Comments on: Taking the Windows 7 64 Bit Plunge

By: heartlessgamer

heartlessgamer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:13:09 +0000

Ouch. I had one issue: Steam’s local backup doesn’t backup saved game info. I had to restore saved game info from an XP backup I made prior to my upgrade. Unfortunately, Win7 does not support .bkf files made in XP. I ended up having to run “XP Mode” in Win7 Pro and copy over the entire 20 Gb backup file of my old C: drive to restore the saved game files in XP Mode and then transfer to Win7.

Other than that, my upgrade to Win7 pro took 45 minutes + 15 minutes to restore manually saved files (pictures, etc.). Then another day of fooling with XP mode install and copying the 20 gb file over to retrieve a 10 kb save file

IMHO, smoothest OS install I’ve done, beating out my favorite Linux installs.

Oh and the Win7 Taskbar is sexy (just wish I could get Gmail Notifier to pin to it and stay in the same spot!)

By: Genda

Genda — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:17 +0000

@Oakstout- With any new OS version there are going to be some driver issues, particularly with legacy devices. How bad will probably be proportional to how old the devices are. That’s my way of saying I haven’t really had any problems with devices yet.

In fairness, if you are still using a parallel printer it’s probably time to upgrade anyway. One thing that helps is that Vista was out with a little acceptance in 64-bit form for a while and I understand that Vista drivers mostly work fine with 7.

Glad to hear you have your issues fixed though, I know they have been dogging you.

By: Oakstout

Oakstout — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:44 +0000

At the first of the year that will be my next step. I recently reinstalled XP trying to track down an issue and upgrade my video card which apparently did fix the issue after the fact.

Everything I’ve read says Win 7 is the bomb as the younger kids say. I’m looking forward to getting it and really enjoying a faster ui along with dx 10 now that I have a new card.

My question to you is are you having any issue getting drivers to work. The only thing I have heard from a local computer parts dealer is that drivers for older printers and other external items might be an issue. Have you had anything like that happen yet? or are all the hardware vendors doing a good job of pushing out up to date drivers for the new OS?

By: Boof

Boof — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:50:18 +0000

Migrated to Windows 7 32-bit from XP and boy am I glad I made the switch. Aside from a few program incompatability issues and a new direct x install to fix League of Legends, everything is going smooth.

I never really used Vista but have been using my sister in law’s laptop for the past week which has Vista on it…I felt like murdering about 40mins into my first session.

My system is as responsive as my XP install, if not faster. Although it is a fresh install. I guess time will tell.

So far, so good. Thumbs up from me too!

By: xXJayeDuBXx

xXJayeDuBXx — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:20:16 +0000

I still am using the 32 bit RC of Win 7, and I love it so far. I didn’t have that many issues with Vista, but Win 7 seems to run so much better.

I remember the first time I messed with Vista from XP, the file structure gave me fits. I did have some issues with Vista 64 with a lot of games, but everything runs very smooth on Win 7, something I like.

By: Gordon McLachlan

Gordon McLachlan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:08:34 +0000

Great to hear that Win7 gets the thumbs up. I’ve heard a lot of positive reviews about it. I don’t think I will bother upgrading (well.. maybe my laptop which runs like a dog with Vista on it) but I will certainly get it if/when I get a new PC.