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Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 04:45 PM
i have a digital download sitting around, i actually won't install it until december because i won't have enough free time to reinstall everything (i'm on xp) until then.

anyone else have it or going to get it? and more importantly, anyone have it and using a radeon video card? i need to know if it supports windows aero, because the "windows 7 upgrade advisor" tells me it won't. but i think it's LYING
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: psi43 on October 22, 2009 05:18 PM
isn't windows 7 just a compressed version of vista that runs faster?
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 05:38 PM
no, it's a new operating system
it is much faster than vista in performance/gfx benchmarks though
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 22, 2009 06:04 PM
i've had windows 7 professional (my school got it early for some reason) through my school for the past 2 months, and it's the best os i've ever used
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: creamcorn on October 22, 2009 06:08 PM
i can buy it at a discount price because im a student   but i wont be albe to install it on my computer because i only have 1gb memory so it wont run :/
also i remember reading somewhere that only the home premium edition doesnt support aero, professional and ultimate do, but you can always use a crack!
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 06:18 PM
aero isn't available in windows 7 starter, but it is available in home premium.

i have a friend who runs win7 on a 1gb/ram netbook and he says it runs great btw
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: creamcorn on October 22, 2009 06:20 PM
well f!
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: Necronomitr0n on October 22, 2009 06:46 PM
I ordered the free upgrade last night
they say it won't ship until dec. 1st but i don't believe them

either way i'm really excited 4 dis

we even had a fuckin cake in my computer class to celebrate
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 22, 2009 07:17 PM
i've been using windows 7 professional for 2 months what's the big whup it's just windows vista with a slightly better interface and all the updates already installed
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 08:01 PM
the big whup is that 80% of PC users still use windows XP, which means they\\\'re probably still using IE6

it\\\'s also performed way better on benchmark tests than vista which is good for netbook users and low-end PC\\\'s that can\\\'t run vista for shit
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: DrRumack on October 22, 2009 08:05 PM
Quote from: Billyi've had windows 7 professional (my school got it early for some reason) through my school for the past 2 months, and it's the best os i've ever used
omg
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: Jeinu on October 22, 2009 08:29 PM
i haven't heard/read such great things about it. i think you should wait it out a bit more. or at least wait a few weeks to read up on reviews/criticism of it.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: trent bortknob on October 22, 2009 08:31 PM
never gonna download it
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: Gmagnum on October 22, 2009 09:46 PM
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Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 09:52 PM
Quote from: Jeinui haven't heard/read such great things about it. i think you should wait it out a bit more. or at least wait a few weeks to read up on reviews/criticism of it.
i am waiting for a couple reasons, and this is one of them. every OS launch is bound to have hardware/software compatibility quirks, and i'm anxious to hear if there's any major problems. so far so good, though. in fact, i have hardly heard anything negative about win7, sans anti-microsoft blogs pushed by google.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: trent bortknob on October 22, 2009 09:59 PM
but who cares what google says
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 22, 2009 10:02 PM
unfortunately, a lot of people
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 23, 2009 12:13 AM
to celebrate, japan is selling heart attacks
(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F10%2F22ng560734059.jpg&hash=8f41290959a5506077d9b35be1349d668e0dffb2)
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: DrRumack on October 23, 2009 12:17 AM
yeah i saw that on thisiswhyyourefat

heaven on a bun motherrfuckers
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 23, 2009 12:59 AM
i'm never upgrading windows past xp. if i get a new os it'll be linux.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: shura on October 23, 2009 01:21 AM
lmao that's awesome
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: ansel on October 23, 2009 01:24 AM
Quote from: LordZeebmorki'm never upgrading windows past xp. if i get a new os it'll be linux.

hack the planet etc. etc.

if i get 7 it won't be for a while, even with the open beta there are bound to be launch issues and I don't care about upgrading enough to deal with all of that right away
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 23, 2009 01:44 AM
Quote from: rtilanti-microsoft blogs pushed by google.
o< ANTI-MICROSOFT BLOGS PUSHED BY GOOGLE !!!!!!!!!!1111 (http://twitter.com/conspiracyduck)

Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 23, 2009 01:53 AM
you don't think google openly competes with microsoft?
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 23, 2009 01:55 AM
i know google competes with microsoft but i think it\\\'s far more likely that bing is pushing pro-windows 7 blogs

jesus fuck i can\\\'t type today
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 23, 2009 03:55 AM
windows 7 is great and there are no kinks it has never crashed on me, although neither did vista. xp and linux crashed on me all the time though.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: jjjjjjjjjj on October 23, 2009 03:56 AM
xp still shits out on me i might get windows 7 soon and fuk linux ok
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 23, 2009 03:57 AM
then you're doing something wrong because it works the other way around for like everyone else
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 23, 2009 03:59 AM
Quote from: LordZeebmorkthen you're doing something wrong because it works the other way around for like everyone else
you're just an xp shit with his head in a little hole. you don't remember all the times programs just stop responding.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: jjjjjjjjjj on October 23, 2009 03:59 AM
i am too cool for linux now if you excuse me im going to use my iphone to twitter people that im drinking bubble tea because i am so hip and cool
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 23, 2009 04:00 AM
it's like that with everyone and you think that's just the way it is and the way it has to be because you've been blinded with hate for vista despite that after the service pack(s) it's been much more stable than xp
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: jjjjjjjjjj on October 23, 2009 04:13 AM
i havent tried vista and i get mixed reviews about it so i didnt want to get it but i hear nothing but good reviews for windows 7
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 23, 2009 04:33 AM
did you upgrade vista or did you do a clean install billy
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 23, 2009 07:24 AM
Quote from: Billyit's like that with everyone and you think that's just the way it is and the way it has to be because you've been blinded with hate for vista despite that after the service pack(s) it's been much more stable than xp
more stable than an os that hasn't crashed on me in months, probably years?

yeah right
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 23, 2009 10:16 AM
Quote from: rtildid you upgrade vista or did you do a clean install billy
i upgraded to rc1 when that came out and then did a clean install when official professional came out a few months ago
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: shura on October 23, 2009 03:50 PM
i think its better to do a clean install. i heard that people who upgraded from vista had a lot of issues with it
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: billy on October 23, 2009 07:09 PM
if you don't feel like formatting i recommend doing custom install and then transfering your data from the windows.old folder.

what i usually do is put all my User folders on my D drive and my os and apps on my C drive, so when i want to install a new OS i just wipe C and then set the user folder location to D instead of the default C and all my data comes back like magic. my videos folder is filled with hentai, my desktop is filled with bullshit and icons for shit i never use, my pictures folder is filled with pictures of my waifu sasha
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: rtil on October 23, 2009 07:25 PM
i will have to do that anyway because i try not to use the C drive for any storage purposes in the first place
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: W.A.C. on October 25, 2009 06:30 PM
I built a new computer a few months ago and originally ran it on Ubuntu since I hated Windows XP. Even though I like Ubuntu, a lot of my favorite programs do not work on Linux OS's so I duel-booted with Windows 7 after using Linux for about two or three weeks. Later on, I decided to just use Windows 7 as my main OS and I have had very few problems with it. It ticks me off how I can't seem to permanently disable sticky keys though. Everytime I reboot my PC and hold down the shift key for a short while, it's enabled again. That's pretty much the only major problem I have had with the OS in the last two months. Other than that, I really like Windows 7 and think it's vastly better than XP. I never owned Vista but a ton of people had a lot of problems with it. So many people have had the blue screen of death with Vista which is so bizarre considering how I haven't gotten that since I used to use Windows 98. o_o FYI, I switched to XP in '03 and I used to get it frequently back when I used Windows 98.
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: Daveb0t on October 25, 2009 06:35 PM
I once spilled water on my computer the end
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: LordZeebmork on October 25, 2009 07:57 PM
arch >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: creamcorn on October 25, 2009 08:01 PM
Quote from: LordZeebmorkarch >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu
Title: windows 7 released today
Post by: Necronomitr0n on October 25, 2009 08:18 PM
Quote from: chicken
Quote from: LordZeebmorkcrunchbang >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu