I realise there's a certain autopilot-like quality to the human mind but surely the conscious "hang on, do I actually want this?" question would sit on the top of the pile? It's not like people are going to subconsciously hoard it.
After installing Win7 I briefly considered just using the latest IE beta, before my flatmate used smelling salts on me. I procured firefox using IE just fine. Sounds like it's just you.
I just recently built a new PC. I was initially going to stick with just XP, but after hearing that Vista wasn't quite so shit anymore, and that my hardware had some issues with XP, I briefly considered Vista. A friend suggested Windows 7 and I thought what the hell, let's go for it.
My system's quite chunky -- Core 2 Quad, DS3R mobo, 4 gigs ram, GTX 295, X-Fi titanium, velociraptor -- and a Lian Li case:D/casesex! Err, ahem. I used Vista drivers for most things with the exception of the sound card, which uses some drivers tweaked to work on Win7. I'm using the 64 bit version with a mix of 64bit and 32bit applications installed.
I've had the odd hiccup -- the sound card messed up and I had to reinstall drivers for eg, though I think that was my fault when I was installing them the first time -- but zero crashes thus far. All applications and games run liquid smooth with no hitches (interestingly, WoW has an issue with movement in major cities, but I'm putting that down to drivers) but I'm too afraid to try crysis;).
The OS itself is beautiful to work with. The task bar is a definite improvement. The network set itself up upon installation, though I needed to manually set up my shares of course. It's a fast PC, so this is probably not a surprise, but everything is incredibly quick. From post-to-start-button takes 35 seconds. After a cold boot, Firefox opens less than a second after the taskbar click. I've had some issues with WMP playing mp3's, I use WMC and WinAmp so it's not an issue for me. I'm a virgin to Aero so I don't know if it's changed at all for Win7 but the prettiness is nice and doesn't interfere with anything -- it gives the impression of a quick and polished OS.
Idle resources are a bit on the high side -- the basic processes uses 1gb of my RAM for eg. I've been informed that Win7 utilises extra ram/cpu when it's not in use and frees it up when things start getting scarce. I can't really comment on that as nothing I have gets me close to 4gb of ram use, but its idle use is consistent with this. I've also heard anecdotal evidence of Win7 running fine on 256mb of RAM and being usable on 128mb. Regardless, 4gb of memory is rather standard these days (being purchasable for $90 NZ) and with this amount, even the A-list games run liquid smooth and don't get anywhere near chewing up all four gigs, despite the OS's use (perhaps it cuts down on mem when the games start requesting resources).
That familiar Office-style set of tiny formatting bars is gone for most windows apps, as are the File/Edit/View/etc menus at the top. Replacing them is a single large thick bar that vertically groups similar functions together, a vast improvement in my humble opinion, and this change is consistent across all stock windows apps I've messed with thus far. There's a new app called Snip that can be used to select any part of the visible screen, and then copy it, scribble on it, or save it as popular formats (gif, jpg, png), kind of like an express combination of print screen and mspaint -- previously the realm of 3rd party apps. My mac pro has a similar widget but it just doesn't stand up to this.
The whole OS is very quick and stable, which is quite incredible when you consider not only is a MS product, it's also a beta product, and not due for release for another year. That's my experience though -- I've heard of a lot of people getting constant crashes and hardware incompatibilities. I haven't bought a MS product since windows 95 OEM but this may just change my stance... a consideration I never thought I'd ever make.
I also invite the wrath of macbois by saying this, but I own and use a Mac Pro next to my PC on a regular basis and so far I much prefer win7 to leopard. don't hurt me!
Note that I haven't used Vista, and as such the above anecdotal experience is a direct comparison between XP and Win7.
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It could have gone any way. Funny, off topic, troll, informative. I'm fairly sure some people with mod points just roll their face across the keyboard to assign them.
froth Vista froth Ubuntu froth slap in the face gnash Jobs is my bishi froth could code a better OS upside down giving linus a handjob gnarl Win7 froth year of CBN on my desktop. Naked.
Fucking M$ and their money grubbing ways, pushing out shitty OS's that are just incremental downgrades on their previous goods. Win7 is just vista with a new name and is a CHORE to use.
Personally I think that Steve should SUE M$ for even entertaining the thought of making something superior to OS X. We all know that it's impossible for M$ to do such a thing, and even if it were, we'd just bury our heads in the sand and say they're just pumping out another version of vista.
... wait... sorry. Still getting used to slashdot:). Give me a few, I'll come up with something more in line with the typical post.
