Technology So.. who's actually using the RTM Windows 7?

[masta247]

It's already out since 2 weeks on my uni's MSDNAA. There are still some critical bugs here and there but except that it works and looks sweet. And yes it's the very same version that will hit the world on 22th October.
On my machine it's faster than XP and looks better than Vista + everything works (and if it doesn't there's a XP virtual machine so you can emulate anything like it runned on XP).
Finally a good system I can't complain about.

 

[Casey]

I've heard good things. Well, MS really had no choice after the epicfail of Vista.

I ran one of the early Win7 builds on my wife's laptop and it was much better than Vista, so I can only assume the actual retail version is even better.

 

[masta247]

yup Vista was a massive epic failure that pwned MS.
I remember having less problems Win 95 back in the days than I had with Vista a few years ago.. and I only had it for a few weeks.

 

[yak pac fatal]

vista blows. so this means everyone who has vista will automatically be upgraded to windows 7? (sorry if its a stupid question, i really dont follow software news)

 

[Cooper]

Yea I'm on it. It's not perfect, but it's much better.

The XP emulation works ok, but not for everything :/

 

[2Pax]

vista blows. so this means everyone who has vista will automatically be upgraded to windows 7? (sorry if its a stupid question, i really dont follow software news)

No. If you've bought your computer pre-loaded with Vista recently, you may be entitled to a free upgrade to Windows 7. But if, like me, you've had Vista for a while, you'll have to pay.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

No. If you've bought your computer pre-loaded with Vista recently, you may be entitled to a free upgrade to Windows 7. But if, like me, you've had Vista for a while, you'll have to pay.

it better not be only under 12 months because ive had it for 12 months this august and then it will be 2 months too late for me. I hope they say 15 months lol.

 

[masta247]

The XP emulation works ok, but not for everything :/

You might try updating to the newest version.
The Release candidate was introduced on 4th August so it's still pretty fresh and gets many updates.

it better not be only under 12 months because ive had it for 12 months this august and then it will be 2 months too late for me. I hope they say 15 months lol.

From what I've heard it works for those who bough Vista PC's no sooner than in June.

 

[_carmi]

I want to know. Am I better of with Windows 7 RC which will start defaulting on me in June 2010 or get a cracked Windows 7 RTM? Am I a bit of a n00b when it comes to this.

My computer crashed and my recovery disk are failing for unknown reasons. So I figure this could be an opportunity to try out Win 7.

 

[S O F I]

snow leopard.

 

[masta247]

I want to know. Am I better of with Windows 7 RC which will start defaulting on me in June 2010 or get a cracked Windows 7 RTM? Am I a bit of a n00b when it comes to this.

My computer crashed and my recovery disk are failing for unknown reasons. So I figure this could be an opportunity to try out Win 7.

If you're still a student don't you have MSDN Academic Alliance software for free? There's a retail version of Windows 7 there already.
I'd say RTM is way better to have since it's the same one that will hit the shops in October.

 

[_carmi]

If you're still a student don't you have MSDN Academic Alliance software for free? There's a retail version of Windows 7 there already.
I'd say RTM is way better to have since it's the same one that will hit the shops in October.

what's that? and how does it work? never heard about it. checked the website briefly, looks like its more for the school itself than the students.

 

[Flipmo]

My buddy has it. It's great.

Vista is for cocksuckers from Bangkok.

 

[masta247]

what's that? and how does it work? never heard about it. checked the website briefly, looks like its more for the school itself than the students.

Here it provides free Microsoft software for all university students. Each university has its own MSDNAA site.

From MSDNAA you can download all Microsoft products including those that are not in stores yet as well as the most expensive programs that are available only for bigger companies or IT developers. You get a license key and can use it for as long as you're a student for your studies (basically everything except commercial purposes).

Go to google and type: MSDNAA + name of your university. Most universities that have their own IT department probably have it.

Back to Windows 7 - I'm incredibly surprised how it works on my 1,7ghz Pentium M + 1gb ram laptop.. and it actually works faster than XP! 40 second boot time + better memory management meaning that it uses more Ram but thanks to that everything works faster. In case any app needs more memory it releases some working on only ~250mb of ram which is just a bit more than XP.
Windows 7 is really the most awesome operating system right now.

The only bad thing is that some single older programs actually have problems and generate errors and that's probably the only thing people dislike about it. There is a simple solution.
You have to run the Windows XP virtual machine that works only if you have more than 1gb of ram and then you have a little Windows Xp inside of your Win 7 so you can run anything like it would run on XP.
Here's how it works:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/get-started.aspx

 

[_carmi]

Here it provides free Microsoft software for all university students. Each university has its own MSDNAA site.

From MSDNAA you can download all Microsoft products including those that are not in stores yet as well as the most expensive programs that are available only for bigger companies or IT developers. You get a license key and can use it for as long as you're a student for your studies (basically everything except commercial purposes).

Go to google and type: MSDNAA + name of your university. Most universities that have their own IT department probably have it.

Back to Windows 7 - I'm incredibly surprised how it works on my 1,7ghz Pentium M + 1gb ram laptop.. and it actually works faster than XP! 40 second boot time + better memory management meaning that it uses more Ram but thanks to that everything works faster. In case any app needs more memory it releases some working on only ~250mb of ram which is just a bit more than XP.
Windows 7 is really the most awesome operating system right now.

The only bad thing is that some single older programs actually have problems and generate errors and that's probably the only thing people dislike about it. There is a simple solution.
You have to run the Windows XP virtual machine that works only if you have more than 1gb of ram and then you have a little Windows Xp inside of your Win 7 so you can run anything like it would run on XP.
Here's how it works:
Windows Virtual PC: Get Started

i guess i'll ask the IT dept. cause it asks me for an id and password. it's funny how they sell it in their computer store. why sell it if oyu can give it to your students for free?

 

[S O F I]

masta, let me school you on something.


Most likely, carmi doesn't get to download at no charge for the same reason that I don't get to download at no charge at my university. We're not enrolled in IT-related coursework. I could have downloaded it if it was offered for free in the spring when I was taking information systems and ops mgmt courses but not now. You're different because your entire school is an IT school, right? Here and most likely at carmi's university, IT/computer science are just one or two depts out of plenty.

 

[masta247]

I have no idea how it works there.
However I also have friends at other universities and politechnic universities and most of them don't do IT while still being able to use MSDNAA.
In my school also not everyone studies IT while still being able to download from MSDNAA.
That's why I thought that you guys can too.

 

[S O F I]

yeah and the sad thing is, Microsoft's HQ is not even 30km from my university.

 

[masta247]

So quite honestly - if I had to pay for my OS I wouldn't buy it for it's current price. I'd either use some Open source operating system or wait for a price drop on XP or 7.

If so the beta of Windows 7 is the best choice since it's free till next year. You can't download it from Microsoft anymore but if you can somehow get it or have it you can still use it.

I just googled that Windows 7 Home premium will be 119$ so it's not that expensive.

 

[S O F I]

^Why not bootleg it?

My last laptop, the one I had for like 4 years, I only had bootleg XP on it. I never bought an OS.