Windows 7 ....so far so good

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:01 pm

The update from Vista Ultimate 64 to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 was perfect. Almost no intervention from me.

I just had to uninstall one incompatible antispyware program that it identified and it continued.

So far it is completely compatible with my games that I have tried so far. The interface is really not that hugely different.

So go forth and buy it!

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:19 am

Will pre-order it this Friday.

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:58 am

No reason for me to preorder, theyre not giving a price-cut on the OEM versions. I am NOT playing with the mess that is an OS upgrade.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:37 pm

XP-to-Vista was an OS upgrade. Vista-to-Win7 is more like a big service pack that includes some UI changes.

Seriously, what's different between Vista and Win7, other than the interface? Anything that will affect the average user?

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:17 pm

some of the benchmarks are better, the resource footprint is drastically smaller, and boot times are way better than vista.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:09 pm

So, in short, they've optimized it, then slapped a new label and UI on it so they could charge you more for the "new" OS and forget about that nasty ol' Vista PR?

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:33 pm

I never got vista. It's XP/Ubuntu for me right now. Will move everything over to a xen platform when I get my Win 7 installation.

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:49 pm

I bought my notebook too soon, wish i could've gotten the Win7 upgrade for free.. Not real big into spending a boatload of cash on an OS right now..

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:40 am

XMEN Gambit wrote:So, in short, they've optimized it, then slapped a new label and UI on it so they could charge you more for the "new" OS and forget about that nasty ol' Vista PR?

From a macro point of view thats exactly it.

Gryphon · Post by **Gryphon** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:36 pm

I pre-ordered a few copies the other day.

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:37 pm

I'll just drop by best buy and buy the family pack. I've got 6 computers in my house with 3 users. M$ can fellate me if they think I'm payin for 6 liscenses.

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:01 pm

XMEN Gambit wrote:So, in short, they've optimized it, then slapped a new label and UI on it so they could charge you more for the "new" OS and forget about that nasty ol' Vista PR?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22006&pag ... post-22006

There you go Gambutt, thats why you should switch.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:32 pm

Based on startup and shutdown times?

Maybe you should switch to Linux, some of those will boot in under 10 seconds.

Starmage21 · Post by **Starmage21** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:12 pm

you should read the whole thing man, its like 5 pages. I just linked you to the 2nd one where all the pretty charts start so it would grab your attention better

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Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:14 am

That family Pack looks awfully tempting...