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Post by Bob k6tr on Jan 14, 2009 21:28:13 GMT
Has anyone downloaded the Beta Version and taken it out for a test spin ?
It was first announced that Free Beta Copies would be limited to 2.5 Million Copies when the distribution program was initiated over the Jan 10/11 Weekend. Yesterday Microsoft announced because of overwhelming demand the distribution limit would be lifted but kept in place the closing date of January 24 for the program. But before you think you're getting a Freebee all Beta Versions will self destruct on August 1 2009 after which you will have to purchase an Official Release Copy.
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Post by solartrack on Jan 15, 2009 2:11:38 GMT
Downloaded and installed on a slow laptop. Pretty zippy. For same applications and such is noticeably faster.
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Post by Kevin VE3EN on Jan 15, 2009 4:50:18 GMT
hmm... thinking about looking into it.
It will self destruct, until somebody cracks it or something..
I just hope it is alot better than Vista. I enjoy vista, but the thigns that do go wrong are aggravating.
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Post by Bob k6tr on Jan 15, 2009 7:08:54 GMT
From the reports I have read it sounds like Windows 7 started from Vista with major redesign work done. It sounds like most of the instability problems of Vista have been cleaned up.
If applications run faster on 7 that is gravy. The big question is will the 64 Bit Version show the same stability as it's 32 Bit little Brother. If they can tame that Dragon I think the market will accept it.
The biggest problem Windows 7 is up against is the success of XP. It's a very solid platform which is stable and gives users little to complain about. It has developed a "works fine lasts a long time" ethos as such users don't want to abandon it. You really have to abuse XP to get a Blue Screen Out of it.
Microsoft is stating that they are now scheduled to end Full Support for XP in 2011. Look for that date to be advanced as much as a year if the Windows 7 transition comes off smoothly. Microsoft also states that after full support for XP ends they will continue XP Support against security threats until 2014. That date will probably stick.
Earlier this week AMD Released their Quad Core Microprocessors that are nearly the performance equal of Intel's Quads but at a much lower price. After word got out that market tests of the newly released chips verified the performance and quality claims of AMD Intel announced it would slash prices on their chips.
That's news from the computer front.
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Post by Acolyte on Jan 16, 2009 10:40:31 GMT
Not sure where the idea of W7 being a Vista fix came from - originally MS insisted W7 was slated for a 2012 (perhaps 2013) release because Vista was so solid. Tanking Vista sales (what you've seen are sales based on forced installs onto new hardware - most of which are then down(up)graded to WinXP) led to it being brought forward to 'earliest' 2011, then 2010...
First thing - why waste hardware on this - install it to VMWare. Running it on a Virtual Machine will let you trial it, test your apps, check bugs, see if your games will run & when 01/08 comes around you simply delete.
So far, for a 1st release beta, it seems good.
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Post by jocarl11 on Jan 16, 2009 23:30:07 GMT
I've just downloaded W7 on my laptop, So far it seems ok although it is very similar to vista. I havn't had much chance to play around with it yet but i will do so tomorrow night, maybe then i will find all the glitches
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Post by poitsplace on Jan 24, 2009 10:59:34 GMT
From the reports I have read it sounds like Windows 7 started from Vista with major redesign work done. It sounds like most of the instability problems of Vista have been cleaned up. If applications run faster on 7 that is gravy. The big question is will the 64 Bit Version show the same stability as it's 32 Bit little Brother. If they can tame that Dragon I think the market will accept it. The biggest problem Windows 7 is up against is the success of XP. It's a very solid platform which is stable and gives users little to complain about. It has developed a "works fine lasts a long time" ethos as such users don't want to abandon it. You really have to abuse XP to get a Blue Screen Out of it. Microsoft is stating that they are now scheduled to end Full Support for XP in 2011. Look for that date to be advanced as much as a year if the Windows 7 transition comes off smoothly. Microsoft also states that after full support for XP ends they will continue XP Support against security threats until 2014. That date will probably stick. Earlier this week AMD Released their Quad Core Microprocessors that are nearly the performance equal of Intel's Quads but at a much lower price. After word got out that market tests of the newly released chips verified the performance and quality claims of AMD Intel announced it would slash prices on their chips. That's news from the computer front. Well, the price on the AMD chips is spectacular but honestly...in most applications the Athlons need to run 20-30% faster just to keep up (an intel 2.4ghz quad is about the speed of a 2.8-3.2ghz athlon). Intel isn't even trying any more. Even intel's 65nm chips COULD be running at 3.3-3.7ghz. The 45nm chips hit 4-4.5ghz. There's just no reason to push them (at 4.5ghz a core2duo would outperform a 2.7ghz quad core AMD even if all four CPUs were at 100%) ...on the W7 front, I've heard nothing but good things about it. I really need to give it a whirl. I've recently hit XPs 32bit limitation (with RAM at $10/gig) and *sigh* 64bit vista seems my only option for now. I wish Micro$oft would set a firm "EVERYONE that buys vista from X date gets a free Windows 7 upgrade when it's released" policy.
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