Windows 7?

306maxi · Jan 8, 2009

Has anybody tried Windows 7 yet?

Vista went a bit fruity on me since I installed IE8 so when the Windows 7 beta goes public I'm going to give it a go on my PC just to see what it's like.

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

Just wondering if anyone has been naughty and has downloaded it from a torrent site and if so what do they think of it and do they have any tips and so on and so forth?

Stu DemonD · Jan 8, 2009

I have heard a lot of positive results about it so far, although not tried the beta yet!

306maxi · Jan 8, 2009

Stu DemonD said:
I have heard a lot of positive results about it so far, although not tried the beta yet!

Good stuff. I've not heard much bad either. I suspect I'll be shelling out for a Windows 7 licence when it comes out

Just remember people! Piracy is funding terrorism

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hmallett · Jan 9, 2009

306maxi said:
I suspect I'll be shelling out for a Windows 7 licence when it comes out

I wonder how much it will cost then. Windows Vista Ultimate retailed for $399 when it came out

People bitch about Apple's prices, but at least OS X is a more reasonable price.

306maxi · Jan 9, 2009

hmallett said:
I wonder how much it will cost then. Windows Vista Ultimate retailed for $399 when it came out
People bitch about Apple's prices, but at least OS X is a more reasonable price.

Meh that's a bit of an urban myth. Sure you could go pay that much for it but you'd be a bit of a fool!

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=974896&camp_id=ppc_Froogle_search

Who buys retail anyway? I bought a cheap legit retail copy of x64 Ultimate off ebay for less than that actually but if I hadn't found a cheap copy I'd have just bought OEM anyway. The wifes PC has OEM on it and for her there's no real benefit to buying a retail copy.

Hellcat · Jan 9, 2009

ewwww 32 bit.

Stu DemonD · Jan 9, 2009

There is an x64 beta version out, doing the rounds on torrent sites

Ninja59 · Jan 9, 2009

housemate is running it looks ok prefer it to vista appearnace wise, although i do like the sound of being able to pull windows out to different size by touch

custard · Jan 9, 2009

may drop a spare HD in one of the PC's to have a play

Stu DemonD · Jan 9, 2009

Try it using Vmware.

I am still on my new build - would love to go down Windows 7 route, but will be tied to Vista 64 bit for now! Grrrs.

payney1 · Jan 9, 2009

PC Pro (i think!!) have running the beta version on a netbook, and for the first time it looks like you will be able to have a windows PC without having to massively upgrade your hardware.

I too have heard some good stuff about W7 too from reading PC Pro.

custard · Jan 9, 2009

hmm tempted to bung it on the laptop but its not very high spec

306maxi · Jan 9, 2009

Trying to D/L it but not having much luck!!!!

Download link!

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

306maxi · Jan 9, 2009

Well I've given up and have found a link to a lot of rapishare downloads. Currently got 29 100 meg downloads on the go!

custard · Jan 9, 2009

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/09/windows-7-public-beta-released-remember-to-patch

getting a steady 600-700 KB/sec
now 1400KB/sec

306maxi · Jan 9, 2009

custard said:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/09/windows-7-public-beta-released-remember-to-patch

getting a steady 600-700 KB/sec
now 1400KB/sec

BT are going to hate me! Did the rapidshare downloads and am now downloading those two ISO's just for the hell of it and just in case one of the rar files from rapidshare is corrupt. Will install in the morning. Cheers for the links!

Hellcat · Jan 9, 2009

86% from downloads.microsoft.com

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...0_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO

306maxi · Jan 10, 2009

I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of Windows 7. It is marginally punchier than Vista I will concede but the interface is a step backwards in terms of usability.

kellys_eye · Jan 10, 2009

Just a wild guess but:

1. It'll take a memory upgrade to run
2. It'll need more space on your HDD
3. It'll be full of bugs
4. It'll have more methods to limit your software use/selection
5. It'll be expensive
6. It'll require new drivers/interface cards to be compatible
7. It'll be expensive
8. It'll be bloatware
9. It'll rip off some other OS features
10. Did I mention it'll be expensive?

306maxi · Jan 10, 2009

kellys_eye said:
Just a wild guess but:

1. It'll take a memory upgrade to run - Uses less RAM than Vista. RAM is cheap anyway
2. It'll need more space on your HDD - Hard drive space is cheap anyway
3. It'll be full of bugs - All beta sofware has bugs
4. It'll have more methods to limit your software use/selection - Huh?
5. It'll be expensive - Rubbish. Retail versions of XP were just as expensive as comparable retail versions of Vista
6. It'll require new drivers/interface cards to be compatible - New interface cards? huh? What are you smoking? Of course there will be new drivers......
7. It'll be expensive - See above
8. It'll be bloatware - You really haven't been following the development of Windows 7 have you?
9. It'll rip off some other OS features - So because someone else has a good feature so others shouldn't use it? How great would cars be if companies didn't copy the good bits from other cars?
10. Did I mention it'll be expensive? -Yes and you were wrong about that the first time you mentioned it!

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