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#27 Sep 22 2009 at 10:24 AM Rating: Good
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Wint wrote:
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Just found out I got picked to host a Windows 7 launch party, so I get a free signature edition of Windows 7 Ultimate


Me too, haha! I wonder what the "signature" editon has that is different than normal ultimate.


More Microsoft branding?


Yeah I can't imagine it's much (if at all) different than the regular ultimate edition.

Probably different packaging and extra profile pictures to choose from... and a few extra bundled wallpapers.
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#28 Sep 22 2009 at 11:08 AM Rating: Good
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Windows has too many ******* versions.
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#29 Sep 22 2009 at 11:44 AM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
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went from vista 64 bit to 7 64 bit. Everythign is faster in 7. Basic operations, gaming, etc. I'm averaging about 5 frames per second (FPS) faster in most games over where I was before, which isn't huge, but it's not bad either.


This may not be answerable, but would win 7 be faster then xp?

Also, if this is windows 7, 6 was vista, 5 was xp, 4 was '98, 3 was '95 and 2 was windows 3.x series? Not that I really care how they count.
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went from vista 64 bit to 7 64 bit. Everythign is faster in 7. Basic operations, gaming, etc. I'm averaging about 5 frames per second (FPS) faster in most games over where I was before, which isn't huge, but it's not bad either.


This may not be answerable, but would win 7 be faster then xp?

Also, if this is windows 7, 6 was vista, 5 was xp, 4 was '98, 3 was '95 and 2 was windows 3.x series? Not that I really care how they count.
Win 95 was 4 and 98 was 4.10.

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What about that steaming pile of **** Windows Me? Smiley: smile
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What about that steaming pile of sh*t Windows Me? Smiley: smile


The OS that Shall Not Be Named was 4.90
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Running Aion on Windows 7 with no problems whatever. Really weird seeing the game environment moving around while 3d flipped. I can even play while in 3d flip!
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Relevant weird campaign is weird:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/sep/23/windows-7-party
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The cynic in me wonders how much better windows 7 is than current vista, if at all. I've never used it. Does it run the same and since people now have better computers they dont notice the resource usage? Vista was being packaged with computers that only had 1GB ram (or less?) when it was released and now even the cheapo Dell Laptop comes standard with 2GB. You can get a 500 dollar desktop from bestbuy with 8GB ram.

So is it the OS thats improved, or the publics hardware? My rig came with vista originally and it blew goats. I switched to XP and got a huge performance boost. Then i upgraded my ram and got a better video card and now everything runs swell regardless of the OS.
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Related to this topic: Windows 7 OS-tan.

That blog also has an explanation (in garbled but readable English) of "breast size=RAM requirements" theory. If 7 is a loli, though, it shoots the pattern right out the window. But I think the adult form will probably become the standard once its actually released.

Edit: Vista ran horribly on my present PC when I bought it, even with 4 gigs of RAM and a pretty modern processor (AMD 4000+ dual core.) For over a year I ran XP on it in rebellion. When the RC for Windows 7 became available, I was shocked at the difference. I remember Vista being painful for the two months I've had it installed, with lag and IRQ errors and crashes. Windows 7 has been dressed up, but more importantly, the under the hood bits have been rearranged to work together better. I've had to reboot my PC once in the last three weeks, and that was because of a driver update.

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The cynic in me wonders how much better windows 7 is than current vista, if at all. I've never used it. Does it run the same and since people now have better computers they dont notice the resource usage? Vista was being packaged with computers that only had 1GB ram (or less?) when it was released and now even the cheapo Dell Laptop comes standard with 2GB. You can get a 500 dollar desktop from bestbuy with 8GB ram.

So is it the OS thats improved, or the publics hardware? My rig came with vista originally and it blew goats. I switched to XP and got a huge performance boost. Then i upgraded my ram and got a better video card and now everything runs swell regardless of the OS.


I can confirm Windows 7 has more lenient hardware requirements than Vista. I ran it on a virtual machine successfully for several weeks to test it out before installing it on my home PC. This virtual machine was assigned 1 CPU and 1GB of ram and had no problems running the base OS, multiple browsers, Visual Studio, and SQL Server Express. My home PC has 4GB of ram and Windows 7 64 bit and is a dream to use now.

