Comments on: Day 4 – Win PerfectDisk 10 WHS Family Pack

By: Gary Quigley

Gary Quigley — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:26:35 +0000

Photoshop works fine on 64 bit systems as well.

By: rick

rick — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:28:27 +0000

i’m looking at windows 7 ultimate 64 bit edition to go on my primary latptop. I ran the open release candidate on the laptop for a month or so and was really happy with the battery life and cleanliness of the GUI.

By: welchwerks

welchwerks — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:37:58 +0000

Lets look at it like this: i am using 9 copies 2 versions and a Home server WOW

1) 1- W7 Ultimate for the main TV currently using RTM W7 Ult.
2) 2- W7 pro for both my wife and my tablet pc’s currently using RTM W7 pro
3) 2- W7 pro for both our work stations currently using RTM W7 pro
4) 1- W7 for the kitchen pc with parcode scanner for her shopping currently using RTM W7 pro
5) 1- W7 for my test sys in garage currently using RTM W7 pro
6) 2-W7 pro for both my duaghters currently using RTM W7 currently using RTM W7 pro

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:48:42 +0000

I’ve already ordered two copies of Home Premium. One will be 32-bit for my wife’s laptop; my desktop will be 64-bit. The other editions seemed like overkill for our needs and I hate paying more than I have to!

By: Gilson

Gilson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:39:16 +0000

I’ll probably stick with 32bit for a while, both Professional and Home Premium.

By: Carlton Bale

Carlton Bale — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:04:03 +0000

I have 4 copies of Win7 Home Premium on the way. I’m doing 32-bit installs all the way around even though all the PCs have 4GB of RAM. Still too many driver issues on my test system for 64-bit.

By: Stratula

Stratula — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:46:28 +0000

I plan to purchase Windows 7 Professional as a 32 bit. I would go for 64, but haven’t made the leap to that platform yet.

As for why, just because. I have Vista and XP as well as 2000 and 98 and 95 still in the house. I simply like to stay up with the times, also I don’t believe that Vista is managing my memory too well, my computers power settings. Also, I’m in school at UAT (UAT.edu), so I can usually pick this up at a discount (my school participates in teh MSDN Academic Alliance, other wise affording this might be a problem). At least I hope that I still can.

By: Regelos

Regelos — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:39:39 +0000

I will be buying the ultimate 64 for desktop and laptop >Whenever I’m done being laid off, until then I cant afford it.< just because I like the new windows 7 way better then the vista interface

By: Kevin J

Kevin J — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:37:31 +0000

I will be buying Win 7 Premium, 64-bit. I have no need for any of the add-ons the Ultimate has.

By: Huy Do

Huy Do — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:04:17 +0000

I will buy Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit when the trial license expire since my laptop is running it.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:44:30 +0000

Ultimate x64 for me. Need to be able to take advantage of my newly built i7 machine!

By: Ubaid Qudsi

Ubaid Qudsi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:28:14 +0000

I am going to get the Windows 7 ultimate. However, I ran the upgrade advisor from the Microsoft site on my Vista home machine and it advised me to uninstall the Perfect Disk 9 that I have as part of the Home Server network. So I will need the new Perfect Disk 10 version for the Windows 7 upgrade

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:57:55 +0000

I will purchase the Windows 7 Ultimate Full version.
I rather prefer to do a Clean install on my Main PC.

By: sic0048

sic0048 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:52:52 +0000

I’ll certainly be getting Windows 7 Professional – 64bit. I’ve used the RDP capability far to often to live without it. Now that I have WHS set up (just about a week old now), having RDP is even nicer with the simplicity that the website brings – (athough manually starting RDP isn’t hard ).

I’ve seen too many people that have bought the “Home” versions of previous OS only to find out that they need the RDP features at some point and realize they don’t have it.

I’d like to see MS make RDP standard on all releases. Leave the ability to join a Domain for the Professional versions and above, but average home users should have the ability to use RDP.

At this point, the 64bit drivers are pretty prevalent. There really isn’t a big compelling reason to use 32bit unless you are using older hardware.

Just my 2 cents.

By: Kilian Martin

Kilian Martin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:47:50 +0000

Ultimate 32-bit, because of Photohop

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:47:07 +0000

I’m using Windows 7 Ultimate, which I get through my Technet subscription.

By: James Tenniswood

James Tenniswood — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:30:04 +0000

I’ve bought home premium for my home media center but I’m getting a free copy of Ultimate (for being a tester) that will be used on my laptop (both in 64bit as I have lots of memory and use photoshop all the time).

By: Holt

Holt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:19:13 +0000

Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate are the way to go if you want to remote in or ever need to join a domain. Professional will probably be my route. I want to go all 64bit but the Cisco VPN router that the university I work at doesn’t work with 64bit clents, only 32bit. Not forced to use VPN yet but will probably have to eventually. I did install 64bit Enterprise at work however. With the media center setup and the transcoding/archiving of Power Pack 3 (if it ever gets released), more memory and 64bit will be much better. Now if we could setp up the production of 64bit WHS, and add the media center recording to it, WHS could really take off!

