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Couple of questions.
As i mainly use my comp for WoW and the interwebs i'm assuming that i only really need a home premium version, but what's the difference between Windoes 7 and Windows 7 N ?
Is it worth upgrading to 7 bearing in mind what i use my comp for ?
What's the difference between upgrade and full versions ?
As i mainly use my comp for WoW and the interwebs i'm assuming that i only really need a home premium version, but what's the difference between Windoes 7 and Windows 7 N ?
Is it worth upgrading to 7 bearing in mind what i use my comp for ?
What's the difference between upgrade and full versions ?
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I tend to avoid upgrade discs like the plague. Installing a fresh copy of Windows is more stable than having one on top of another.
For WoW, Windows 2000 is fine, as I ran it off that for a while. XP is of course fine, and so is Windows 7 home premium which I'm using now (64-bit).
If you prefer not to pay for a full version of Windows 7, then a compromise would be to buy an OEM copy. You just get the disc and a license number in celephane wrap. Legally, you have to buy a piece of hardware to qualify for an OEM license, but you can get away with just buying a £4 mouse with it :-P
World Of Warcraft will work on any of the Windows 7 versions, for better graphics performance though turn off the Aero rubbish by switching in to the Windows Standard theme in the Personalization settings.
Windows 7 N does not include Windows Media Player, because it was ruled as anti-competitive by EU after Vista was released and Microsoft were ordered to sell a version of the their next operating system without Windows Media Player.
If you've got Windows XP, I'd stick with it, Vista and 7 are so much more frustrating.
Thanks for the replies
1) Uninstall any applications you don't need
2) Change Windows to classic view
2) Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 if you use that, or Firefox 3.6 if you use that.
3) Stop every other program loading at start up by pruning the Start -> Programs -> Startup folder
4) Disable indexing by Windows Search
5) Uninstall Windows Defender, replace it with Avast! Free Edition
6) Avast! Free Edition will take care your anti-virus needs as well
7) Don't use Outlook 2007, or Outlook in general.
There is some more information on speeding up Windows Vista on the Microsoft website, basic and advanced respectively.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Optimize-Windows-Vista-for-better-performance
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Ways-to-improve-your-computers-performance
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/
the windows 7 upgrade is 32bit or 64bit only, compared to a choice with retail, but its only £30, and for upgrade, just install a VLK of windows xp and run the upgrade