Windows 7 Beta available for download officially

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  1. ckgni

    ckgni Active Member

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    #101
    Most Vista or XP drivers work fine. I had no problems on both my computers.
     
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    jlfrank21 Banned

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    #102
    Youtube it.
     
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    xdspro Peon

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    #103
    Got the beta and played with it for a couple of days, I'm happy enough to run it as my main OS as it seems stable enough (Got a working copy of XP pro to go back to if i need to). The new windows media center is nice, easier to read on a TV screen than Vista's. I've had no driver issues whatsoever everything worked from boot (although i installed the optional update from nvidia through windows update to give me nvidia control panel), even plugged in a USB TV tuner to test out media center and it installed a driver for that in about all of 2 seconds (was built in). Aesthetically it's better looking than vista, and as silly as it may sound i'm really enjoying the slideshow background, helps me to keep paying attention when i'm working.

    It definately gets thumbs up from me, plus theres the sense of joy you get from running a microsoft beta product. Back in the RC and Beta days before Vista came out and copped a lot of crap that it didn't deserve, it was a joy to use, even with the odd bug. I'm really pleased with what Microsoft has done, although i've still gotta test out speech recognition (which was quite good in Vista - it's one feature that's really missing from Linux distros and it will probably continue to be missing for a long time...) and many other aspects to get the full picture.
     
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  4. SVP

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    #104
    Windows 7 already has one involving advantage in comparison with Vista - it fast.
     
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    mooseweb Banned

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    #105
    Or that means very basically your PC sucks and you need to get upgrades...
     
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    aap Well-Known Member

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    #106
    Yes, you can use Vista driver for windows 7 after choosing compatibility mode as "Vista". However windows 7 website itself have almost all drivers. Install drivers online.
     
    aap, Jan 13, 2009 IP
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    #107
    Go back to Windows XP. Additionally, I'd never install a Microsoft Operating System beta release...unless it was on a test machine. As far as Vista goes, I did install the beta version on a test machine a few years ago but have never installed it. I've been using XP since 2002.
     
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  8. blueparukia

    blueparukia Well-Known Member

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    #108
    Thats not so strange.

    Windows 3.0 and 3.1 were released in a two year timeline.
    Windows 95, NT 4 and 98 were all in aa three year cycle.
    Windows Me and 200 were released in the same year, with XP following just one year later.

    The gap between XP and Vista was the longest ever, so no one's really used to the quick OS releases now.

    And as I work at a computer shop myself, the fsecond rule we have is "Never give the client software that is/will be obsolete" so we never downgrade software. We don't upgrade without permission, but it is always better everyone is using the latest technology or else they're all stuck behind (look whats happened with IE6 becaus people refuse to upgrade - it was good in its time, but that time has long since passed - this'll happen to XP soon - another nuisance for developers to support)
     
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    jlfrank21 Banned

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    #109
    I like Windows 7 but I don't see the use of using it since it runs out in August. Everything on Windows 7 will have to be copied and moved over to the new operating system so I'll just wait until I can buy Windows 7.
     
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    #110
    I actually think Microsoft is going to get it right this time. They've had their flukes, Vista wasn't the first. Anyone remember ME haha?
     
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    #111
    I loaded Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio and it found all of the drivers. Unfortunately it also locked up multiple times while viewing a Tekzilla tech video. Even after I loaded the patch to fix this problem. I am thinking it is not too stable as of yet.
     
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    #112
    I have the direct links
     
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    #113
    Oh no... How many people download this ahtung?
     
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    #114
    I might be able to get a direct link up, pm me.
     
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    #115
    this is a very good news
     
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    #116
    I am still sticking with win XP for now until the release of the final Windows 7.
    Vista? I didn't bother installing that in my computer.
     
    nvtellan, Feb 19, 2009 IP