Windows 7

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 06 May 2009, 08:02

Windows 7

I'm downloading this now for work, so i'll let you know how it is when we install & test it.

Teignub · Post by **Teignub** » 06 May 2009, 08:17

this would be much appreciated. i have been waiting to see what Microsoft has in store for all us Vista users.

TamPron · Post by **TamPron** » 06 May 2009, 08:40

Vista is crap

zim · Post by **zim** » 06 May 2009, 08:44

I've never had a problem with Vista.

neckred · Post by **neckred** » 06 May 2009, 08:44

from what i've seen thus far, it seems to be what vista should have been

of course it could still suck like vista

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 06 May 2009, 08:46

I am also downloading this (50% done!)

Yes, this is what Vista should have been. But, for the record, Vista does not suck. It had severe problems at launch and sure sucked a fat nut, but right about now, I have great performance and no problems with my Vista Home Premium x64 system. Windows 7 should be a nice step up from what people raved about the beta.

neckred · Post by **neckred** » 06 May 2009, 08:55

i just don't like vista, my system works perfectly well xp

if i really wanted all the eye candy and bloat vista has, there are several applications which can do the same things on xp and tie up my memory

honestly, i'd use a distro of linux instead of windows in general, if one didn't need to have some 'work-around' technique (emulation/virtual pc) to play most games

zim · Post by **zim** » 06 May 2009, 09:13

Is Windows 7 going to be a big change?

scarica · Post by **scarica** » 06 May 2009, 09:19

ive been wanting a new laptop. methinks i'll hold out a bit until i get the scoop on the new windows.

neckred · Post by **neckred** » 06 May 2009, 09:44

[quote name="erica"]ive been wanting a new laptop. methinks i'll hold out a bit until i get the scoop on the new windows.[/quote]

or you could bring it up to me, let me murder vista and get you xp

scarica · Post by **scarica** » 06 May 2009, 09:45

i'm using the windows thing as an excuse to buy a new comp00ter

Haunty · Post by **Haunty** » 06 May 2009, 16:51

There's a few things that I just wonder...how the fuck did it take them this long to think of this? Like, for instance, dragging windows to the side of the screen to make them half width so that you can compare them easier, instead of having to manually resize them. I still won't be using Internet Explorer 8. I don't give a flying fuck what they add. IE has been way too gay for way too long to give it a chance now.

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 06 May 2009, 17:07

I still don't see anything wrong with XP SP3 Pro.

Haunty · Post by **Haunty** » 06 May 2009, 17:10

That's because there is nothing wrong with it. Windows decided that they need to compete against the ease of mac use by creating a platform that wildly overburdens the processor with hyper-useless shit.

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 06 May 2009, 20:45

[quote name="HbW"]That's because there is nothing wrong with it. Windows decided that they need to compete against the ease of mac use by creating a platform that wildly overburdens the processor with hyper-useless shit.[/quote]

Mortuary Riot · Post by **Mortuary Riot** » 07 May 2009, 03:08

Ive been using 7 for awhile now. Sure the menu thing Aaron said was kinda cool but it gets to be a bitch sometimes. The menu undergoes HONEY IVE JUST MADE MY PORN gay man's telescope FUCKING GINORMIC! Other than that I like it.Still not as cool as XP though. I want to revert but I am toooooooooo lazy...

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 07 May 2009, 08:00

[quote name="HbW"]That's because there is nothing wrong with it. Windows decided that they need to compete against the ease of mac use by creating a platform that wildly overburdens the processor with hyper-useless shit.[/quote]

If you want to talk about hyper-useless shit then strip yourself of the GUI altogether and go CLI. Otherwise, why knock someone's wont for eye candy and graphical usability? Your happy medium between performance and shine is not necessarily the next person's.

I loved XP SP3 but I'm enjoying Vista better.

That and if you want to go 64 bit (ie use more than 3.5GB of RAM)

XP x64 is a fucking joke. Vista x64 and, presumably Win7 x64, are

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 07 May 2009, 08:54

fuck yeah cli, i post using lynx too

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 07 May 2009, 09:50

I spent a long time in FreeBSD CLI using bash2. I used naim (an ncurses AIM client) for IM and lynx for web.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 11 May 2009, 02:45

Windows 7 Ultimate RC1 x64 (Build 7100) installed last night. I backed up my data and settings then did an in-place upgrade. I had a couple configuration quirks but otherwise everything is great. I am also noticing a performance increase, which is in line with what they were saying about performance streamlining. For the record, I'm running it on a Dell Studio 1537 notebook with a Core 2 Duo T6400 2GHz dual core CPU, 4GB DDR2-RAM, and on board Intel x45 graphics.

I will likely buy a license when the evaluation period becomes annoying next March. (It expires July 2010 but will shut down every two hours in March.)

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 11 May 2009, 05:00

running a pre-release OS for a full year seems like a really bad idea, why not at least wait for the the RTM build?

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 12 May 2009, 08:31

The RC isn't so scary after the beta proved relatively stable. I did my in place upgrade and I'm loving it!

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 12 May 2009, 08:42

i'd like to give it a try, but owning only one computer makes me a bit wary of testing out something of this nature. plus, my current windows partition is smaller than the minimum required to install 7

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 12 May 2009, 09:17

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...because you never fucking know.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 12 May 2009, 09:21

i don't bother with backing up anything windows, i don't produce any sort of data there so there's not much need. i use it for final fantasy online and occasionally IE for stuff that requires it, and nothing else. my osx partition is backed up on a daily basis though

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 12 May 2009, 11:41

Fuck ze OS-X. If Im going to dual boot anything with Windows, its going to be Linux.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 12 May 2009, 11:53

for me, there's just no practical reason to use linux. i've messed around with a few distros in the past, and the benefits just weren't worth the hassles of dealing with sprawling package dependencies just to install a single application, hardware support issues, etc. i'll grant that it seems to have come a long way in recent years with regard to usability (better package managers) and better driver/hardware support, but i can already accomplish everything i need to between the two operating systems i already use (including having a unix CLI to fuck around with, when the urge strikes). it's just sorta redundant i guess.

D.O.A. · Post by **D.O.A.** » 12 May 2009, 15:22

I don't feel the need to go back to windows, I'd install it if it was cheaper and more cooperative with regards to dualbooting.

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