On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:15:54 -0500, HK wrote:

Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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Mac desktop. Supposedly there are new models coming out sometime soon,
but nothing rumored about the still vaporware models seemed that
significant to me, although they will be to others, I suspect, who are
more into computer games and heavy duty graphics and math processing.

Also snagged a beta of Windows 7, which just about anyone can do via
Microsoft's open beta for at least the short term, and burned it onto
a DVD. It'll be the "alternatve" OS on the new Mac. I run Vista as the
alternative on my Macbook Pro, works fine.

And my old desktop machine is now updated and "ready" to be
"server-ized."


Is Windows 7 designed to be an upgrade from Vista, or is it strictly a
completely new OS install?

Eisboch


Dunno. Haven't even looked at the MS web page on it yet. My guess is
that it'll upgrade a VISTA or it'll do a fresh install.

Either way, MS betas for operating systems always "expire" when the
final version is released. You have to completely remove them to
install a licensed version. Unless you really need to have the beta
for software developnment, it's foolish to install it on a machine you
use for anything else.