Over the last week or two, for reasons not important here, I’ve upgraded two PCs to Windows 7. Let me start by saying that normally, I dont’ do OS upgrades. I usually just wait until my PC explodes or melts or catches fire, then I just get whatever OS the new one comes with. I am not, as they say, an “early adopter”,
That being said, the first PC to get the upgrade was my work PC (thanks Mr. Virus man!). Amazingly, the install went incredibly smooth, and all of my old files remained intact. Many programs had to be reinstalled, sure, but that’s par for the course. Very nicely done though, as I didn’t even have to consider where to get my drivers as the install took care of that all for me. Good job, MS, good job.
Net was my new home PC, the Acer Aspire Revo 3610. I could go on for days about how cool this little box is, but I won’t right now… that’s for another post. Sure, this box came with Win7 already on it, but it was bloated as all hell, so I wiped the disk clean and installed a fresh copy. Glorious.
To top it all off, the Windows 7 interface is nice. I like it. It makes sense, and most importantly it works. I never had the problems with Vista others had, and I’m not having any problems now. Must be my awesome personality. I don’t get bugs. (HA!)
Shifting over to anti-virus programs now: TrendMicro is ace with me. It’s not like I kept the install disk around all these years from when I first got Internet Security 2006, but who cares… you don’t need it.
I got a 3-license kit back in the day, and TM knows this. I can log into their site, download the software (personalized with a slipstreamed serial key! w00t!), and install it in a matter of minutes. “OH NOES!” I hear you say… “WHAT IF YOUR 3 LICENSES ARE ALREADY ACTIVATED?!?” Well, first off stop showting, and second: that also doesn’t matter. Once the install completes, you can transfer the license to your new PC from your old without ever bothering to turn on the old pc. This is a great idea, and it works very well.
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