Window's 7?

[Buck_Choi]

Has any one used it?

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Ive installed the RC version a month ago or so.. on a Virtualserver didnt want to dual boot it.. since i wouldnt of used it again. wasnt bad, but ill stick with my Win xp. for now =) until the SP's come out

[pill]

I've been using it since about june. Installed it on one of my 4 hard drives, xp resides on another. Since installing it i've used xp 3 times to get stuff out of my old email inbox but apart from that, 7 is great.

if you know anybody at uni/tafe you can get it for $50 - www.itsnotcheating.com.au (you need a tafe/uni email address to be eligible).

"Windows 7 - It's like all the good bits of vista with none of the gay"

[Buck_Choi]

haha pretty cool. ive always been an xp user. until everything becomes win 7 compatible and built for windows 7 OS instead of being backwards compatiable i'd stay with xp. stable enough nothing really diff.

wouldnt mind learning to use linux, i tried ubuntu for a bit but i just gave up after a while lol.

and i would like a mac i missed out by a year frmo getting a MAC from my school. currently in yr 11 i think they started giving them out 2 yrs ago for yr 9ers.. and i was in yr 10 i think i dono some one do the maths

[CBG]

I've been using it since about june. Installed it on one of my 4 hard drives, xp resides on another. Since installing it i've used xp 3 times to get stuff out of my old email inbox but apart from that, 7 is great.

if you know anybody at uni/tafe you can get it for $50 - www.itsnotcheating.com.au (you need a tafe/uni email address to be eligible).

"Windows 7 - It's like all the good bits of vista with none of the gay"

It's times like these Im glad I only defered lol.

[ChevChelios]

I've had it on disk for a while, still haven't installed it yet, waiting to get another hdd but from what I've seen and heard its gonna be pretty kick ass. Hopefully will be way better than shite vista and will hopefully kick leopards arse.

[Buck_Choi]

just dual boot win 7 with whatever you have. plenty of tutorials out there

[ChevChelios]

If I wanted to do it that way I would already have already...DUH!

I have to much stuff on my current two hdds that I really dont want to lose on my "try before you buy" edition of 7:) You never know what could go wrong with these things.

[Buck_Choi]

i guess. =) fair enough

[DjDennis]

just be cautious unless its on a very new system they are still problems with it

even ftp has been reported to be offline till microsoft fixes it with a major update

i'll wait till sp1 then install it

[ChevChelios]

Thanks for the heads up dennis.

[DjDennis]

ChevChelios I was just about to install it when the ms rep I see every month to get ms products told me this and a lot of people do not know as its something they rather keep quiet for now

but I dont care if they do get chit from it

I think its crap they didnt tell anyone before its installed

anyway off to fix 2x vista systems and replace them with xp (thats the clients not me)

[pill]

Installed the cheap version (as mentioned above) of 7 last week and going well so far. Just as stable as the RC, it seems to be running fine and no bsods or rsods so far.

Only pushed the system with a few DX9 games so far, will try DX10 when i get my hands on some dosh to buy CODMW2.

This is on a core2e6600 (2.4g)/4gb ddr2/8800gt.

It's really fast as well. I'd reccommend, its pretty stable with mainstream hardware cause of the extensive pre-release RC testing imo.

[Buck_Choi]

good stuff. ahah i heard of BSODS but redscreens of death never seen that before:P Dont think i want to

[DjDennis]

Pill win7 comes with DX11 not 10

so using it for games lol you will find that 99% wont work unless you change the compatibility mode to winxp sp3 and even then u may not get them to work 100%

but hey your funeral when your so frustrated that you decide to break the game CD or reformat to use winxp

[pill]

Cough backwards compatibility between directx cough cough

i haven't encountered a game that doesn't work on win7, your problems would mainly be with old openGL based stuff which was iffy on xp anyway

im not trying to defend win7 but really dennis perhaps try actually using something yourself before flaming it (and then ranting about copyright...)

[DjDennis]

wasnt me that comes in with computers to Fix

I have clients that come to me when thier computers stuff up

especially when a game they bought isnt win7 compatable even if they use the winxp sp3 compatability mode

oh and what do you think I do all day when I am NOT djing

REPAIRING STUPID IDIOTS COMPUTERS that they cant use and that includes Djs

so have a nice day

oh by the way better read what all the complaints have started with WIN7 now

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/ar ... ints-begin

[pill]

ah ok. didn't know you were a computer repairer as well.

[DjDennis]

yes have been for over 12 years

MCSA, MCSE, A+, CNNA, MCTS, MCP, MCPD

learnt most from tafe and online training

I learn faster than a normal person

being electicuted many years ago it helped...

[amd180]

Games not working on Windows 7 generally has nothing to do with DirectX. Its is simply a new operating system that is programmed differently and 95%+ of the games out there were NEVER developed to run in Windows 7. Hence why they have Windows XP compatablity mode. DirectX11 is fully backwards compatable. DirectX11 or any DirectX version for that matter is only any good if your video card supports it and if the game was made for it. Alot of the new games have the ablility to run in either DX10 or DX11 if it is supported.

[DjDennis]

look if I am installing repairing and working for other computer stores then I think I know more than you do

I think you haven't a clue in the first place

so AMD180 what Qualifications do you have or I dont think you do

oh thats right you wont give us any because you dont have them

then your ignored

have a nice day

[ChevChelios]

I think you haven't a clue in the first place

so AMD180 what Qualifications do you have or I dont think you do

oh thats right you wont give us any because you dont have them

You really shouldn't assume things dennis, it makes you sound like a complete dickhead

[Buck_Choi]

just because people don't have qualifications doesn't mean they don't know anything ? its like most of the dj's here? most of them haven't went to any dj school? does that mean they cant dj? most of us learn from others,video's, reading?

just my 2cents

[DjDennis]

then when you have been in this industry for many years i'll listen - oh thats right I cant you cant show me what I dont already know

have a nice day

[Buck_Choi]

haha the industry of computers, when your an old bastard, and ill be in my prime, then ill show you the new technology you are missing out. and then you can say "you cant show me what i dont already know" and ill just laugh at your face