64bit  Digital Video Expert | 11/04/08
MS don't care, it's just your money they're after ...  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
They sound just like you.  GuidingLight | 11/04/08
But you are buying it, all the time, from MS  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
64 bit may be neet, but 32 bit has been paid for  orignal_traveler | 11/05/08
you do realize...  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
Ahh isn't that kettle calling the pot black..me thinks yes! - nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
Buy yourself the 64-bit version.  peter_erskine@... | 11/04/08
You mean like Apple?  ye | 11/04/08
Why do you care  rtk | 11/04/08
Vista 32 was incompatible anyway, so why not 64?  BillDem | 11/04/08
Dang, you're rich.  HypnoToad | 11/04/08
More FUD than Elmer FUDD  gennx30 | 11/04/08
Why settle for 98% with effort when I can have 100% with zero effort?  BillDem | 11/05/08
You have a funny definition of 'respect'.  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
What planet have you been living on lately?  twirth5@... | 10/26/09
Would the software vendors be ready?  mystic100 | 11/04/08
no problem for me on 64 bit, except one  pfyearwood | 10/26/09
FAIL!  de-void | 11/04/08
Um...  wolf_z | 11/05/08
XP 64bit wasn't mainstream, and it was more of a experament (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/05/08
yea  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
Because there are still a lot of 32 bit machines.  bendib | 11/05/08
Uh.  Panda X | 11/05/08
BECAUSE  aussieblnd@... | 11/05/08
There are more 64bit capable CPUs then 5% (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/05/08
There are VERY FEW machines ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
Make that ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 11/06/08
For any machine less than 2 years old  Lerianis | 11/06/08
THey just say that..  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
Well, yes but ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
Don't buy Windows, throw money into a cess pit instead.  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
You would be the expert on Cess Pits that's for sure - nt  USTechHead | 11/04/08
Brilliant! As that would leave you  GuidingLight | 11/04/08
After I took my foot off your head ...  fr0thy2 | 11/04/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  CobraA1 | 11/04/08
They're minor wrt Vista but significant wrt XP.  ye | 11/04/08
Remember that "Windows 7" is ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
Exactly right  Lerianis | 11/06/08
Interesting points  AndyCee | 11/04/08
Unlikely to need new HW!  de-void | 11/04/08
Nope, new hardware is not necessary ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
Yep, a video card upgrade  Lerianis | 11/06/08
Why not save yourself the trouble and go Nix or Mac?  T1Oracle | 11/04/08
What software am I going to lose?  mdemuth | 11/04/08
Because ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
And you can tell this from a Pre-Beta?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/08
Yes - because it is not a ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  amaugeri@... | 11/04/08
Change for the better  rag@... | 11/04/08
Lies!  Rnadmo | 11/05/08
Always clean install......  carlsf@... | 11/04/08
It's too early for X64-only ...  mwagner@... | 11/06/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  ghot@... | 11/04/08
And Windows 8 is going to be using Window 7 kernel. (NT)  logicearth@... | 11/04/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  ramnet@... | 11/04/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  dockc | 11/04/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  KHMJR | 11/04/08
Wrong.  NStalnecker | 11/05/08
I don't upgrade to Win7 at all: I stay with Vista  qmlscycrajg | 11/05/08
Good link  Kaiwai | 11/05/08
Clean Install Is All Fine And Good.....  CptMatt | 11/05/08
I just don't get it...  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  payton@... | 11/05/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  rbeier1116 | 11/05/08
Never clean install ever again  ragnar.moller@... | 11/05/08
I'll say it again...  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
Valid Points but....  BroGnorik | 11/05/08
Re-install  aussieblnd@... | 11/05/08
Migration  mswift@... | 11/06/08
NOT a big deal  gnesterenko | 12/03/08
RE: Valid Points but....  Rhetticus | 10/24/09
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  Panda X | 11/05/08
Slow news day, huh?  QuimaxW | 11/05/08
I shudder to think  nospam@... | 11/05/08
Advise already exist since WIndows 95...  fstekele | 11/06/08
Hardly ever upgrade versus fresh install  Boot_Agnostic | 11/06/08
I do a parallel install / multiboot nowadays...  bachware | 11/06/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  jed@... | 11/07/08
..because "finding out about Linux" won't cost you time?  *Gman* | 10/27/09
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  bobmatch@... | 11/08/08
Windows 7 = Windows Vista Tweaked Properly  pcwizkid.tech.talk@... | 11/11/08
http://youtube.com/PWizKid BAD LINK!  sdburr@... | 11/11/08
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  ssalemi@... | 11/19/08
Upgrade ot Scratch  frj111@... | 01/12/09
RE: Don't upgrade to Windows 7 ... clean install instead!  Rhetticus | 10/24/09

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