<p>I saw today that Windows 7 will be available for free or a small fee for many companies beginning tomorrow for when it ships out in October. I need a laptop for the fall and can’t afford a Mac, so I will be getting a Vista, hoping to upgrade later to Windows 7. I’m not that tech savy but I heard that Windows 7 really needs a big processor and video card to work right. Does anyone know what is recommended to have Windows 7 work smoothly?</p>
<p>Windows 7 isn’t very resource intensive. </p>
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<p>If I am not tech savy, is it better for me to buy a PC with Windows 7 already installed (that is, wait till October) as the manufacturer will have eliminated most quirky stuff?</p>
<p>Call me chicken, but I am really afraid of getting a not-fully-debugged system. The manufacturer may blame the software vendor, and the software vendor rmay blame the manufacturer. The customer is caught in the middle and nobody would help you and then you need to go online to seek advices from all sources for weeks, if not months.</p>
<p>Am I too paranoid?</p>
<p>My husband is running Windows 7 RC on one of his computers and he has not had any issues with it. He is very PC savvy so even if he had issues he knows what to do to fix it.</p>
<p>^ Does he run Windows 7 RC on a Mac hardware? on a computer from some brand-name computer company like Dell etc? Or, on some computer system he himself built? How “old” is his computer?</p>
<p>My main concern is whether we need to hunt down the drivers, if the computer hardware is from Apple, for example. (Apple has not claimed that the drivers included in its Boot Camp support Window 7 RC, has it?)</p>
<p>Being PC savvy does help siginificantly!</p>
<p>So far all of my drivers from Vista have worked with W7</p>
<p>and the OSX drivers supposedly work in W7</p>
<p>[Boot</a> Camp and Windows 7 RC - Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion](<a href=“TechnologyGuide - TechTarget”>TechnologyGuide - TechTarget)</p>
<p>Custom built first of the year. He went from XP to 7. I am pretty sure he downloaded 7 only from Microsoft and did not have to find additional drivers. The download took a while.</p>
<p>As for what he put it is a big massive computer. Quad core (i think) can’t even name it all. All of our desktops are custom built around here. We even toyed with the idea of custom building a laptop (just getting the shell and separate components) but decided not to do that.</p>
<p>Thanks!
Since he custom-built his PC, he had access to all drivers of the hardware components if needed. If a hardware component needs a driver, I would think the driver to drive this hardware component will be included in the package when your husband purchased that component.</p>
<p>drivers aren’t an issue. the vast majority of drivers from vista work fine with windows 7, and the manufacturer provides those. windows update takes care of vary crucial driver updates for common hardware major manufacturers use as well.</p>
<p>Aforautumn is correct. Drivers should not be an issue unless your manufacturer stopped supporting it quite a while ago. If you can’t find Windows 7 specific drivers, you can use Windows Vista drivers as a stepping point. I had to do this with my USB Wireless adapter. Manufacturer hadn’t gotten around to the Windows 7 drivers, but I used the Vista drivers and presto it worked. By the way, the networking and general setup of Windows 7 is so much more usable. It is rather good. You can try out the Windows 7 Release Candidate for free. You can get it until August 15th over at Microsoft’s TechNet here: [Windows</a> 7 RC | Support, Deployment, Resources](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/832nco]Windows”>Windows previous versions documentation | Microsoft Learn)<br>
I can guarantee you that it works on rather meager hardware. While I would still suggest sticking to the suggested minimums, it will work on lesser equipment. It is pretty darn good. Make sure if you get a new laptop that you get the deal from the manufacturer to get the upgrade to Windows 7.</p>