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| Thread ID: 108225 | 2010-03-19 17:42:00 | Yeah - just reciebed my copy of Windows 7 | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 868529 | 2010-03-19 17:42:00 | Hi Guys Just recieved my Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on the courier (from Elive) I can't wait to install it later today on a new machine I just built. Uptil now I have had XP on my desktops and Vista on a Laptop. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 868530 | 2010-03-19 18:39:00 | Just done that Digby.Got a Win7 Pro upgrade on Trade me.Wouldn't activate on the first go 'cause of being a new hard drive.Got sick of being passed around at Microsoft so did an upgrade and then it worked. Looks great, so have fun with it! |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 868531 | 2010-03-19 20:30:00 | You'll like it. While it looks like Vista, it sure isn't. In fact there are some parts totally different, not just performance. | pctek (84) | ||
| 868532 | 2010-03-19 20:34:00 | Hi Guys Just recieved my Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on the courier (from Elive) I can't wait to install it later today on a new machine I just built. Uptil now I have had XP on my desktops and Vista on a Laptop. The great thing is, you won't have to set aside a lot of time to do the install - it's QUICK! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 868533 | 2010-03-20 11:42:00 | You'll like it. While it looks like Vista, it sure isn't. In fact there are some parts totally different, not just performance. It's Vista with a few refinements. I used a computer with XP on it today (not XP mode in 7 which I haven't used other than to install it) and had forgotten how things had changed with Vista. Not sure why people hung on to XP but will be in for a treat if you go from XP to 7, once you get used to it that is. By the way, buy Ultimate, you can get it for $179 if you know someone with a student ID (and Pro is only $129). |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 868534 | 2010-03-20 19:06:00 | Yes, I just thought it was time to move ahead. XP is very old now. I like the way you can see where you are in Vista (with the Bread trail feature) And I am looking forward to being able to put two windows side by side and copy files from one to the other. (like you used to be able to do in 3.11) I think we all realise that Windows 7 is just Vista with some things taken out and others added. But it seems that most people do not like Vista whereas they do like 7. And it needs less hardware, so it should be faster on good hardware ! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 868535 | 2010-03-20 19:43:00 | Win 7 seems pretty good if you have tried Vista (so does dysentery) but it is not so neat compared to XP . It will break a few programs, and will constantly strive to reset itself to "The M$ Way" should you use the update service, or install M$ programs . The snipping tool is very neat, and the MSE anti-virus is surprisingly good, I know it is not an integral part of W7, but it fits and works so well that I find it hard to believe that MSE is a Microsoft offering . XP mode in Win7 solves some, but not all, of the W7 incompatibilities with older programs that have no satisfactory replacement . I am seriously considering buying another copy of XP for the main PC, since it is more capable of doing what I want, the way I want it than W7 has proved . I still use it on one of the older less-spec'd machines here and find it more relaxing to use . I tried the W7 beta and it was buggy, then the RC fixed heaps of issues and was quite pleasant to use . The pay-heaps version was alright, but not as user friendly as the RC . (When MS talk of 'update', they may have a slightly more sinister interpretation of the word than the user envisioned . ) I very foolishly let it auto-update, (pctek will snort at that) and it has been breaking itself of the user-friendly attributes since, almost an attempt to Vista itself . The updates are off now, but short of a re-install the horse has left the stables . A Win 7 re-install is not a matter to be undertaken lightly if: (a . ) You are not getting paid for it . (b . ) Boredom requires some desperate moves to fill in a day or two . Perhaps if I wasn't using Linux as a yardstick, W7 may look better? I don't think I will be abandoning my favourite OS just to make W7 look better though . ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 868536 | 2010-03-20 20:15:00 | I have W7 on laptop it works fine I like it but I wouldnt rave about it. I wont change my 2 home xp pcs to vista after hearing about the upgrade issues. At work spent fortune getting network running sweet sure aint going to tempt fate by changing the os to W7. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 868537 | 2010-03-20 20:58:00 | It will constantly strive to reset itself to "The M$ Way" should you use the update service, or install M$ programs . All of them do that . Simple solution, control updates yourself . It is NOT Vista . I guess most people only see the surface of it so because it mostly looks like Vista they think it is a tweaked Vista . It isn't . There are some quite large differences - behind the scenes so to speak . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 868538 | 2010-03-20 22:13:00 | Win 7 seems pretty good if you have tried Vista (so does dysentery) but it is not so neat compared to XP . It will break a few programs, and will constantly strive to reset itself to "The M$ Way" should you use the update service, or install M$ programs . The snipping tool is very neat, and the MSE anti-virus is surprisingly good, I know it is not an integral part of W7, but it fits and works so well that I find it hard to believe that MSE is a Microsoft offering . XP mode in Win7 solves some, but not all, of the W7 incompatibilities with older programs that have no satisfactory replacement . I am seriously considering buying another copy of XP for the main PC, since it is more capable of doing what I want, the way I want it than W7 has proved . I still use it on one of the older less-spec'd machines here and find it more relaxing to use . I tried the W7 beta and it was buggy, then the RC fixed heaps of issues and was quite pleasant to use . The pay-heaps version was alright, but not as user friendly as the RC . (When MS talk of 'update', they may have a slightly more sinister interpretation of the word than the user envisioned . ) I very foolishly let it auto-update, (pctek will snort at that) and it has been breaking itself of the user-friendly attributes since, almost an attempt to Vista itself . The updates are off now, but short of a re-install the horse has left the stables . A Win 7 re-install is not a matter to be undertaken lightly if: (a . ) You are not getting paid for it . (b . ) Boredom requires some desperate moves to fill in a day or two . Perhaps if I wasn't using Linux as a yardstick, W7 may look better? I don't think I will be abandoning my favourite OS just to make W7 look better though . ;) You have the Tall Poppy Syndrome R2x1 using M$ instead of MS . :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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