Windows 7
 

Does anyone know if MTU has had the chance to test Windows 7 yet?? I just bought a new Dell and comes with Windows 7 upgrade when it comes out....I do not want to upgrade if therre are going to be problems.

what o.s do you have on that new Dell that you bought if you don't mind me asking, from what i heard windows 7 is like vista but with all the fixes , when i bought my 2 laptops ( E1505 /1405 )a year ago it came with a vista upgrade, a tech support friend of mine that works at Dell told not to even bother upgrading ...

facts about upgrading xp to 7
 

just got my pc world mags. and this is what i read "you can't do an " inplace" upgrade from xp to 7, you'll have to do what's called " clean " install, which means restoring backed up data, re-creating settings throughout windows, and re-installing all apps.

Here are the system requirements for Windows 7 :

1Ghz or faster 32-bit ( x86 ) or 64-bit (64-bit) processor
1GB of RAM ( 32-bit) or 2GB of RAM (64-bit)
16GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher drive.

" and make sure to make a disc image of your windows xp to revert back "

it does support W7

MTU is doing some testing (very little) on Windows 7 and there are a couple of testers who are working with it but I don't think it will be recommended at this point in time.

If Billy is right, it won't take long for Windows 7 to catch up with Vista.

Just trying to help. :)

Jim :g

The system comes with vista 64 bit and the free upgrade comes out at the end of October. Dell said that I wouldn't HAVE to upgrade, but I will have that option.

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Are you only using this computer for Hoster? I know that Microstudio does not like 64 bit systems.
To expand on what Billyo said XP to Windows 7 upgrade won't work so requires stripping XP and clean load of Windows 7. Vista to Windows 7 upgrade does work according to Microsoft. The reason this works is that Windows 7 is Vista based same way XP was NT based.
MTU has done beta testing with Windows 7 and has not run across any problems with it. Most likely this is because they worked so hard to get Vista working and both are the same basic system.