So whos getting their windows 7 (full release) next week?

I have been running W7 for some months now and tried it on all three of my computers - for my latest install I've tried running the 64 bit version. Again everything has worked OK, even Daemon Tools (if you ignore the warning that it won't work).

I'm getting my copy of W7 bought for me as a birthday present so cost is not an issue. What I am still convinced of though and more so having tested it on all my PCs is this - I still can't make a convincing argument for anyone who already runs Vista especially since SP2 upgrading to W7. Since SP2 Vista is extremely stable and appears to perform tasks with just the same aplomb as W7. I can't help but wonder if we are all buying it just because it's the latest must have product. I can understand XP owners getting it but the case is far from made out if one already has Vista. Just my personal view.
 
I agree there's not really a huge improvement over Vista. Most of the improvements come over faults that no-longer exist in Vista such as terrible hardware support and lots of older apps just not working. All this is fixed on Vista now, and 7 is really just Vista SP3 with a few nice new features.

I'm actually moving to it from Linux because I can't be bothered with buggering around for hours trying to get my games to run any more, and it was the low price on the pre-order that finally got me to switch.
 
Lum said:
I agree there's not really a huge improvement over Vista
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Hmmm I guess when Vista goes wrong I will get windows 7 and give it a go but not for the sake of it.

Is the media centre way better tho... like does bbchd/itvhd ect work fine?
 
Win7 has a better MCE. That's about all I care about. Oh and it runs good on a netbook, unlike Vista.
 
Lanz said:
Win7 has a better MCE. That's about all I care about. Oh and it runs good on a netbook, unlike Vista.
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I have had MCE since XP and have yet to use it so it's not an app that I give a fig about one way or the other. As for Netbooks, god it pains me even to write the word. Again those are products for people on the go in business and have little relevance to the rest of us despite the fact they are flying off the shelves. I hate them with a passion and if I could have a "Jim'll fix it" wish, it would be for me to be let loose in JL with a hammer and smash every Netbook in sight. :eek:
 
This one is a puzzle. As I said in my earlier posts I tried the 64 bit version of W7 to make sure everything would run OK, which it did. Now I did a clean install of this (you have to if you are running 32 bit). The install was uneventful and took about 30 minutes. What I wasn't prepared for was when I clicked on "computer" quite a few of my folders that exist in Vista were already there, loads of my word docs etc. Granted I couldn't open them as I hadn't reinstalled "MS Office" at that point but they were there nonetheless. Now can someone explain how that can be on a clean install? I know that Windows puts files and folders into a folder called Windows.old but that doesn't explain how folders ended up in W7. Anyone care to speculate? :confused:
 
Memphis said:
You really aren't right, are you?
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I hate products that try to hoodwink people and let's face it Netbooks are a con - a worst of all worlds products. The only thing they have going for them is as a product for the mobile, yet I have lost count of the times I have heard so called sales advisers in places like PCW telling the unwary that they make an excellent replacement for a Desktop and are even better than a Laptop due to their small form factor?
 
Faustus said:
I hate products that try to hoodwink people and let's face it Netbooks are a con - a worst of all worlds products. The only thing they have going for them is as a product for the mobile, yet I have lost count of the times I have heard so called sales advisers in places like PCW telling the unwary that they make an excellent replacement for a Desktop and are even better than a Laptop due to their small form factor?
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Surely then the problem isn't NetBooks, but the people selling them? My biggest gripe is the very low resolution on a lot of them (Samsung NC-20 excepted), it's too low to use Office 2007 reliably and is a real step backwards IMHO - the reason they're used is they are dirt cheap and mass manufacturered (probably for digital photo frames originally).
 
Netbooks have their place, just like every other type of PC. I have 4 different types of PC, each one does the task that it's designed to do, of course they can all do the same task if pushed, but its not ideal.

If you use your netbook for Office, then yes it does suck, but its probably the person who installed it and thinks they should be able to use it that probably sucks more.
 
Faustus said:
This one is a puzzle. As I said in my earlier posts I tried the 64 bit version of W7 to make sure everything would run OK, which it did. Now I did a clean install of this (you have to if you are running 32 bit). The install was uneventful and took about 30 minutes. What I wasn't prepared for was when I clicked on "computer" quite a few of my folders that exist in Vista were already there, loads of my word docs etc. Granted I couldn't open them as I hadn't reinstalled "MS Office" at that point but they were there nonetheless. Now can someone explain how that can be on a clean install? I know that Windows puts files and folders into a folder called Windows.old but that doesn't explain how folders ended up in W7. Anyone care to speculate? :confused:
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When you did a clean install, did you format and install, or just install without formating ??? The former is a proper clean install, and the later is most deifinatly not, as the users folder where the profiles are kept is not removed, and as such the default all users profile will have some detritus left over from the previous install. The fact you mention winodws.old folder leans me to think that you did not infact do a clean install, but an install over the top.
 
