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[SadeghiJK]

I've only used the RC 7100 Build and I loved it! I ran it for a while on my computer and it was amazing! I've tested vista on my computer and then after about a month or so it ran into problems and became slow and annoying. Windows 7 though it perfect! When I feel the need to upgrade from XP I'm gonna do a clean Windows 7 install! Just make sure you get all the necessary drivers and you'll have a flawless experience

[jonnykun]

might as well be called vista sp3.

[Snowneo]

Pretty much. considering not a lot of things are "compatible with 7" most of the time if you download for vista it works like a charm. I think because of the bad name that vista got, they just wanted to rename it.

[iargue]

Pretty much. considering not a lot of things are "compatible with 7" most of the time if you download for vista it works like a charm. I think because of the bad name that vista got, they just wanted to rename it.

No. Thanks to the horrible job of manufactures (despite Microsoft's attempts to help) many products determined "ready for vista" where not ready for vista. This was not Microsoft's fault, they gave every manufacturer who wished, a specification for how to build the product. When they realized that manufacturers sucked, they took a step back and took a different approach. Windows 7 is designed for epic compatibility. They put a shitload of work into make it work with anything and everything(All drivers from previous versions of windows will work). Do not take away from their hard work by saying they just renamed vista.

[Fatal]

No. Thanks to the horrible job of manufactures (despite Microsoft's attempts to help) many products determined "ready for vista" where not ready for vista. This was not Microsoft's fault, they gave every manufacturer who wished, a specification for how to build the product. When they realized that manufacturers sucked, they took a step back and took a different approach. Windows 7 is designed for epic compatibility. They put a shitload of work into make it work with anything and everything(All drivers from previous versions of windows will work). Do not take away from their hard work by saying they just renamed vista.

True, also I do think it seems Win7 is a smaller change from the predecessor than some people are used to.

[iargue]

True, also I do think it seems Win7 is a smaller change from the predecessor than some people are used to.

It really isn't. Their main focus was upon making it more user friendly. they dumbed down alot of the things needed to do, improve the "security center" and focused on making it easier for retards to use the computer. Including prompting for cd's for drivers, and automatically detecting from the cd, finding the drivers online, and other various tasks that seem to daunt millions of computer users. They also made Windows 7 have the capability to be stripped down to the necessities. They rearranged the .dll structure so they could transform it into a featureless 128mb version of windows 7 that can run applications.

They also focuses on faster boot times, and controlling the boot time to make root kits harder (The bootloarder checks the kernal, and the kernal checks the bootloader) Most of the changes are behind the scene, and an attempt to make it easier for every user. They whent though alot of trouble ensuring that vista and XP drivers could work with windows 7, while ensuring that they could enforce the same security as Windows 7 drivers. (They need to do this because the majority of virus's run by loadining themselves as a driver. Thus gaining system priliages).

The sad thing is that millions of users will never ever notice these improvements, because they will just click next while the computer does everything for them.

[jonnykun]

so is win7 really worth it? i'm about to shell out 120 dollars to buy this . . .

[Mr. Hobo]

so is win7 really worth it? i'm about to shell out 120 dollars to buy this . . .

If only there were a way to avoid paying ridiculous amounts of money so the worlds richest man doesn't get richer

hmm

[iargue]

If only there were a way to avoid paying ridiculous amounts of money so the worlds richest man doesn't get richer

hmm

Bill Gates doesnt make any money from microsoft anymore. And hes not the richest anymore.


/fail.


Also, I do not support pirating of Operating Systems. Unlike most software and movies and music, programmers have to pour years of their time and effort into making a project, include teams of over a thousand people just to accomplish this task. Operating systems deserve the money that you pay to get it, especially since you will use it for several years.

[pyke]

Woo, it's nice to be able to pick it up for 30$. Will probably do it eventually, though I'm happy with vista.

And iargue, your crush on M$ is cute.

[Mr. Hobo]

Bill Gates doesnt make any money from microsoft anymore. And hes not the richest anymore.

He makes no money from microsoft?

And fine, so one of the richest men in the world doesn't get richer. massive difference

[Kway]

He makes no money from microsoft?

And fine, so one of the richest men in the world doesn't get richer. massive difference

How could you not know about him leaving? http://www.thegatesnotes.com/

[Mr. Hobo]

and he holds no stocks?

[iargue]

and he holds no stocks?

Nope. He has no more stock in it, but I do believe he holds on to a "advisor" position, and makes 1 cent a year. He might even have quit that.

Woo, it's nice to be able to pick it up for 30$. Will probably do it eventually, though I'm happy with vista.

And iargue, your crush on M$ is cute.

People just dont grasp what Microsoft has done for us. Everything that you know existing today is partly because of them. If personal computers had never been a big thing (Yay for GUI's), then a majority of inventions (Like large capactiy hard drives, superconductors, micro chips, etc etc) wouldnt even exist today. Cell phones would be a no, laptops would be a no, and so many other things just wouldnt exist, and certainly in not such numbers.

You gotta give them credit.

[Joanna]

I love Windows 7. Its the only Windows operating system I actually liked... well I did like XP... but still.

[jcrdude]

People just dont grasp what Microsoft has done for us. Everything that you know existing today is partly because of them. If personal computers had never been a big thing (Yay for GUI's), then a majority of inventions (Like large capactiy hard drives, superconductors, micro chips, etc etc) wouldnt even exist today. Cell phones would be a no, laptops would be a no, and so many other things just wouldnt exist, and certainly in not such numbers.

You gotta give them credit.

1. I exist today, with no credit given to MS
2. I give more credit to the aliens who provided us with the advanced technology. I just don't know why they picked the people they did T__T

[iargue]

1. I exist today, with no credit given to MS
2. I give more credit to the aliens who provided us with the advanced technology. I just don't know why they picked the people they did T__T

1)Microsoft is deffinately the reason you exist
2)Thats blasphemy! Microsoft is the aliens.

[pyke]

Everything that you know existing today is partly because of them.

Even a delicious banana?

[jcrdude]

Even a delicious banana?

Even my delicious banana?

[iargue]

Even a delicious banana?

Of course. Without the proper machinery to process them, we wouldnt have enough bandannas to go around

[nicksmart21]

i DONT LIKE WINDOWS 7

JUST KIDING

[Adam]

i DONT LIKE WINDOWS 7

JUST KIDING

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE SPAM IS COOL.

All dumb things aside; W7 is the best operating system ever. I have no compatibility issues. I can run games just fine, program just fine and watch porn in style. W7 wins.

Edited by Adam, 10 February 2010 - 06:26 AM.

[Boggart]

I have windows 7 on my laptop but XP at home. THe only thing i Like about XP more than W7 is that i'm used to it more Everything else i like Windows 7 more.

[MasterJunpei]

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE SPAM IS COOL.

All dumb things aside; W7 is the best operating system ever. I have no compatibility issues. I can run games just fine, program just fine and watch porn in style. W7 wins.

lulz win7+pr0n+boottime=fap

that aside, i've noticed for some reason on my comp XP sp3 ran like a gimp compared to fresh install of Win7 RC. T_T Only compatability problems I have come from old ass games and WindowsBlinds 6.0

[iargue]

lulz win7+pr0n+boottime=fap

that aside, i've noticed for some reason on my comp XP sp3 ran like a gimp compared to fresh install of Win7 RC. T_T Only compatability problems I have come from old ass games and WindowsBlinds 6.0

I have always had compatibility with WindowsBlinds. Its a bullshit, fail program.