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redcloud157   05-15-2009 at 12:33:48 AM

Hello G kids!!
Im considering a home build...
specs>... Phenom 8750 X3 AMD
790X-UD4P Gigabyte
4Gb G-skill 1066 DDR2 mem.
1000 Setto gigabyte case
My 500 gb caviar black hdd
Phillips combo DVD /CD burner x24
My Ultra 750W Psu
My his ati 4830 512mb G card
my Dell monitor 1980x1204
and keyboard w/ Razor krait mouse
maybe my 3.5 floppy
O.K. All that said I have the question of O.S. for this ?
Im still stuck on XP, Never tried Vista, With the New arrival of wndws. 7 around the corner im really would like to know if this can be a clean install , The windows 7?? or will i need some Vista something or other and windows 7 will be an upgrade??
Very much appreciate any knowledge, I have done a bit of resaerch and didnt Actually find the answer.
Thank you!!

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daship   05-15-2009 at 12:48:40 AM
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You dont need anything except to meet windows 7 requirements.

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   05-15-2009 at 01:00:07 AM
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You can do a fresh install of the Windows 7 RC. I just did it on a partition of the HD on my main computer. I also did it on my backup computer.

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redcloud157   05-15-2009 at 03:52:26 AM
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shortstuff_mt wrote :

You can do a fresh install of the Windows 7 RC. I just did it on a partition of the HD on my main computer. I also did it on my backup computer.





Thanks a bunch , thers so much going on these days its hard to keep up with!!
Much appreciated.

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redcloud157   05-15-2009 at 03:54:19 AM
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I greatly appreciate the return. There s too much to keep up with it seems at times.
Thank you to all replies!!!

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redcloud157   05-15-2009 at 03:55:17 AM
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daship wrote :

You dont need anything except to meet windows 7 requirements.





Cool!!! Always like to make sure about these thins. Much appreciated.

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xthekidx   05-15-2009 at 04:19:07 AM
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You will have to burn an ISO Windows 7 RC DVD on a different computer first, then install it like any other OS. It will stop working in March of 2010, so you will have to buy the full OS then and do a complete reinstall then.

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redcloud157   05-16-2009 at 12:22:12 AM
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xthekidx wrote :

You will have to burn an ISO Windows 7 RC DVD on a different computer first, then install it like any other OS. It will stop working in March of 2010, so you will have to buy the full OS then and do a complete reinstall then.




Thank you for that!! I guess I will stick with XP until then, Might as well. ITS still good for several years yet. And next year I will get the Windows 7 O.S. Hope its not tooo overpriced!

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knotknut   05-16-2009 at 01:00:08 AM
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It is possible to upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 RC.
In the same manner we will supposedly be able to upgrade RC to Final.

http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2 [...] milestone/

It in fact works for Beta to RC.
Edit: minclient for W7 RC x64 is 7077 not 7100

Also we will be able to migrate from XP to Windows 7 final. You can find the information at MSDN or Microsoft Technet. As the Final release date gets closer the more widely spread the info. will be.

Edit again: Here is the XP to Windows 7 how to.
http://edge.technet.com/Media/User [...] Windows-7/


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