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Windows 7 article I found amusing for you nerdy computer types

"Maybe it's me, but if you're writing for a technology site or getting published by one and you don't know you can do a full install with an upgrade disc then you just shouldn't have a job."

Most people that WRITE for technology sites or the like, up to and including Walt Mossberg/John Dvorak, don't know jacksh*t about anything...
 
well from what i heard, Microsoft did go in a weird direction with their Vista to 7 upgrade. As long as you were staying within the same "grade" (i.e. Vista Home Premium to 7 Home Premium) the disc acted as a simple upgrade, no loss of files or settings, programs etc.. If you choose a different grade (32 bit to 64 bit or from Home to Professional) you were basically forced to reformat the HDD and do a clean install, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless you forgot to back up all your important docs to begin with, which isn't really user friendly to the average (or sub average) computer user.
 
I agree that it is different, but that just makes it even more inexcusable that this guy didn't know if you could do a clean install.  Personally, I would never do the upgrade stuff.  It's always better to wipe it out and start over.
 
jackthehack said:
Most people that WRITE for technology sites or the like, up to and including Walt Mossberg/John Dvorak, don't know jacksh*t about anything...
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+1,000,000

And beware the user with the stacks of PC Magazine...
 
Superlizard said:
jackthehack said:
Most people that WRITE for technology sites or the like, up to and including Walt Mossberg/John Dvorak, don't know jacksh*t about anything...
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+1,000,000

And beware the user with the stacks of PC Magazine...
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LOL ... yea. You gotta wonder ... what are they doing thumbing through paper books when they could be reading it on a PC.  :headbang1:





 
Steve_Karl said:
Superlizard said:
jackthehack said:
Most people that WRITE for technology sites or the like, up to and including Walt Mossberg/John Dvorak, don't know jacksh*t about anything...
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+1,000,000

And beware the user with the stacks of PC Magazine...
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LOL ... yea. You gotta wonder ... what are they doing thumbing through paper books when they could be reading it on a PC.  :headbang1:
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I actually prefer hard copies of some articles.
 
Steve_Karl said:
LOL ... yea. You gotta wonder ... what are they doing thumbing through paper books when they could be reading it on a PC.  :headbang1:
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That has nothing to do with the ability of a user or a tech...some people prefer to flip through a newspaper or mag than read it online...completely ot from the op, but yea...
 
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