Windows 7 arrived today!

[SunnyD]

Currently using Vista Home Premium - how much does an upgrade to 7 cost? (i'm lazy)

[jamoor]

SunnyD said:

Currently using Vista Home Premium - how much does an upgrade to 7 cost? (i'm lazy)

Noone reply to this.

[Munter]

AB said:

I used Vista in the office and found it terrible.

I went back to XP and it doesn't blue screen but it freezes a lot.

Your hardware is fked.

HTH

(Seriously XP 100% stable since birth on any kit I've had, Vista only complains when I "hot pull" USB devices it's trying to use...)

You can't blame the OS for your hardware choice.

[SunnyD]

jamoor said:

SunnyD said:

Currently using Vista Home Premium - how much does an upgrade to 7 cost? (i'm lazy)

Noone reply to this.

Oi!

[HereBeMonsters]

Quick answer is don't upgrade. Back up, wipe and rebuild from scratch.

[_Dan_]

TonyToniTone said:

AB said:

What I will never, ever understand is why people get excited over their PC not crashing?

If my Mac crashed, I'd be livid. I take it for granted that it doesn't.

I don't think he is excited about it - but certain people perpetuate the myth that windows bluescreens all the time. I also take it for granted that windows does not crash but I realise in some instances if configured incorrectly it may like any OS.

Edited by TonyToniTone on Tuesday 20th October 10:54

Windows does have it's problems, but generally as a result of people installing crap on it or messing around with it too much. We use a mix of Windows, Mac and Linux at work, and we have windows machines (albeit doing very simple processes) that haven't been rebooted in 4 or 5 years.

[andygo]

Is subscribing to this a good idea - you can get 10 legit copies for £190, plus other stuff too.

http://www.itproportal.com/www/news/article/2009/1...

[Munter]

andygo said:

Is subscribing to this a good idea - you can get 10 legit copies for £190, plus other stuff too.

http://www.itproportal.com/www/news/article/2009/1...

You understand that it's a yearly charge. So if you don't pay up each year you'll be running illegal software.

[MElliottUK]

Digger said:

Guys. What is the size of the installation folder(s) and which flavour have you installed?

7.7gig mine, although i have installed apps since which may have increased it slightly.

[Digger]

MElliottUK said:

Digger said:

Guys. What is the size of the installation folder(s) and which flavour have you installed?

7.7gig mine, although i have installed apps since which may have increased it slightly.

thanks but how big? Plan B then.

[snorky]

_Dan_ said:

TonyToniTone said:

AB said:

What I will never, ever understand is why people get excited over their PC not crashing?

If my Mac crashed, I'd be livid. I take it for granted that it doesn't.

I don't think he is excited about it - but certain people perpetuate the myth that windows bluescreens all the time. I also take it for granted that windows does not crash but I realise in some instances if configured incorrectly it may like any OS.

Edited by TonyToniTone on Tuesday 20th October 10:54

Windows does have it's problems, but generally as a result of people installing crap on it or messing around with it too much. We use a mix of Windows, Mac and Linux at work, and we have windows machines (albeit doing very simple processes) that haven't been rebooted in 4 or 5 years.

yeah windows is crap, that why they have 90% of the market...

[Scraggles]

windows = games

linux = hard to install games assuming there is some compatablity

mac = flight sims and maybe minesweeper ?

[steedy27]

Got mine Yesterday all running nicely, 1 problem is that firefox is freezing alot anybody else having same problem? E.T.A Mainly on facebook aswell

Edited by steedy27 on Friday 23 October 20:55

[zakelwe]

steedy27 said:

Got mine Yesterday all running nicely, 1 problem is that firefox is freezing alot anybody else having same problem? E.T.A Mainly on facebook aswell

Edited by steedy27 on Friday 23 October 20:55

Your'e lucky, if you had Office 2003 and tried to install it then Outlook would bomb out completely until you installed SP3 for Office. That took me a good half an hour to work out. None of my other software works either, but the actual system looks good.

Regards
Andy

[Mattt]

Does anyone know if the issues with Creative sound cards are sorted? I was running the Beta, and the drivers kept crashing/crackling.

I had the same issues with Vista when it first came out - Creative driver support is crap generally.