1. Planning Your Upgrade
Upgrading from one operating system to another is no longer as simple as inserting a diskette and pressing the Enter key. Questions arise about the right hardware, about compatibility of existing applications and data files with the new operating system, and about what effect the new operating system will have in a networked environment.
This chapter helps you analyze your existing environment and provides a checklist to help you think through the process of upgrading to Windows 7. It is not a comprehensive analysis—no book could cover all the variations in user environments—but it will cover the most common situations and applications.
Which Version of Windows 7?
Windows 7 has been released in six versions, each aimed ...
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