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Post by Gopher Mod on Oct 22, 2009 16:08:52 GMT -5
I got 7 through the upgrade program (thanks to NewEgg), so I'll be getting it in 10-15 days (as whoever they decided to ship this OS runs slower than molasses)
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Post by Silent Brad on Oct 22, 2009 16:10:49 GMT -5
Haven't done much research on Windows 7. Anybody know if it runs games better than Vista?
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Post by Insomniac on Oct 22, 2009 16:14:01 GMT -5
Haven't done much research on Windows 7. Anybody know if it runs games better than Vista? According to this article, gaming performance is pretty much unaffected. I really wanna give Windows 7 a try, but I'm going to stick with XP as long as there's support for it and new security updates. |
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Post by The QC Loser on Oct 22, 2009 16:18:59 GMT -5
Eh I haven't had a problem with Vista on my computer I've had for a few years so I'm good for now.
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Post by Red Impact on Oct 22, 2009 16:27:47 GMT -5
my only problem with Vista is that it often freezes when coming out of sleep mode, and occasionally decides to randomly shut down.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2009 16:46:01 GMT -5
I should be getting it tomorrow (A friend pre-ordered a couple of copies cheap) and as soon as I get it, I'm getting a new PC custom build for me and Windows 7 installed on it
Honestly can't wait to replace the POS computer I have currently
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Oct 23, 2009 2:17:38 GMT -5
Haven't done much research on Windows 7. Anybody know if it runs games better than Vista? I just ran painkiller and it worked fine. |
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Oct 23, 2009 2:23:21 GMT -5
Yeah, since my laptop was designed for Vista, I'm not upgrading. Seems to me that most of the people who had a problem with it had computers designed for XP.
Besides, I don't get in a tizzy about my OS. So long as it lets me do the things I want to do, it's fine.
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Post by H-Fist on Oct 23, 2009 2:37:57 GMT -5
I type, browse the web, play games that came out a decade ago, and transfer music to my mp3 player. I honestly would rather stick with XP than lose the ability to play crappy old games once or twice a month (Vista not backwards compatible for them; doubt that a 64-bit OS would be, either).
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 23, 2009 7:24:15 GMT -5
Sit down children as I tell you my experience with Windows 7 so far. I get home yesterday at around 4:40pm. I then spend the next couple hours transferring files from my C drive to the external hard disk I have and downloading Windows 7 from the online store. I didn't want scraps and crud from Vista hanging around so I decided to do a clean install. The process was completely smooth until the very end as it was completing the installation. The system although appearing to be loading was in same spot for at least a good 5 to 10 minutes. The idiot I am thought that something must have happened and I restarted the computer. Little did I know what a BIG F----- MISTAKE that was. My computer starts up again and everything appeared normal when as it was loading windows it informed me that an error had occured and to restart the computer to restart installation. The computer, however, went in this same circle for about the next 2 or 3 hours.  However, I had the foresight to start downloading the Win 7 iso from the store as I started on calls to Windows tech support, gateway tech support, and trying to find the hell out how to restart the bios to restore factory settings. In the end, however, I couldn't figure out where the rocker switch was to restore bios and tech support was friggin' helpless as usual. It wasn't until yesterday at about 10pm when the Windows 7 iso finished downloading and I burned it to a DVD. I booted it up from the dvd and lo and behold the installion process restarted again. I have beautiful windows 7 on my desktop about 30 minutes later. I didn't get to play with it much because it was way past my bedtime, but it looked beautiful. So ends my story of not Windows fail, but complete and utter user fail.  So what did I learn from this process? 1) Never start an OS installion without the installion disk handy. 2) Never ever interrupt windows when it's installing something, espically something as important as the OS. 3) Even if you think Windows installation stalled give the computer more time to do what it has to do. There are some positive things to come out of this though. The clean install of Windows 7 got rid of my Norton antivirus software thus allowing me to switch to avg antivirus. Now I just I have to import my settings from the easy transfer wizard and get WoW back onto my PC to enjoy the fruits of my trying day. |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Oct 23, 2009 8:50:49 GMT -5
