garth Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Anybody using it yet?. Fucking awesome pisses on vista. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroP Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 indeed. loving windows 7, hate vista although I was starting to warm up to vista until I had to build 14 machines using vista business in a domain environment with UAC enabled. I have'nt tried windows 7 with games yet, only using it on my work machine. although from beta1 to RC of windows 7 it seems they added in some newfeatures that broke some stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 What's so good about 7 compared to Vista/XP? Don't know much about it myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroP Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 What's so good about 7 compared to Vista/XP? Don't know much about it myself. so far it seems to be much quicker and more stable than Vista Xp is still good but its old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Loving it so far. Installed it on a laptop yesterday, doesn't have the 1gb RAM required to run but it's installed and running pretty well. Also managed to get it installed on a laptop at work too, that only has 512mb RAM and struggled to install Windows 98 yet Windows 7 went on without complaints and runs MS Outlook better than XP. I never hated Vista, I just never needed it myself but Windows 7 is fantastic so far and I'll probably have to upgrade my main PC from XP when it comes out at retail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I must be the only one who don't mind Vista Works like a charm for me, never had any troubles with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Loving it so far. Installed it on a laptop yesterday, doesn't have the 1gb RAM required to run but it's installed and running pretty well. Also managed to get it installed on a laptop at work too, that only has 512mb RAM and struggled to install Windows 98 yet Windows 7 went on without complaints and runs MS Outlook better than XP. I never hated Vista, I just never needed it myself but Windows 7 is fantastic so far and I'll probably have to upgrade my main PC from XP when it comes out at retail. Yeah, it has to be much less of a resource hog that Vista because it has to run on netbooks. Microsoft are desperate to stop selling XP, but can't consider conceding the low-end netbook market to Linux. I wonder how they intend to hobble the netbook version of Windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Square Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Is it stable then? Not really keen on having an OS that is in the beta stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Loving it so far. Installed it on a laptop yesterday, doesn't have the 1gb RAM required to run but it's installed and running pretty well. Also managed to get it installed on a laptop at work too, that only has 512mb RAM and struggled to install Windows 98 yet Windows 7 went on without complaints and runs MS Outlook better than XP. I never hated Vista, I just never needed it myself but Windows 7 is fantastic so far and I'll probably have to upgrade my main PC from XP when it comes out at retail. Yeah, it has to be much less of a resource hog that Vista because it has to run on netbooks. Microsoft are desperate to stop selling XP, but can't consider conceding the low-end netbook market to Linux. I wonder how they intend to hobble the netbook version of Windows 7. The most basic version of Windows 7, the one that will probably be sold on netbooks, will only allow you to run 3 programmes at the same time (not including anti-virus, etc.). So you can run a web browser, your email programme and one other programme before you hit the limit. Is it stable then? Not really keen on having an OS that is in the beta stage. It's still a release candidate rather than the final code, but it's been very stable for me so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lazlo Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've just been reading in pc format that the gaming performance under 7 is slightly less (fps) than in vista. I don't take too much notice of their benchmarks but i think i'll wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've just been reading in pc format that the gaming performance under 7 is slightly less (fps) than in vista. I don't take too much notice of their benchmarks but i think i'll wait. I don't think that either nVidia or ATI have released full Windows 7 drivers as yet so whilst the Vista drivers will probably work OK they won't be optimised as yet for Windows 7 in the same way they are for Vista and XP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lazlo Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Aye, i see that. From a gaming point of view though i don't see any point in upgrading. Don't get me wrong, i've heard nowt but praise for win7 but i get that unneriving feeling of hang on to your cash until the bugs are sorted out and until dx11 is fully implemented. Same old story really, you spend an effing fortune on upgrades only to find you need a new gfx card because it has a new shader. Damn them all to hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfroP Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Aye, i see that. From a gaming point of view though i don't see any point in upgrading. Don't get me wrong, i've heard nowt but praise for win7 but i get that unneriving feeling of hang on to your cash until the bugs are sorted out and until dx11 is fully implemented. Same old story really, you spend an effing fortune on upgrades only to find you need a new gfx card because it has a new shader. Damn them all to hell generally the rule of thumb for gamers with new o/s's is wait until the 1st service pack and then start judging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Loving it so far. Installed it on a laptop yesterday, doesn't have the 1gb RAM required to run but it's installed and running pretty well. Also managed to get it installed on a laptop at work too, that only has 512mb RAM and struggled to install Windows 98 yet Windows 7 went on without complaints and runs MS Outlook better than XP. I never hated Vista, I just never needed it myself but Windows 7 is fantastic so far and I'll probably have to upgrade my main PC from XP when it comes out at retail. Yeah, it has to be much less of a resource hog that Vista because it has to run on netbooks. Microsoft are desperate to stop selling XP, but can't consider conceding the low-end netbook market to Linux. I wonder how they intend to hobble the netbook version of Windows 7. The most basic version of Windows 7, the one that will probably be sold on netbooks, will only allow you to run 3 programmes at the same time (not including anti-virus, etc.). So you can run a web browser, your email programme and one other programme before you hit the limit. Wow. That's pretty hobbled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What are the chances of me installing (and running it properly) on a laptop with: 1.6Ghz Celeron with 1MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB. 512MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM. 40GB 5400rpm HDD. ? I'm running XP currently and like its simplicity, but the laptop is as slow as a dog these days and could do with a format. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I could upgrade the memory for peanuts of course, but I'm wondering if it's worth bothering considering the processor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Oh, and obviously I'm not interested in doing any gaming or graphics work with it. It'll just be for the net, and no programmes more demanding than Office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Going to give this a whirl this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What are the chances of me installing (and running it properly) on a laptop with: 1.6Ghz Celeron with 1MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB. 512MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM. 40GB 5400rpm HDD. ? I'm running XP currently and like its simplicity, but the laptop is as slow as a dog these days and could do with a format. Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthnufc Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I cant be bothered buying a product key tho when march 2010 comes! The bi-hourly shut down sounds like a pain in the ass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Installed this last night and must admit I really do prefer it to Vista. Seems to run so much smoother and without taking up as much resources. I won't be going back to Vista that's for certain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 What are the chances of me installing (and running it properly) on a laptop with: 1.6Ghz Celeron with 1MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB. 512MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM. 40GB 5400rpm HDD. ? I'm running XP currently and like its simplicity, but the laptop is as slow as a dog these days and could do with a format. Anyone? All you can do is try it Dave, I doubt many people will have the same spec exactly. From what I'm reading it's meant to be generally more efficient so worth a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Aye, I've done a bit of Googling and everyone's saying it's far better for older machines than Vista. Gonna give it a go when the new RAM comes; I've ordered 2GB for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 The most basic version of Windows 7, the one that will probably be sold on netbooks, will only allow you to run 3 programmes at the same time (not including anti-virus, etc.). So you can run a web browser, your email programme and one other programme before you hit the limit. You're joking Right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 What else would you be needing to do on a netbook? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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