Has anyone gone through the process of upgrading from XP to Windows 7. If so, would you share your experiences, pros and cons? Thanks in advance.
Same here.I upgraded and windows 7 is fine. Only issue was Video Card compatability but that was not &'s fault it was the maker. I still have issues but each new driver gets better so I will wait it out.
If you have mapped a drive DO NOT got to 7, because you can not map one. You can not log into the drive.
First and foremost their is not a direct upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7. It is best to backup you data, and go with a clean install.( As mentioned Hard drives are cheap, put a new one in and save the old one.
Secondly if your XP box is too old, dont even bother with windows 7. While Win 7 will run on a single core CPU, the performance will be terrible.
Also unless your pushing 2 GB of RAM( 4+ is better), again dont bother, yes it will work. NO it will not be a pleasing experience.
Now that should eliminate most "old" machines from considering WIndows 7.
If you have a windows Vista Machine, my condolences, but yes upgrade it to windows 7, even if it doesn't meet the requirements i listed above. Windows 7 is much better than Vista, even on a single core with 1GB ram system.