Faustus said:
This one is a puzzle. As I said in my earlier posts I tried the 64 bit version of W7 to make sure everything would run OK, which it did. Now I did a clean install of this (you have to if you are running 32 bit). The install was uneventful and took about 30 minutes. What I wasn't prepared for was when I clicked on "computer" quite a few of my folders that exist in Vista were already there, loads of my word docs etc. Granted I couldn't open them as I hadn't reinstalled "MS Office" at that point but they were there nonetheless. Now can someone explain how that can be on a clean install? I know that Windows puts files and folders into a folder called Windows.old but that doesn't explain how folders ended up in W7. Anyone care to speculate? :confused:
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Seen this happen several times with XP too, even after a format.
 
Faustus said:
I have been running W7 for some months now and tried it on all three of my computers - for my latest install I've tried running the 64 bit version. Again everything has worked OK, even Daemon Tools (if you ignore the warning that it won't work).

I'm getting my copy of W7 bought for me as a birthday present so cost is not an issue. What I am still convinced of though and more so having tested it on all my PCs is this - I still can't make a convincing argument for anyone who already runs Vista especially since SP2 upgrading to W7. Since SP2 Vista is extremely stable and appears to perform tasks with just the same aplomb as W7. I can't help but wonder if we are all buying it just because it's the latest must have product. I can understand XP owners getting it but the case is far from made out if one already has Vista. Just my personal view.
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I have to agree especially when people say its more stable then Vista,lol I find that funny since any OS is either stable or not,Win7 is hyped a bit but then its a new OS,anyway I'll be buying it on release since my Vista oem version does not a cover a full hardware upgrade so it makes sense for me to get Win7 OEM version( it'll last last until Win8 arrives).

Vista SP2 has been great for me infact Win7 has caused me more issues then Vista(in driver area) but then I can't really blame Win7 since drivers are down to the manufacturer of the hardware in question.

End of the day I don't find too much difference between Vista and Win7 ,both are very stable and anybody that says anything otherwise as an issue somewhere else,sure if you run some dog old system then Win7 is better but then I always like to use modern hardware with modern OS and always will.

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Running this on a netbook and my ageing desktop with no problems, actually (rather geekily) impressed with how uneventful and hassle free it all is.

Not had to download or sort a single driver out, it's done it all.

Running very speedily as well which I'm surprised about.
 
Been running this for a week or so after getting our copy ready for our huge 60 page review. Haven't had many problems with it, though it does feel faster deep down it isn't much faster at all. Just wish nVidia would sort out getting the GTX 295 to come out of sleep mode properly
 
DustyMiller said:
When you did a clean install, did you format and install, or just install without formating ??? The former is a proper clean install, and the later is most deifinatly not, as the users folder where the profiles are kept is not removed, and as such the default all users profile will have some detritus left over from the previous install. The fact you mention winodws.old folder leans me to think that you did not infact do a clean install, but an install over the top.
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You can't install 64 bit over the top of 32 bit - windows insists you boot from the install DVD and it warns you that this will wipe the disk clean and to back up anything you may wish to keep. I have always had a windows.old file with previous clean installs as well.
 
Lanz said:
Netbooks have their place, just like every other type of PC. I have 4 different types of PC, each one does the task that it's designed to do, of course they can all do the same task if pushed, but its not ideal.

If you use your netbook for Office, then yes it does suck, but its probably the person who installed it and thinks they should be able to use it that probably sucks more.
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See enclosed picture of young netbook user, see what happens when you are all hunched up over these tools of satan. :D
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Faustus said:
You can't install 64 bit over the top of 32 bit - windows insists you boot from the install DVD and it warns you that this will wipe the disk clean and to back up anything you may wish to keep. I have always had a windows.old file with previous clean installs as well.
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Ah! it seems I had missed the rather well hidden "format drive" - this is in disk options just as you are about to start the install from DVD. You would have thought it would be more obvious. However, it does prove that despite what has been written many times previously one can install 64 bit over the top of 32 bit. It does wipe most of your progs etc. if you don't format the drive but it also saves everything in the windows.old folder whereas a format wipes the lot.
 
Anyone know when the licences are out for Action Pack subscribers? I can download the ISO but the company key list only has Sharepoint on it.
 
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