http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
I have downloaded the iso file and was going to do a clean install and replace my current WinXP.

For the most part, I've read it has been. Just want another opinion from a user out there.

]]>May 29th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
I've had Windows RC for the past few weeks and it seems pretty stable to me. I haven't had any crashes or anything freeze up beyond the point of normal programs not responding from time to time.

My only issue with it is a compatibility issue with some of the drivers that are used with Norton Anti-virus, which will probably be fixed sometime in the near future.

Why would anyone want to downgrade from Windows 7 though? In my opinion anyways, it is Vista's superior and even XP's superior in just about every way. And I held out using XP until just a few weeks ago since I wasn't a fan of Vista. ]]>May 29th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/Yes, you can have many monitors, but many software titles that can only deal with one (very large) desktop without taking a serious performance hit (various CAD programs, racing games, and even Microsoft's own Flight Simulator) are restricted to being used on one monitor.

I, for one, look forward to being able to purchase a new PC (or motherboard and OS combination, more likely), and buy an XP Pro/64 license with it.]]>May 29th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/I've been using the RC since it came out a few weeks back and have been very happy with it but I was equally happy with beta so....

To answer your question directly: It has been rock solid. It hasn't thrown an error since install.

]]>May 29th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
The stability depends on the hardware you are using. If you have a system which works well with Vista, it will work flawlessly with Win7.
I have a system with Vista Home (which runs perfectly fine). Did not want to do a clean install and depend upon an RC version of the OS, so I dual-booted it. Win7 (32-bit) works perfectly fine on my system and I have not had a single crash since the day I installed it (right after it was released). It automatically installed most of the drivers and those which were left out, just install Vista drivers and it should work. The stability of an OS depends on how the drivers and softwares behave. It is not always the fault of an OS when it crashes.]]>May 29th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/"but many software titles that can only deal with one (very large) desktop without taking a serious performance hit (various CAD programs, racing games, and even Microsoft's own Flight Simulator) are restricted to being used on one monitor."

That has to do with how rendering is handled on PCs. They use rendering surfaces (which are basically rendering windows overlapping regular windows.) Multiple monitors require two rendering areas. One per display output. If you span your content from one monitor to the next, this is why the content will turn black if you move your window to span both screens. They would have to open up another rendering context to display information on the other screen and it can seriously degrade your performance. I don't know, however, if that's a limitation of DirectX, drivers, or the video card. I never really cared to look into it that far. Most multi-monitor applications will open new windows with rendering surfaces on each screen that is needed and branch the code to render those surfaces separately.]]>May 29th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
Goodness, Vista isn't even supported yet for half of the stuff we work with at my office!]]>May 29th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-terrified-the-enterprise-will-stick-with-xp-2009-2
http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/will-windows-7-be-panned-enterprise-it-298

In the past, corporations thought Microsoft would strand them, but since the Vista debacle, they're not worried at all and will take their sweet time on deciding when to upgrade. Windows XP Pro is about as good as you're gonna get and not need new hardware. Microsoft should be forced to support WinXP Pro for another five years to satisfy the corporations.

MS may have to rely on the uninformed home computer user to pay their Vista and Windows 7 R&D costs. MS can sweetly stick it to OEMs and retail buyers.]]>May 29th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/]]>May 29th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
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It's not Vista.

Does anyone know if XP ever had this "downgrade" option?]]>May 29th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
I my office, we still use WinXP and are keeping Internet Explorer 6. New version of IE can't run our Intranet WebApps for internal use.

Although it's easy to upgrade the OS and it's components, it can be expensive and tough to upgrade third party software for specific businesses.]]>May 29th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
]]>May 29th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
As much as I enjoy Vista and Windows 7, it's hard to deny that XP is still a great OS and will probably be used for at least another decade. The fact is XP still cuts it for a lot of companies out there, and until we start seeing a serious amount of applications not supporting it, then it will still be used. Since XP is full a 32-bit platform (unlike 95/98/ME), I can't see it happening any time soon.]]>May 29th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
Incidentally, the full retail versions also never had the same transfer restrictions between new PCs, upgrades and owners either. You pay for the OS three times upfront and you loose alot of the restrictions folks.]]>May 29th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/> "I've been told of equipment worth $150,000 and still using Windows 3.11, upgrading would mean buying new equipment. If it ain't broke..."

I think that's a little short sighted on behalf of the developers.

"Thanks for buying our hardware and software! The only catch is that you'll have to use Windows 3.11 for the rest of your life because we will never update our software to run on new versions of Windows. We know there will be newer versions of Windows, maybe in only a few years... but we're done developing. Thank you for your purchase."

>> "In my office, we still use WinXP and are keeping Internet Explorer 6. New version of IE can't run our Intranet WebApps for internal use."

I'm not a developer... but didn't the people who wrote your WebApps ever think there would be life after IE6? I know it takes time and money to rewrite software.... but someone wrote it in the first place.]]>May 29th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/It's pretty schmexy.]]>May 29th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/
Poor research by the author FTW!]]>May 29th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/media center works but is very bogged down. The same system with MCE 2005
has no problems at all. And yes I used the same drivers for both.

Other than that I really like 7.

]]>May 29th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/May 29th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/updated-windows-7-and-vista-downgrade-rights-leaked/So since I don't want a big noisy computer sitting behind my TV and heating everything up
I'll keep MCE 2005 for now. I use this PC as my DVR, Guide and for watching live TV.


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