external hard drives

[clivvy]

might have to discuss a windows 7 upgrade with you soem time next week, see what you think, but lets try and fix what you have first and see what happens.

[briggie]

Originally Posted by clivvy

might have to discuss a windows 7 upgrade with you soem time next week, see what you think, but lets try and fix what you have first and see what happens.

does it cost mega bucks clive or is it free ? ( i like that word )

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by briggie

does it cost mega bucks clive or is it free ? ( i like that word )

well, lets just see shall we

[solarman216]

is 7 that much better then Clive? I have a pent dual core t4200 2ghz 2ghz, 3gig mem 32 bit vista sp2 with constant updates, is this good enough to run 7, my machine seems to be slowing down as well and I store virtually nothing on the internal drive, just the operating system and programs that I use, all data goes to USB chips and sometimes an external HD, so I can reinstall the operating system on a clean computer very easily, the only downside is I have to download all the MS updates again, as I have not found out how to save and the copy them back, Rick

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by solarman216

is 7 that much better then Clive? I have a pent dual core t4200 2ghz 2ghz, 3gig mem 32 bit vista sp2 with constant updates, is this good enough to run 7, my machine seems to be slowing down as well and I store virtually nothing on the internal drive, just the operating system and programs that I use, all data goes to USB chips and sometimes an external HD, so I can reinstall the operating system on a clean computer very easily, the only downside is I have to download all the MS updates again, as I have not found out how to save and the copy them back, Rick

well, I install this OS on pretty much every machine in our business, so thats hundreds, and the same for all my clients, and its by FAR the best Windows OS to date. Forget vista. Win 7 runs much faster, is more stable, has more useful features and is, well, just better! In our business, its allowing for a much more stable environment than XP or Vista ever gave us, and staff actually make use of the extra features it ships with. We have found it runs very well in deed on low spec hardware, im talking old pentium 4's with 1 Gb ram-these run excellent, so yes, your system will be more than capable. Lets put it this way, I runa simple HP Dual Core pc, with 2Gb ram, and apart from a virus every now and then, i have had NO trouble at all with the OS itself, where before i had constant issues with vista, and constant issues with XP.

Load up times for me, are just about a minute, just over, from pushing the button, to having a desktop i can begin working on, and that a vast improvement over Vista, which for me was taking into the minutes and once in windows, still not useable. I also find that even running multiple apps (office, Lync, IE, remote apps, ts connections, phone manager etc etc) all at once, is handled much better in windows 7 compared to any machines with vista or xp.

I could go on, but i wont.

[R1cho]

sounds like i could do with windows 7 my vista take an age to load from boot up and it doesn't run photoshop cs3 very well at all

[Timbo_1975]

Originally Posted by solarman216

is 7 that much better then Clive? I have a pent dual core t4200 2ghz 2ghz, 3gig mem 32 bit vista sp2 with constant updates, is this good enough to run 7, my machine seems to be slowing down as well and I store virtually nothing on the internal drive, just the operating system and programs that I use, all data goes to USB chips and sometimes an external HD, so I can reinstall the operating system on a clean computer very easily, the only downside is I have to download all the MS updates again, as I have not found out how to save and the copy them back, Rick

Plenty of spec that.

I run 7 on my media pc which is a P4ht 2.8. You need half the spec (well almost) for 7 to run quite happily compared to Vista.

Start with a clean install of 7, easy as you store all your stuff remotely. I promise you will not look back.

[solarman216]

thanks Clive looks like I should upgrade, so what sort of cost? any idea mate, as like most I have a limited budget, Rick

[Timbo_1975]

Originally Posted by solarman216

thanks Clive looks like I should upgrade, so what sort of cost? any idea mate, as like most I have a limited budget, Rick

Home Premium will be ample for you.

Buy the 'upgrade' version- alot cheaper.

Starting with a wiped hard disk, you have to do the equivielent of a double install, but that gets around the MS stipulation of it being an 'upgrade'.

If you want to be walked through it, ask Clivvy or myself.

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by Timbo_1975

Plenty of spec that.

I run 7 on my media pc which is a P4ht 2.8. You need half the spec (well almost) for 7 to run quite happily compared to Vista.

Start with a clean install of 7, easy as you store all your stuff remotely. I promise you will not look back.

thanks Timbo just confirms what Clive said, if I can afford it looks like I will upgrade, just had to shell out £335 for a certificate of lawful development application to the council crappers, Rick

[briggie]

Originally Posted by solarman216

thanks Timbo just confirms what Clive said, if I can afford it looks like I will upgrade, just had to shell out £335 for a certificate of lawful development application to the council crappers, Rick

the robbing twunts .......bluddie councils grrrrrrr

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by briggie

the robbing twunts .......bluddie councils grrrrrrr

Agreed, robbing ??????????, and they have also sent me already a council tax survey form, wtf, Rick

[briggie]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Agreed, robbing ??????????, and they have also sent me already a council tax survey form, wtf, Rick

i did warn you about that mate....... i apologise for my profanity , but councils are twunts ( its a new word i made up , its a amalgamation of 2 words ..... work it out lol )

[clivvy]

you should be able to buy a version for around £70 i think, but this will probably be for a basic version. id have to check prices...

[Timbo_1975]

Full version of 7 H/P for £72 at the moment. (OEM, so buy a cheap mouse at same time)

Strangely the upgrade is now priced higher at the moment. :S