I approve of this change, assuming they are actually able to effectively keep up the number of poof readers so that the lag between change and implementation is minimal like ur mom lol
If they can do that then they can keep wikipedia more "correct", with formal checking of citations and sources prior to implementation, while simultanously eliminating almost all vandalism. balls
The only problems I forsee:
- vandalism could evolve to waste proof-readers' time with near-correct submissions that contain bullshit near the end
- a lot of citationless truthiness exists in wikipedia, but at the same time, a lot of "obvious" truth that doesn't have an obvious source exists too, like ur parentage. Wikipedia would evolve to be more formally correct and have higher information accountability, at the expense of volume.
Any Windows 7 beta user will tell you that Microsoft are definitely capable of "cool". I fully predict Win7 to be a resounding success, both in sales and in actual performance and usability terms. This is personal, but I find it to be superior to OS X even in its current beta state.
Success aside, the "coolness" of this OS could lead to a rise in the number of MS fanbois (yes they do exist). This, combined with MS's newfound "coolness" (assuming it persists), could just breath new life into their Joe Sixpack consumer products like the Zune.
#7. Write a security guide, captilising KEY words FREQUENTLY in order to CONVEY artificial significance, but in actuality cause YOU to come across as SALESMAN-ESQUE, performing an ENTHUSIASTIC PITCH to IT PROFESSIONALS who already KNOW it all. TYPE it in a CONDESCENDING manner as if you are WASTING TIME dispensing this GENERIC TRIPE to NOBODY IN PARTICULAR.
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I realise there's a certain autopilot-like quality to the human mind but surely the conscious "hang on, do I actually want this?" question would sit on the top of the pile? It's not like people are going to subconsciously hoard it.
If calling an OS refined is the worst that can be said about it...
Whoa, somebody went postal with mod points.
They could break the story that MS used Win7 to fake the moon landing.
I'm tempting fate and using win7beta as my sole OS :)
After installing Win7 I briefly considered just using the latest IE beta, before my flatmate used smelling salts on me. I procured firefox using IE just fine. Sounds like it's just you.
I just recently built a new PC. I was initially going to stick with just XP, but after hearing that Vista wasn't quite so shit anymore, and that my hardware had some issues with XP, I briefly considered Vista. A friend suggested Windows 7 and I thought what the hell, let's go for it.
:D /casesex! Err, ahem. I used Vista drivers for most things with the exception of the sound card, which uses some drivers tweaked to work on Win7. I'm using the 64 bit version with a mix of 64bit and 32bit applications installed.
;).
My system's quite chunky -- Core 2 Quad, DS3R mobo, 4 gigs ram, GTX 295, X-Fi titanium, velociraptor -- and a Lian Li case
I've had the odd hiccup -- the sound card messed up and I had to reinstall drivers for eg, though I think that was my fault when I was installing them the first time -- but zero crashes thus far. All applications and games run liquid smooth with no hitches (interestingly, WoW has an issue with movement in major cities, but I'm putting that down to drivers) but I'm too afraid to try crysis
The OS itself is beautiful to work with. The task bar is a definite improvement. The network set itself up upon installation, though I needed to manually set up my shares of course. It's a fast PC, so this is probably not a surprise, but everything is incredibly quick. From post-to-start-button takes 35 seconds. After a cold boot, Firefox opens less than a second after the taskbar click. I've had some issues with WMP playing mp3's, I use WMC and WinAmp so it's not an issue for me. I'm a virgin to Aero so I don't know if it's changed at all for Win7 but the prettiness is nice and doesn't interfere with anything -- it gives the impression of a quick and polished OS.
Idle resources are a bit on the high side -- the basic processes uses 1gb of my RAM for eg. I've been informed that Win7 utilises extra ram/cpu when it's not in use and frees it up when things start getting scarce. I can't really comment on that as nothing I have gets me close to 4gb of ram use, but its idle use is consistent with this. I've also heard anecdotal evidence of Win7 running fine on 256mb of RAM and being usable on 128mb. Regardless, 4gb of memory is rather standard these days (being purchasable for $90 NZ) and with this amount, even the A-list games run liquid smooth and don't get anywhere near chewing up all four gigs, despite the OS's use (perhaps it cuts down on mem when the games start requesting resources).
That familiar Office-style set of tiny formatting bars is gone for most windows apps, as are the File/Edit/View/etc menus at the top. Replacing them is a single large thick bar that vertically groups similar functions together, a vast improvement in my humble opinion, and this change is consistent across all stock windows apps I've messed with thus far. There's a new app called Snip that can be used to select any part of the visible screen, and then copy it, scribble on it, or save it as popular formats (gif, jpg, png), kind of like an express combination of print screen and mspaint -- previously the realm of 3rd party apps. My mac pro has a similar widget but it just doesn't stand up to this.
