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Windows 7 Beta #527938
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Was anyone brave enough to download the public beta of Windows 7 today, before MS got overloaded and had to pull the links? I have the direct links, and might give it a try when I get home.

Here's the link for those that want to download it when MS puts it back up.

Re: Windows 7 Beta [Re: Just Lou] #527940
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I'm scared enough of their "final" releases, let alone their beta releases tongue



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

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I look at it this way, it has to be better than Vista.

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[LilJimmy]Does it?[/LilJimmy] wink



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin

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Re: Windows 7 Beta [Re: J Geoff] #527948
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wink lol

BTW, I'm up to the Dr. Phil section of the book. wink

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I have the activation key, and the image, but I'm not brave enough to install it yet. wink

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Originally Posted By: Just Lou
I look at it this way, it has to be better than Vista.


How long has Vista been out?


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The retail version came out 01/2007.

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So every couple of years they bring out a new version?


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For the most part, yes. Sometimes it's not an improvement though.
I still say XP is much better than Vista.

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One guy I know has been going mental over getting Windows 98 onto his system!

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When I got my first computer after high school for college I had windows ME on it and HATED it with every breathe in my body. I was so relieved the day I finally got Windows XP and I've never looked back. I've never tried Vista except for a couple of times on 2 of my friends computers. I've never had the urge to switch. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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My only real problem with Vista is that it's slow as shit, and a huge resource hog. I have it on my fastest system, and it runs slower than my slow systems running XP.

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Since I'm trying to keep my mind off of today's Giants' game, I'm installing Windows 7 tonight on my main laptop. Wish me luck.

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Is that what they are calling the new system Window's 7?


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Yeah. ...So far, the beta testers love it. I don't know if that's because it's that good, or they they feel Vista is that bad.

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I don't like the name.


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Re: Windows 7 Beta [Re: Mignon] #528185
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So far, I'm liking this. I'll upload some pictures later. I set it up as "dual-boot" so I can just remove it if I want.

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Well, let us know. Despite the fact I consider anything that comes out before SP1 to still be beta whistle wink



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

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Re: Windows 7 Beta [Re: J Geoff] #528191
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It runs great so far. It looks even better than Vista, and it runs fast.

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I don't care how it looks -- I turn ALL that display shit off; my desktop still looks like Win98 lol -- but good to hear it's fast. Is it faster?



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin

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Yes, much faster than Vista. Keep in mind though, this was a clean install, on an empty drive.




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I'm talking vs XP, not Vista... fuck Vista... lol



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin

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It boots and loads faster than my XP machines. But to be fair, this machine is a faster system too.

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Well, not a bad sign. Play with it a few days and let us know. But "beta" still scares the fock outta me when it comes to M$...!



I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! tongue lol

Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin

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Over on one of the Windows' forums, someone claims that they're running Windows 7 on an old P4 with 512MB of ram, and it's faster than his new system running Vista. smile I believe it too. My biggest fear is that MS bloats the hell out of it before release, and it becomes another pig like Vista.

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I don't have enough computer knowledge to know the differences between XP/Vista are.


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Installation took less than 30 minutes. All my peripherals work fine. No problems with drivers. Installation even setup my wireless network, and downloaded some updates during the installation. Windows Update installed the latest nVidia driver for my video card. The only 3rd party driver I downloaded, which I didn't even need to, was a touch-pad driver from Synaptics. It was the most painless OS installation I've ever done. I will be buying this when it comes out.

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How does it compare with XP Lou?

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Originally Posted By: Irishman12
How does it compare with XP Lou?


It has a lot more eye candy and some new features. I'm finding it even faster than XP, but I'm also running it on a faster system. On the same system, Vista runs slower than XP. Windows 7 looks and feels like Vista, but just runs a lot faster and better.

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