WOOHOO Ive Got

[ukwdwnut]

my copy of windows 7 :D

wonder what im doing later :wink: :lol:

[lozzy]

Have fun, I look forward to hear if it good or not.

[Skywatcher]

my copy of windows 7 :D

wonder what im doing later :wink: :lol:

sending error reports ;)

[kazzaqld]

We've been using the release candidate on of our PCs for a while - it's pretty nice. Our upgrade is due 29th Oct (no I don't why there's a delay? :unsure: )

So looking forward to all the PCs in the house going over! :yes:

[daveann]

i wanna play :lol: we have xp on1 and vista on another im not a lover of vista i have to say :)

[lozzy]

i wanna play :lol: we have xp on1 and vista on another im not a lover of vista i have to say :)

I use Vista but my bother hates it and uses XP, I'm happy as long as it works and I can do what I want.

[Skywatcher]

I liked XP but Vista made me stone cold which was when I defected , interesting how many of the features they are selling win7 bear a striking resemblance to some other systems ;)

[catrancher]

interesting how many of the features they are selling win7 bear a striking resemblance to some other systems ;)

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge... say no more! :wink:

Tom (:macwave:... who? moi?)

[ukwdwnut]

i have xp and vista on one pc, prefer vista tbh but ive never had a problem with any OS really......when i need to upgrade my laptop, i will defo get a mac, just didnt have another 600 quid on top of the 650 i spent on this one for a 17" macbook pro, no way going back to a small screen again

[josh.p.]

sending error reports ;)
:rotfl: Leave him alone! :slap: I'm sure windows 7 is a good upgrade.... snow leopard? No. but a nice upgrade none the less :yes: and let's face it... anything can beat vista. Even Linux. :yes:

[Skywatcher]

Or getting a message stating

Sorry whilst sending the error report windows has encountered a problem and needs to shut down.

----> blue screen of death

Thats what happened to me this morning and I'm using win 98 at work :rolleyes:

[josh.p.]

Or getting a message stating

Sorry whilst sending the error report windows has encountered a problem and needs to shut down.

----> blue screen of death

Thats what happened to me this morning and I'm using win 98 at work :rolleyes:
:rotfl: ah... windows 98.. those where the days :yes: I remember our old windows 95 computer!! Packard bell with something stupid like 32mb of ram! Cost a bomb in those days :yes:

[ukwdwnut]

Or getting a message stating

Sorry whilst sending the error report windows has encountered a problem and needs to shut down.

----> blue screen of death

Thats what happened to me this morning and I'm using win 98 at work :rolleyes:

win 98 omg talkabout live in the dark ages.....most BSoD' are the wrong drivers, ie written by MS to get the machine up and running, the you download the correct manufacturers ones, or even a bad memory stick, the codes are there to determine what the probs are.

ive never ever had a BSoD at home :D

even you said yourself SL has its faults :wink: :taunt:

[ukwdwnut]

:rotfl: ah... windows 98.. those where the days :yes: I remember our old windows 95 computer!! Packard bell with something stupid like 32mb of ram! Cost a bomb in those days :yes:

my first pc was an

intel dx2 50 cpu
240mb hdd
4mb ram
running windows for workgroups

[Keith]

Everyone knows I'm a unix/mac guy but windows 7 is really good. It's what vista should have been for sure.

Some things are done even better than on macosx (shock!). The task bar at the bottom now just shows one icon per set of windows (rather like a certain macosx ;) BUT when you click on the icon, you get a full mini preview of every window open AND closed for that application making it very easy to see which windows you want to click on.

I still think macosx is better and laptop wise, there simply isnt a pc laptop in the world to touch the macbook pro (in my humble opinion) but windows 7 is a really good worthwhile upgrade. In fact, if anyone reading this has Vista left on a machine, either downgrade it immediately to xp or buy windows 7. It'll feel like you've bought a brand new faster machine

[Skywatcher]

win 98 omg talkabout live in the dark ages.....most BSoD' are the wrong drivers, ie written by MS to get the machine up and running, the you download the correct manufacturers ones, or even a bad memory stick, the codes are there to determine what the probs are.

ive never ever had a BSoD at home :D

even you said yourself SL has its faults :wink: :taunt:

Ah but my problem with snowleaopard was sorted after just 5 minutes and t healed itself in everyother way ;)

