Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) now available for free download

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Originally Posted by Cry Havoc

I have a friend who's a system administrator, and he's been running it on 3 of his 4 computers for a while now. He says he has had zero problems with it so far and that it runs like a dream.

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thats hard to believe considering it's winOS... dude must be having nightmares cause i know i would if i was still running a pos OS like the ones microshit comes out with.

Been running Windows 7 for the past couple of months.

Windows 7 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vista.

And somehow it's added an hour to my battery life on my laptop.

I find it difficult to see any incentive for paying $200 for a shiny new interface and an OS that is probably even more incompatible with old software than vista already is.

Honestly, with WINE getting better at emulating windows API with each release, I plan to ride Windows XP down to the rims. The biggest obstacle is microsoft's giagantic influence over directx and their ability to force gamers to upgrade to a new operating system because of bogus exclusivity. That deserves it's own topic though.

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Originally Posted by Cry Havoc

I have a friend who's a system administrator, and he's been running it on 3 of his 4 computers for a while now. He says he has had zero problems with it so far and that it runs like a dream.

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That's cause any Sys Ad worth his salt knows WTF he's doing and talking about.

Not like some folks on this thread.

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Originally Posted by Cry Havoc

I have a friend who's a system administrator, and he's been running it on 3 of his 4 computers for a while now. He says he has had zero problems with it so far and that it runs like a dream.

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Windows 7 is more like a service pack for Vista. MS needs a new name because Vista has a bad smell to it. CPUs/GPUs have improved so that the performance is reasonable.

I installed Windows 7 Beta a few months back. I'm sure it's an improvement over Vista, but it's nothing special. XP SP3 will do just fine for a while.

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Originally Posted by spurster

Windows 7 is more like a service pack for Vista. MS needs a new name because Vista has a bad smell to it. CPUs/GPUs have improved so that the performance is reasonable.

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What the hell are you talking about?

Yes. 7 is a service pack for Vista that suddenly allows it to run optimally on netbooks. :lmao

A service pack makes an operating system that's ideal for use on a high-powered rig suddenly run on an low-end, low-volt processor with RAM that was standard more than 2 years ago.

Your statement could not be more untrue if you said it was a UNIX based OS.

watch yourself spurster or else cry baby havoc will be all over you with his/her assumptions... you've been warned. haha

ps: fuck all versions of winOS! they all fuckin' suck and aren't worth a damn.

macosx is nice, but you can't play orange box on it without windows.

What are the specs of a netbook that will run Windows 7? I bet if you compare them (especially their GPUs) with computers that were supposedly "Vista-ready" when Vista came out, that the W7-netbook will be way ahead.

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Originally Posted by leemajors

macosx is nice, but you can't play orange box on it without windows.

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i use my computer for work related tasks only... design and such.

games go on my xbox360 and even then i only play one game and that's nba 2k series.

btw, how is orange box? i keep hearing about that game... it's been out quite a while huh? my buddy is a huge half-life player and keeps telling me to play orange box but i really am only into basketball games, primarily nba 2k series. i did rent mercenaries 2 which was kind of fun.

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Originally Posted by spurster

What are the specs of a netbook that will run Windows 7? I bet if you compare them (especially their GPUs) with computers that were supposedly "Vista-ready" when Vista came out, that the W7-netbook will be way ahead.

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That's the point. W7 is a much more compact operating system with a smaller footprint. I have a (close) to top of the line desktop, so I am one of the individuals who aren't really affected that much by how RAM hungry Vista is, but Windows 7 will run extremely well on netbooks, much more than Vista will, which is tough run at times on even full sized laptops.

Vista is a very good operating system if you have plenty of RAM. Otherwise, it's a resource hog that's going to give you problems at every turn. That said, now that I've got the W7 release candidate, I plan to install it sometime next week to see how it fares.

So you only needed a $2000-3000 computer to run Vista well? What a piece of shit OS.

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

So you only needed a $2000-3000 computer to run Vista well? What a piece of shit OS.

