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My wife is a teacher, I should have her check if she can get a copy of 7 cheap for my HTPC downstairs...although XP has been nice to me. 
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7 has H.264 and AC3 decoders built in. So it makes for a nice HTPC. Just add Haali Media Splitter and you can play just about every video you find.
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Re: Stick with XP our upgrade to Windows 7?
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Yeah, I know.
So after a little more test driving it appears that my computer is MUCH faster now. I am not sure how much (or any) of that is attributed to windows7 or just the fact that I wiped the slate clean and installed from scratch. Mostly due to wiping the slate clean assuming you didn't add or change any hardware. You would've noticed the same or greater improvement if you wiped and installed a clean XP. Windows 7 does run much more efficently than Vista though.
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That is kind of what I was thinking. My wife runs vista on her laptop... I need to find out if I am limited to one windows7 install or not. If not, I am going to update my wife's laptop as well.
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I read the OEM version was limited to 1 computer only.
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Catbrat,
I installed windows 7 enterprise version as a download from my school. I just need to find out if my school limits me to one activation per student or not.
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Even if they do allow two, whether or not you can use it probably depends on whether your wife is also a student, technically speaking.
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You sure about that? I was pretty sure that student/teacher editions were generally for the household.
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