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[News] [Rival] Windows -- Unlike GNU/Linux -- Won't Support Upgrades Properly

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Windows XP to Windows 7: It's Going to Be a Bumpy Ride

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| The company's decision not to support upgrades from Windows XP is a rare 
| misstep in the Windows 7 delivery process. 
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350740,00.asp

Who the heck uses Vista? Almost no company...

Beware the gotchas in Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade, family pack pricing

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| On July 31, Microsoft went public with two key pieces of Windows 7 pricing 
| information it had been holding back: The cost of its Family Pack and Anytime 
| Upgrade licenses.  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3597


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[GNU/Linux Beats Windows 7 and Windows XP by a Huge Margin]

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| Abundant performance delivered by today's quad-core processors has shifted
| the performance bottleneck from the CPU and memory to the disk I/O subsystem
| in most of day-to-day usage scenarios. In order to optimize system's
| responsiveness, performance-hungry computer enthusiasts carefully selecting
| top-notch, 10K RPM mechanical drives and stunningly fast SSD disks. But, what
| about the operating system â which one of modern operating systems is capable
| of utilizing fast hard drives and multi-core CPUs most effectively?
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http://www.flexense.com/resources/file_systems_performance_comparison.html
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