By: LR

LR — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:59:07 +0000

I have pre-ordered three copies of Win 7 Premium. My main desktop is a 64-bit Vista OS and I will replace it with Win 7 Premium 64-bit.

I have another 64-bit desktop running XP that I will upgrade to Win 7 Premium 64-bit. I run PlayOn TV on that box to feed my eGreat Network Media Tank and want to take advantage of the 64-bit capabilities. I have stopped using Media Center since it is very restricted on the types of file formats it supports.

My two laptops are currently Vista 32-bit and will have Win 7 32-bit OS upgrade. One is new and came with a free upgrade. The third upgrade I purchased will go on the other laptop.

I use the 64-bit OS on my PC’s that have more than 3GB of memory. While apps that take advantage of the 64-bit architecture have been few and far between, I see that growing.

I have not been concerned with the Pro version for home use. If I need to remote to a PC on my home network, I use VNC. It works great.

By: Joop Roseboom

Joop Roseboom — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:36:52 +0000

I will buy the Ultimate version 64bit. I’ll probably will be using that for some years so why not go for the highest!

By: Heaphus

Heaphus — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:28:01 +0000

Home Premium x64. It’s the best value, for what i need, and I’ve long since moved to 64 bit.

By: sjkeegs

sjkeegs — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:22:36 +0000

I’ve ordered 2 copies. One Premium and one Professional. The premium will probably be loaded in 32-bit, and the Professional will be loaded as 64-bit. I may wait awhile for WHS to release the win7 compatible version before installing these though.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:58:28 +0000

64 bit Premium, because I feel it is the best value for what I need my PC to do. I multitask so i need more than 3.8 gig of memory available for my pc.

By: Blaine D.

Blaine D. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:52:59 +0000

From my experience with WHS and prior Windows operating systems, the one feature that is lacking is the ability to remotely connect to a “Home” version of Windows. As logical as it would sound for a Windows *Home* Server to be able to do this, it cannot because the remote functionality isn’t available in the “Home” versions, only in the Pro or Ultimate versions.

Therefore, my upgrade path will most likely be to a Windows 7 Professional version. Apart from the remote functionatlity, it also has the XP mode built in. I think I could do without the BitLocker functionality in Ultimate which would be the other reason to go to Ultimate.

The question of 32-bit or 64-bit depends on the PC. The lower-end PCs probably can’t run Windows 7; they don’t even do graphics very well today. They are the low end machines that are about 5 years old, used by the youngest kids. The remaining PCs will be upgraded to the version of Win7 that matches the CPU. There may also be some “handing down” of PCs as I get a new Win7 PC for myself.

I think the biggest advantage for me in using a 64-bit OS is that I can use more than 3.5GB of memory. I occasionally do some intensive video work or graphics rendering and the multiple cores need about 1.5 to 2GB each, hence the 64-bit version would be a given.

Summary:
64-bit Windows 7 Professional where possible on my most recent and memory-laden PCs
32-bit Windows 7 Professional on the lower end processors that are only 32-bit capable.
Windows XP for the really old hardware until the next round of PC “hand me downs”.

By: Andrew Tranchina

Andrew Tranchina — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:48:50 +0000

I’ve already pre-ordered three copies of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for my home machines. I’ve been running the RC since it was released and have been very pleased.

By: Jonathan Kimrey

Jonathan Kimrey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:35:04 +0000

A family pack of 32-bit Home Premium for my three computers.

I really like the ease of networking features available in Windows 7, especially when integrated with WHS PowerPack 3.

PerfectDisk for WHS would be a welcome addition to the system!

Thanks.

By: John Bargo

John Bargo — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:14:08 +0000

PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server offers a host of new reports that enable me to quickly analyze space distribution of file and folders.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:43:19 +0000

I’m buying a family pack of 32 bit for the kids computers, a copy of professional 64 bit for me, and a 32 bit home premium for my wife. I’m the only one running 4 Gb of RAM so the others don’t really need 64 bit yet.

PerfectDisk 10 for the WHS with 5 client licenses would fit perfectly into my network!

By: Diehard

Diehard — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:36:35 +0000

Home Premium. I use Media Center. Proffesional & Ultimate have more functionality but I don’t need those extra’s.

By: michael f.

michael f. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:50:56 +0000

I was originally debating between 64-bit versions of Premium or Ultimate. But the decision was made much easier when I found out I would have access to an Ultimate Licence through my Work MSDN subscription. So Ultimate 64-bit’s the on one for me.
Cheers

By: kromseesall

kromseesall — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:44:56 +0000

I’ve already pre-ordered both Home Premium and Pro for our home. I’m going to stick with 32-bit for the kids so I can run Sandboxie for them. 64-bit for any of my PC’s that are 64-bit capable. Not sure that I’ll go the 64-bit route for the MCE though.