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Answer» Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. One option is to migrate to Win7. I came cross the MS Win7 Upgrade Advisor (free download). Just wondering if any of you have used this and if it is reliable? Migration to Win7 looks complicated for me, especially getting into 32 vs 64 bit stuff. Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8. My PC is 6 years old but has new ram sticks and HD. It works great and I hate to toss anything that still works.XP will continue to run fine loong after April...i plan on keeping my XP rig until the PC itself dies personally. Quote from: artbuc on January 13, 2014, 02:46:33 AM Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. ... Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8 You will not like Win 8 on a CONVENTIONAL PC. Nobody does. As for Win 7 on a refurbished, yeah. I did that. Bought two of them.. But no all at once. Refurbished dual core towers run either 32 bit XP or 64 bit Win7. Some are limited to 4 GB max RAM. But for little more than cost of Windows 7 you get a off-lease PC that has a warranty. The attributable vendors get the reload software from Microsoft. Easy way to get Windows 7 64 bit and save some money. Quote from: patio on January 13, 2014, 07:04:41 AM XP will continue to run fine loong after April...i plan on keeping my XP rig until the PC itself dies personally. Yes, it will run fine but what about security? I do all of my personal FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS on my PC. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does. As for Win 7 on a refurbished, yeah. I did that. Bought two of them.. But no all at once. Refurbished dual core towers run either 32 bit XP or 64 bit Win7. Some are limited to 4 GB max RAM. But for little more than cost of Windows 7 you get a off-lease PC that has a warranty. The attributable vendors get the reload software from Microsoft. Easy way to get Windows 7 64 bit and save some money. Could you recommend an "attributable" vendor?What spec is your current PC (You can use speccy to help you: http://www.piriform.com/speccy) This will help tell if it's worth upgrading or not. Quote You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does. I do. It just takes getting used to. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does. Like camerongray said, Quote from: camerongray on January 13, 2014, 08:23:57 AM I do. It just takes getting used to. Win 8 works fine with a mouse. OK, apparently there are people that like Windows 8. Just surprised to find both on this forum. Here are some firms that sell refurbished Desktop PCs with Windows 7 and authorized by Microsoft. Amazon Best Buy Tiger Direct Wallmart Do a search for 'refurbished Desktop Computer' Of course, you can buy Dell refurbished from Dell. They may have higher prices for refurbished, but you may fell better about buying from Dell. In my thinking. the USFF* is not a good idea. But they are really low price. Ultra Small Form Factor, has no floppy and external PSU. I have a Dell 755 USFF that works fine. Don 't buy a 745. Quote from: artbuc on January 13, 2014, 02:46:33 AM Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. One option is to migrate to Win7. I came cross the MS Win7 Upgrade Advisor (free download). Just wondering if any of you have used this and if it is reliable? Migration to Win7 looks complicated for me, especially getting into 32 vs 64 bit stuff. Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8. My PC is 6 years old but has new ram sticks and HD. It works great and I hate to toss anything that still works. Exactly what are the hardware specs on your PC? It may be capable of running Win 7 or 8. I have Win 7 installed on a Pentium 4 PC that is over 10 years old. I have the max amount of RAM installed, which is 4GB. I haven't been using it much in recent months, using my laptop instead. I also have a new build that is basically replacing the old Pentium 4. But, I did use that old system quite a lot from 2010 - 2013. If you want to buy a new PC and prefer getting Win 7, take a look at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256706 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883155690 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256637 Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does. I think I may be an exception. Have watched a few tutorials and PLAYED around with Win8 at Staples today. I like it! Quote from: soybean on January 13, 2014, 01:19:20 PM Exactly what are the hardware specs on your PC? It may be capable of running Win 7 or 8. I ran the MS upgrade tool and I can go to Win7, 32 bit. Seeing the digital video output of a new PC today did push me hard in the direction of a new or refurfished PC. I just got a nice ASUS monitor which is limited by my VGA output. Sort of like watching one of my old and small SONY SDTV's after visiting folks with modern and big HDTV's.My advice...Keep the XP rig...buy a new Win 7 rig... Quote from: artbuc on January 15, 2014, 02:27:45 PM I think I may be an exception. Have watched a few tutorials and played around with Win8 at Staples today. I like it! Some good tutorials and videos are easy to find. Go to youtube.com and do a search on windows 8.1 tutorial*. Although Win 8/8.1 is designed to work with a touch screen, using a mouse with Win 8/8.1 on a regular PC or laptop works fine. Quote from: patio on January 15, 2014, 03:09:30 PM My advice...Keep the XP rig...buy a new Win 7 rig... Thanks. I would really appreciate hearing why you advise this. Why Win7 vs Win8? Why keep the XP rig? Can't I just transfer or restore images of my XP files and programs to/on the new PC? Quote from: artbuc on January 15, 2014, 04:29:27 PM Can't I just transfer or restore images of my XP files and programs to/on the new PC? You can transfer files but not programs. You need to install your programs on the new PC.

