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    Vista and Windows 7
    « on: December 12, 2009, 12:36:24 PM »
    I have tried the great Win 7. Yes it is nice eye candy. Desktop and all. But you know it did not impress me. I was expecting it to boot faster than my Vista. Maybe a bit faster. But not enough to say wow!. I have been running Vista for about a year now and had no problems with. Maybe minor, but nothing horrific. I think Win 7 is just a tear down of vista. With a few improvements. If you have used Kubuntu (Linux). It has some influence in Windows 7. Maybe 2 little things. But any way I am happy with Vista thus far. And it runs quite fast for me. Her is what I am running Vista on:

    2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q9400
    64 kilobyte primary memory cache
    6144 kilobyte secondary memory cache
    64-bit ready
    Multi-core (4 total)
    Not hyper-threaded         Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5KPL-CM
    Serial Number: MS1C94BJ0U01992
    Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
    BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0606 03/11/2009
    Drives         Memory Modules c,d
    500.11 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    425.43 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

    HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LS30 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]

    ST3500418AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 9VM01P5P, rev CC34, SMART Status: Healthy         3072 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

    Slot 'DIMM A1' has 2048 MB
    Slot 'DIMM B1' has 2048 MB

    Video card is a XFX Gforce 9800GT 512 MB GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0

    Runs well  ;D. If you can afford a fast machine close to this or better. It rolls quite well. If you have an older machine dual core you will see a difference. Slow enough to make you say WOW! Let me hear from you and your experiences with different machines.

    Redd  ;)

    P.S. Windows loves RAM. More the better.

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    Re: Vista and Windows 7
    « Reply #1 on: December 12, 2009, 12:44:12 PM »
    Well I was not impressed with Visata.
    But I like Windows 7.  8)

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    Re: Vista and Windows 7
    « Reply #2 on: December 12, 2009, 12:44:40 PM »
    I was not impressed by Hitler.
    I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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    « Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 12:54:54 PM »
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    I was expecting it to boot faster than my Vista. Maybe a bit faster.
    Which is how long?

    On my, quote, "Visata" laptop is would be waiting around ~70 seconds for it to completely load. Now with a completely new build it takes about 14 seconds.

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    Re: Vista and Windows 7
    « Reply #4 on: December 12, 2009, 05:00:08 PM »
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    Her is what I am running Vista on: ...
    So, what are you running Win 7 on?  Without that info, your point seems void. That computer for which you posted specs should run any OS well. 

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    If you have used Kubuntu (Linux). It has some influence in Windows 7. Maybe 2 little things.
    Huh?

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      « Reply #5 on: December 13, 2009, 04:45:47 PM »
      I have Vista on a HP and it runs well but slow boot up. 20 to 30 seconds approx. Maybe I am just like it to boot up in seconds. And to reply to similarities Was win 7 has stick notes Never had that before. Kubuntu always had it.) and at the bottom left think its called windows explorer but shows you your documents,pictures ,videos folders. Its kinda like Kubuntu home folder thing'y. But that is my option.

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      « Reply #6 on: December 13, 2009, 04:48:33 PM »
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      slow boot up. 20 to 30 seconds approx.
      Hmm, you call that slow?  I believe the majority of users would say that's quite fast.
      « Last Edit: December 17, 2009, 09:19:39 AM by soybean »

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        Re: Vista and Windows 7
        « Reply #7 on: December 15, 2009, 02:29:03 PM »
        Ya maybe. I timed it with my watch and ...OK 1 min approx to load. Guess I count real slow.  ;D

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        « Reply #8 on: December 15, 2009, 04:19:47 PM »
        I've never if anytime considered boot times in evaluating an OS...
        If in fact my machine is powered down and i need to boot...i hit the power switch...walk away and grab a coffee, beer or other adult beverage depending on the time of day.
        I'd never time my bootup with a stopwatch.
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        « Reply #9 on: December 15, 2009, 06:26:13 PM »
        I've never if anytime considered boot times in evaluating an OS...
        If in fact my machine is powered down and i need to boot...i hit the power switch...walk away and grab a coffee, beer or other adult beverage depending on the time of day.
        I'd never time my bootup with a stopwatch.
        Perfect answer.

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        Re: Vista and Windows 7
        « Reply #10 on: December 15, 2009, 07:24:27 PM »
        Also, if startup times are important, why not shut-down times? Sometimes shut-down can take way longer then startup...

        and your almost obligated to wait for it, too, because it likes to prompt you about stuff.

        "would you like to save your changes" and of course, if you don't say "yes" then the shut-down procedure will simply terminate the process.
        I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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        Re: Vista and Windows 7
        « Reply #11 on: January 12, 2010, 02:08:00 AM »
        I moved to Windows 7 this week, and I am seriously considering ignoring it and going back to the ol' XP SP3.

        My first impression was "this is great!"

        Now I am thinking somewhat otherwise.

        The speed and setup of Win7 was epicly amazing, no snags, until I got to my sound card drivers.

        (I know this is not quite Windows 7's Fault, but it kind of is, also.)

        My Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI-e worked flawlessly under XP, and now in Windows 7, I hate it, no surround audio, no EAX, and Creative's drivers and control panel are at best unstable.

        I am finding the user interface (GUI) becoming more and more overwhelming and toxicly sick as I delve in deeper and deeper. XP can have some nice themes too, just get the public Window Blinds program and you can download thousands of cool looking skins for XP, and if you pay for the pro copy, Window Blinds even does the Aero Glass effect for you.

        Other than that, the ATi Drivers work like a charm, nothing wrong there.

        As an avid gamer, for me the loss of EAX and surround audio after i also paid for a high range set of Creative Speakers, simply for DX10 seems not worth it at all.

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        Re: Vista and Windows 7
        « Reply #12 on: January 12, 2010, 02:09:47 AM »
        my X-Fi works fine in windows 7.

        Also, WindowBlinds is a huge memory and resource hog; and it doesn't come with the OS.
        I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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        « Reply #13 on: January 12, 2010, 04:32:16 AM »
        XP can have some nice themes too, just get the public Window Blinds program and you can download thousands of cool looking skins for XP, and if you pay for the pro copy, Window Blinds even does the Aero Glass effect for you.

        Why would you want to run a second GUI layer on top of your OS, this has been known to be a resource hog ever since Symantec's 'Norton Desktop'.  Sorry, but my computers' resources have a better use.
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        Re: Vista and Windows 7
        « Reply #14 on: January 12, 2010, 04:36:02 AM »
        my X-Fi works fine in windows 7.

        Mine works fine if I am only playing music and surfing the net...Its games where it falls down. OpenAL games are fine, it is the DirectSound3D games like Fallout 3 where I get let down. What's the point of having a high range vid card, a nice PCI-e Audio card and high range 5.1 speakers if you can't use them properly?

        Are you running a 5.1 setup BC?

        Also, WindowBlinds is a huge memory and resource hog; and it doesn't come with the OS.

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        Why would you want to run a second GUI layer on top of your OS, this has been known to be a resource hog ever since Symantec's 'Norton Desktop'.  Sorry, but my computers' resources have a better use.

        My fresh windows 7 install consumed a massive 1.2GB out of 4GB (3.5GB usable) of ram just at login, with average cpu usage at 30% idle

        My fresh copy of XP with windowblinds installed and an animated theme? 400MB of the usable 3.5GB, cpu at 2% idle.

        So how is this a resource hog when placed beside Windows 7?

        Also just to quote on the startup/shutdown times....It is great!
        About the same as a fresh copy of XP with drivers installed for me, so about 20-30 seconds.