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see thats the bad part of apple as well... wish apple would just sell their os for white boxes. i shelled out $2500 but i am happy with what i have now and dont expect to have to purchase another computer for a long time.

if apple would just sell their os for white boxes i wouldve just built my own computer and installed osx but sadly thats not the case.

as for vista... fuck it! same goes for the rest of microshits line of software.

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microshits line of software

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:lol

I prefer the term Microshaft...

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Originally Posted by koriwhat

see thats the bad part of apple as well... wish apple would just sell their os for white boxes. i shelled out $2500 but i am happy with what i have now and dont expect to have to purchase another computer for a long time.

if apple would just sell their os for white boxes i wouldve just built my own computer and installed osx but sadly thats not the case.

as for vista... fuck it! same goes for the rest of microshits line of software.

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You should hear the way Alan Kay (the inventor of the GUI desktop and also OOP) rips Microsoft. He compares Vista to the Pyramids, built by thousands on sheer brute force.

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Originally Posted by leemajors

macosx is nice, but you can't play orange box on it without windows.

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I have run Steam under different wine versions (cider,crossover games). Half Life 2 and Portal work.
Then again, for games I have a XBox 360. I play Fallout 3, etc etc etc over there, and I don't have to deal with gfx drivers, wonky audio cards and all that.

And my Mini was $650, including 4GB RAM. I just need to buy a nice 1TB external HD to increase the room a bit, and that would probably do. Not a bad deal if you already have a nice monitor, keyboard and mouse.

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Originally Posted by ElNono

I have run Steam under different wine versions (cider,crossover games). Half Life 2 and Portal work.
Then again, for games I have a XBox 360. I play Fallout 3, etc etc etc over there, and I don't have to deal with gfx drivers, wonky audio cards and all that.

And my Mini was $650, including 4GB RAM. I just need to buy a nice 1TB external HD to increase the room a bit, and that would probably do. Not a bad deal if you already have a nice monitor, keyboard and mouse.

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i play fps games. they kinda suck on consoles for the most part once you learn how to use a keyboard and mouse ;)

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

So you only needed a $2000-3000 computer to run Vista well? What a piece of shit OS.

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No, you just need a decent proc and at least 2 gigs of RAM. Pretty standard on most desktops and even laptops, but some still come pretty barebones these days.

Windows 7 is great. I've been running it on this computer, my laptop and my HTPC since the RC came out. The IPV6 networking is really nice, the application and driver compatibility are excellent and it's fast, stable and easy to manage. On a slower machine, you'd be better off sticking with XPSP3 and nLite.

People that blame Microsoft for viruses or spyware should probably just use a typewriter.

Vista is pretty good if it came with the system.

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Originally Posted by koriwhat

if apple would just sell their os for white boxes i wouldve just built my own computer and installed osx but sadly thats not the case.

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http://www.osx86project.org/

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Originally Posted by PixelPusher

http://www.osx86project.org/

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been there, done that... it's not fail proof. i want a product that is supposed to work out of the box, not a hack. it's cool though when you get osx86 loaded. fun to screw around with.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

On a slower machine, you'd be better off sticking with XPSP3 and nLite.

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Could you elaborate on this? It's my understanding that W7 is even smaller and better optimized than XP.

I have a laptop with a 1.83 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB of RAM, and I'm deciding if I'm going to install it on my laptop or my desktop first.

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Originally Posted by Cry Havoc

Could you elaborate on this? It's my understanding that W7 is even smaller and better optimized than XP.

I have a laptop with a 1.83 Ghz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB of RAM, and I'm deciding if I'm going to install it on my laptop or my desktop first.

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For the record, I was talking about really old machines. My laptop's a 1.7 Pentium M with 512 meg of RAM, and 7 runs absolutely great on it.

Seat of the pants tells me my HTPC ran certain media related stuff faster with XP, but Media Center for Win7 has been hugely improved, meaning it now works. I've got more confidence in my ability to strip down XP just because I've had so much more time with it, and not having the extra overhead of the new interface would make it smaller. I don't think vLite is ready for Windows 7 yet either.