May 15th, 2009, 02:12 AM | #1 |
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Windows 7?
Anyone using it? If you didn't know, the release candidate is available, and free until June 2010.I've been on it about a week now ( from XP Pro) and I must say I love it.It's fast solid, and everything has been compatible so far from older software and games, to all my hardware.I didn't even need to fight with my network-it just added it's self.MS, you done good!
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May 15th, 2009, 02:20 AM | #2 |
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I'm running it as a dual boot with Vista. No issues so far.
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How are you handling your partitions? I'm interested in trying it but I'm already dual booting Ubuntu and XP. I guess I'd probably need another partition for Win 7. |
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May 23rd, 2009, 02:04 AM | #4 |
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7 is on a separate HD.I don't think a partition for a 3rd operating system will be a problem for you if you have the space, XP's boot loader will just ad it on.It don't take much room either.I have a few games installed and all my regular programs etc. It's only 27 gigs.
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May 23rd, 2009, 03:21 PM | #5 |
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I'm tempted by windows 7, because vista has gave me nothing but problems.
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Windows 7 is what Vista should have been, BUT....... Just wait till Microsoft posts the price. Guaranteed that it will be even dearer than Vista is
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yeah vista is total pants and people should demand there money back when W7 appears, ive seen so many problems with vista i dont know how gates gets away with it, from the useage i had with W7 i found it refreshing that they might actually have a descent operating system, just hope its not embedded with hidden spys like im hearing about.
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November 4th, 2009, 12:56 AM | #8 |
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Well, I thought what can I lose. Vista is crap. So installed 7 32bit. Took a bit of fiddling about but it is better than vista by a mile. But then so was XP. But this does work folks!
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I used the release candidate for several weeks and loved it and it ran like a champ but they had absolutely no support for the older sound card in my laptop. I tried all the compatible Vista drivers with no joy. I had to give up on it ultimately because of the lack of driver support for slightly older hardware.
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