Sit down children as I tell you my experience with Windows 7 so far. I get home yesterday at around 4:40pm. I then spend the next couple hours transferring files from my C drive to the external hard disk I have and downloading Windows 7 from the online store. I didn't want scraps and crud from Vista hanging around so I decided to do a clean install. The process was completely smooth until the very end as it was completing the installation. The system although appearing to be loading was in same spot for at least a good 5 to 10 minutes. The idiot I am thought that something must have happened and I restarted the computer. Little did I know what a BIG F----- MISTAKE that was. My computer starts up again and everything appeared normal when as it was loading windows it informed me that an error had occured and to restart the computer to restart installation. The computer, however, went in this same circle for about the next 2 or 3 hours. However, I had the foresight to start downloading the Win 7 iso from the store as I started on calls to Windows tech support, gateway tech support, and trying to find the hell out how to restart the bios to restore factory settings. In the end, however, I couldn't figure out where the rocker switch was to restore bios and tech support was friggin' helpless as usual. It wasn't until yesterday at about 10pm when the Windows 7 iso finished downloading and I burned it to a DVD. I booted it up from the dvd and lo and behold the installion process restarted again. I have beautiful windows 7 on my desktop about 30 minutes later. I didn't get to play with it much because it was way past my bedtime, but it looked beautiful. So ends my story of not Windows fail, but complete and utter user fail. So what did I learn from this process? 1) Never start an OS installion without the installion disk handy. 2) Never ever interrupt windows when it's installing something, espically something as important as the OS. 3) Even if you think Windows installation stalled give the computer more time to do what it has to do. There are some positive things to come out of this though. The clean install of Windows 7 got rid of my Norton antivirus software thus allowing me to switch to avg antivirus. Now I just I have to import my settings from the easy transfer wizard and get WoW back onto my PC to enjoy the fruits of my trying day. why would you think an OS install would stall anyway? those usually take forever. |
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 23, 2009 8:55:06 GMT -5
Sit down children as I tell you my experience with Windows 7 so far. I get home yesterday at around 4:40pm. I then spend the next couple hours transferring files from my C drive to the external hard disk I have and downloading Windows 7 from the online store. I didn't want scraps and crud from Vista hanging around so I decided to do a clean install. The process was completely smooth until the very end as it was completing the installation. The system although appearing to be loading was in same spot for at least a good 5 to 10 minutes. The idiot I am thought that something must have happened and I restarted the computer. Little did I know what a BIG F----- MISTAKE that was. My computer starts up again and everything appeared normal when as it was loading windows it informed me that an error had occured and to restart the computer to restart installation. The computer, however, went in this same circle for about the next 2 or 3 hours. However, I had the foresight to start downloading the Win 7 iso from the store as I started on calls to Windows tech support, gateway tech support, and trying to find the hell out how to restart the bios to restore factory settings. In the end, however, I couldn't figure out where the rocker switch was to restore bios and tech support was friggin' helpless as usual. It wasn't until yesterday at about 10pm when the Windows 7 iso finished downloading and I burned it to a DVD. I booted it up from the dvd and lo and behold the installion process restarted again. I have beautiful windows 7 on my desktop about 30 minutes later. I didn't get to play with it much because it was way past my bedtime, but it looked beautiful. So ends my story of not Windows fail, but complete and utter user fail. So what did I learn from this process? 1) Never start an OS installion without the installion disk handy. 2) Never ever interrupt windows when it's installing something, espically something as important as the OS. 3) Even if you think Windows installation stalled give the computer more time to do what it has to do. There are some positive things to come out of this though. The clean install of Windows 7 got rid of my Norton antivirus software thus allowing me to switch to avg antivirus. Now I just I have to import my settings from the easy transfer wizard and get WoW back onto my PC to enjoy the fruits of my trying day. why would you think an OS install would stall anyway? those usually take forever. Because the Windows 7 install was clipping along at a nice place and like I said before I'm an idiot. |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Oct 26, 2009 12:43:43 GMT -5
ok I just noticed that windows 7 doesn't have movie maker installed already so you have to download it... for free.
yeah... I have no idea why they couldn't just put that or any of the windows live essentials on the retail disc.
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However, I had the foresight to start downloading the Win 7 iso from the store as I started on calls to Windows tech support, gateway tech support, and trying to find the hell out how to restart the bios to restore factory settings.