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Wait For Windows 7 SP1, Support Firm Warns Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the sounds-familiar dept.

CWmike writes "Users should wait for Microsoft to work out the bugs in Windows 7 before jumping on the new OS, computer support company Rescuecom said on Friday. 'From the calls we're getting, as well as our own experience in the past with all Microsoft's operating systems, we're recommending that people stick with their time-tested OS and wait for the dust to settle,' said Josh Kaplan, president of Rescuecom. Citing a litany of reasons, ranging from the risk of losing data during an upgrade to tough economic times, Kaplan urged Windows users to put off upgrading to Windows 7 or buying a new PC with the operating system pre-installed. 'There are some compelling reasons for both businesses and home users to move to Windows 7,' Kaplan said, 'so we're saying "just wait for a bit."' Upgrading an existing machine — whether it's running the eight-year-old Windows XP or the much newer Vista — is particularly risky, he added, especially if users haven't taken time to make a full backup before they migrate their machines. Some users have found that out first hand. Among the top subjects on Microsoft's support forum is one that has put some PCs into an endless reboot loop when their owners tried to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. Microsoft has not yet come up with a solution that works for all the users who have reported the problem, sparking frustration."

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  1. It will be different this time by symbolset · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trust me.

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    1. Re:It will be different this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Windows 1" is kinda of like the big bang, no one is really sure how it happened.

    2. Re:It will be different this time by angelwolf71885 · · Score: 5, Funny

      so basically you dont vote

    3. Re:It will be different this time by Cassius+Corodes · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thanx there AC - we look in awe from our corporate chains to your inspiring and radical free thought. My heart races just reading your origional and thought provoking commentary and wonder how you have the courage to express dissent to windows 7, on slashdot of all places! Oh! How I long to express my true feelings on windows 7, yet fear the horrific backlash it would provoke, hence I say things like "I have had no problems using windows 7" or "It runs my games fine" - such lies! and all in the hope that people will not know my terrible secret - one that would have me expelled from this community. Truly you are a man beholden to nobody!

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  2. Say what? by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... Windows 7 is the vista service pack.

    -jcr

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    1. Re:Say what? by joaommp · · Score: 3, Funny

      I tell you... I never had a problem with Vista (and then again, I was a late adopter). Never quite disappointed me and ran as smooth as it could for the hardware I allowed it to infect. I always followed all the discussions about Vista, and Vista vs XP and the like. Yesterday I bought a new laptop. It came preloaded with Windows 7. YUCK! It might seem strange, but I really do prefer Vista to 7. Vista seems so much smoother and organized. Seven, to me, seems to be more of a poorly done copy of Mac OS X's widgets and a computational mess. Thank me, that I only wanted the laptop to use something other than Windows.

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    2. Re:Say what? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

      Fuck it, we're waiting for Windows 8.

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    3. Re:Say what? by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "The [polished] turd needs some more polish".

    4. Re:Say what? by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fuck it, we're waiting for Windows 8

      Also known as "Windows for Godot".

      -jcr

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    5. Re:Say what? by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Funny

      ah, you kids and your damned music...

    6. Re:Say what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Vista will have an SP3 with DX11 and the Win7 bits rolled back. Win7 is more like a fork of Vista SP2.. like Mac OSX is a fork of BSD. Hmm.. Windows 7 is Mac OSX.

    7. Re:Say what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "The [polished] turd needs some more polish".

      It's not actually polish they use, but frosting.
      Windows 7 broke the turds (aka DLLs) into pieces small enough to swallow whole without chewing.
      With enough frosting and no chewing, the turds go down much more easily.
      So Windows 7 is a (s)HIT

      remember, no chewing!!!

    8. Re:Say what? by lena_10326 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Your comment caused me to envision sending dried turds to the chrome shop. Nice and shiny chrome. Nice and shiny OS.

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  3. Re:Time Tested OS? by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    I see no reason to upgrade from VAX/VMS...

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  4. Re:But why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It might have trumped it had he been talking about Vista. Re-read it dumbshit.

  5. olds ? by Tom · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought that info was olds, not news? For at least the past 10 years, anyone who upgrades to a new windos version before the first big patchset is done is roughly on the same risk level as someone going to vacation in Afghanistan. As a woman. In a bikini. Together with your lesbian girlfriend. Who has an "I love USA" tattoo.

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  6. Screwdrivers by backwardMechanic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love a good screwdriver, me. It's a fine, honest tool. I'm a traditionalist - I like a flat blade. I've never liked those newfangled crossheads. I mean, they just don't have the elegance of a nice flat blade. They're rubbish for opening things too. You can jam a flat blade into just about anything. I'd ban crossheads, they're just forced on us by industry shills.