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Windows 7 Upgrade Chart Spells Bad News For XP Users
By Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2009-08-07
Windows 7 is almost here, and if you're planning to upgrade, Microsoft's provided a tiny bit of additional info relating to what'll be necessary. An official Windows 7 upgrade chart has been released.
Unfortunately, that's about where the good news stops. The chart is seriously overcomplicated, but once you direct your eyes towards the single line dedicated to Windows XP, you'll note that the words "Custom Install" are in every column across the full length.
Customs installs won't be nice and clean, five-minute processes, either. Probably not even click-intensive, hour-long procedures.
Walt Mossberg wrote, "For most average, non-techie consumers whose PCs have a single hard disk, that will require a tedious, painful process with the following steps: temporarily relocating your personal files to an external drive or other computer, wiping your hard drive clean, then installing Windows 7, then moving your personal files back, then re-installing all of your programs from their original disks or download files, then reinstalling all of their updates and patches that may have been issued since the original installation files were released."
With the other option - perhaps the one Microsoft and some other companies would prefer for you to embrace - being to just buy a new PC, of course.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest eBusiness news.
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