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Are you Ready for Windows 7?

By Aloysius Low & Alvin Soon - 21 Oct 2009

Seven For Seven - Conclusion

Seven For Seven - Conclusion

Given that Windows XP has reached its end of support life-cycle, and that Windows 7 doesn't seem to have any of the handicaps associated with Vista (despite being on the same code base), it's likely that we'll see plenty of users finally taking the plunge for the long awaited upgrade to a worthy new operating system. Microsoft has done plenty to make sure that the mistakes of the past (Vista) are avoided for 7 and so far, it looks to be working.

Since the release of the beta and release candidate of Windows 7, Microsoft has garnered plenty of kudos for the OS, and if the trend continues, we may finally see a situation where XP goes the way of the Dodo together with Vista. Of course, there's always the price component that some may take issue with, especially since it can be quite expensive to upgrade. We've laid out the prices below for the various editions for comparison.

Windows 7 Price Chart
  Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Ultimate
Normal Retail Price S$359 S$529 S$549
Upgrade Price S$219 S$359 S$379

Lastly, if you're upgrading, we're guessing you won't have to worry too much about your system not working from the get go with buggy drivers or other issues that plagued the Vista release. So if it sounds like if we're thinking Microsoft has done a good job this time, you're pretty much right on the money. We have no complains with the OS given our time and testing with it from beta stage to its current final release build stage. It's likely that we'll be seeing one of the smoothest launches for an OS roll out so far from Microsoft. So our question is, will you be joining the bandwagon or will you be waiting in the wings again for the fabled Windows 8 instead? Do leave your comments or thoughts in the forum.

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