{"id":12890,"date":"2009-10-26T13:14:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T18:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=12890"},"modified":"2009-10-26T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T18:14:40","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-should-you-upgrade-to-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-should-you-upgrade-to-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Should You Upgrade to Windows 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/billpwp.jpg\" alt=\"billpwp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<p>Are you wondering if you should upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7? Yesterday on Facebook I heard from an old friend who asked a question I expect I\u2019ll hear a lot this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/ShouldIUpgradetoWindows7_12D80\/rhonda.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"rhonda\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rhonda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/ShouldIUpgradetoWindows7_12D80\/rhonda_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As a Microsoft MVP award winner I\u2019m under no obligation to promote Microsoft products. If you\u2019ve read my blog before you know I haven\u2019t been a fan of Windows Vista. Contrary to advice from Microsoft, I also recommend waiting 7-10 days before installing Windows updates. My answer to Rhonda may sound like a paid advertisement from Microsoft but I believe strongly in the benefits of Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/ShouldIUpgradetoWindows7_12D80\/billreply.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"billreply\" border=\"0\" alt=\"billreply\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/ShouldIUpgradetoWindows7_12D80\/billreply_thumb.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I typically tell folks to wait and let others test new software. Windows 7 may have been just released to the general public, but it\u2019s been widely deployed for months. 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Yesterday on Facebook I heard from an old friend who asked a question I expect I\u2019ll hear a lot this year.<\/p>\n<p>As a Microsoft MVP award winner I\u2019m under no obligation to promote Microsoft products. If you\u2019ve read my blog before you know I haven\u2019t been a fan of Windows Vista. Contrary to advice from Microsoft, I also recommend waiting 7-10 days before installing Windows updates. 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