Download A Free Copy Of The New Windows 7 Operating System At:

[Better Believe It]

It's a Microsoft Beta Release. You can download it at the Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

[NightWatcher]

1. I finally got Vista to stop fucking up, I am not about to touch my OS

strictly porn, tunes, and DU for me

[MartynLima]

14. Windows 7 just a fixed Vista?

That's all it is according to several reviews I've read. I'm sticking with XP

[Deja Q]

2. Not much of an improvement, the required specs:

* Processor: 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
* Memory: 1 GB of system memory
* Hard drive: 16 GB of available disk space
* Video card: Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB memory (in order to enable Aero theme)
* Drive: DVD-R/W drive
* Internet connection (to download the Beta and get updates)

Is this beta equivalent to Vista "Home Basic"? If so, Home Basic Vista requires 512MB. Not 1GB.

Funny DX10 isn't supported, but Vista only requires 15GB. Wait, that makes Win7 even more a hog.


They ought to fix Vista before repackaging the same dung and giving it a cheap "new car" scent...

Not that there's anything massively wrong with the 64-bit edition, but the hype was Win7 would require FEWER resources. Not MORE.

[DainBramaged]

12. It works great, check my threads on the subject.

Think about that spec, a 1GHz processor, that means an old PIII can run this OS. And DX9 means OLD video cards (ATI and NVidia AND Intel built in graphics) will run on it. It seems just fine for now, and far less clunky than Vista and very much like WIN XP Pro. The reason it is 16GB is to provide for drivers during Beta testing (it is the Ultimate Version they have distributed).

[madokie]

3. I have it downloaded,

waiting on a dvd burner so I can burn a copy. I'm going to use the directions here and try to dual boot with xp.

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista

[MadHound]

4. What, we're doing Redmond's PR work for them now?

After all, it's just another POS Microsoft OS:shrug:

[Phred42]

5. You First!

Who has time to debug Wild Bill's problems for him?

[skids]

13. Haha -- I won't even do it for pay...

...I consider it to be tantamount to ripping off my
employer on Microsoft's behalf.

Fortunately I managed to specialize out of PCs and
into networking so I only have to test CISCO's
software. And by that I mean run their production
versions and find the bugs, because they are much
better than Microsoft but still what they release
is not what would have been considered release quality
a decade or so ago.

Frankly I wouldn't even call this a BETA test... BETA
testing is what people who payed for Vista are doing.
This is ALPHA testing as far as I'm concerned -- just
throw the codebase at the users for PR sake before your
internal team is even done fixing stuff they are fully
aware is broken.

What happened to the days when there were heavily
staffed QA teams with a giant heap of automated regression
tests... oh right they figured out the consumer was
so stupid they would tolerate just about anything.

So glad "I don't do windows" these days. It's just so
emotionally rewarding to actually be doing productive
stuff not just spinning my wheels keeping the bloat afloat.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. I have it up on a lab machine and my students are looking at it

I have this feeling its Window 98SE all over again.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. You mean they're rushing it out because Vista is so shitty?

Kinda like 98SE came out because Windows ME was the worst piece of shit ever?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

10. I won't speculate on their reasons, but even if its just a tighter cleaner version of Vista

it will be a step in the right direction.

[Better Believe It]

7. I've been using Windows Vista for a year now and no problems.

I think many people have used Vista without an adequate CPU, hence the problems.

I have Intel Core 2 Quad with 3gb of Ram and Vista Home Premium works fine.

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Vista can be a decent OS if you know where the useless resource hogging crap is.....

...and how to get rid of it. But it's not really much different than XP SP3 when you do so, so why bother?

I'm hoping Windows 7 will be better, because XP is 7 years old now (minus service packs, patches, etc.) and it would be nice to replace it with something newer. But not something bloated.

(and yes, I encourage the Linux option, but I've never been able to make the complete break and never look back. Usually have my machine set up in a dual-boot configuration and use both)

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. I too have to have both. Key apps for me requrie Windows and the vendors have no interest in Linux

[Better Believe It]

15. An adequate CPU can handle anything Vista throws at it.

I liked XP, like Vista more and hope that Windows 7 represents yet another step forward.

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. If you say so, Mr. Ballmer

Not even Bill Gates likes Microsoft that much. Prove you're not on the payroll. Admit that Windows ME was a piece of shit, at least. ;)

[Better Believe It]

17. Windows ME was horrible. Vista is by far Microsoft's best operating system ....

IF you have good enough CPU. If you have an older CPU or can't afford a newer Core2Quad system with at least 2mbs of RAM, stick with Windows XP.

Vista only "hogs" power if your computer lacks sufficient power to properly run Vista. Is that really so hard to understand?

You want me to "prove" I'm not on Microsoft's payroll???!! Well, I'm not. Now can you prove you're not on Apples payroll?

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. I'm definitely not an Apple user

Good machines, good OS, horribly overpriced. Oh yeah, they have the sardine can looking "Mac Mini" now, but that's like an "E-machine" that runs OS X.

And I'm not on the Linux payroll either..... because there is no such thing. :evilfrown: