Windows 7 RC1

Is it funny that i had to install Firefox to download it because IE8 kept looping?



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lmao, IE sucks

I've got it downloaded now, but will have to wait until June or something to install it, I just don't have the time sadly

I've always said, IE should be used only once, to download Firefox. Then all shortcuts should be deleted.

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I agree mortal, save for leaving some sort of IE access so you can check if it's the site that's being dicky rather than mozilla, by dusting off the cobwebs and loading up IE

I can't believe my uni still uses IE6. Its a bloody technology uni as well. I don't mind IE7 so much but you can't even open tabs on 6.

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i wish i was still on XP but i use media center now to record tv and my version of xp doesn't have media center so vista it is...if anyone knows a way around this other than to buy XP media center edition please let me know

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use vista?

you obviously didn't read the very first part to my story which stated "i wish i was still on XP"

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i did, thats why i posted that..
i still don't understand why vista gets all that stick





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/06/2009 09:51PM by Stan.

Because it doesn't work for a lot of people and it's also frustrating in many cases.

Paul, use a 3rd party app such as MediaPortal?

Guimengo Wrote:
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> Because it doesn't work for a lot of people and
> it's also frustrating in many cases.

In instances like...?

Vista works fine. It can be slow (thus frustrating, as you say) on certain computers, but if it doesn't work, it's due to the ineptitude of the user. "Doesn't work" is frankly bollocks. It's that simple.

I'll be sad when MS pulls Vista (which is sposed to be as early as 2012!) I've tried windows 7 beta, and hate it with a passion. It just feels completely unintuitive to me, Media center was broken (when i tried it - i'll accept they'll probably fix it) and the new taskbar is a load of pants. Didn't notice any performance improvement either. XP crashes all the time on my hardware, and Vista runs absolutely fine, so i know what i'll be sticking to for as long as I can! (unless they find a way of running Solidworks on OpenSuse (i've tried WINE already and it didn't work!))...

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gav Wrote:
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> Paul, use a 3rd party app such as MediaPortal?
>
> Guimengo Wrote:
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> > Because it doesn't work for a lot of people and
> > it's also frustrating in many cases.
>
> In instances like...?
>
> Vista works fine. It can be slow (thus
> frustrating, as you say) on certain computers, but
> if it doesn't work, it's due to the ineptitude of
> the user. "Doesn't work" is frankly bollocks. It's
> that simple.


My out-of-the-box Vostro had major video/network issues that were pretty much only fixed after some good amount of googling and GPG help.

I did like Vista, but 7 just works so much nicer. I love the way that applications are managed on the taskbar.

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Let me Guess Gui, you had Driver issues?

Stan Wrote:
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> Let me Guess Gui, you had Driver issues?

And that is the fault of the operating system, naturally.

My bike's buggered. Damn the chain for not oiling itself!



harjinator Wrote:
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> I'll be sad when MS pulls Vista (which is sposed
> to be as early as 2012!) I've tried windows 7
> beta, and hate it with a passion. It just feels
> completely unintuitive to me, Media center was
> broken (when i tried it - i'll accept they'll
> probably fix it) and the new taskbar is a load of
> pants. Didn't notice any performance improvement
> either. XP crashes all the time on my hardware,
> and Vista runs absolutely fine, so i know what
> i'll be sticking to for as long as I can! (unless
> they find a way of running Solidworks on OpenSuse
> (i've tried WINE already and it didn't work!))...

XP has been showing its age for a couple of years now. Thankfully 7 is designed to work on low-end hardware such as Atom-powered netbooks all the way to 16-core behemoths (and presumably more). It's far better than both XP and Vista - quite remarkable for what is essentially a tweaked Vista.

How is support for Solidworks in VMWare, Virtual PC or VirtualBox? MS have released a beta version of Virtual PC for Win7 (which comes with an XP image I believe), but I guess there's nothing stopping you from installing Vista in a Virtual machine either. Virtualisation has come on a long way with Server 2008 (and thus Vista and 7), so you might get some acceleration.

Not ideal, but certainly worth a shot. Personally, I'd just tweak 7 to appear more like 7 if that's what is holding you back.

so i've installed RC1 and its a lot quicker than the Beta version as far as i can tell....



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I mean, with 7 you can also switch back to the old taskbar where everything isn't merged. I love both!

On topic of OS, has anyone tried PCBSD? I read about it and sounds nice and apparently has some good compatibility with NVidia and Intel cards. Anyway, more options for us!





Edit: Link to the page... forgot! [www.pcbsd.org]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2009 05:59PM by Guimengo.

i would give that a try but their own download link appears to be broken

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