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suggestions on upgrading to a new pc
"David J Taylor"
wrote in message om... "Mr. Strat" wrote in message ... In article , Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: That's assumming that Vista needed much fixing. I've been running it since it's release with no problems. I switched to 7 two weeks ago. Is it October 22 already? Oh, you're running a test version of an operating system and think it's the real thing. Windows-7 has already been released to some folk, and it's the final "release to manufacture" version, not a test, beta or release candidate version. David yup, anyone with a TechNet subscription has been able to download it for nearly a month now :-) I'm still waiting for a test machine to put it on before I decide if I will make it my primary OS -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi |
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Nope, it's an RTM version. MSISDN subscription.
"Mr. Strat" wrote in message ... In article , Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: That's assumming that Vista needed much fixing. I've been running it since it's release with no problems. I switched to 7 two weeks ago. Is it October 22 already? Oh, you're running a test version of an operating system and think it's the real thing. |
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:36:19 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote:
Oh, you're running a test version of an operating system and think it's the real thing. Windows-7 has already been released to some folk, and it's the final "release to manufacture" version, not a test, beta or release candidate version. David yup, anyone with a TechNet subscription has been able to download it for nearly a month now :-) I'm still waiting for a test machine to put it on before I decide if I will make it my primary OS Why not use a virtual machine for testing. If W7 runs well on a VM, it will certainly run better on real hardware. I suggest VirtualBox: http//www.virtualbox.org That's what I use. -- Fotoguy BestInClass.com "Personalized digital camera recommendations" http://www.bestinclass.com/digital-cameras |
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"Fotoguy" wrote in message
... On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:36:19 +1000, Atheist Chaplain wrote: Oh, you're running a test version of an operating system and think it's the real thing. Windows-7 has already been released to some folk, and it's the final "release to manufacture" version, not a test, beta or release candidate version. David yup, anyone with a TechNet subscription has been able to download it for nearly a month now :-) I'm still waiting for a test machine to put it on before I decide if I will make it my primary OS Why not use a virtual machine for testing. If W7 runs well on a VM, it will certainly run better on real hardware. I suggest VirtualBox: http//www.virtualbox.org That's what I use. -- Fotoguy BestInClass.com "Personalized digital camera recommendations" http://www.bestinclass.com/digital-cameras one of the reasons I am waiting on a machine is I am waiting for a new HDD, the one's on this machine are getting pretty full :-) no space to dual boot also equals no space to virtualize :-) I am also tossing up getting an entirely new system with an i7 setup, but this depends on the Minister for Finance and War :-) -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi |
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In article , David J
Taylor wrote: Windows-7 has already been released to some folk, and it's the final "release to manufacture" version, not a test, beta or release candidate version. Aside from possibly developers, the only release I'm aware of is to schools and universities who subscribe to a special Microsoft program (can't remember the name at the moment). |
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"Mr. Strat" wrote in message
... In article , David J Taylor wrote: Windows-7 has already been released to some folk, and it's the final "release to manufacture" version, not a test, beta or release candidate version. Aside from possibly developers, the only release I'm aware of is to schools and universities who subscribe to a special Microsoft program (can't remember the name at the moment). seems you not very aware then :-) I am no longer working for a school (but then it didn't matter before then either) and I have a "TechNet" subscription (anyone who is willing to hand over the cash can get one from MS) that costs me a bit over $350 a year, with that sub I can download ANY current version of any MS OS, I have had the RTM version of Windows 7 downloaded and stored on my computer since the 6th of August (when it was released to MS TechNet subscribers to download) it hit the torrents about 4 hours after that and activation was cracked within a week I think, so it has been available both legally and illegally for nearly a month. -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi |
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"Atheist Chaplain" wrote in message
... [] I am also tossing up getting an entirely new system with an i7 setup, but this depends on the Minister for Finance and War :-) That's the way I would go, given enough finance. Good luck with your Ministerial Negotiations! As it is, I have Windows-7 RTM running on both an old 2003 PC (Pentium 4 HT, 2.8GHz, 3GB) which seems to work quite smoothly, and an arguably less powerful PC from 2006 with 2GB memory and a single-core AMD-64 3200+ processor. Both seem to work well and smoothly, although perhaps not quite as fast as XP/Vista on my more recent PCs (XP on an Intel E6600 dual-core, 3GB, Vista on an AMD-64 X2 4400, 3GB). I would normally recommend a dual-core processor as the minimum for typical multi-tasking uses, with plenty of memory, and the single-core AMD system was "bottom-end" at the time it was bought. Does anyone have comments on using ReadyBoost - the USB memory shadowing some random I/O disk operations? Does it produce any speed gains worth having? Cheers, David |
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"John Turco" wrote in message
... David J Taylor wrote: [] John, you may find Windows-7 even better than Vista SP1. Hello, David: Except, I'd paid $109.99 USD for my Vista 64-bit DVD, a little over a year ago. g Vista is now SP2, by the way. Cheers, David I know; my Vista installation disc came with SP1. -- Cordially, John Turco Maybe you can get an upgrade? I hope so as I do think that Win-7 is worth /something/ extra. Vista has been OK on the PCs I've tested, though, given enough memory. Cheers, David |
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Correction: that's "MSDN", not MSISDN I'm at the office and was
querying a series of MSISDNs (mobile telephone numbers) when I posted this response. "Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote in message ... Nope, it's an RTM version. MSISDN subscription. "Mr. Strat" wrote in message ... In article , Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: That's assumming that Vista needed much fixing. I've been running it since it's release with no problems. I switched to 7 two weeks ago. Is it October 22 already? Oh, you're running a test version of an operating system and think it's the real thing. |
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