Yep windows 98 and if we upgrade or do any updates the whole server crashes pretty much on the NHS - I kid you not

[Keith]

Yep windows 98 and if we upgrade or do any updates the whole server crashes pretty much on the NHS - I kid you not

don't get me started on the IT systems inflicted upon the NHS. Let's just not go there :unsure:

[ukwdwnut]

Ah but my problem with snowleaopard was sorted after just 5 minutes and t healed itself in everyother way ;)

Yep windows 98 and if we upgrade or do any updates the whole server crashes pretty much on the NHS - I kid you not

thats good then :)

you must be the only ones left on 98 then, everywhere ive been has been on xp for donkeys :)

[ukwdwnut]

Everyone knows I'm a unix/mac guy but windows 7 is really good. It's what vista should have been for sure.

Some things are done even better than on macosx (shock!). The task bar at the bottom now just shows one icon per set of windows (rather like a certain macosx ;) BUT when you click on the icon, you get a full mini preview of every window open AND closed for that application making it very easy to see which windows you want to click on.

I still think macosx is better and laptop wise, there simply isnt a pc laptop in the world to touch the macbook pro (in my humble opinion) but windows 7 is a really good worthwhile upgrade. In fact, if anyone reading this has Vista left on a machine, either downgrade it immediately to xp or buy windows 7. It'll feel like you've bought a brand new faster machine

:jawdrop:

:worship::worship::wiggle::wiggle::wiggle:

cant wait to get it on my fast pc :D

[ukwdwnut]

keith do you reckon that the 64bit version would be worth installing as it come in the box with the 32bit :)

[Keith]

keith do you reckon that the 64bit version would be worth installing as it come in the box with the 32bit :)

If you have or intend to have more than 4GB memory then yeah, otherwise no

[ukwdwnut]

If you have or intend to have more than 4GB memory then yeah, otherwise no

ok ive got smack on 4gb

got it for £79 as a pre order, now its realeased £149

[Skywatcher]

don't get me started on the IT systems inflicted upon the NHS. Let's just not go there :unsure:

It is quite literally beyond belief and the billions they are pumping into these antiquated systems that don't talk to each other is a shocking wast eof tax payers money

[Keith]

It is quite literally beyond belief and the billions they are pumping into these antiquated systems that don't talk to each other is a shocking wast eof tax payers money

heck I'll pay as much as I can afford for the NHS to get decent systems. I may moan :lol: but I'll pay, but argh I'd like them to actually work at the end of it all :(

[Skywatcher]

But they won't thats the simple problem , out in primary care we are light years ahead of the hospitals and our systems look like they came out of the ark. problem is technologies move very fast and the NHS is a slow big behemoth, and like all government contracts - the systems will be developed by the lowest bidder, who unfortunately may not have a clue of the needs of the coalface

[djdigitald]

I would be interested to see what Win7 is like. Currently running 4 PC's and 1 lappy at home with XP Pro and 1 lappy with Vista. Although i am not a fan of Vista it is growing on me and it is only my DJ'ing unit so i don't use it for other applications.

[ukwdwnut]

ive been running win 7 rc1 for a few weeks now on my 2nd pc and its pretty quick on that, but its no match for my main pc so it should fly on that.......im just backing up now so i can install it, need to install xp pro again tho then dual boot win 7 as my scanner wont work on it :(

[josh.p.]

ive been running win 7 rc1 for a few weeks now on my 2nd pc and its pretty quick on that, but its no match for my main pc so it should fly on that.......im just backing up now so i can install it, need to install xp pro again tho then dual boot win 7 as my scanner wont work on it :(
Doesn't win7 have an XP emulator? :unsure:

[ukwdwnut]

Doesn't win7 has an XP emulator? :unsure:

yes in pro and ulltimate versions it does josh :)

[ukwdwnut]

well the day has come for me to install WIN 7 on my main PC for the time being dual booting with XP because of my scanner....so from now on i will be using it solely on the desktop apart from scanning and when im on this....hope its worth it :lol:

[ukwdwnut]

its taking some getting used to, but there are some nice touches that i like. i did like vista, but this is better, its so fast on my pc

one thing i liked on xp and vista better was the quick launch function where you could have all the icons in the bottom left, not so in this as yet, maybe you can but i cant find out how