Posts Tagged ‘Upgrade Windows 7 RC’
Will Cost be a Barrier?
According to a Dell executive, while windows 7 beats out vista in almost every aspect, the price itself could be a hindrance to people upgrading. When compared to windows XP and Vista the ASP (average selling price) for windows 7 is expected to be significantly higher. In these tough economic times it is to be considered that people do not want to put out money to upgrade an OS that many people still consider functional. As well at this price point it will likely delay the upgrading of government institutions as as well as schools.
Windows 7 RC Upgrade
Windows 7 RC (Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate) is expected to be released very shortly and once it is released there will be many people wanting to know how to upgrade from Microsoft Windows 7 beta to Microsoft Windows 7 RC. Microsoft have released a few statements on how to upgrade your operating system from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC, but with no magic way of upgrading so today we are going to explain your options.
Long story short Microsoft Windows 7 developers have even suggested you will be better off to just do a clean install. Anyway here are a few to things to keep in mind when upgrading or installing a new operating system.
Please first and foremost make sure to save your important work files, documents, multimedia files and or customizations to a storage device such as another hard drive, usb stick or you can even burn a cd/dvd. You are able to use Windows 7 Easy Transfer tool, this backup tool is a new backup tool included with Windows 7. Microsoft have added a few words of caution about using this tool when backing up from Windows 7 beta, as the code may change with the new builds there is no guarantee that this will be a 100% safe method to back up for now. My preferred method of back up is to burn a dvd ( Remember to always test the cd /dvd straight away, just in case it turns out to be a frizbee). Read more
