Win 7 Upgrade Now or wait?

[Pghpooh]

HI
I bought a refurbished Dell Laptop and refurbished Dell desktop pc. As part of the purchase Dell sent me a upgrade copy of Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit for each pc.
Both pc’s have Vista 64 bit installed on them.

Before I update to Win 7, has anyone had problems upgrading to Win 7?
I have very little software on the pc’s and my printer is connected via my network. I might have to update the printer driver.

Has anyone had problems with updating drivers, etc?

I would appreciate any and all thoughts.

Thanks
Pghpooh

 

[Chiefcrowe]

You shouldn't have any major issues... i'd recommend upgrading before you start using it, that will be much easier for sure.

 

[gsaldivar]

Check your printer model first to be sure that a Windows 7 64-bit driver exists!

Good luck!

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I recommend doing a clean install. You'll see some sort of performance increase. But check your peripherals to make sure that they are compatible.

 

[Theguynextdoor]

Go Win7 there really isn't a much noticeable difference between Vista and 7 for the average user. But the UI alone is worth the 15 mins to install it.

 

[Pghpooh]

HI
Thanks for the help!!!
Gonna be busy here the next week or so and I will wait till after Christmas to do the upgrade. All I have installed on the laptop and desktop is the printer and some accounting software. I will look for win 7 drivers for the printer and make sure the software works with win 7. Once I have everything I will do the upgrade. tis better for me to be prepared because in the past the Grinch jumped into the pc and killed it while doing upgrades!! LOLOL
Thanks
Pghpooh

 

[flexy]

I recommend doing a clean install. You'll see some sort of performance increase. But check your peripherals to make sure that they are compatible.

what he says! I upgraded multiple times and ended up with really ODD issues on my PCs which are not evident at first...did a Win7 clean install and issues are gone.

 

[MSNY]

I recommend doing a clean install. You'll see some sort of performance increase. But check your peripherals to make sure that they are compatible.

Heres a good guide to do a clean install.

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

 

[Ksyder]

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