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Windows 7 RC available for download
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article published on 5 May, 2009
The software giant Microsoft has officially started distributing the Release Candidate version of Windows 7. As expected, today they expanded the distribution to all of us average Joes, who now get a hold of the future de facto operating system.
The release candidate is said to include the same set of features as the final product so it will provide a good glimpse into Windows 7. Microsoft ... [ read the full article ]
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5. May 2009 @ 06:56 |
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I'm downloading my copy now...I can't wait to have a version of windows that runs for a full two hours at a time!
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zenno
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5. May 2009 @ 08:44 |
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well I downloaded it last week and gave it a try. I have to say it's more stable than vista even though it's a rc. I haven't got one error yet and it plays games such as crysis call of duty 4 the longest journey and a few other good games perfect no problems. daemon tools will not work though at the moment. it does look like a glorified vista but it's smoother and the AREO is more glassy looking. many programs work great with it that i've tried too many to mention but all in all it's a nice smooth working operating sys over vista and i'd say it will be the best operating sys to come since xp. nice and fast also.
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5. May 2009 @ 09:21 |
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Do you think that win7 will work on ibm thinkpad t30? (1,8ghz, 512mb ram (I have 7xxMb, but other ram sold is dead..) and 16mb vram), I know that its video card is crap, but I dont give shit about areo/7/vista/xp theme(s), I'm using win 2k theme/classic theme on xp(what my laptop has at this moment, and it has linux mint5 too btw), so do you think it will work?
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thor999
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5. May 2009 @ 09:29 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I'm downloading my copy now...I can't wait to have a version of windows that runs for a full two hours at a time!
Oh man you just made me spit coffee on my monitor!
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5. May 2009 @ 11:32 |
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Does anyone know if this version has the Virtual XP?
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BobL
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5. May 2009 @ 12:00 |
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Virtual XP is not and WILL NOT be included in the Windows 7 install. It is a seperate download. I'm not sure what Microsoft's process for making virtaul XP available for download will be, but I don't think it will be a "hook" in the OS.
One thing about the Virtual XP that I wasn't aware of when reading initial articles about it, but found out after trying (I did mange to get a copy :) ) is that it REQUIRES a provessor with virtualization support. That means that some older processors that worked with Microsoft's older Virtual PC product, or VMWare, won't work with the Windows 7 Virtual XP feature. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and it won't work because this processor doesn't have virtualization support.
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5. May 2009 @ 12:48 |
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I've been using Windows 7 since the very first beta release and I must say, it's a real solid OS. It's what Vista tried to be and what XP achieved both packed into one.
I initially downloaded the image to try it out on VirtualPC and it was pretty solid, so I installed it as a secondary OS and i've been using it as my main OS for a few months now and will continue to do so until I ever encounter something that is incompatible (in which case I'll probably just run it in XP-Emulation mode.)
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5. May 2009 @ 13:14 |
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I tried 7 and its vista with crap added too it
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5. May 2009 @ 13:46 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
I tried 7 and its vista with crap added too it
Hardly. If you were to check the many benchmark tests you would see that Windows 7 out-performs both Vista and XP in countless performance tests. Not to mention, it utilises multiple processor chip cores unlike any other OS to date.
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5. May 2009 @ 13:57 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
I tried 7 and its vista with crap added too it
Hardly. If you were to check the many benchmark tests you would see that Windows 7 out-performs both Vista and XP in countless performance tests. Not to mention, it utilises multiple processor chip cores unlike any other OS to date.
Well I tried it and it doesnt really matter that its a little faster than Vista/XP if they scattered all commands/buttons/taskbar to the four winds and back. Honestly, the whole UI is similar to the drastic change that we saw from Office 2003 to Office 2007. No way to get the classic taskbar back. No way to even get the show desktop button back. And what is with the dumbing down of the OS? The idiotic stickpin feature seems dumbed down. Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with XP instead of going with Vista II.
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domie
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5. May 2009 @ 14:12 |
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I'm always the first one to bash their new o/s but I have to say on this occasion they have performed wonders.
Millenium was utter crap we all know that, XP was great but fairly buggy at the beginning , Vista was and always will be a piece of resource hogging crap but Windows 7 is more stable than XP and adds the best visual parts of Vista without the errors and time lags - it also loads faster than both XP and Vista.
I have my RC 7 but i'm holding back until the security software firms manage to release versions that are compatible with it. Symantec etc all worked with Window 7 Beta but something has been added to the RC candidate that makes them incompatible so be warned that if you use it right now - you may have to rely only on the onboard security software ( Windows firewall and bit defender etc )at least until fixes are released by the software security manufacturers.
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5. May 2009 @ 14:53 |
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Every time I try to download it I get a message stating that the download has been corrupted.
