Is Your PC Ready for Windows 7???

Microsoft is going to officialy launch WINDOWS 7 on 22nd October. WINDOWS 7 a new operating system are you really thinking to buy it??? HOLD DOWN A SECOND you have to check that your PC is really ready for WINDOWS 7??

MICROSOFT HAS RELEASED the beta version of its Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, a free utility that assesses whether you PC is ready to run Winqows 7. It scans your sytem's internel componants, external peripherals, and programs for potential compatibility problems, and it suggests upgrade options such drivers to replace. It's a good idea to run Upgrade Advisor if you plan to install the free Windows 7 Release Candidate download on you PC.





I ran the Upgrade Advisor on a 2-year-old Gateway MX8734 laptop configured with a 1.6GHz Intel Pentium T2060 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive (all of which met Windows 7's minimum requirements). The compatibility check took about 6 minutes and found a few potential issues, but no conflicts with installed programs.

Upgrade Advisor also noted that Windows 7 doesn't include Web filtering (Windows Mail and Parental Controls), and it included a link to Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials site, where you can download the free Family Safety utility.

The Upgrade Advisor utility runs on Windows Vista and on Windows XP Service Pack 2.