Microsoft announces new operating system.

cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:33 PM
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Microsoft announces new operating system.

http://blip.tv/file/340692

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CRF450

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:39 PM
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1. Windows 7 is coming out.

I'm still running the BETA version and its been running fantastic! Thats no lie.

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EvolveOrConvolve

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:42 PM
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2. Same here

Compared to the Vista RTM versions that I used before its official release, Windows 7 has run like a dream.

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CRF450

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:18 PM
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16. I'm really looking forward to it!

Vista in my experience has been laggy and slow but it never gave me any major problems particularly on my lower end laptop bought new almost a year ago. The gaming computer, Vista runs extremely well on it. To be expected since all the components in it are high performance. The average pc people use are inexpensive low end pc's and thats what gave people performance problems with Vista in the beginning, they were still coming with 1gig of ram which was plenty for XP in general home use.

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IDemo

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:46 PM
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4. I'm surrounded by PC components which just arrived from Newegg

I plan on running W7 64 bit along with XP Pro and Linux Mint. W7 32-bit "ran" on the old machine (this one) but scored a 1.0 on the performance grade. :)

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EvolveOrConvolve

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:50 PM
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6. Yea, Windows 7 is going to require some serious hardware

It works great on the machine I'm running now that has a Quad core processor and 8 GB of memory but isn't going to run all that well on the older 32 bit XP machines that dominate the market right now.

But, with hardware so cheap (especially RAM), I have a feeling that there could be good sales for computer manufacturers this Christmas season.

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Angleae

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:03 PM
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10. Good sales just like when XP showed up in 2001.

Few people actually upgrade their OS intentionally. They upgrade only when it comes on the new computer.

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EvolveOrConvolve

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Tue Jun-16-09 11:00 PM
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27. Few *personal* users purposefully upgrade their OS

But, businesses try to stay a little closer to the front of the technology curve. Business sales are what drive the IT world, and if Windows 7 gets a good reception then that will drive demand for home versions of the OS. So far, Windows 7 has far exceeded expectations (not that expectations are that high).

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vow66

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:04 PM
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11. Not true

Edited on Tue Jun-16-09 09:07 PM by vow66

Windows 7 runs very well on this old Dell 4550 of mine.

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EvolveOrConvolve

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Tue Jun-16-09 10:57 PM
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26. Holy crap!

My office (800+ users) is switching from XP next year to Windows 7, and we're buying all new machines. Maybe we won't have to purchase as many as we think. For example, I run a dual-core 32 bit XP Pro system with 4 GB of RAM (it only uses 3, though) at work, and I'll bet that at least 1/3 of all the users in the building are running the same. I may do some serious performance testing over the next couple of months to see how many computers we can get away with keeping for another year or two.

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Deja Q

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:45 PM
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3. I bought a new pair of underwear too, so what?

Edited on Tue Jun-16-09 08:45 PM by Deja Q

BTW: Windows will have more holes in it than even my oldest pair of boxer briefs ever will...

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vow66

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:59 PM
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8. And Windows 7 has a keylogger

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5863391&mesg_id=5863447

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3924312&mesg_id=3925263

:crazy:

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cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:02 PM
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9. Aw, come on, just go watch the fucking video!!!

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:04 PM
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12. I'll watch it cliffordu..

...but not from a pc!

:P

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cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:36 PM
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18. Well....

:rofl:

BWhahaha hha hah aha haha

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vow66

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:12 PM
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15. I have seen that video

Have you seen this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9gdx_LIAc

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gkhouston

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:55 PM
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22. why, are you gonna rickroll us into the blue screen of death?

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cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:56 PM
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23. Only if you're using Vista....haha haha hah

Nope - just a funny vid.

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gkhouston

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Tue Jun-16-09 10:01 PM
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24. Yeah, I just saw it. It's a scream. Takes me back to the days when I was

a government contractor and had to use a PC. Oy, but I don't miss that, although it was a great job in other ways.

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anigbrowl

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:09 PM
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14. Go play with your mac - that's about the only contribution you ever make on computer threads

I've had one (1) crash since I installed it, and that was testing a video card which I knew in advance to be slightly defective. While I never moved anything mission-critical to Vista, I've been using win & as my main system for several months now with no headaches. There's a reason so many people are making positive noises about it.

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Mind_your_head

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:50 PM
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5. oh boy, oh boy....be still my beating heart.....

Meh...... :thumbsdown:

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L0oniX

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Tue Jun-16-09 08:58 PM
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7. Fuck MicroSux

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:08 PM
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13. Alright DU...Watch the clip, it's very, um, "crafty". If I'm wrong you can kick my ass.

There were at least six excellent moments and maybe as many as ten.

:rofl:

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cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:40 PM
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20. This whole OP is like a rorschach test for knee jerk title readers

I'm glad SOMEONE went to see the vid.

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Pholus

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:25 PM
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17. Intel and AMD engineers must CRY every time MS writes more code.

Such elegant hardware, completely brought to its knees by a buggy, insecure OS.

Oh well, when people start discarding their PC's to get something that makes the minimum box specs I'll get
a nice new bunch of cheap servers running Linux. ;)

Sorry, had to represent. Sue me....

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cliffordu

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:38 PM
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19. Right there with you....Don't fear the penguin...

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madrchsod

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Tue Jun-16-09 09:53 PM
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21. 7 is xp and vista rolled into one that actually works

my son showed me all the stuff 7 can do....i`m saving my pennies to buy 7 and upgrade my 4 yr old system.

7 really is better than xp and vista

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Lorax

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Tue Jun-16-09 10:30 PM
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25. My fingers are crossed.

Edited on Tue Jun-16-09 10:30 PM by Lorax

I am hoping it is as good as they say it is. If it's not, I'm crossing over to the other side and buying a Mac. I'm fed up with the crap that Microsoft forces down our throats.

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