QOTD: Are You Going Windows 7 from Vista or XP?

Can't wait for it to come out...gona upgrade from 32bit XP to 64bit Win 7...looking forward to being able to install more ram and having Directx 10+ features....tried the beta Win7 64 bit and found it since and snappy as opposed to sluggish vista....roll on Q4 or whenever it is available.

I just hate the fact that microsoft essentially releases one big service pack for vista 'ie windows 7' and then expects me 2 pay for it again. They released a terrible product and fix which they claim is a new product. I think I'm going to stay on XP for as long as possible, purely on principle. They should at least offer people who own vista some kind of discount.

I'm staying on XP. Why should I shell out money for an upgrade to an OS which I didn't want in the first place? And why should I be excited over using a 'Virtualised' XP shell, when my new CPU doesn't support Virtualisation anyway? I'll probably take the plunge and go Linux, when Microsoft finally stop patching XP...

I'll upgrade from XP to Windows 7 64-bit

I don't mind vista as it came on my laptop, but never felt like forking out for it.

The question is retail or OEM...?!

Win XP -> Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

I work in IT company, 95% of our customers use Win XP... We are putting a lot of effort that they will migrate to Win 7 asap.

I use Linux for all except gaming which I use XP, so might switch to Win 7 one day but not in any rush.

I have already got the Windows7 RC installed instead of my oem Vista. The new RC is brilliant. Snappy and responsive, quick to boot up. As long as M$ don't bloat the official release, i will be upgrading to the full realease. If you are unsure try the RC. It is free!

I'm currently running Vista Premium 32 bit. I think I will go to Windows 7 64 bit and go from 4Gb to 8Gb.

Lol at the terrible product and sluggish vista comments.

PEBKAC.

Unless i hear of a good reason to change to windows 7 i might just stick with vista, good enough for me.

I'm going from Vista Ultimate-32 to testing the 64-bit RC on my lappy atm. I've already installed most of the programms I use and everything seems to be working fine for now. I've always been a huge minesweeper fan but it's buggy in my install once I turned off all of the animations and effects. Also I think Vista boots faster but I have Vista on a 7200 drive and 7 on a 5400 drive (PS3 60Gb actually). Should this cause a huge difference? I'm not finding a fresh 7 install anymore responsive than an 18 month old vista install.

Vista Ultimate 32 -> 7 Ultimate 64

I have to agree with strangestranger.

I've jumped from XP stariaght to Win7 RC1, as Vista was plain awful. I'm currently on 32bit but will be upgrading to 64bit in the summer.
Win 7 has been fully compatible with all my hardware and software (most 6 years old) and so I've had no problems at all. So far Win7 has been more stable and nippier than XP, and far, far better than Vista ever was.

Windows 7 RC1 -> Format -> Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. Will be my path.

I already migrated to the beta from a pair of Windows Vista Home Basic/Premium installations (64bit). Not going back to Vista. And, I've not used XP on my own PCs since 2007. I absolutely refuse to use anything so outdated.

@Micropat: 5400 versus 7200 is a massive difference, and will be noticable. Cache will also affect how fast it boots too. I have Win7 on the same drive I used to have Vista on, Win7 boots faster for me.

I am mostly upgrading to 7 because I want a fresh ultimate edition, and refuse to pay for the upgrade costs M$ offer. I'll just piggyback on Win7 RC until Win7 comes out, then purchase an OEM ultimate edition. Or two, actually.

XP > XP x64 > Vista x64 > Win 7 x64 Beta > Win 7 x64 RC > Win 7

With a dual boot environment for XP for playing old games (the best ones)

I cant belive so many people still are not using Vista, I have been for a few years, and It had some small problems early but have been fixed for a very long time.
Vista is far better then XP if you have 1-2 year old system, if its older, yea XP is the way to go.

I Think alot of people are going to be disapointed in 7 if your moving from Vista, its not that much of an upgrade, and I agree paying for a SP3 is kinda laim on Microsofts part.

I also dont think people understand they will still have to shell out for new hardwear for 7 to use the new DX10-11 and SM4.0-5.0, even though DX10 card will run every thing thats DX11 just with out some of the enhancments, alot of my friends think they can go to Windows 7 on there old P4s with a 6800GT and run DX10/11 games at max settings, but its just not the case.

Win1 > 3.1 > 95 > 98SE > XP Pro > Win7 RC1 > Win7 RC1 x64 > Win7 Pro x64.

Skipped Win2, 3.0, Me, Vista. 1 to 3.0 at work, 3.1 to 7 at home.

xp to vista. didnt touch vista, although my fiancee had it on her laptop and it wasnt that bad.

Listenning to one of the Windows architects recently, Windows 7 is not just a surface enhancement. Much has been done under the hood to make it ready for many-core cpus and to unlock multitasking potential. Vista and every Windows edition before it aren't really designed for multi/many core cpus, but 7 is.

