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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Dec 19, 2009 1:58:36 GMT -5
OK, so I'm sitting in front of the laptop that I bought this summer, the one that came with a full free Windows 7 upgrade when it came out. Getting Windows 7 into my door was a hassle enough, yet after hours of downloading it, I'm slowly starting to realize that...I see almost nothing different between this and Windows Vista. OK, the taskbar is different (not for the better, mind you) and the gadgets are gone, but other than that, everything's exactly the same. The interfaces are the same, there are no new programs...and aren't you supposed to get, like, freaking WORD with the new OS upgrade? 'Cause I still have the same old trial asking for the same old product key that I don't have because MICROSOFT WORD STAND-ALONE COSTS $170, which is something that I should have hung Bill Gates by the balls for from the get-go anyway.
So...yeah, am I missing something, or is this big-huge-super-ultra OS upgrade just a change of theme?
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Post by livetowin on Dec 19, 2009 2:12:51 GMT -5
I may or may not have created windows 7.
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Dec 19, 2009 2:18:36 GMT -5
the gadgets are still there, right click on the desktop.
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Dec 19, 2009 2:21:01 GMT -5
Oh, WELL!
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Post by honsou on Dec 19, 2009 2:22:47 GMT -5
and aren't you supposed to get, like, freaking WORD with the new OS upgrade? 'Cause I still have the same old trial asking for the same old product key that I don't have because MICROSOFT WORD STAND-ALONE COSTS $170, which is something that I should have hung Bill Gates by the balls for from the get-go anyway. As a result of the anti trust case Microsoft cant bundle word with their OS. As for it being 170$, yeah that's a dick move |
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Dec 19, 2009 2:45:07 GMT -5
and hey, I LIKE THE NEW TASKBAR!!! now I can launch firefox whenever I want  |
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Dec 19, 2009 3:17:24 GMT -5
I, too, like the new taskbar. And from what I've seen, most of the improvements with Win7 deal with the inner workings (i.e. using less memory / processing power so your machine runs faster, etc). I'm in the same boat though, so we probably don't see a whole ton of difference in speed when we have newer machines designed for this kind of thing.
As for Word, save your money and get Open Office. It's a free, open-source copycat program that's basically like buying generic ibuprofin rather than Advil -- it has all the same guts and does the same thing, just without the fancy name.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Dec 19, 2009 5:33:57 GMT -5
I, too, like the new taskbar. And from what I've seen, most of the improvements with Win7 deal with the inner workings (i.e. using less memory / processing power so your machine runs faster, etc). I'm in the same boat though, so we probably don't see a whole ton of difference in speed when we have newer machines designed for this kind of thing. As for Word, save your money and get Open Office. It's a free, open-source copycat program that's basically like buying generic ibuprofin rather than Advil -- it has all the same guts and does the same thing, just without the fancy name. Yeah, this pretty much. Windows 7 has a whooole lot of under the hood upgrades. Stuff that makes the OS run a lot more smoothly. It's a lot less bogged down with unnecessary processes and other stuff like Vista is. The visual upgrades are nice too, though. It's like a way prettier and better working Vista. |
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Post by Jackson "The Cool" Carter on Dec 19, 2009 5:46:37 GMT -5
I, too, like the new taskbar. And from what I've seen, most of the improvements with Win7 deal with the inner workings (i.e. using less memory / processing power so your machine runs faster, etc). I'm in the same boat though, so we probably don't see a whole ton of difference in speed when we have newer machines designed for this kind of thing. As for Word, save your money and get Open Office. It's a free, open-source copycat program that's basically like buying generic ibuprofin rather than Advil -- it has all the same guts and does the same thing, just without the fancy name. Yeah, this pretty much. Windows 7 has a whooole lot of under the hood upgrades. Stuff that makes the OS run a lot more smoothly. It's a lot less bogged down with unnecessary processes and other stuff like Vista is. The visual upgrades are nice too, though. It's like a way prettier and better working Vista. I work as a computer sales and let me tell you, Windows 7 is a god send. For the last few years we've had to more or less lie to customers about why they should upgrade from XP to Vista (not so much lie, as not tell them everything they should probably know). The second 7 came out, it was great because we could finally vent on how utterly useless Vista was. The fact that 7 is million times smoother makes it easier for us. |
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Dec 19, 2009 6:05:13 GMT -5
Yeah, this pretty much. Windows 7 has a whooole lot of under the hood upgrades. Stuff that makes the OS run a lot more smoothly. It's a lot less bogged down with unnecessary processes and other stuff like Vista is. The visual upgrades are nice too, though. It's like a way prettier and better working Vista. I work as a computer sales and let me tell you, Windows 7 is a god send. For the last few years we've had to more or less lie to customers about why they should upgrade from XP to Vista (not so much lie, as not tell them everything they should probably know). The second 7 came out, it was great because we could finally vent on how utterly useless Vista was. The fact that 7 is million times smoother makes it easier for us. I f***ing bet, man. Windows 7 is glorious. I've only used it at a friend's house, but just messing around with it and checking stuff out...it's pretty much everything Vista should've been. |
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Post by PaperStreetBrigade on Dec 19, 2009 6:14:01 GMT -5
I may or may not have created windows 7. I was Time's Person of the Year in 2006 |
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 19, 2009 17:25:00 GMT -5
Yeah, you know how the Wii started as a Motion Control Accessory for the Game Cube, but Nintendo realized that the only way to sell it was as a new system with it as the primary feature? Yeah, basically Microsoft realized that regardless of Vista's worth, the name had been tarnished enough by the early problems with it, that the only way to fix it was to just retool it and release it under a new name.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Dec 19, 2009 17:49:10 GMT -5
I may or may not have created windows 7. I was Time's Person of the Year in 2006 Hey, I was too! |
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Post by Jay Carroll on Dec 19, 2009 17:56:19 GMT -5
From what I've gathered, the point was to:
1.) Rebrand Vista, because calling it Mojave in commercials wasn't working.
