Which Windows 7 ??

[DougBob]

Cain, Windows 7 Pro 64 is the choice I'm going with and here's my primary reasons.

It's has increased security as like XP Pro as compared to XP Home.

GPO Management providing a better ability to secure a critical machine.

Better backwards compatibility and the XP VPC mode for those hard headed programs.

Will run 64 bit Virtual Machines when needed and I have come to a point at work that requires me to be able to load 64 bit Virtual machines for testing and troubleshooting. (e.g. Windows 2003 Enterprise 64, 2008 Enterprise 64, RedHat 5.3 64)

[Cain]

Will there be an issue loading Win7 on older machines ??

[DougBob]

Will there be an issue loading Win7 on older machines ??

Potentially. Depending on the age of the machine you may have driver issues with the vendor has not provided them. I recommend a machine no older than 2 years for Win 7.

[DougBob]

You can always get an idea by using the Windows 7 upgrade advisor

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[marvindecrain]

I have Win7 ultimate 64-bit... (don`t know why )
and it`s working sooo goood !!

@ juneau here are good price in UK for Win7 Ultimate and other versions

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173022

[juneau]

I have Win7 ultimate 64-bit... (don`t know why )
and it`s working sooo goood !!

@ juneau here are good price in UK for Win7 Ultimate and other versions

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173022

Our prices are still really good. Well mainly the Home version. I picked up Home for ?40 and it can still be had for ?75.

[marvindecrain]

Our prices are still really good. Well mainly the Home version. I picked up Home for ?40 and it can still be had for ?75.

My wife has Home premium from preorder for same price as You. My Ultimate cost me next 90 - only key . So You are wright. UK prices are really good.

[paceman]

Windows 7 Home Premium. 3 license pack $129.

32 or 64 depends on your hardware. If it supports 64 bit, run 64 bit.

[DougBob]

Loaded up Windows 7 Pro 64 and loving it

[juneau]

Loaded up Windows 7 Pro 64 and loving it

Took you long enough.

[DougBob]

Took you long enough.

I know, I just couldn't take it any longer and broke down

[bobytt]

I got 8copies of Win7PRO trough MSDNAA and pretty much gave them away, i have only one left for my home server. I think 7Pro is very good OS

[FieryDragon]

I got Win 7 Pro. Came with both 32 and 64 bit. Works great and no problems yet as well.

[Hammy]

I built my machine right around the time you restarted the TF2 server.

i7 860
6GB of DDR3
GTX 285 2GB Nvidia Card
Biostar SLI Board (for later when the performance sags, I can just pop another card and be done)
2 x 1TB WD SATA drive

When I reloaded Vista Pro 32bit....it kinda ran worse on this machine than my HP 1.8ghz DUO Core. my FPS was only 10 -25 better than what it was previously.

When I loaded Win7 Pro 64 Bit, it not only ran better, but my FPS in gaming went up by nearly 100. I get 200- 299FPS in TF2, with my low being 121 when there is a high body count and lots of grenades, etc.

I suggest Win 7 Pro simply to cover yourself for the extra needs that you dont forcast at this moment, and you hit the nail on the head- when you are spending that much money, and extra 20-50 bucks is just the warranty against needs.

-Hammy