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Sat Jan-10-09 02:57 PM
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| 18. Idiots should've distributed via bt. Thankfully I've got msdn premiuim. |
| -Windows 7 Beta now available for download (not for novices) |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 01:40 PM |
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More BLOATWARE from the same morons that screwed up the last 6. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 01:43 PM |
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AN assumption without even trying it? How DU of you. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 02:32 PM |
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2.44GB That says it all. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 02:37 PM |
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Again, I'll reserve judgement till it's installed |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 02:51 PM |
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Get back to me next week when it's done downloading. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 02:58 PM |
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Is there anything DU as a whole doesn't hate? Microsoft, Hummers, Olive Garden, Pizza Hut |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:01 PM |
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Puppies |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 03:03 PM |
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............. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:13 PM |
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Yes but only with a nice Chianti and fava beans |
Phred42 |
Jan-10-09 05:28 PM |
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There are DUers looking into hating this, I'm sure. |
Political Heretic |
Jan-11-09 03:37 AM |
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Kittens. If they have called it Windows Kitten I'd be downloading it right now. |
Lochloosa |
Jan-10-09 03:10 PM |
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2.4gb operating system is "bloatware?" |
high density |
Jan-10-09 04:43 PM |
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The 2.2 GB compressed does not contain anything useful |
Lithos |
Jan-11-09 03:16 AM |
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Took 20 minutes to download, 20 to install totally... |
Rosco T. |
Jan-13-09 01:13 AM |
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Bingo! Two and a half GB of compressed data for an OS? |
greyhound1966 |
Jan-10-09 03:21 PM |
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Uses 16 GB of disk space |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:39 PM |
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I thought you used Linux? |
TheHeathen |
Jan-10-09 03:31 PM |
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I do. So 3GB for Linux is half of the 6GB for Mac OS. and 16GB for Win 7 |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 04:03 PM |
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The DVD disc size |
TheHeathen |
Jan-10-09 04:14 PM |
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True, but that's ok. Download done, cya's later. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 04:19 PM |
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First af all most Linux Distros contain ALL available software for the given |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 04:31 PM |
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Whining about disk space is ridiculous |
high density |
Jan-10-09 04:46 PM |
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It's not the norm in my world. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 04:53 PM |
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Well, welcome to 2009 |
high density |
Jan-10-09 05:01 PM |
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Linux works flawlessly? |
TheHeathen |
Jan-10-09 05:01 PM |
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Don't knock it till you try it. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 05:09 PM |
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You should change your |
TheHeathen |
Jan-10-09 05:21 PM |
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still haven't figured it out yet. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 05:25 PM |
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Is that the best you can do? |
TheHeathen |
Jan-10-09 05:39 PM |
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Because people don't know about it. Americans have also been conditioned to be suspicious |
greyhound1966 |
Jan-10-09 05:15 PM |
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Our software on our server is Linux, no way I would have installed Windows Server. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 07:13 PM |
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Here's the fun thing, though ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 09:26 PM |
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As flawlessly as any technology ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 09:13 PM |
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Cause people are stupid and eat the shit they get fed on their televisions |
cliffordu |
Jan-10-09 09:56 PM |
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Actually, most Linux distros are still distributed on 700MB ISOs for CDs... |
Solon |
Jan-10-09 07:27 PM |
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Exactly ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 09:33 PM |
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The OS is EXACTLY 16GB, but I am sure (because it is the ULTIMATE version) |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 09:38 PM |
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Really? |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 09:48 PM |
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It's different, it's not as "clunky" and it is using way less memory than my Vista laptop |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 09:51 PM |
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Well, that's an improvement ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 10:03 PM |
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Most? |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-11-09 02:27 AM |
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Not really |
anigbrowl |
Jan-10-09 04:55 PM |
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Honestly why should the space it takes up be an issue? |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 05:24 PM |
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It's not space consumption ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-10-09 10:01 PM |
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Here's a walkthrough of the Windows 7 experience |
jgraz |
Jan-10-09 01:45 PM |
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"It's better than Vista" |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jan-10-09 01:54 PM |
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I use Debian myself. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 02:42 PM |
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FreeBSD here. |
L0oniX |
Jan-10-09 05:47 PM |
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Faster blue screen of death? just kidding |
