Will You Buy Windows 7???
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Nope, not going to buy it. I thought there would be some big changes to Windows 7 from Vista but only so far that I have found nothing more than some tweakings and some small visual change like taskbar. I decided to stick with Vista SP2 which is running good on my work laptop.
it's not just about that though, it's looking long term, MS are 100% behind this and it's gonna be big. i have vista sp2 and yeah it's great, but there is a speed diffirence in win7 and even in beta testing it just seems faster... the key is long term thinking..... are you gonna buy it in the next 3 years, if so then buying at the discount price makes sense
well you can read it or download the rc and see for yourself now. you will be paying double when you decide it's good
Agreed but the speed difference is hardly noticeable on a cheap Duo Core 2 laptop. Removed Windows 7 and put in Vista, hardly noticed a speed difference at all. I didn't see any performance improvement after installing Windows 7 either. I guess 7 is better for older machines with smaller drives.
But then, I disabled Windows Search and Prefetch services and Windows Defender on Vista. They should always be disabled straightaway after installing Vista. Also I did the same for Windows 7 through.
7 is faster than Vista on my quad with 4GB RAM. The difference is small, but it's there.
Prefetching and indexing also seem less intrusive on 7, somehow. I don't think you should disable them on Vista because they're some of its best features, but you should try them again in 7 if you don't like them in Vista, because they seem to be implemented better.
Prefetching and indexing also seem less intrusive on 7, somehow. I don't think you should disable them on Vista because they're some of its best features, but you should try them again in 7 if you don't like them in Vista, because they seem to be implemented better.
HP includes xp compatibility which is all 99% of people need. Pro includes xp virtual machine. You would know if you need this.
I think a lot of people have gone for Pro out of the confusion.
As for getting a non-E version that is a silly idea. As they are all upgrade licenses where -E is full retail.
Whats so great about indexing?
instant searches. Makes sense. Use the computer power when it is idle to index so you get extremely fast searching. It might be annoying for the first few days as it does a full index, but after that you shouldn't notice it.
See, I kinda figured that was the case, but wanted to be sure I hadn't missed something
. Was looking into subscribing as it seemed logical given the cost. That said, I would not meet the licence requirements, so I'll pass .AcidHell2 nailed it. I can open any folder, picture, video, document, MP3, web favourite, etc. instantly, wherever it is on my PC. That's a massive benefit and something no modern OS should be without.
I don' use it often. But there's always an old file or a downloaded file which goes missing. Having indexing means I can find it instantly.
w7 certainly doesn't do it constantly and vista only seemed to do it for some people.
I know where everything is too. I just find hitting the Windows key and typing the first word of a video, document, etc. a hell of a lot quicker than rooting through folders for it. This really changes the way you use your PC, but people are stuck with old mindsets. Why do the hard work yourself when you can let the computer do it?
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