Has anyone tried Windows 7b/RC

He Man · May 06, 2009, 10:11:17 AM

ITS make the beast with two backsING AWESOME!!!!! cannot wait for official release!

discuss

A.duc.H.duc. · May 06, 2009, 10:17:27 AM

Windows 7 looks like a fantastic operating system. Now if Microsoft can just get people to give up on XP.

He Man · May 06, 2009, 11:33:12 AM

eventually people will migrate. i know people still on 2000. lol that was a great OS too.

Monster Dave · May 06, 2009, 11:46:19 AM

Downloaded the RC today from Microsoft and hope to get it running on a test PC this week sometime.

I'm looking forward to comparing it with Vista since all of our machines here are running Vista Business.

herm · May 06, 2009, 01:23:15 PM

Quote from: He Man on May 06, 2009, 10:11:17 AM
ITS make the beast with two backsING AWESOME!!!!! cannot wait for official release!

discuss

care to elaborate?
vista was supposed to be awesome too...
not sure i can stand any more of that awesomeness

mitt · May 06, 2009, 02:14:20 PM

Quote from: herm on May 06, 2009, 01:23:15 PM
care to elaborate?
vista was supposed to be awesome too...
not sure i can stand any more of that awesomeness

Not sure if MS paid off all the techie publishers, but 7 is getting good to great reviews just about everywhere. People are calling it "Vista Done Right".

I am officially waiting to buy a net book or new laptop until either 7 is out, or MS starts giving out free upgrades with new PC purchases.

mitt

Goat_Herder · May 06, 2009, 02:21:38 PM

I've heard good reviews from both inside and outside Microsoft. It will be a much more effecient program than Vista while offering a lot of cool features that you would actually use. I will probably get on the Beta version next month. BTW, Vista has been working great for me, work and home. Don't know what all the fuzz is about.

ZLTFUL · May 06, 2009, 02:45:36 PM

Quote from: Goat_Herder on May 06, 2009, 02:21:38 PM
I've heard good reviews from both inside and outside Microsoft. It will be a much more effecient program than Vista while offering a lot of cool features that you would actually use. I will probably get on the Beta version next month. BTW, Vista has been working great for me, work and home. Don't know what all the fuzz is about.

Why go backwards? The Release Client is v.7100 while the final Beta was 7077...just sayin'...

derby · May 06, 2009, 02:59:01 PM

Quote from: ZLTFUL on May 06, 2009, 02:45:36 PM
Why go backwards? The Release ~~Client~~ Candidate is v.7100 while the final Beta was 7077...just sayin'...

fixed.

Monster Dave · May 06, 2009, 03:05:02 PM

For anyone else testing it, here's just a general walk through for creating a dual boot setup:

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

He Man · May 06, 2009, 04:17:58 PM

so far, ive been running beta on and off on my other machine for a few months and yesterday i putW7RC on my main computer dual booting vista 64bit.

Things ive noticed that is different...

-The quick launch tool bar is now the ntire bottom start bar, you can pin objects to it, and it doubles as a window grouper. Example, if you have 5 IE windows open, instead of it being a bar on your task menu/bottom bar, it would be the quick launch icon, if you hover over it you will see a rather large live preview of all the windows associated with IE, and if you hover over one of hte windows, it will automatically become your main window. You can decide toe click it and stay on that window, or hover over another.
-searching from the start menu is MUCH faster
- show dekstop is now a fixed button all the way on the right
-the widgets can be moved anywhere on the desktop now.
-loads of new gadgets (they even updated ms paint)
-live dekstop can change backgroudns from a set of pictures

- now includes media center...and im still looking for more. over all aesthically tspeaking much nicer!

herm · May 06, 2009, 04:38:44 PM

Quote from: mitt on May 06, 2009, 02:14:20 PM
Not sure if MS paid off all the techie publishers, but 7 is getting good to great reviews just about everywhere. People are calling it "Vista Done Right".

I am officially waiting to buy a net book or new laptop until either 7 is out, or MS starts giving out free upgrades with new PC purchases.

mitt

i thought i saw somewhere that "7" would not be fully functional on netbooks, or you would only be able to use so many applications at once.
anyone else able to verify or deny this?

ZLTFUL · May 07, 2009, 06:14:01 AM

Quote from: derby on May 06, 2009, 02:59:01 PM
fixed.

I think you are the most anal retentive bastard I have ever cyber-met.

Thanks for the fix. I'm too lazy to fix my own mistakes.

mitt · May 07, 2009, 08:22:42 AM

Quote from: herm on May 06, 2009, 04:38:44 PM
i thought i saw somewhere that "7" would not be fully functional on netbooks, or you would only be able to use so many applications at once.
anyone else able to verify or deny this?

I read that also, if they come out with a netbook (low cost) version. Probably wouldn't be an issue for most net book users, since the hardware will not made for large multi-tasking.

mitt

Pakhan · May 07, 2009, 09:34:44 AM

Quote from: A.duc.H.duc. on May 06, 2009, 10:17:27 AM
Windows 7 looks like a fantastic operating system. Now if Microsoft can just get people to give up on XP.

Windows 7 has "xp mode", which is suppose to allow companies that had software specially made for them to operate on xp can operate on win7. They did this to try to get businesses to convert to 7. The only problem I heard of was that older computer mobos don't have a chipset that can handle xp mode.

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Has anyone tried Windows 7b/RC