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Windows 7 surpasses 3 percent market share
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article published on 2 November, 2009
According to data from Net Applications, Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, has surpassed 3 percent market share, and is closing in on 4 percent as I type this.
As of this morning, the new OS stood at 3.67 percent market share, growing over a percentage point since last Thursday.
Overall, as of November 1st, Windows (including XP, Vista, and 7) controlled 92.5 percent ... [ read the full article ]
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3. November 2009 @ 19:26 |
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Originally posted by jony218:
3 percent, 3 measly percent. And they are calling windows 7 a success. What is the world coming to. Even Vista was more beloved when it made it's much herald debut.
I only have one opinion on windows 7.
"Windows 7 is what we thought it was, if you want to crown it's a$$ go ahead, but windows 7 is what we thought it was and we left it off the hook." slams microphone and storms out of room.
3 percent in less than two weeks from the public release date mind you. It has taken Apple almost 25 years to get 8% and Linux how long to hover in their 2 - 4% range for all flavors of Linux
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3. November 2009 @ 19:29 |
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3. November 2009 @ 19:32 |
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I tried out w7 yesterday on my e8400 with 3 gigs. The performance was OK, but the rapefest that was windows explorer (as well as no classic taskbar, no quickstart, and the stupid search bar) killed it for me. Went back to XP. Happy as a clam :)
so you went back to XP..lol..a lot of w7 users complaining that their software completely messed up because of incompatibility...
I'd be interested in know what these alleged incompatibilies are. I am sure they are over-exaggerated. And to the poster that you replied to seems to be stuck on "classic" mode. Maybe he needs to understand the search bar is for. Guarantee I can find anything faster and easier that way compared to the "classic" way. But hey if you prefer old school with an OS that will underutilize your hardware just based on the fact it's core design is 8 years old and not designed to work with the multi-core processors of now and the future then by all means stick with XP. I have installed Windows 7 on every machine type that I manage for School District I work for and it performs just as good as XP did on the same hardware provided you have a GB of ram. Only one computer that is 6 years old did not support areo but other than that it runs great. Running it in a couple work areas my teachers seem to love it too for the most part. There are a couple classic this and classic that people but other than those closed minded people most compliment on how things are easier and smoother and ask when we can switch over completely.
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12welve
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3. November 2009 @ 23:28 |
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You know what they "really" mean. Their "bootlegged" versions of software no longer work on Windows 7. Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
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4. November 2009 @ 06:23 |
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Originally posted by 12welve:
You know what they "really" mean. Their "bootlegged" versions of software no longer work on Windows 7. Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
I doubt it. All of my bootleg software works fine :)
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4. November 2009 @ 08:17 |
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Originally posted by 12welve:
Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
Now there's a problem I have encountered, running production 32 bit software on a 64bit OS ( needs must for the ram capabilities ) and then finding stable 64bit drivers for my audio hardware. Its pushing me in the direction of ADAT recorders, but they are hell of a pricey(900 / 1200 euro's second hand for a half decent 24 I/O), so I'll have to make do and hope I win the lottery some day:P
Thats 1 thing that really peevs me off when slick willy comes out with a new OS and doesn't give the hardware manufacturers the heads up. The hardware manufacturers always seem to be playing catch-up and SOMETIMES they look at the new OS and think, this is all nonsense where is the advantage/necessity of rewriting our software for this. Will it benefit our customers? I know tech evolves and is meant to benefit the future, speed things up and make way for phenomenal computing, but things are sometimes better on paper $$$ yeah thats green paper, than in the real world, for the end user. Again I am speaking only from an audio production point of view, where as much as you can use, system resources are paramount for production.
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4. November 2009 @ 08:35 |
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Originally posted by 12welve:
Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
Now there's a problem I have encountered, running production 32 bit software on a 64bit OS ( needs must for the ram capabilities ) and then finding stable 64bit drivers for my audio hardware. Its pushing me in the direction of ADAT recorders, but they are hell of a pricey(900 / 1200 euro's second hand for a half decent 24 I/O), so I'll have to make do and hope I win the lottery some day:P
Thats 1 thing that really peevs me off when slick willy comes out with a new OS and doesn't give the hardware manufacturers the heads up. The hardware manufacturers always seem to be playing catch-up and SOMETIMES they look at the new OS and think, this is all nonsense where is the advantage/necessity of rewriting our software for this. Will it benefit our customers? I know tech evolves and is meant to benefit the future, speed things up and make way for phenomenal computing, but things are sometimes better on paper $$$ yeah thats green paper, than in the real world, for the end user. Again I am speaking only from an audio production point of view, where as much as you can use, system resources are paramount for production.
MS gives hardware and software manufacturer's plenty of "heads up" and MS cannot make drivers for the tens of thousands of devices out that were designed for Windows. While I feel your pain maybe you should contact the manufacturer of that hardware and say get with the program. Vista has been out for years and 64bit has been out for longer so they have access to the beta bits just like we do if not before and if they did not make a vista driver in the last 3 years then maybe they need to wake up and smell the coffee and get their @sses in gear. Windows 7 handles drivers better than any Windows OS ever and the amount of drivers it finds on install on today's hardware is A+ and how it handles and finds drivers via the internet and windows update is even better.
