Thread: Windows 7

I suppose. This is plenty good enough for me though.

I gave Windows 7 a shot in Virtual PC after grabbing the beta. It ran pretty well when I had it set to 512MB RAM, which I was pretty impressed with. Although I couldn't use Aero or anything like that in Virtual PC anyway.

I suppose the new taskbar is something I can get used to, but I still do not like the MSOffice ribbon! What was so wrong with the menu bar in Wordpad and Paint? If they are intent on keeping this thing, at least make it smaller or something, geez.

Anyway, if they can keep the development in the direction it's going, I think I may skip Vista for 7 instead when it comes time for me to ditch XP.

The thing is, the only reason why people refuse to step over to Linux/OSX is that they're too lazy to switch over.
The step is a bit smaller for IE-FireFox, but many people don't do that either. As a web developer I absolutely hate IE

But back to windows 7
Is it faster than previous OS's? What about the GFX?
I agree with Ninja that it needs a huge overhaul. Throw out the registry, kill the dlls.
It's annoying how much your computer gets filled up with crap over the time if you're running windows. I usually clean up by hand (as there aren't really any very good cleaning progs), but it takes ages...
They're aiming for a 7 second boot time, but I think that's that something they cannot do. Windows is just to cluttery for that. You get 7 seconds on the very first, clean boot, but once you start installing stuff, you'll get 1 minute boot times, I think.
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I also don't like microsoft, because what they really are, is a bunch of rippers and stealers, while presenting it as their own.
The mouse: Apple's Idea! The Zune: Iphone, anyone? IE: What, copied Netscape's source code?
The list goes on and on. All of this combined with sloppy programming and security...
Blegh.

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Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

The thing is, the only reason why people refuse to step over to Linux/OSX is that they're too lazy to switch over.

Get all DirectX games to run on OSX/Linux, and I will switch. Also, they need to run as well as on Windows, or better.

Lots of companies are switching to OpenGL because no platforms support DirectX other than windows and XBox, so Direct X games lose a huge part of the market.

That was my point, and that's why I'm not switching. I have a lot of games on Steam, and I'd hate not being able to play them. I know that me staying with Windows instead of rebelling and going OSX/Linux is not helping the situation, but I simply can't live without all my games

Marvo, just check appdb.wine.org to see which of your games run on Linux under Wine. I don't play computer games, but I've heard that at least some Steam games like HL2, Counterstrike, etc. work great in Wine.

That wouldn't be all my Steam games, now would it? No, and that's the problem. By switching OS I can no longer play all the games that I paid money for, and I'm not about to run a damn dual boot.

Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

I agree with Ninja that it needs a huge overhaul. Throw out the registry, kill the dlls.

And that would pretty much kill one of the major features of windows: backwards compatability.

Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

...once you start installing stuff, you'll get 1 minute boot times, I think.

Well, that says more about those other apps than windows now doesn't it?

Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

The mouse: Apple's Idea!

No it wasn't. Learn your computer history!

Originally Posted by Stalker

No it wasn't. Learn your computer history!

He's right, Xerox built the first modern mouse, they just never released it. Apple bought it from Xerox, Microsoft pirated it from Apple.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

He's right, Xerox built the first modern mouse, they just never released it. Apple bought it from Xerox, Microsoft pirated it from Apple.

Not really. Xerox didn't invent it (but they did sell systems with them, just not very successful ones) and several companies sold workstations with them before apple picked it up. That microsoft should have stolen any of the design elements in early windows from apple is impossible to say. Both companies were heavily "inspired" by star. (Or go ahead and say that microsoft stole it. In that case so did apple and the point is moot.)

I'm downloading it right now, backing up all my stuff also; i want to do a clean intall, computers been running slower lately.

Every company copies, if they dident then software and tech would get nowhere.

7 seconds? Shit, OSX takes a good 15. There is no way that Microsoft will make a 7 second boot time.