Soldato
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open beta tomorrow, woop!(CBA to torrent it now)
Woo
Although think I read they're going to cap the number of copies downloaded 
Windows 7 Beta 1 (build 7000) screenshots
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Woo
Although think I read they're going to cap the number of copies downloaded 
right guys do i go to vista or windows 7
i did vista through beta but tbh i just went back to xp after a while the layout did my head in but ive messed on with windows 7 in a virtual pc and like it so do i take the leap and go to 7 or back to vista ? (everything is backup so it really dosent bother me if i loose work etc)
i did vista through beta but tbh i just went back to xp after a while the layout did my head in but ive messed on with windows 7 in a virtual pc and like it so do i take the leap and go to 7 or back to vista ? (everything is backup so it really dosent bother me if i loose work etc)
We have a number of IT clients all of whom still use XP. One of them has 100 seats of a piece of software that won't run under Vista. The upgrade would cost over £8000. Vista just doesn't do anything extra that they need.
I use Launchy www.launchy.net and it is brill.
Also is DX10 any better than DX9 ?
Can't say I've had any problems with win7 as of yet, everything is stable & i'm using it as my primary OS, it is all up to you really, if you feel comfortable to use BETA software.
Woo
damn... i hope not! i dont wanna stay up late. mind you, i'll get it at work tomorrow morning i hope there are still some left.
i do what software you using all the usual office dreamweaver photoshop etc ???? just woundering will vista drivers work as my laptop can be a pain in the rear for drivers (generic always throws up problems thats all)
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are they going to be giving keys out with this tomorrow or is it just for the month unless you use the rearm setting
I don't use Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Office. But from the products I've used:
Google Chrome (no problems)
Winamp 5.541 (no problems)
Skype 3.8.0.115 (no problems)
Iphonebrowser (slight problem at the start, just needed to run in compatibility mode)
Last.fm (no problems)
Tightvnc (no problems)
Imgburn "newest" (no problems)
itunes 8.0 (no problems)
Virtual clone drive (no problems)
Utorrent 1.8.1 (no problems)
VLC "newest" (not a problem)
Avira Antivir (no problem)
mIRC "newest" (no problems)
Manycam 2.3 (no problems)
DUmeter 4.01 (no problems)
Winrar "newest" (no problems)
Flash/Divx/Java (no problems)
All I've used so far
I've heard that Photoshop CS4 works on it, Office is definitely going to work no doubt about that, Not so sure about Dreamweaver.
Once i installed Win7 detected all my drivers apart from Soundcard & Webcam, But that was solved by going to Windows Update & it was there. If your laptop installs all drivers fine on Vista, then it should be ok for win7.
Note I'm using 32bit Win7, so not too sure about the 64bit build & how those programs/drivers work.
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80% of the way done now, but it is hellishly slow and keeps interrupting every 2 minutes. Normally I get in excess of 2000-3000kb speeds, but I'm getting 20-500 this morning.
huh? are you getting this from the official site as an official download? i dont get it. lol
i dunno if i can wait for tomorrow.
Looks like MS are still hiding things in beta1
take a look here http://www.withinwindows.com/
take a look here http://www.withinwindows.com/
I'm getting it from MSDN from Microsoft. It appeared late last night, but I only started downloading this morning.
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Thanks that worked.
I tried the previous build on my sig rig and it seems faster than Vista but I've put the latest build on my laptop as the main OS and it seems slower than vista (1.83Ghz C2D, 2Gb Ram)
I don't use Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Office. But from the products I've used:
Google Chrome (no problems)
Winamp 5.541 (no problems)
Skype 3.8.0.115 (no problems)
Iphonebrowser (slight problem at the start, just needed to run in compatibility mode)
Last.fm (no problems)
Tightvnc (no problems)
Imgburn "newest" (no problems)
itunes 8.0 (no problems)
Virtual clone drive (no problems)
Utorrent 1.8.1 (no problems)
VLC "newest" (not a problem)
Avira Antivir (no problem)
mIRC "newest" (no problems)
Manycam 2.3 (no problems)
DUmeter 4.01 (no problems)
Winrar "newest" (no problems)
Flash/Divx/Java (no problems)
All I've used so far
I've heard that Photoshop CS4 works on it, Office is definitely going to work no doubt about that, Not so sure about Dreamweaver.
Once i installed Win7 detected all my drivers apart from Soundcard & Webcam, But that was solved by going to Windows Update & it was there. If your laptop installs all drivers fine on Vista, then it should be ok for win7.
Note I'm using 32bit Win7, so not too sure about the 64bit build & how those programs/drivers work.
Programs running on Windows Vista xBit should work on Windows 7 xBit. The "only" problem that can/should arrise is if the program or setup detects an unknown version of windows that it can't handle. Compatibility mode should indeed take care of most of these problems, but not all, these need a quickfix and recompile, shouldn't be major issue.
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so emailiscrap do you get a key to activate it then mate cheers
i was wondering this too.
The key link fails at the moment, but I'll try later. It appears as a normal download would, but I'm not sure how they would normally deal with a beta.
I've installed the leaked version at home, and you can install without entering a key anyway.
**edit** Just looked again, and the link for a key is for a retail key. I doubt they exist yet which is probably why it fails to get one when I ask for it!
I've installed the leaked version at home, and you can install without entering a key anyway.
**edit** Just looked again, and the link for a key is for a retail key. I doubt they exist yet which is probably why it fails to get one when I ask for it!
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30 Days free trial, so you don't HAVE to put in a key at the setup just leave the input text box empty. There are ... tools...to remove the time limit, see the link above.. 
MSDN gives you a key to activate, you should be able to use the MSDN version longer than 30 days once activated, dunno how long exactly though but there is a limit.
MSDN gives you a key to activate, you should be able to use the MSDN version longer than 30 days once activated, dunno how long exactly though but there is a limit.