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When Windows 7 Arrives, Will Your PC Be Ready?

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Pcworld writes:

Windows 7 is coming. Will your PC be ready?

It seems like a straightforward question. However, in the aftermath of the Vista debacle, where many systems that were certified as "Vista Capable" proved to be anything but, the process of vetting new Windows-compatible hardware has taken on new complexity.
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Agent-X - 537 days 13 hours ago
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oh yea my pc will be ready for the window 7 :)
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pharmd - 537 days 13 hours ago
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yeah my pc will be ready, ready to move over for MAC!!!!
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1.2 aaquib5 | 537 days 12 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Si-Pie - 537 days 9 hours ago
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Well why put it into the trash? if you dont want it then send it to a 3rd world country for free plus its you have to dispose of PC hardware properly as it contains toxic materials!
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gta_cb - 537 days 6 hours ago
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mine is ready for it now =) seriously guys its not expensive to make a duel core system with a decent graphics card, im a student and i have a very good system.
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BloodSpillXXT - 537 days 12 hours ago
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If this turns out to be as crappy as Vista; Linux, here i come!
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gtafan - 537 days 11 hours ago
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These Aholes want us to buy a new computer every 2 years. FOCCk them.
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Isaac - 537 days 11 hours ago
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4 - By then
I will have moved to Linux. Time to start learning, I suppose...
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Massive-Delusion - 537 days 10 hours ago
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I'll just stick to XP thanks...
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ThanatosDMC - 537 days 9 hours ago
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6 - Wait, i got a question...
Are they gonna shove this down our throats too? Just like vista and trying to buy a new gaming laptop???
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Leathersoup - 537 days 9 hours ago
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Why don't they just call it what it is? Windows Vista II!
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Xi - 537 days 8 hours ago
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8 - this version will be running one the same platform as xp/2000
so it's expected to be a lot less of a resource hog, and to have a lot more functionality.
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RebornSpy - 537 days 8 hours ago
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9 - I don't have any problems with Vista...
My vista laptop is great, and I never have any trouble with it. My only concern is that they are already making a new version. Hopefully I will not be forced to buy it.
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Infernus - 537 days 2 hours ago
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Haven't had any problems with it. XP was great no doubt and if this is like that but with added functions then it should be the best OS MS have put out. Notice the 'should be' there lol.

While I have no problems with Vista I never bought it, it came with my gaming rig. A quadcore system shouldn't have any problems with any OS :)
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SaiyanFury - 537 days 8 hours ago
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My PC could easily run Windows 7. I, like a great many other people, am running Windows XP and could very easily run Windows Vista, but previous experience with it makes me cling to XP with my life. I'm no MS fan, nor am I a huge fan of Windows but I simply face facts, more things work better with XP than anything else including PC RPGs like Oblivion and Neverwinter Nights. I'll never get a Mac. For the same price of the highest end iMac I could (and have) put together a really powerful PC that can run pretty much anything I throw at it. Not to mention that I just don't like the way Steve Jobs does business. Mr. Steve Wozniak knows what I'm talking about.
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kewlkat007 - 537 days 8 hours ago
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11 - Actually I could care less about Windows 7
unless its doing things others cannot by miles..
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watashi hideo kojima - 537 days 6 hours ago
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12 - until win7 out
i wont buy my next laptop.and i strongly hope that sony will integrate oled screen and multi core processor and hdtv with output and bluray in my laptop.and lots of ram.it is gonna be goooooooood.
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Dogswithguns - 537 days 6 hours ago
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13 - No, I wont be ready
....I just barely gotton used to Vista. why would we need a new Windows7 for anyway? not this soon.
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jmiscavish - 537 days 3 hours ago
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It won't be out for another two years anyway.

PC users generally skip a generation. I've got XP and love it. I've tried Vista and don't like it. I'll check out Windows 7 and see if that works any better.
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scoobs - 537 days 2 hours ago
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sticking with XP thank you.
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tojfs7931 - 537 days 1 hour ago
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if you like blocky playskool graphics and an operating system that is far less secure than Vista then by all means keep using XP.
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Tmac - 537 days 2 hours ago
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Yes, because we all so trust you after Vista Microsoft.
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tojfs7931 - 537 days 1 hour ago
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16 - Vista is
Certainly NOT an entire debacle.
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pshizle - 537 days ago
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17 - xp is awfull
let me tell you my experience

got viruses like crazy on my xp machine and got trashed

with vista no viruses no crashes works like a charm

was that the complaint about windows many years ago that people easily got infected with viruses...

if you have 2gb ram your comp should run fine

i dont know whats the problem
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khellendros1 - 536 days 23 hours ago
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I thought the point of releasing Windows 7 so soon was to reduce the the performance hit on PC's. True it uses the Vista core but I thought it was to be streamlined.
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PS3forTheLose - 536 days 22 hours ago
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Jeez. Even as a 360 fanboy, I believe that Windows is crap. Pleeeeease, get Mac, I switched and I was shocked on how stable it was especially compared to Windows. Windows needs Windex, seriously.
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thereapersson - 536 days 19 hours ago
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20 - Microsoft is the same no matter if they are building OSes or Consoles
If the initial response is full of complaints, bugs or generally doesn't fit well with the market, they will move on, regardless of their customer base.

The length of the arrow is an approximation between product lifespans

XBOX ---> XBOX 360 -> MS's next console

XP --------> VistAIDS --> Windows 7
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sidar - 536 days 17 hours ago
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My pc will be ready....but i won't be...
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AuToFiRE - 536 days 14 hours ago
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Of course my pc will be ready for windows 7, because it wont be on any computer in this house, Linux FTW
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