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Anybody besides me get miffed when you upgrade your OS & non of your previous devices (which suited my needs & worked w/o problems) are
not supported by the system?

It's $$,$$ & more dollars--maybe I just take care of my stuff & just don't always need the latest gadgets. . . .I still got a dumb phone. The people
at Office Max Rolled in the floor laughing when I told them I needed a cable for it to connect to my laptop--they said they had never seen a phone like that-& I thought I only had it 7-8 years :)
 

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about the previous devices not working...there is something in troubleshooting that lets you run devices and programs on 7 that were designed for XP..some for Vista.
As for Office Max laughing at you, don't go back...shop on line and save yourself some grief and money!
 
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Anybody besides me get miffed when you upgrade your OS & non of your previous devices (which suited my needs & worked w/o problems) are not supported by the system?

Hmm, sounds like another possible convert to Linux...

What do you use your computer for generally?
 
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Always do you compatibility checks before upgrading your OS, be it Windows, Mac, or Linux.

You can manually check for Windows 7 hardware and software compatibility here:
Windows 7 Compatibility: Software Programs & Hardware Devices: Find Updates, Drivers, & Downloads

There is also a Windows 7 upgrade adviser here:
Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

You can also check the manufacturer's websites.

I see the situation a lot: A client needs a new computer but they only come with 7, so they have to buy a new scanner or printer, too. Almost all of them end up happier with 7 than Vista or XP once they start using it, though.

I still have a dumb phone too, but I have to carry a Blackberry for work. I almost never use it.
 
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Anybody besides me get miffed when you upgrade your OS & non of your previous devices (which suited my needs & worked w/o problems) are
not supported by the system?

It's $$,$$ & more dollars--maybe I just take care of my stuff & just don't always need the latest gadgets. . . .I still got a dumb phone. The people
at Office Max Rolled in the floor laughing when I told them I needed a cable for it to connect to my laptop--they said they had never seen a phone like that-& I thought I only had it 7-8 years :)

Yeah I know how you feel~I'm behind two major upgrades on my OS and apple only lets 10.6 and above use their mac app store:doh:

With the Mac App Store, getting the apps you want on your Mac has never been easier. No more boxes, no more disks, no more time-consuming installation. Click once to download and install any app on your Mac. The Mac App Store is now available as a software update for any Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Apple - App Store - Buy, download, and install apps made for Mac.
 
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When the issue is obscure hardware support, I wouldn't count on it. As much as I like Linux.

Very true, Linux isn't perfect for driver support either but, why pay hundreds of dollars for an OS upgrade that doesn't do the job when you can potentially upgrade for free and get similar results? That way you can invest those $$$ saved into upgrading your phone maybe...

No OS is perfect for driver support and I will be the first to admit that one but, as an example, I have a usb wireless dongle with came with Windows XP drivers. Under XP it worked fine then when Vista came along it kept occasionally dropping the signal and when Win7 arrived it failed to connect even though it could detect the wireless access point - the issue was it could not get an IP address passed to it via DHCP but, Win7 kept telling me that my WPA2 password was incorrect - so helpful that message!

This same USB dongle has also been used with Ubuntu and other Linux distro's since I purchased it a few years ago and it has been faultless in its operation. The same is true of older network cards and a few peripherals too - they won't work after XP but with Linux they are sweet. Again, YMMV with hardware and driver support as I can't test everything :)

I suppose a good test is my 11 year old Pentium 3 733MHz with 128MB RAM PC - designed to work with Windows ME. How does it fair with a newer OS?

Windows 2000 - :)

Windows XP - :) (only just 128MB wont run anti virus software etc...)

Windows Vista - :( (8GB hard drive isn't big enough, 128MB not enough etc...)

Windows 7 - :doh:(why did I even bother!!!!)

Linux - :thumbsup: (admittedly with a distro for older machines, this PC was a breeze. Sure, 128MB of memory isn't going to give much room to run stuff but as a basic web browsing and word processing PC its fine:))

FreeBSD - :thumbsup: (very much similar to Linux, installed and ran fine!:))

Following are a few links that might be of insight to people reading this,

Linux Hardware Support Better Than Windows 7 « The ERACC Web Log

Linux’s Hardware Support Better Than Windows? | Hacking for Christ

Linux-drivers.org - Linux Hardware Compatibility Lists & Linux Drivers
 
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As the thread title suggests I'm using Windows 7 cause I finally got to the point I had
to have a laptop-my old printer is NOT supported (I've talked to HP & Everybody no drivers or nothing) I do not print much in fact my HP 825C desk jet has never had
more than a test page printed on it. I have it listed for free on a local ad boad for anyone who will come get it.

SO NOW I need a new printer for my Pavilion g7 1150 Notebook-I am planning to
do more printing this go round but it won't be daily. I would like one that copies
but I don't see needing a fax on & really don't give too much desire for color, anyone

got a recommendation for one good cheap one for printing spreadsheets and resumes and the occasional directions? One that won't cost a fortune in ink/toner or that takes a week to print a full page..Does not have to be a spped freak just standard.
If you can't tell me what to buy tell me your nightmares of what not to & why

Thanks Grace
 
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Run program and devices compatibility mode in the trouble shooting page found in your control panel and see if that works..might save ya some money.

I never found it to work very well to be honest.
 
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^Tried all that, anybody want an HP 825C printer-PM Me....

I would as Ubuntu (as do other distros) supports it and will no doubt support it for many years to come however, the postal costs would make it quite an expensive printer for me I guess :(
 
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Since you are a bit further than across the pond, I would not try shipping it there but if there are any folks round Alabama...guess I'b be donating it to the local thrift store next trip to town.
 
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I'm all so new to this home computing game..another issue i have is it takes an act
of congress to add my contacts to Gmail at least the new ones. I can add the name
but in order to att the email address it takes forever to load, usually i have to go out & bk in a time or two, is that normal?
 
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I just bought an acer netbook with windows 7 home to replace one that had xp but got destroyed by a virus. This new one is pathetic. Extremely slow-media player it comes with can't open mp4 videos-can't seem to manage to run realplayer. etc
Anyway, I'm thinking of buying another xp OS and replacing windows 7 with that, as it was perfect on my other netbook.
Are there likely to be problems from doing this? (other than almost doubling the cost of the netbook)
 
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OK Went out & got me a brother LC75 series printer-FAX,Copier-LOVE IT

Found out my elderly father had changed jacks on my router and run the thing through a filter..(felt really stuipd-speed picked up)..I still can only sometimes watch a youtube or music video with out alot of buffering....but it's much better..

NOW-with this laptop..of course the keyes are closer together than on my old PC but sometimes when I'm typing the backspace key..wipes out everything and I loose an entire post the WHOLE page. HOW can I stop this? I googled it an others had the same complaint but I found no clear cut answer other than buying some outside software and I did not understand all that. Other keys sometimes have functions like the arrow keyes sometimes scroll up and down other times they bring up drop down menus, the Shift keys do silly things sometimes as well, like jumping back 6-8 lines causing me to insert text (looks like I never learned to spell or type) in places I never mean to.

Is this some kind of sticky key that I can turn off or do I have to live with this? THE BACK SPACE is my primary concern -I do not want it to PAGE back just go back one space at a time. HELP AGAIN and thanks for all the other help and info. You guys are great.
 
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