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Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. One option is to migrate to Win7. I came cross the MS Win7 Upgrade Advisor (free download). Just wondering if any of you have used this and if it is reliable? Migration to Win7 looks complicated for me, especially getting into 32 vs 64 bit stuff. Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8. My PC is 6 years old but has new ram sticks and HD. It works great and I hate to toss anything that still works.XP will continue to run fine loong after April...i plan on keeping my XP rig until the PC itself dies personally. Quote from: artbuc on January 13, 2014, 02:46:33 AM

Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. ... Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8

You will not like Win 8 on a CONVENTIONAL PC. Nobody does.

As for Win 7 on a refurbished, yeah. I did that. Bought two of them.. But no all at once. Refurbished dual core towers run either 32 bit XP or 64 bit Win7. Some are limited to 4 GB max RAM. But for little more than cost of Windows 7 you get a off-lease PC that has a warranty. The attributable vendors get the reload software from Microsoft. Easy way to get Windows 7 64 bit and save some money. Quote from: patio on January 13, 2014, 07:04:41 AM

XP will continue to run fine loong after April...i plan on keeping my XP rig until the PC itself dies personally.

Yes, it will run fine but what about security? I do all of my personal FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS on my PC. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM

You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does.

As for Win 7 on a refurbished, yeah. I did that. Bought two of them.. But no all at once. Refurbished dual core towers run either 32 bit XP or 64 bit Win7. Some are limited to 4 GB max RAM. But for little more than cost of Windows 7 you get a off-lease PC that has a warranty. The attributable vendors get the reload software from Microsoft. Easy way to get Windows 7 64 bit and save some money.

Could you recommend an "attributable" vendor?What spec is your current PC (You can use speccy to help you: http://www.piriform.com/speccy) This will help tell if it's worth upgrading or not.

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You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does.

I do. It just takes getting used to. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM

You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does.

Like camerongray said,
Quote from: camerongray on January 13, 2014, 08:23:57 AM

I do. It just takes getting used to.

Win 8 works fine with a mouse. OK, apparently there are people that like Windows 8.
Just surprised to find both on this forum.

Here are some firms that sell refurbished Desktop PCs with Windows 7 and authorized by Microsoft.

Amazon
Best Buy
Tiger Direct
Wallmart

Do a search for 'refurbished Desktop Computer'

Of course, you can buy Dell refurbished from Dell. They may have higher prices for refurbished, but you may fell better about buying from Dell.

In my thinking. the USFF* is not a good idea. But they are really low price.
*Ultra Small Form Factor, has no floppy and external PSU.
I have a Dell 755 USFF that works fine. Don 't buy a 745.

Quote from: artbuc on January 13, 2014, 02:46:33 AM

Well, April is getting really close! I continue to read about various options to replace XP. One option is to migrate to Win7. I came cross the MS Win7 Upgrade Advisor (free download). Just wondering if any of you have used this and if it is reliable? Migration to Win7 looks complicated for me, especially getting into 32 vs 64 bit stuff. Some folks are buying refurbished towers with Win7. Is this a good way to go? Maybe I will bite the bullet and buy a new tower with Win8. My PC is 6 years old but has new ram sticks and HD. It works great and I hate to toss anything that still works.

Exactly what are the hardware specs on your PC? It may be capable of running Win 7 or 8. I have Win 7 installed on a Pentium 4 PC that is over 10 years old. I have the max amount of RAM installed, which is 4GB. I haven't been using it much in recent months, using my laptop instead. I also have a new build that is basically replacing the old Pentium 4. But, I did use that old system quite a lot from 2010 - 2013.

If you want to buy a new PC and prefer getting Win 7, take a look at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256706 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883155690 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256637 Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 13, 2014, 07:22:59 AM

You will not like Win 8 on a conventional PC. Nobody does.

I think I may be an exception. Have watched a few tutorials and PLAYED around with Win8 at Staples today. I like it! Quote from: soybean on January 13, 2014, 01:19:20 PM

Exactly what are the hardware specs on your PC? It may be capable of running Win 7 or 8.

I ran the MS upgrade tool and I can go to Win7, 32 bit. Seeing the digital video output of a new PC today did push me hard in the direction of a new or refurfished PC. I just got a nice ASUS monitor which is limited by my VGA output. Sort of like watching one of my old and small SONY SDTV's after visiting folks with modern and big HDTV's.My advice...Keep the XP rig...buy a new Win 7 rig... Quote from: artbuc on January 15, 2014, 02:27:45 PM

I think I may be an exception. Have watched a few tutorials and played around with Win8 at Staples today. I like it!

Some good tutorials and videos are easy to find. Go to youtube.com and do a search on windows 8.1 tutorial. Although Win 8/8.1 is designed to work with a touch screen, using a mouse with Win 8/8.1 on a regular PC or laptop works fine. Quote from: patio on January 15, 2014, 03:09:30 PM

My advice...Keep the XP rig...buy a new Win 7 rig...

Thanks. I would really appreciate hearing why you advise this. Why Win7 vs Win8? Why keep the XP rig? Can't I just transfer or restore images of my XP files and programs to/on the new PC? Quote from: artbuc on January 15, 2014, 04:29:27 PM

Can't I just transfer or restore images of my XP files and programs to/on the new PC?

You can transfer files but not programs. You need to install your programs on the new PC.

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