Windows 7 as an option?

[BC_Programmer]

I eat Barney for breakfast.

he has a cereal now?

[rthompson80819]

If I say your face is made of cheese, or that the world is square, does that make it true? No,

BC, are you trying to say the world isn't flat?

[Mulreay]

He may say it's not but my 'square of the world' speaks otherwise.

Sorry my library is really tiny



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[kpac]

I know a lot more about hacking, programming, tweaking, networking, computer security and performance, than you give credit for.

So do a lot of people around here but we don't go around bragging about it.

[Archer]

   Guys... where is the Topic Starter? I fear s/he is lost in your war actions...

[Veltas]

Yes, look at us...

Look at what we've become!  And over Windows 7 of all things...

Let us join forces so that we may find our common enemy, the real threat!  I'm talking of course of Microsoft.

Too long have we suffered irritating markiting attempts like releasing an unpopular OS on purpose (Vista) and then making loads o' more money by releasing a very similar but far more popular OS.

We should be fighting Microsoft, not each other. 

[sloan448]

I like Windows 7 a lot. Upgraded from XP about three weeks ago. I used the 64 bit upgrade and saw an instant increase in speed in my AMD Athlon 64. Now I can use all the power it has. Even my DSL is quite a bit faster. The only thing is DRIVERS for older stuff. I can't seem to find any for my Epson scanner so I still have it hooked up to my back-up machine with XP. W7 doesn't want to give me full access to my external hard drive either, says I have to have "permision" to move any thing on or off it. I had to upgrade my Outlook from 2000 to 2007 but I really like 07 so not complaining. 

[Salmon Trout]

The only thing is DRIVERS for older stuff. I can't seem to find any for my Epson scanner so I still have it hooked up to my back-up machine with XP.

I have a similar problem with my Canon laser printer, only 18 months old; I am using it from a VMWare virtual machine running XP.

W7 doesn't want to give me full access to my external hard drive either, says I have to have "permision" to move any thing on or off it.

This is to do with security settings and permissions. You will soon work out how to get full control. I have been running Windows 7 for three weeks also.

[Veltas]

I like Windows 7 a lot. Upgraded from XP about three weeks ago. I used the 64 bit upgrade and saw an instant increase in speed in my AMD Athlon 64. Now I can use all the power it has. Even my DSL is quite a bit faster. The only thing is DRIVERS for older stuff. I can't seem to find any for my Epson scanner so I still have it hooked up to my back-up machine with XP. W7 doesn't want to give me full access to my external hard drive either, says I have to have "permision" to move any thing on or off it. I had to upgrade my Outlook from 2000 to 2007 but I really like 07 so not complaining. 

Yes but understand most of the power and speed you've gained through upgrading was going to 64bit processing...
Mind you, 64bit XP was a joke, it was incredibly unstable and has basically no support.
So, if you really want 64bit processing power and you have a 64bit processor, yes, it is a good idea to go Windows 7; but make sure you do a complete reinstall and not an upgrade, because upgrading to 64bit from x86 (32bit) doesn't work!

[BC_Programmer]

64bit XP was a joke, it was incredibly unstable and has basically no support.

No no...

Windows XP 64-bit Edition was a joke.

Windows XP x64 Edition worked fine and was quite usable. I know several people who have run it for years with no problems.

[Salmon Trout]

Windows XP x64 Edition worked fine and was quite usable. I know several people who have run it for years with no problems.

So do I.

[Geek-9pm]

2008 is the first year more portables than desktops were sold. Worldwide portable sales will continue to grow much faster than desktops. In 2012, IDC predicts, there will be 285.7 million portables sold worldwide, compared to only 156.6 desktops and x86 servers.

If that is almost true, then by 2012 the majority of new computers will be non-desktops and not running windows Vista.

So, if the OP plans on buying new software two or three years from now, he had better be ready for Windows 7. There is NO guarantee that new software will be backward compatible with Vista. Only if Vista holds a large market share.

The date that Vista will no longer be supported is 4/15/2012. .....  for Vista, thus resulting in an artificially created "end of life"...

So, he has two years to think about it.

Déjà vu, ¿otra véz?   

[neelchauhan]

The interface is a little glitchy for big multi taskers but in every other field it is better than Vista.
If you want some lost features back, you can get the Windows Live pack or if you are just needing Movie Maker, click on the link below:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ywqmnnnmywm
for the Vista movie maker.

[Salmon Trout]

big multi taskers

This means what?

[Geek-9pm]

big multi taskers   

What operating system (OS) does the Google Search Appliance run on?
The Google Search Appliance is based on the same software that is used in Google's datacenters. The operating system is a hardened version of Linux that is optimized for search, sometimes referred to as Google Linux.

http://www.google.com/support/gsa/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=15898

That would exclude Windows 7.