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4. November 2009 @ 09:47 |
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Originally posted by bobiroc:
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Originally posted by 12welve:
Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
Now there's a problem I have encountered, running production 32 bit software on a 64bit OS ( needs must for the ram capabilities ) and then finding stable 64bit drivers for my audio hardware. Its pushing me in the direction of ADAT recorders, but they are hell of a pricey(900 / 1200 euro's second hand for a half decent 24 I/O), so I'll have to make do and hope I win the lottery some day:P
Thats 1 thing that really peevs me off when slick willy comes out with a new OS and doesn't give the hardware manufacturers the heads up. The hardware manufacturers always seem to be playing catch-up and SOMETIMES they look at the new OS and think, this is all nonsense where is the advantage/necessity of rewriting our software for this. Will it benefit our customers? I know tech evolves and is meant to benefit the future, speed things up and make way for phenomenal computing, but things are sometimes better on paper $$$ yeah thats green paper, than in the real world, for the end user. Again I am speaking only from an audio production point of view, where as much as you can use, system resources are paramount for production.
MS gives hardware and software manufacturer's plenty of "heads up" and MS cannot make drivers for the tens of thousands of devices out that were designed for Windows. While I feel your pain maybe you should contact the manufacturer of that hardware and say get with the program. Vista has been out for years and 64bit has been out for longer so they have access to the beta bits just like we do if not before and if they did not make a vista driver in the last 3 years then maybe they need to wake up and smell the coffee and get their @sses in gear. Windows 7 handles drivers better than any Windows OS ever and the amount of drivers it finds on install on today's hardware is A+ and how it handles and finds drivers via the internet and windows update is even better.
Ah so the hardware folks just get a copy of a beta version of the new windows 7 and use that to write drivers for it? Is it that easy?:P
Maybe also as I said before there is not, either much of an advantage or no advantage at all to rewrite software for an OS that doesn't deliver much of a performance gain for particular hardware. I am being picky and only speaking for some audio hardware of course.
About windows ability to find and install new drivers does not count at all for some audio production hardware.
As far as I can remember most of the linux OS's I have used work right out the box for the general pc. No need to go looking for drivers on the net or updates to find them. No internet connection needed just install and all is working right out the box no probs, chipsets,built in sound cards, wireless, printers,scanners etc.
Anyway to each his/her own and whatever floats your boat or whatever you want to spend your hard earned money on:P
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4. November 2009 @ 10:17 |
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Originally posted by joe777:
Originally posted by bobiroc:
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Originally posted by 12welve:
Everything piece of software and hardware I own migrated smoothly into Windows 7 without a hiccup. I'm using the 64bit version also, and drivers work fine.
Now there's a problem I have encountered, running production 32 bit software on a 64bit OS ( needs must for the ram capabilities ) and then finding stable 64bit drivers for my audio hardware. Its pushing me in the direction of ADAT recorders, but they are hell of a pricey(900 / 1200 euro's second hand for a half decent 24 I/O), so I'll have to make do and hope I win the lottery some day:P
Thats 1 thing that really peevs me off when slick willy comes out with a new OS and doesn't give the hardware manufacturers the heads up. The hardware manufacturers always seem to be playing catch-up and SOMETIMES they look at the new OS and think, this is all nonsense where is the advantage/necessity of rewriting our software for this. Will it benefit our customers? I know tech evolves and is meant to benefit the future, speed things up and make way for phenomenal computing, but things are sometimes better on paper $$$ yeah thats green paper, than in the real world, for the end user. Again I am speaking only from an audio production point of view, where as much as you can use, system resources are paramount for production.
MS gives hardware and software manufacturer's plenty of "heads up" and MS cannot make drivers for the tens of thousands of devices out that were designed for Windows. While I feel your pain maybe you should contact the manufacturer of that hardware and say get with the program. Vista has been out for years and 64bit has been out for longer so they have access to the beta bits just like we do if not before and if they did not make a vista driver in the last 3 years then maybe they need to wake up and smell the coffee and get their @sses in gear. Windows 7 handles drivers better than any Windows OS ever and the amount of drivers it finds on install on today's hardware is A+ and how it handles and finds drivers via the internet and windows update is even better.
Ah so the hardware folks just get a copy of a beta version of the new windows 7 and use that to write drivers for it? Is it that easy?:P
Maybe also as I said before there is not, either much of an advantage or no advantage at all to rewrite software for an OS that doesn't deliver much of a performance gain for particular hardware. I am being picky and only speaking for some audio hardware of course.
About windows ability to find and install new drivers does not count at all for some audio production hardware.
As far as I can remember most of the linux OS's I have used work right out the box for the general pc. No need to go looking for drivers on the net or updates to find them. No internet connection needed just install and all is working right out the box no probs, chipsets,built in sound cards, wireless, printers,scanners etc.
Anyway to each his/her own and whatever floats your boat or whatever you want to spend your hard earned money on:P
Microsoft provides beta's to hardware and software developers for Windows and in some cases they get access before beta's even go public. If they wait until it gets released then they are stupid. Why do you think many companies had Windows 7 certified drivers back in January of 2009 and many more by June 2009. Like I said I feel your pain but I find it hard to blame an OS for lack of drivers for products it has no control over especially since most Vista Drivers work with Windows 7 just fine.
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