There has been much technical work going on in my house of late. I was the fortunate soul who had to deal with machines that have required hard drive replacements for a variety of reasons. Thus, I decided to call the last two weeks “Nerd-a-Palooza.”
The final event of Nerd-a-Palooza was to install the released version of Windows 7 Home Premium on my home desktop. I opted for a fresh installation of 64-bit Windows to take advantage of the hardware I have.
I used the Windows Easy Transfer tool–the same tool I used when I upgraded to the Windows 7 RC. Aside from the effort it took for me to reinstall all of my applications, everything has worked pretty seamlessly.
Personally, I am pretty happy with the finished product. Windows 7 performs capably, and it is working quite nicely on my machine. Given that I opted for the Home Premium as opposed to the Professional upgrade, there are some applications I need to get on my own, I really could not argue with an upgrade price below $50.
This is an upgrade that an early adopter heartily recommends for even the greenest of computer users.
#1 by Paul on November 5, 2009 - 11:34 pm UTC
How did you get it so cheap?
#2 by JJT on November 6, 2009 - 11:55 am UTC
@Paul: I was a recipient of the deal to get either the Home Premium or Professional upgrade for $50 or $100, respectively. MS offered the deal to everyone who downloaded the Beta and RC. I was able to get it for just under $50 at Costco, which was cheaper. The catch was you had to pre-purchase back in July. In the end, though, it was well worth it.
#3 by Paul on November 6, 2009 - 3:28 pm UTC
Ahh, well I think I will continue to use my free RC release and see if I can’t get a corp discount or if the lovely wife can get an education discount.
#4 by JJT on November 6, 2009 - 5:26 pm UTC
@Paul: Go the corporate route. The RC is good until June 2010.