Windows 7

G.I.R. · Post by **G.I.R.** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:05 pm

HPDarkness1 wrote:I'll definitely be buying it. I think it will be a successful OS, maybe it will bring people's faith in Microsoft back.

(11:08:54 PM) Friend: what
(11:08:56 PM) Friend: microsoft
(11:09:00 PM) Friend: released a beta to the public?
(11:09:06 PM) Me: ...yeah
(11:09:10 PM) Friend: ...
(11:09:11 PM) Friend: what
I wasn't all that surprised (Vista beta), but Win7's beta is far more accessible. From what I've been hearing about it, Windows 7 sounds like it's going to be amazing. I've still yet to install it; I'll get around to it eventually. I downloaded it this past weekend at like, 550kb/s. That made me happy.

WaeV wrote:Those of you who need a good partitioner can always use the ubuntu live CD. Just type "sudo gparted" in the terminal.

No. gparted Live CD is around ~70MB and fits on a CD+/-whatever.

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:25 pm

The download failed every time it got to 14% today... I give up now. It obviously won't work for me. I was reading about some major compatibility issues with my key programs anyway. Since I have all of my things backed up, I think I will do a clean install of Vista.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:41 pm

My download kept failing, so I used a torrent.

G.I.R. · Post by **G.I.R.** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:12 pm

I've heard that, for whatever reason, the download manager works better under IE.

I still managed to get a fast, working download under FireFox though.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:40 pm

I wasn't even able to start the download in Fire fox, but it was fine in IE.
Why is IE so horrible?

LuxuriousMeat · Post by **LuxuriousMeat** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:02 pm

xbox wrote:I wasn't even able to start the download in Fire fox, but it was fine in IE.
Why is IE so horrible?

Same.

I think it's pretty good, but I installed it on a virtual machine through VMWare, so I don't get the best performance out of it since I have a limited amount of RAM, but it seems nice.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:13 pm

Here's a desktop screenshot of my current Windows 7 set up.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:29 pm

Ah, I love the wallpaper. Where from?

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:35 pm

DrXThirst wrote:Ah, I love the wallpaper. Where from?

I got it from a NASA wallpaper thread, heres the link to it (and a mars sunset):

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:03 pm

Sweet, thanks. I love it. (Sorry, but I had to steal it.

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HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:30 pm

No problem, I love that wallpaper too. it just seems to go with the theme of Windows 7 so well. =D

mxrider108 · Post by **mxrider108** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:48 pm

DrXThirst wrote:Sweet, thanks. I love it. (Sorry, but I had to steal it. )

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Sexual.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:03 pm

My experience thus far has been horrendous.
I cannot acess my vista patition, my resolution cannot go above 1024x768, my GFX card is not recognized, and none of my programs are available.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 pm

Drivers, and you have to assign the drive letter name (Happens sometimes)

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:08 pm

How do I assign a drive name to the W7 partition so that it I can acess it from either OS.

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:17 pm

So what is the point of windows 7? Is it gonna be a Vista lite or something?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:30 pm

The point is to be a better operating system than the last, the same point every single OS successor has.

jackson117 · Post by **jackson117** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:55 pm

Tural wrote:
jackson117 wrote:Vista is the future you can't escape it
Just stop posting.

I've low on this site for 5 months.

all my posts were like that because i had forgotten the rules.

Now tell me Why would they chuck away vista and leave it in the cold for Windows 7 when Microsoft are just going to get flamed and everyone is gonna be pissed.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:02 am

You know what? I'm not even going to have this argument. I'm going to go ahead and remove this post's content so I don't get myself banned from how annoyed I have become at the continuous effort I have to exert to keep you on-topic and sensible. You're on thin ice, and I'm not going to take more of my time correcting your baseless, nonsensical claims any more. I advise you to put more time and thought in to your future posts if you'd like to continue making them.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:02 am

jackson117 wrote:
Tural wrote:
jackson117 wrote:Vista is the future you can't escape it
Just stop posting.

I've low on this site for 5 months.

all my posts were like that because i had forgotten the rules.

Now tell me Why would they chuck away vista and leave it in the cold for Windows 7 when Microsoft are just going to get flamed and everyone is gonna be pissed.

They aren't chucking away Vista. They're improving it to a point where it's a new operating system. Same way they didn't chuck away Windows XP when vista came around, and They didn't chuck 98/2000/ME when XP came out. No one's chucking anything but you. So chuck all you want, and reacquaint yourself with the rules.

EDIT: Damnit tural with your fast moving Cornhusking hands.