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| Digitalfreak™ |
 July 5, 2009, 02:19 AM
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 Goa'uld  Group: Starfleet Command, c 2266 Posts: 11641 Joined: September 4, 2002 From: Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown Member No.: 1  |
I downloaded the prerelease copy from Microsoft and installed it on a test laptop. Gotta say, I'm liking this one WAY better than Vista. It has the look of Vista but it runs much more smoothly and configuring everything seems a lot easier.
-------------------- If you take the numbers from the order that each letter in Berman's name is in the alphabet, times it by 217.678, divide it by the number of people that quit watching ENT, integrate this value onto an exponential graph, the gradient of this graph is in fact 5318008 which spells "boobies" upside down.
"It is better to have pwned and quit than never to have pwned at all." ~ Shalind "KILL THAT DAMN ROGUE!!" ~ World of Warcraft, Alliance Battleground Chat in reference to me "Tis cool..." |
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| Askre |
July 5, 2009, 02:36 AM
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 Senator  Group: Romulan Star Empire Posts: 12234 Joined: September 8, 2002 From: Somewhere.... I think. Member No.: 71 |
Hm perhaps it's the upgrade to vista like XP was to windows 2000. I'll personally still wait though until it's at least a year old before buying a computer with it
did the mistake of buying a computer when Vista was still new and well yeah, I have only a tolerant relationship with it  though it runs much better now after all the updates it's had by now.-------------------- Sanity is overrated, insanity is what I enjoy.
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| Digitalfreak™ |
July 6, 2009, 12:40 PM
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Goa'uld Group: Starfleet Command, c 2266 Posts: 11641 Joined: September 4, 2002 From: Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown Member No.: 1 |
Yea I'd definately wait til next year. But so far I'm liking this one.
-------------------- If you take the numbers from the order that each letter in Berman's name is in the alphabet, times it by 217.678, divide it by the number of people that quit watching ENT, integrate this value onto an exponential graph, the gradient of this graph is in fact 5318008 which spells "boobies" upside down.
"It is better to have pwned and quit than never to have pwned at all." ~ Shalind "KILL THAT DAMN ROGUE!!" ~ World of Warcraft, Alliance Battleground Chat in reference to me "Tis cool..." |
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| Diesel Micky Dolenz |
July 7, 2009, 08:51 AM
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 DMD  Group: Administrator Posts: 9725 Joined: September 9, 2002 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 99 |
I've got it on pre-order ($50 vs. $100 later), but I haven't had that many problems with Vista in the first place.
-------------------- Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.
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| Digitalfreak™ |
July 7, 2009, 11:51 AM
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Goa'uld Group: Starfleet Command, c 2266 Posts: 11641 Joined: September 4, 2002 From: Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown Member No.: 1 |
The only major problems I've had with Vista was performance issues, and some older work related software had problems.
-------------------- If you take the numbers from the order that each letter in Berman's name is in the alphabet, times it by 217.678, divide it by the number of people that quit watching ENT, integrate this value onto an exponential graph, the gradient of this graph is in fact 5318008 which spells "boobies" upside down.
"It is better to have pwned and quit than never to have pwned at all." ~ Shalind "KILL THAT DAMN ROGUE!!" ~ World of Warcraft, Alliance Battleground Chat in reference to me "Tis cool..." |
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| Director Sloan |
August 2, 2009, 12:23 AM
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 Group: Validating Posts: 4847 Joined: September 4, 2002 From: Betazed: Starfleet Internal Affairs Member No.: 6 |
So far I'm liking Windows 7 A LOT better than Vista. I fight with Vista at work all the time and it drives me nuts! Luckily I have an Ubuntu machine I can use to get some actual work done.
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| Digitalfreak™ |
August 2, 2009, 11:07 PM
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Goa'uld Group: Starfleet Command, c 2266 Posts: 11641 Joined: September 4, 2002 From: Icecrown Citadel, Icecrown Member No.: 1 |
I love Ubuntu
-------------------- If you take the numbers from the order that each letter in Berman's name is in the alphabet, times it by 217.678, divide it by the number of people that quit watching ENT, integrate this value onto an exponential graph, the gradient of this graph is in fact 5318008 which spells "boobies" upside down.
"It is better to have pwned and quit than never to have pwned at all." ~ Shalind "KILL THAT DAMN ROGUE!!" ~ World of Warcraft, Alliance Battleground Chat in reference to me "Tis cool..." |
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| Ducane |
August 3, 2009, 12:08 PM
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 Captain  Group: Starfleet Science, c 2800 Posts: 1883 Joined: October 20, 2002 From: Central New York Member No.: 156 |
Vista is what made me make the switch to Linux full time, a switch both I and my CPU have appreciated. I'd consider upgrading my Vista partition to try out 7, but having Vista Basic I don't really qualify for any kind of discounted upgrade.
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| Helburn |
September 28, 2009, 09:41 PM
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 Commodore  Group: Starfleet Command Posts: 4036 Joined: September 7, 2002 From: British Columbia CA Mental Status: Passive Member No.: 19 |
I have the full version of Windows 7 installed, a perk of taking a technology course in school
 . I've run into a couple problems when it comes to running games. While playing Diablo 2 the game sometimes has an excetion and crashes, even in compatibility mode, i blame it on the age of the game mostly..., oh, and for some reason my Anti-virus picked up 'diabloII.exe' as a trojan horse and deleted it... lol.... Also I can't get Fallout 3 to run. It crashes before the first video on the startup. Even in compatibility mode. So obivously there are a few bugs to iron out, But overall I'm liking the look and feel for the new taskbar and the fluidity of transfering from one program to another, its so much faster than Vista, but then again what OS isn't fast after a clean install, ill have my final judgement in a few months. A question for those who run ubuntu, are there any tutorials on what you can do on that OS? I've installed it as a Virtual machine on VMWare and i want to learn how to use it. -------------------- "This isn't like the time you bought a hamster, named it virginity, then lost it, is it?"
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October 2, 2009, 10:08 PM
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Captain Group: Starfleet Science, c 2800 Posts: 1883 Joined: October 20, 2002 From: Central New York Member No.: 156 |
QUOTE(Helburn @ September 28, 2009, 10:41 PM)  A question for those who run ubuntu, are there any tutorials on what you can do on that OS? I've installed it as a Virtual machine on VMWare and i want to learn how to use it. I would just play around with it by trial and error, all the usage basics are user friendly enough; there's a great support community at ubuntuforums.org too. -------------------- Worf: Get rid of them. Rom: You mean we're going home? Garak: No, he means you're going to die. Rom: That settles it. I'm never helping you again. "The Emperor's New Cloak" (DS9) |
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November 22, 2009, 12:01 AM
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 Commander  Group: Klingon Empire Posts: 1358 Joined: September 7, 2002 From: Starbug Member No.: 23 |
I will be ordering a new laptop soon, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on which version of widows 7 to order.
I've been looking online and all I get are checklists that don't really tell me if I need to get a version other than Home. Looks like the only major difference is the XP compatibility mode. Do I need that? If anyone can tell me if there is any big difference between home and premium and ultimate that I should be aware of, I would appreciate it! When vista came out, I ordered a computer for my brother with Vista basic and it didn't have some of the visually fancy features, and I wish I had known that before I ordered it. Thanks! -------------------- I asked my 8 year old son what he wanted to be when he grows up. He said he didn't know. I said he could be anything he wants to be. Then I asked my 4 year old daughter who had been quietly listening. She said, "a robot."
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