Trying that with Vista would have brought both the VM and the host to their knees.
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Does 7 offer anything over XP if you only use Windows occasionally?
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#39 Sep 23 2009 at 9:45 AM Rating: Decent
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Sweetums wrote:
Does 7 offer anything over XP if you only use Windows occasionally?


In terms of stuff you might need, not really.
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Does 7 offer anything over XP if you only use Windows occasionally?


In terms of stuff you might need, not really.

The only thing I can think of would be continued support by Microsoft, but if you're buying a computer with it already installed, MS would refer you to your computer manufacturer if you need OS help.
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LadyOfHolyDarkness, Eater of Souls wrote:
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Does 7 offer anything over XP if you only use Windows occasionally?


In terms of stuff you might need, not really.

The only thing I can think of would be continued support by Microsoft, but if you're buying a computer with it already installed, MS would refer you to your computer manufacturer if you need OS help.
I bought XP off of newegg, and support for it is unlikely to be dropped for a long time.

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#42 Sep 23 2009 at 6:15 PM Rating: Decent
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KTurner wrote:
The cynic in me wonders how much better windows 7 is than current vista, if at all.


A friend of mine is a teacher and has been beta testing with Windows 7 for about 6 months or so. His opinion is that 7 is the XP to Vista's ME. Just as home users saw XP as the next real upgrade from Win98, Win7 is the next real upgrade to XP.

His *only* problem was issues with drivers that weren't released yet during testing. Everything else worked. Win 7 is the OS that Vista was supposed to be.
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gbaji wrote:
Win 7 is the OS that Vista was supposed to be.

This is pretty much what anyone needs to know.

Or, in other words, "Vista...Done Right".
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Random Win7 tidbit - Win7 can boot to VHD with a performance hit of only 3-5%. This makes testing software, dual booting, and deploying workstations very interesting.
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The reason for the stripped down hardware requirements, compared to Vista, was that they wanted Windows 7 to be able to run on netbooks.

So if it can run on 1 gig of RAM and an Atom processor, they succeeded.

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catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
The reason for the stripped down hardware requirements, compared to Vista, was that they wanted Windows 7 to be able to run on netbooks.

So if it can run on 1 gig of RAM and an Atom processor, they succeeded.



The RC ran perfectly on my Dell Mini 9.
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catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
The reason for the stripped down hardware requirements, compared to Vista, was that they wanted Windows 7 to be able to run on netbooks.

So if it can run on 1 gig of RAM and an Atom processor, they succeeded.



Well that, and they wanted to tap the older computer market. Vista, even SP2 always suffered from bloat in certain areas. Much of that was because they tried to make vista too compatable with certain program aspects, but at the same time incompatatable with the hardware that would have been likely to utilize those functions. By stripping alot of the truly old legacy support crap out and reqwriting the remaining bits, they were able to end up with a more responsive system in most cases.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Ad "Launch Party":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ
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Debalic wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Win 7 is the OS that Vista was supposed to be.

This is pretty much what anyone needs to know.

Or, in other words, "Vista...Done Right".


I still use XP. What am I missing? (This may sound flippant, but I'm serious: if there are great new things in Vista, maybe I'd use them).
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
The reason for the stripped down hardware requirements, compared to Vista, was that they wanted Windows 7 to be able to run on netbooks.

So if it can run on 1 gig of RAM and an Atom processor, they succeeded.



Well that, and they wanted to tap the older computer market. ...


Would it run faster then XP?
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yossarian wrote:
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
catwho, pet mage of Jabober wrote:
The reason for the stripped down hardware requirements, compared to Vista, was that they wanted Windows 7 to be able to run on netbooks.

So if it can run on 1 gig of RAM and an Atom processor, they succeeded.



Well that, and they wanted to tap the older computer market. ...


Would it run faster then XP?
As long as the speeds are comparable, a more modern OS would be preferable.
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