Comments on: Why Microsoft Doesn’t Understand Win7 Upgrades http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-microsoft-doesnt-understand-win7-upgrades Commentary on economics, strategy and more Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-150035 Nick Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:38:16 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=4712#comment-150035 Net IT systems a talent for crafting beautiful and stunning designs that are both clean and functional. They understood exactly what I wanted and delivered a flawless design. If you need high quality design work, Net IT Systems is the way to go Net IT systems a talent for crafting beautiful and stunning designs that are both clean and functional. They understood exactly what I wanted and delivered a flawless design. If you need high quality design work, Net IT Systems is the way to go

]]> By: opit http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-149808 opit Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:17:50 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=4712#comment-149808 I had the opportunity to observe the differences in installing Linux and Windows when I had my computer wiped and Ubuntu installed a year and a half ago - after a previous Windows reinstallation  was hacked by a Trojan - despite paid antivirus, mechanical email trap, NoScript and more. The difference in time invested was stunning : Windows Update seeming to run half past forever. Yes, a new OS is a pain to learn to live with : but antivirus being history and defragmentation ditto help make inconveniences on a private machine tolerable so far. Mind, the idea of wiping a computer on a regular basis and reinstalling the OS after saving desired files is a bit of culture shock to which I have not yet adapted. I had the opportunity to observe the differences in installing Linux and Windows when I had my computer wiped and Ubuntu installed a year and a half ago – after a previous Windows reinstallation  was hacked by a Trojan – despite paid antivirus, mechanical email trap, NoScript and more.
The difference in time invested was stunning : Windows Update seeming to run half past forever. Yes, a new OS is a pain to learn to live with : but antivirus being history and defragmentation ditto help make inconveniences on a private machine tolerable so far. Mind, the idea of wiping a computer on a regular basis and reinstalling the OS after saving desired files is a bit of culture shock to which I have not yet adapted.

]]> By: DP http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-149799 DP Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:55:24 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=4712#comment-149799 It is ironic that a company like Microsoft seems to have a bias towards install disks rather than downloads, but doesn't Apple follow exactly the same practice? Out of curiosity I checked the Apple website for their Snow Leopard upgrade - it's a DVD. Is there some other reason that bounds OS proprietors in the distribution of paid downloads? It is ironic that a company like Microsoft seems to have a bias towards install disks rather than downloads, but doesn’t Apple follow exactly the same practice?

Out of curiosity I checked the Apple website for their Snow Leopard upgrade - it’s a DVD. Is there some other reason that bounds OS proprietors in the distribution of paid downloads?

]]> By: IanB http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-149674 IanB Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:33:58 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=4712#comment-149674 Upgrade installs of new Microsoft operating systems have never worked well.  Small issues and incompatibilities often stay hidden until weird problems manifest in the future. It is always better to start fresh, and a good opportunity to purchase a new, bigger and faster hard disk at the same time :) However I take your pint that it would be great if end-users could download the actual ISO images.  (At work, we are a Microsoft Partner so we are already able to do that.) Cheers, Ian Upgrade installs of new Microsoft operating systems have never worked well.  Small issues and incompatibilities often stay hidden until weird problems manifest in the future.
It is always better to start fresh, and a good opportunity to purchase a new, bigger and faster hard disk at the same time :)
However I take your pint that it would be great if end-users could download the actual ISO images.  (At work, we are a Microsoft Partner so we are already able to do that.)
Cheers,
Ian

]]> By: Andrew http://economics.com.au/?p=4712&cpage=1#comment-149669 Andrew Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:42:10 +0000 http://economics.com.au/?p=4712#comment-149669 Thanks for posting this. I'm planning to purchase the student upgrade version available through win741 but was nervous about having to jump through hoops to get it running. At least if one knows that it'll work after going through the hoops, it's not so scary. Thanks for posting this. I’m planning to purchase the student upgrade version available through win741 but was nervous about having to jump through hoops to get it running. At least if one knows that it’ll work after going through the hoops, it’s not so scary.

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