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Windows 7 ....so far so good
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:01 pm
by XMEN Iceman
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!
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:19 am
by XMEN Ashaman DTM
Will pre-order it this Friday.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:58 am
by Starmage21
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:37 pm
by XMEN Gambit
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?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:17 pm
by Starmage21
some of the benchmarks are better, the resource footprint is drastically smaller, and boot times are way better than vista.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:09 pm
by XMEN Gambit
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?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:33 pm
by XMEN Ashaman DTM
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:49 pm
by Spinning Hat
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..
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:40 am
by Starmage21
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.
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:36 pm
by Gryphon
I pre-ordered a few copies the other day.
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:37 pm
by Starmage21
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:01 pm
by Starmage21
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:32 pm
by XMEN Gambit
Based on startup and shutdown times?
Maybe you should switch to Linux, some of those will boot
in under 10 seconds.
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:12 pm
by Starmage21
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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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:14 am
by Spinning Hat
That family Pack looks awfully tempting...