Duckhunter935 |
Jan-10-09 01:47 PM |
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I heard they are changing to red. |
dkofos |
Jan-10-09 02:43 PM |
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for the past 8 months |
Zech Marquis The 2nd |
Jan-10-09 01:50 PM |
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I've used Vista for a year and half. Not a single problem, |
JeanGrey |
Jan-10-09 01:53 PM |
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If you're not a power user and have plenty of RAM...and don't mind the handholding |
MercutioATC |
Jan-10-09 02:32 PM |
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My computer performs just fine and I run tons of programs, |
JeanGrey |
Jan-10-09 08:59 PM |
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Such as? |
Angleae |
Jan-11-09 05:03 AM |
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I might try it on an old machine of mine. |
pabsungenis |
Jan-10-09 01:51 PM |
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Just a guess |
lapfog_1 |
Jan-10-09 01:54 PM |
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Yeah, Windows 7 is definately not for old machines... |
Solon |
Jan-10-09 01:58 PM |
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With new computers that shouldn't be a problem |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 05:30 PM |
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They said it is supposed to run well on older machines |
pabsungenis |
Jan-10-09 02:11 PM |
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If they are not paying people to use (and test) a Beta ... fuck 'em |
thunder rising |
Jan-10-09 02:03 PM |
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Idiots should've distributed via bt. Thankfully I've got msdn premiuim. |
BlooInBloo |
Jan-10-09 02:57 PM |
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Tech-net |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:12 PM |
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Jesus H. Christ! Why do they have a warning label on it saying it isn't complete? |
Kansas Wyatt |
Jan-10-09 03:14 PM |
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It's on the installation instructions page |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:31 PM |
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If it is suppose to be an improvement over Vista, then why the warning? |
Kansas Wyatt |
Jan-10-09 03:44 PM |
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Because it's a BETA it's in the testing phase. |
walldude |
Jan-10-09 04:29 PM |
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Which, in microsoftese, means alpha. The first release will be the beta, |
greyhound1966 |
Jan-10-09 05:18 PM |
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Hahaha! |
tabasco |
Jan-10-09 07:15 PM |
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Which is why I don't upgrade to any Microsoft OS's till the second |
walldude |
Jan-11-09 11:01 AM |
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So instead of pre-maturely releasing it, like they did with Vista... |
Kansas Wyatt |
Jan-10-09 07:13 PM |
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Microsoft has released Beta versions of Windows for several iterations |
csziggy |
Jan-10-09 08:16 PM |
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I'll give it a whirl. |
KillCapitalism |
Jan-10-09 03:42 PM |
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I JUST put a 9500GT in this system the other day |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:51 PM |
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Theirs a video I saw on youtube of windows 7 a guy upgraded to.... |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 08:07 PM |
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True, but MUCH faster and the install took FIFTY MINUTES |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 08:29 PM |
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I'm gonna try it out too. So far its at near 50% downloaded |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 08:39 PM |
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Get an ISO burner software from download.com |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 09:15 PM |
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Already did, Nero 7! |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 09:41 PM |
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System's done |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 03:49 PM |
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Keep us posted, my system is fairly similar to yours so I'm interested in the outcome. |
anigbrowl |
Jan-10-09 04:57 PM |
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ISO is burned I am beginning install. I installed Win XP Pro first as a baseline |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 06:37 PM |
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How long did it take to download? I'm still loading |
Ichingcarpenter |
Jan-10-09 04:57 PM |
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Really?? |
Lost-in-FL |
Jan-10-09 05:44 PM |
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It is still downloading as far as I can tell but I'm hopeful. |
Ichingcarpenter |
Jan-10-09 05:50 PM |
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You First |
Phred42 |
Jan-10-09 05:26 PM |
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Install update |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 06:49 PM |
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Install complete, 50 minutes start to finish |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 07:28 PM |
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I am now on Windows 7 |
DainBramaged |
Jan-10-09 07:45 PM |
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I'll be downloading it tonight |
madokie |
Jan-10-09 10:02 PM |
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My penguin craps on their download. |
cliffordu |
Jan-10-09 09:54 PM |
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Long Live the Penguin ... |
RoyGBiv |
Jan-11-09 03:10 AM |
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I have it on my laptop now. |
CRF450 |
Jan-10-09 11:43 PM |
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I like Vista just fine, so does everyone in my house -- all engineers and geeks. |
Political Heretic |
Jan-11-09 02:37 AM |
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This is so weird |
The Traveler |
Jan-11-09 03:16 AM |
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I've got Ubuntu on my laptop - cause I needed all the performance I could get on that |
Political Heretic |
Jan-11-09 03:36 AM |
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Agreed. I've been using Vista for a bit over a year now and... |
varkam |
Jan-11-09 04:00 AM |
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Winblows 7? |
L0oniX |
Jan-11-09 11:22 AM |
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I thought I'd kick this for the folks who missed it. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-12-09 09:42 PM |
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also not for anyone with any sense |
mkultra |
Jan-12-09 10:41 PM |
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Little update... |
CRF450 |
Jan-13-09 12:17 AM |
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