The whole OS is very quick and stable, which is quite incredible when you consider not only is a MS product, it's also a beta product, and not due for release for another year. That's my experience though -- I've heard of a lot of people getting constant crashes and hardware incompatibilities. I haven't bought a MS product since windows 95 OEM but this may just change my stance... a consideration I never thought I'd ever make.
I also invite the wrath of macbois by saying this, but I own and use a Mac Pro next to my PC on a regular basis and so far I much prefer win7 to leopard. don't hurt me!
Note that I haven't used Vista, and as such the above anecdotal experience is a direct comparison between XP and Win7.
Welcome to /.
It could have gone any way. Funny, off topic, troll, informative. I'm fairly sure some people with mod points just roll their face across the keyboard to assign them.
Sorry, I meant Win7 in its beta state. I have a mac pro next to my PC.
Whoa buddy, calm down. It was a reply to my own post - give it a read and come back :)
froth Vista froth Ubuntu froth slap in the face gnash Jobs is my bishi froth
could code a better OS upside down giving linus a handjob gnarl Win7
froth year of CBN on my desktop. Naked.
froth
Yeah, my bad, totally forgot where I was when I typed that up.
It's next to the "purge AC troll" button. You need to log in to see it.
Right... slashdot. My bad. Let me start again.
:). Give me a few, I'll come up with something more in line with the typical post.
Fucking M$ and their money grubbing ways, pushing out shitty OS's that are just incremental downgrades on their previous goods. Win7 is just vista with a new name and is a CHORE to use.
Personally I think that Steve should SUE M$ for even entertaining the thought of making something superior to OS X. We all know that it's impossible for M$ to do such a thing, and even if it were, we'd just bury our heads in the sand and say they're just pumping out another version of vista.
... wait... sorry. Still getting used to slashdot
Apparently, somebody with a mum has modpoints. I foolishly did not forsee this turn of events.
Any man that can have another man in the arse is more of a man than the most pot bellied beer drinking wife beating conservative construction worker.
- Didn't know about media, found media for free, purchased media
- Didn't know about media, found media for free, didn't purchase media
Across these two examples, the artist has only profited by releasing his media for free.
He should reroll Retribution Minister, I hear they're quite overpowered at the moment.
No humour intended - I suggest giving Win7 a whirl. Total breath of fresh air.
I approve of this change, assuming they are actually able to effectively keep up the number of poof readers so that the lag between change and implementation is minimal like ur mom lol
If they can do that then they can keep wikipedia more "correct", with formal checking of citations and sources prior to implementation, while simultanously eliminating almost all vandalism. balls
The only problems I forsee:
- vandalism could evolve to waste proof-readers' time with near-correct submissions that contain bullshit near the end
- a lot of citationless truthiness exists in wikipedia, but at the same time, a lot of "obvious" truth that doesn't have an obvious source exists too, like ur parentage. Wikipedia would evolve to be more formally correct and have higher information accountability, at the expense of volume.
how mny hitlers duz it take 2 screw ur mom lol
Any Windows 7 beta user will tell you that Microsoft are definitely capable of "cool". I fully predict Win7 to be a resounding success, both in sales and in actual performance and usability terms. This is personal, but I find it to be superior to OS X even in its current beta state.
Success aside, the "coolness" of this OS could lead to a rise in the number of MS fanbois (yes they do exist). This, combined with MS's newfound "coolness" (assuming it persists), could just breath new life into their Joe Sixpack consumer products like the Zune.
It appears you may have spunked out some brain matter along with.
#7. Write a security guide, captilising KEY words FREQUENTLY in order to CONVEY artificial significance, but in actuality cause YOU to come across as SALESMAN-ESQUE, performing an ENTHUSIASTIC PITCH to IT PROFESSIONALS who already KNOW it all. TYPE it in a CONDESCENDING manner as if you are WASTING TIME dispensing this GENERIC TRIPE to NOBODY IN PARTICULAR.
Even hinting at Linux in a negative tone here will get you set upon by a pack of rabid dogs with their fanatic linux owners in tow.
They have a pretty nasty bite and once they've clamped their jaws on your leg, it'll take a fantastic amount of wriggling to get free.
Their dogs are nasty, too.
Windows 7 is literally putting lipstick on a pig!
I must have missed that feature.