2.) Convince people such as myself to finally upgrade from Windows XP (hasn't worked so far).
The funny thing is, once you actually loaded Vista onto a system that was built and configured for it, and they put in the patches and whatnot, Vista was pretty darned good. What a coincidence, something works properly when you don't try to shoehorn it onto a computer built for an older OS....
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Post by thwak is T.hawk on Dec 19, 2009 18:15:41 GMT -5
From what I've gathered, the point was to: 1.) Rebrand Vista, because calling it Mojave in commercials wasn't working. 2.) Convince people such as myself to finally upgrade from Windows XP (hasn't worked so far). The funny thing is, once you actually loaded Vista onto a system that was built and configured for it, and they put in the patches and whatnot, Vista was pretty darned good. What a coincidence, something works properly when you don't try to shoehorn it onto a computer built for an older OS.... from what I've heard, 7 actually works fine on x86 computers. Hell, I've heard people run 7 on pentium 2 computers just to see if it'll work, and sure enough it would. |
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Post by Jay Carroll on Dec 19, 2009 18:21:08 GMT -5
From what I've gathered, the point was to: 1.) Rebrand Vista, because calling it Mojave in commercials wasn't working. 2.) Convince people such as myself to finally upgrade from Windows XP (hasn't worked so far). The funny thing is, once you actually loaded Vista onto a system that was built and configured for it, and they put in the patches and whatnot, Vista was pretty darned good. What a coincidence, something works properly when you don't try to shoehorn it onto a computer built for an older OS.... from what I've heard, 7 actually works fine on x86 computers. Hell, I've heard people run 7 on pentium 2 computers just to see if it'll work, and sure enough it would. I'm not extremely computer knowledgeable, so can I get that in layman's terms? |
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Post by TripleMerc on Dec 19, 2009 18:27:02 GMT -5
from what I've heard, 7 actually works fine on x86 computers. Hell, I've heard people run 7 on pentium 2 computers just to see if it'll work, and sure enough it would. I'm not extremely computer knowledgeable, so can I get that in layman's terms? They tried to "shoehorn" Windows 7 onto a computer built for an old OS. It worked much better than Vista would have under the same conditions. |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 19, 2009 18:27:54 GMT -5
I work as a computer sales and let me tell you, Windows 7 is a god send. For the last few years we've had to more or less lie to customers about why they should upgrade from XP to Vista (not so much lie, as not tell them everything they should probably know). The second 7 came out, it was great because we could finally vent on how utterly useless Vista was. The fact that 7 is million times smoother makes it easier for us. I f***ing bet, man. Windows 7 is glorious. I've only used it at a friend's house, but just messing around with it and checking stuff out...it's pretty much everything Vista should've been. Ya, it seems to be a running trend with Microsoft. 98 was everything 95 was supposed to be, XP was everything ME was supposed to be and now 7 is everything Vista was supposed to be. Personally, I switched to 7 recently and I love it. |
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Dec 19, 2009 18:30:08 GMT -5
I f***ing bet, man. Windows 7 is glorious. I've only used it at a friend's house, but just messing around with it and checking stuff out...it's pretty much everything Vista should've been. Ya, it seems to be a running trend with Microsoft. 98 was everything 95 was supposed to be, XP was everything ME was supposed to be and now 7 is everything Vista was supposed to be. Personally, I switched to 7 recently and I love it. Yep, that's pretty much accurate. Though, of course, nothing measures up to how godawful ME was. |
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Post by Jay Carroll on Dec 19, 2009 18:32:16 GMT -5
I'm not extremely computer knowledgeable, so can I get that in layman's terms? They tried to "shoehorn" Windows 7 onto a computer built for an old OS. It worked much better than Vista would have under the same conditions. Gotcha. I just didn't know how old a Pentium 2 computer would be at this point. |
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