If you have to have it though, sign up for a class at your local community college, buy the student upgrade for $30, and enjoy the fact that some of the money spent is being used to educate you. The purchase of Windows 7 by itself cannot give you that.

Personally, I will have no problem waiting until my computers fail completely before I buy anything. And even then I will be on the computer searching for a deep discount and what I buy may still not be Windows 7.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Please come back soon.

“As for Macs, well they cost a *lot* more than PCs so I could add another 20 things to your list for why to not by a Mac.”

Definitely one of my points against Mac’s too.

Dave

This article reminds me so much of storyofstuff.com and how the whole concept of consumerism is to create products that make themselves obsolete as quickly as possible, in order to sell the next product that is newer, better, and we all supposedly need more.

Thanks for reminding me of this… the concept just disgusts me and makes me never want to buy anything I don’t need, again!!

Karen

Until my computers COMPLETELY crap out beyond fixing, I will go out and buy another computer(s), but when I do I will not be spending tons of money. Refurbished works great and costs way way less!

I’ll tell you one thing Microsoft has done a great job at brainwashing people into thinking they gotta have Window 7 right now. The thing about software is that is depreciates very rapidly. For example if their is a video game for my computer I want to buy I’ll just wait a year and it’ll go from the $50 shelf to the cheapo $10 shelf.

I’ll choose delayed gratification any day.

As for Macs, well they cost a *lot* more than PCs so I could add another 20 things to your list for why to not by a Mac.

I’m generally of the view that things get better over time b/c of rational market theory. If windows sucked, and they want to make more money windows 7 should be better etc.

FS

I think it is important to understand the insurance company is the one TAKING ALL of the risk. Having insurance protects us from the huge costs that would kill us financially if we did not have it. I also think that someone should not be denied good health coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Other than that—I heart insurance. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Financial Samurai – I have not even seen it to be honest with you. My view was entirely based on the impulse side of purchasing new items just because they are new—regardless of whether or not it is practical. I do not think someone should go buy a new computer simply because windows 7 came out.

As far as whether or not Windows 7 is good or bad. I do not know, but even if I was willing to fork out the dough to get it, I would wait until I knew that the bugs were all fixed. Plus Windows Vista left a bad taste in my mouth and now Microsoft must prove to me that they have fixed the MANY problems it had. I guess we’ll see. Until my computer craps out I will be keeping my XP.

Alex – Wow, Alex! That is a wonderful deal. It’s hard to argue against doing it under those prices. I am sure that it will at least be better than Vista so it doesn’t hurt for you to give it a shot. Thanks for sharing and I hope if there are any other students reading they will check into a similar deal at their school first.

Mark Z. – Hey Mark, you probably loved the commercial for Mac that I posted. I thought it was hilarious. I have never used a Mac but would not be against giving it a try one of these days. As far as Vista, I totally agree…it SUCKED!!!!! I have a friend that I go and help out from time to time, and WE ALWAYS run into problems, even if I just did something similar on my computer with XP. Thanks for stopping by Mark and thanks for your thoughts!

I have to take issue with item #20. I’d argue it’s not too early to tell–based on all previous experience Windows 7 will, in fact, suck!

I’m getting a big kick out of this roll out, and the pathetic Windows store effort. The news report sound bites are nothing but pathetic spin, trying to compare Windows to Mac. What a crock!

I switched to Mac about 3 years ago. We have our old PC upstairs like an unwanted relative in a Gothic novel (although not chained to the wall). We fire it up every month or so to do the two or three things we can’t do with the Mac, mostly involving correcting problems on PC-based MP3 players and the like. It’s only a matter of time before we teach ourselves how to do those task on the Mac. After that, it’s more storage space and less PC!

Since the new PC notebook will have Windows 7 baked in, I’ll just assume the cost.

Is Windows 7 really that bad from a user’s point of view?