So 7 will become more beneficial as new cpus come online. Intel already have an 80 core cpu sample in their labs for example. 8 core will probably be available this year and 12/16 next. So whereas 7 will be able to take advantage of these many-core cpus, earlier windows editions won't.

Will be using xppro till probably a service pack for windows 7 comes out allowing the beta to be a bigger beta meaning allowing people to pay for and test the thing for a while and then, and only then, when things sound/look good and there are good reviews everywhere and good word on the street etc. ... I'll either borrow from people otherwise purchase my very own version.

As for people going on about xp being too old... well the BIOS (on every pc) has and will probably never change very much in terms of graphics and look, but that never bothered or will bother anybody. There's got to be a reasoning behind change and to justify costs etc. associated with migration to a new OS. If one has everything provided by their current software and the developers are not innovating enough to justify a purchase, these developers deserve to lose their jobs. So i say be creative and smart or get lost!

Bye. Jon.

Can't think of a reason to switch from XP. I've gone back to DosBox just to play some old great games with no DRM. I have Vista on a laptop and it's awful. Shame I have to learn it.

I'm building a new machine at the minute and I'm going to put Windows 7 RC (64 bit) on it as my main Windows solution from Windows XP Home along a dual boot of Linux Ubuntu. I refused to go anyway near Vista and when I encountered it whist fixing friends computers it just confirmed why I didn't go near it, it's such a pain to work with. It appears Microsoft have now built an OS whilst actually listening to the customer, probably helped by a lot of people migrating to Linux, Leopard or even downgrading to stay with XP.

Stay with XP for the moment.

What I've seen so far of 7 makes it look more like a Vista rework with some shiny toys tacked on than a new system. Change the name, slap a coat of paint on it and sell it to the same people who already paid for Vista.

A rat in a suit is still a rat.

I'll test it at some point but without better resource and file management there's no reason to change from XP until hardware or microsoft force me to.

I tried to install Windows 7 RC 32bit UK on an older pc (2ghz w.768mb Ram) and i was very surprised. yes its a bit slow but im running below recommended 1gb ram. but still.
i did the install...3 reboots and it was running. All hardware found. im kind of impressed actually. Im looking forward to the real release. im upgrading my Vista 64Bit Ultimate to Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate for sure. I like the new features..and the fact that its faster..i newer tried that with new OS before

I'll be going from Vista 32 Premium to Win7 64 Premium if M$ offer the upgrade option that I want at a price I agree with.

I want to prepare for when I eventually upgrade to a i7 processor. I'd prefer to stay ahead of the curve by getting 6gb RAM which would be useless on my current 32-bit setup.

Vista was always fine for me... but since W7 first appeared on the scene I've been using pre-beta, beta and now the RC as my main OS, that's how stable it is! Great OS and I can't wait to buy myself a new PC with the final version installed

Trends are very interesting to watch. Everyone loved to jump on the hate Vista bandwaggon. However, even though Win 7 is just an upgraded version of Vista, everyone seems to love it and hail it. Personally I like Windows 7 a lot, but I also liked Vista over XP. If you claim to love Windows 7 then you should at least admit that Vista was not as bad as the media and linux/mac fanboys claimed.

I do hope though that Microsoft offers a very reduced rate for users upgrading from Vista since it was only 3 years ago that Vista Ultimate costed 400 some dollars. They shouldn't offer it for free though just because Vista haters call the OS "defective." The OS wasn't defective, get off your high hourse.

I'll be going from XP 32-bit to Windows 7 x64, although I guess I should say Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM now! Vista was three steps forward and two steps back, but Windows 7 finally feels like a worthwhile upgrade from XP.

I've been using the beta as my main OS since it was released, with hardly any issues. Any problems I did encounter have now been resolved in the release candidate. I'm currently using the 32-bit release candidate on my media PC, and the 64-bit RC on my main PC.

Media center is fantastic, and before anyone slates Windows 7 for whatever reason, I ask you to install the RC and try using Windows 7's media center on your TV for a little while – you'll never want to go back to MCE2005 or Vista's MCE!

I am going for the 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition running on a Q9400, gobs o ram, and a DX 10 vid card. I am running the RC, (after running the beta) and love it over Vista. The g/f laptop has Vista and I dislike access control and general navigation, it does not feel user friendly. I had vista basic on a celeron lappy, and had to downgrade to XP for sheer usability.

i curently run vista 64 bit on my work machines and have vista 64 installed on a drive in my mac pro at home. Compared to os x, vista is clumsy (thats the best word i can think of), it has too many checks for security, it is slower at generally moving files around compared to os x. i use vista over xp cos i think you should always run the newest software where possible, and vista did make a lot of things "easier" than on xp even if a little more long winded. I will move to win 7 when i build a new pc (as i don't think bootcamp will support win7 on the mac anytime soon).

So it's XP -> Vista 64 -> Win 7 (sometime next year) for me... Vista is "clumsy" but didn't deserve the amount of bad press it got...