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Windows 7
« on: January 08, 2009, 05:57:51 PM »
Vista was a debacle, but starting tomorrow you can download a Beta Version of Windows 7 which is sipposed to fix a lot of the issues

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

I'm sticking with XP which I love but I'm also interested in seeing what's what, especially since Microsoft is going to stop supporting XP within a couple years.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 06:06:35 PM »
We had a big convo about this here at the office today (one of my co-workers is listed as a developer or something) and he said that people's issues with Vista are largely blown out of proportion.  I guess I believe him, I dunno.  The initial versions I saw of it were really shitty, but they've apparently patched up a lot of the bugs in it since then.

That said, I'm still using XP on both my work and personal machines.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 06:07:08 PM »
Didn't it take you until just last year to actually catch up with XP?

I routinely want to throw my Vista laptop through a window.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 06:08:42 PM »
Me?  Nah... I've had it for a while.  I was unbelievably slow in getting a non-dial-up internet connection though.

How old is your laptop?  I'm told a lot of the issues with Vista came from the fact that there were computers marked as "Vista Ready" when they really had no business trying to run it in the first place.  Actually, I think someone here may have told me that at some point.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 06:27:57 PM »
Sorry, I was replying to RC.

Laptop is now a year old.  But, yes, you're right.  And that is this laptop's problem.  It's sort of, you know, stolen...
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2009, 07:39:43 PM »
Why not move to an operating system that doesn't require you to spend eight years of your life saying, "Oh man, the *next* version will be sweet, honest!"?

What compelling features will Windows 7 offer aside from "60% less dog turds!"?
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 08:07:25 PM »
Personally, I think XP is great.  I just want to stay right here.  But nooo...
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2009, 12:40:38 AM »
Oh no, I've had XP for quite a few years now.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2009, 02:04:22 AM »
Quote from: RottingCorpse on January 08, 2009, 05:57:51 PM
Vista was a debacle, but starting tomorrow you can download a Beta Version of Windows 7 which is sipposed to fix a lot of the issues

like a personal spell checker?

vista, to me, is a pain in the ass only because it's on my girlfriend's laptop that obviously doesn't have enough RAM to run it correctly.  so it takes 30 seconds to open firefox and i feel like i'm back in 1995.  other than that, it doesn't really piss me off except that i've grown up on windows since i was about 11 and they keep taking obvious shit away from you. there should be a version of windows made for people who HAVE USED WINDOWS ALL THEIR LIFE AND KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY ARE DOING that doesn't require you to click "yes" to a million questions and just fucking open file folders and make shortcuts and change my fucking settings.  i get that there are 50 million 9 year olds using vista.  but does that mean the other 2 billion of us have to suffer?

and as an aside to tyson: it's like your (i use "your" in the generic term.  I don't mean SLO) city's government.  yes, they constantly fuck up.  but ultimately, i'd rather have the salt of the earth fuckups than some corporate hive-mind-beast telling me what to buy, what to download, and charging me for, what is basically, shareware just so i can have it all under one imaginary jell-o flavored marketing umbrella for ultimate Lifestyle Acceptance!(tm)
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2009, 02:32:12 AM »
Are you sure you want to post this tripe on GS?

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corporate hive-mind-beast telling me what to buy, what to download, and charging me for, what is basically, shareware just so i can have it all under one imaginary jell-o flavored marketing umbrella for ultimate Lifestyle Acceptance!(tm)

I assume you're trying to backhandedly slam Macs. So how, exactly, does Apple tell me what to buy/download? And what, in your opinion, is shareware?
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2009, 02:42:11 AM »
not that apple TELLS you what to buy, but it definitely has control over what you CAN buy.  iPhone apps are currently the biggest scam.  if, for some reason, i feel a certain PC problem could be fixed with a 3 MB program, no matter how odd, chances are i can go out and find that program for a free download because some geek has made it.  on the other hand, if i want to see what vintages of wine will fully complement my Macintosh's color scheme, then i have to pay $6.99 to find out.
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2009, 02:52:18 AM »
I thought we were talking about Macs, not phones. There's pretty much a free version of everything in the iPhone app store. And, of course, you get what you pay for, like everything else with computers.

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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2009, 07:15:52 AM »
I want to make Hitler's eyes flash!
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2009, 10:27:38 AM »
I surely hope that some bored, tech-saavy person develops the Hitler eye-flashing program immediately.
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Re: Windows 7
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