Why the Hell are you not running windows 7 yet? |
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Why the Hell are you not running windows 7 yet? |
 3 Jun 2009, 22:51
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 Don't Piss him off.  Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict  |
so basically MS if giving you their best OS ever for a year for free. So why aren't you running it? Basically the only valid answer is that your hardware is more then 3 years old. or else 7 runs faster then XP on newer Hardware and has fixed 99% of things that was wrong in vista.
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3 Jun 2009, 22:58
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  Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
i\m not running it becouse i cannot be arsed to reinstall my whole system and there is no garantue all my software will work on 7.
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3 Jun 2009, 23:02
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Don't Piss him off. Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict |
you running XP or vista? Its a straight of upgrade and all software work on it. and if they dont 7 warns you about it before proceeding with the install. hell i directly ported every setting from vista to, 7 pre beta, beta and then Rc. Thats four successful upgrades.
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3 Jun 2009, 23:05
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
both actualy i'm running vista on my laptop and XP on my pc.
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3 Jun 2009, 23:10
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Don't Piss him off. Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict |
updating from XP to 7 is a bitch but try it on the lappy. i assure you, you will not regret it.
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3 Jun 2009, 23:15
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  Group: Project Leader Posts: 5870 Joined: 2 June 2009 Member No.: 10 |
I'm still running XP but now that you mention it, I might switch to 7 early next year, mainly because I may get a hardware update
for Christmas. This'll go with a complete system restoration from the ground up which is something I usually try to do every 2-3 years. |
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3 Jun 2009, 23:18
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
^ That's probably what i will do aswell.
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4 Jun 2009, 0:10
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 Group: Legend Posts: 731 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: EU Member No.: 8 Projects: SWR Tester Old sneaky german |
I think i will wait fore some updates.
Then i give it a try on a own hard disk. Why ? You can say i am a burnd child because of vista. -------------------- QUOTE (NergiZed @ 5 Dec 2010, 18:51)  Just add some green particle effects and it'll be like X-mas~! QUOTE (The_Hunter @ 20 Oct 2009, 14:17) The ECM effects have a nasty side effect that it makes pilots drunk :P  |
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4 Jun 2009, 0:43
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 Teh ServerSlap Group: Administrator Posts: 116 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: Netherlands, Arnhem Member No.: 5 Projects: Server Admin |
im not going to windows 7 this year, maybe early next year with some hardware-upgrades (if there is no driver issue like vista). What about the new DX11 API, is this only going to work on windows 7 ? and what is so special about it because ATI has shown his first GPU (RV870) to the public that support DX11 and i hope that it will not be dx10 scenario over again like: you must buy win7 for DX11 etc...
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4 Jun 2009, 1:43
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 Master of Wreckage  Group: Leader Posts: 2673 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: Dallas TX, USA Member No.: 2 Projects: SWR Productions |
I want it but I don't want to upgrade just yet. Likely whenever I do another major computer upgrade.
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4 Jun 2009, 10:08
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Don't Piss him off. Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict |
i have installed windows 7 on close to 7 different computers and only a sony vaio was a bithc with the drivers. Everything else worked out of the box or just needed a net connection to grab the drivers from windows update. And the PC range from Netbooks, toi7 beasts, to a p4 with a only 512 mb or ram. it ran on all with zero issues.
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4 Jun 2009, 12:21
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
what happens when windows 7 goes live however ?
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4 Jun 2009, 14:47
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Master of Wreckage Group: Leader Posts: 2673 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: Dallas TX, USA Member No.: 2 Projects: SWR Productions |
QUOTE (The_Hunter @ 4 Jun 2009, 3:21) what happens when windows 7 goes live however ?   From what I heard the version you get is good for an entire year so you may get the real deal in the middle of it. Right after that time period is over however, you may just have to buy it. -------------------- SWR Co-Lead | Texture Artist | Modeler | Level Designer | Fan of all things Awesome |
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4 Jun 2009, 14:52
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
QUOTE (Comr4de @ 4 Jun 2009, 12:47)  Pure gold. -------------------- |
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5 Jun 2009, 13:47
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Don't Piss him off. Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict |
you can use it till feb end with n0 issues. After that it will be on for two hours after initiating a shut down. On June it will deactivate. And you can by editing a single text file in the final windows 7 retail version to update Windows 7 Rc to the final version so all your settings and app get transferred with zero issues. Migration from Vista and 7 beta builds to final is a very very painles process if you are 100% sure your Pc is not infected with a virus.
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6 Jun 2009, 13:34
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 Frontline Chaos mod leader and creator  Group: Tester Posts: 493 Joined: 6 June 2009 From: Dordrecht, the Netherlands Member No.: 25 Projects: ROTR Tester Host of |
I wait until the official release, and until I need to reinstall my OS (because of problems or something). I've had bad results the last time I installed an OS
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6 Jun 2009, 14:36
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 OOoohh Titelz  Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 6 June 2009 From: Victoria, BC, Canada Member No.: 27 Projects: ShockWave Tester |
I'm still happy with my XP Pro Ty.
Don't fix what isn't broken. -------------------- LoLWuT
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6 Jun 2009, 14:39
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Master of Wreckage Group: Leader Posts: 2673 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: Dallas TX, USA Member No.: 2 Projects: SWR Productions |
QUOTE (-Xv- @ 6 Jun 2009, 5:36) I'm still happy with my XP Pro Ty. Don't fix what isn't broken. Agreed  (your iconic smiley has returned 'pimp) -------------------- SWR Co-Lead | Texture Artist | Modeler | Level Designer | Fan of all things Awesome |
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6 Jun 2009, 14:58
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 Your local people consuming mutant Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 5 June 2009 From: Switzerland Member No.: 18 Projects: SWR Mapper & Tester |
Because it is not certain that Windows 7 does not contain DRM mechanisms, for example on some pages it is stated that it sabotages your audio card so you cannot re-record music.
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7 Jun 2009, 4:32
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Formerly Scopejim Group: Members Posts: 369 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: Land of the Cedar Member No.: 38 Electronics Engineer |
I've been using the RC alongside Vista and Ubuntu 9.04. I'm waiting for when I can completely dump Vista and its sluggishness. We'll see what happens soon.
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7 Jun 2009, 5:56
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 Cool Guy Group: Legend Posts: 1317 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: Sydney Member No.: 46 |
Not running it as I have no need to run Windoze anymore.
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7 Jun 2009, 7:40
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 Needled 24/7 Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: Thousand Oaks, California Member No.: 56 Master of rainbow ammo for Zero Hour |
Because I have yet to build a tower capable of doing so. And by the time I do the non-RC version of Windows 7 will be out.
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7 Jun 2009, 11:50
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 Cranium Ventilator in chief Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 7 June 2009 Member No.: 42 |
I might upgrade to it during summer vacations.
I don't have it yet due to my 4 year old mainboard and CPU... -------------------- |
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7 Jun 2009, 12:18
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Don't Piss him off. Group: Legend Posts: 132 Joined: 3 June 2009 From: Bombay, India Member No.: 12 Projects: SWR Tester Hookah Addict |
QUOTE (Ascendancy @ 7 Jun 2009, 9:10) Because I have yet to build a tower capable of doing so. And by the time I do the non-RC version of Windows 7 will be out. What? I have it running on my netbook and i just installed it on a old p4 with 512 mb of ddr1 ram and it ran as good as xp. Also October 22nd is the release. -------------------- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information |
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7 Jun 2009, 14:54
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 GAAAAAAAAAIKIIIIIIIIING! Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 7 June 2009 Member No.: 68 |
Running 7 on 3 computers since the beginning of the year. Loving it and would never go back to XP.
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