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5. May 2009 @ 16:01 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
I tried 7 and its vista with crap added too it
Erm, no, it's what Vista should have been in the first place ie Vista but with performance that doesn't need a Cray supercomputer to run. That's what i skipped Vista. And on that note i'll copy/paste a recent reply i made in a similar thread ~ from http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/767747/4656231 ~
Originally posted by creaky:
That was why i always stayed away from Vista. I don't buy into the (misguided) idea that the latest OS or software has to have a monster system with which to run it. Just because there are £400 graphics cards etc for sale doesn't mean an OS has to be designed to virtually need the very latest powerful hardware to run. Linux can indeed run on very old hardware, and personally i run a mix of old and new hardware (nowadays mainly new, but i digress) Windows 7, Linux etc, can run on peoples' existing (and slower) hardware. It was about time that Microsoft made Windows 7 (refined Vista code no less) able to run on older, slower hardware (and apparently on netbooks too though i'm leaving my netbook on XP for now), we don't all want or need to have the very latest expensive hardware just because they release a new OS.
I don't fall for the argument 'technology moves on blah blah blah', of course it does, but i don't sell the kids every time something new comes out. I do try and keep my kit fairly up to date, but i'm not one of today's throwaway society who have to have the latest toys just because they're out there, i'm not 6yrs old anymore. I run old kit until it's had it, i don't just trash or get rid just because it can't run new stuff, it can still run existing OS/software and/or alternative OS/software.
Maybe Windows 7 was written to run leaner to take advantage of the netbook type market, i don't know (or care), it just means that they will regain a customer who used every single release of theirs except Vista (i even used the abomination that was WinMe). What i won't be doing however is allowing any Windows Updates on my machines, just as i wouldn't do with previous versions. I don't want DRM on my kit, whether it's via Updates or not.
I've so far only tried W7 (build 7000) on an AMD Turion laptop and build 7100 on this Core 2 Duo E6400, W7 does indeed absolutely fly here. I've got XP, W7 and Mandriva 2009.1 on this machine now, and i have very good performance from all three, the only pain is which one to use, though W7 is winning so far :)
Originally posted by windsong:
Well I tried it and it doesnt really matter that its a little faster than Vista/XP if they scattered all commands/buttons/taskbar to the four winds and back. Honestly, the whole UI is similar to the drastic change that we saw from Office 2003 to Office 2007. No way to get the classic taskbar back. No way to even get the show desktop button back. And what is with the dumbing down of the OS? The idiotic stickpin feature seems dumbed down. Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with XP instead of going with Vista II.
I'm certainly no early adopter of each bit of software that comes along but let's face it, XP has been around since Victorian times (don't get me wrong, i still use XP heavily and had intended to for a very long time to come, though after using Windows 7 RC1 for a week it's clear that once Windows 7 hits retail, XP's days will be numbered in my household, but i digress).
Sure things take a little longer to find in Windows 7, but it just takes a little time to adjust to new things. Time marches on, and you Windows people have it easy. I do mostly command line for a living, trust me, Windows and mice make our brains lazy :) :)
Originally posted by Frogfart:
Every time I try to download it I get a message stating that the download has been corrupted.
that'll be due to half the known world trying to download too :)
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5. May 2009 @ 16:43 |
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Win7 is already much more stable than WinXP ever was.
Like Vista it will also be much more secure than WinXP.
I have been using Vista for over 2 years and I've been very happy with it, especially since SP1 was released.
Believe me when I say, Win7 will rock!
@domie : ESet NOD32 v4.0.314 working well here with Win7RC.
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5. May 2009 @ 17:43 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
I tried 7 and its vista with crap added too it
Hardly. If you were to check the many benchmark tests you would see that Windows 7 out-performs both Vista and XP in countless performance tests. Not to mention, it utilises multiple processor chip cores unlike any other OS to date.
Well I tried it and it doesnt really matter that its a little faster than Vista/XP if they scattered all commands/buttons/taskbar to the four winds and back. Honestly, the whole UI is similar to the drastic change that we saw from Office 2003 to Office 2007. No way to get the classic taskbar back. No way to even get the show desktop button back. And what is with the dumbing down of the OS? The idiotic stickpin feature seems dumbed down. Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with XP instead of going with Vista II.
Yeah, I gotta say that I hate the UI. I'm still using Classic style on my XP machine. Can't stand those cartoony XP buttons. Vista is a thousand times worse.
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5. May 2009 @ 18:38 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I'm downloading my copy now...I can't wait to have a version of windows that runs for a full two hours at a time!
Well, yes and no. It runs without shutting down for as long as you want until March of 2010. However, hopefully the full version will be out by then.
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5. May 2009 @ 18:42 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I'm downloading my copy now...I can't wait to have a version of windows that runs for a full two hours at a time!
Well, yes and no. It runs without shutting down for as long as you want until March of 2010. However, hopefully the full version will be out by then.
Yeah i just received this ~ Originally posted by Paul Thurrott @ windowsitpro.com:
the RC won't expire until June 1, 2010, Microsoft will
institute bi-hourly shutdowns of the Windows 7 RC beginning March 1,
2010, in a bid to get testers to upgrade to the final version. At that
time, anyone still running the Windows 7 RC will see their PC shut down
automatically every two hours. (A similar automatic shutdown will begin
for the Windows 7 Beta on July 1, 2009.) On June 1, 2010, the Windows 7
RC will be marked as "not genuine" and will enter the Windows
non-genuine experience.
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lucky to have GUI.
Nothing like advance windows maintenance in vista than running all these commands that you never knew existed.
Win7 is no better they hide things, important things things that could prove useful in determining a compatibility issue.
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5. May 2009 @ 18:53 |
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Windose 7 is what vista should have been its like XP was what ME should have been. the GUI will get a better XP mode sooner rather than later so cheer up people this one is not all bad.
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5. May 2009 @ 18:59 |
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Hardly. If you were to check the many benchmark tests you would see that Windows 7 out-performs both Vista and XP in countless performance tests. Not to mention, it utilises multiple processor chip cores unlike any other OS to date.
rubbish.. unix has supported multiple cpu's since the dawn of time..
I think the limit for clusterix is currently 64x512
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5. May 2009 @ 19:01 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
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Hardly. If you were to check the many benchmark tests you would see that Windows 7 out-performs both Vista and XP in countless performance tests. Not to mention, it utilises multiple processor chip cores unlike any other OS to date.
rubbish.. unix has supported multiple cpu's since the dawn of time..
I think the limit for clusterix is currently 64x512
Yes but nothing runs on it and you have to take classes to be able to use the bloodly thing right.
SO no I'll stick with free windose. *lick*
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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5. May 2009 @ 19:25 |
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no zipp.. it's just different.. just bacause something seems familiar don't forget.. to those of us who prehaps see it once every few weeks it's the M$ product that is hard work and old fashioned... and unintuitive and restrictive and limiting... that's apart from being in your face popping those popups all the bloody time when you are trying to do ANYTHING AT ALL ... and how many reboots in 2 hours installing anything???.. outmoded monolithic garbage.. sorry.. it's the truth.
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rubbish.. unix has supported multiple cpu's since the dawn of time..
I think the limit for clusterix is currently 64x512
You misunderstood what I said. No other operating system utilises multiple CPU's in the efficent way that Windows does, mazimising it's potential. You can use Unix in the home, personal environment if you wish (something Windows has succeeded in doing, making it ideal for both corporate and personal use) , but then you'll be plagued with the horror that is lack of software and compatability. If I look to find some DVD authorisation software, what's the chances of me finding a great app for the Unix platform, compared to the Windows platform? It goes without saying, Windows. That's not to say that it can't be done, but the majority of software available for Windows, far surpasses that of Unix. Say I want to play one of the latest video games, what are the chances of it playing on Unix (at all) more smoothly and efficiently on Unix/Linux than Windows?
Oh, and I've had Windows 7 for several months, and I've yet to restart my computer to suit the needs of an application. Face it. Windows is here to stay.
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5. May 2009 @ 20:18 |
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Originally posted by BobL:
Virtual XP is not and WILL NOT be included in the Windows 7 install. It is a seperate download. I'm not sure what Microsoft's process for making virtaul XP available for download will be, but I don't think it will be a "hook" in the OS.
One thing about the Virtual XP that I wasn't aware of when reading initial articles about it, but found out after trying (I did mange to get a copy :) ) is that it REQUIRES a provessor with virtualization support. That means that some older processors that worked with Microsoft's older Virtual PC product, or VMWare, won't work with the Windows 7 Virtual XP feature. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and it won't work because this processor doesn't have virtualization support.
There will be 4 versions of Windows 7. The first two will require a fee for Windows XP Mode, and the last 2 which I think are Enterprise and Ultimate will let you download Windows XP Mode (with Windows XP) for free.
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5. May 2009 @ 20:36 |
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I'm so sick of these Microsoft/Windows haters. Deal with the fact that Windows 7 is a huge step forward in allot of areas. Allot of these people will NEVER be satisfied. It's like trying to satisfy a fat kid, they will not stop eating no matter what you do. These cry babies on all these forums are always crying about how Windows suck, once upon a time people said the same thing about XP, now look how XP's being praised. People... move on with OS technology or be left in the dust with your old XP or Linux. I'll be taking the Windows 7 plunge.
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