Windows 7 Beta

[Sheldon]

Sheldon -> http://windows7news.com/2009/01/02/windows-7-beta-damages-some-mp3/

Tells you all you need to know about it

Dave

haha was just reading it as i googled about it.

 

[Sheldon]

According to him the public beta which will be released in early January will not be affected by the problem.

PERFECT i downloaded my compy from microsoft yesterday so it should be fine! will try it out tonight!

 

[Sheldon]

using it now... the only bug i found was when opening a thread im subscribed to true the link sent in the e-mail, it opens a new page loads and comes blank. thats with IE. im using chrome now... msn messenger is wicked!!! much more faster than vista....

 

[John757]

'Watch the calendar. The Beta expires on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date.' Straight off Microsoft's website. Nice one Sheldon, I might go get the full 64bit version and have a proper dabble now. Anyone know if it supports Direct X 10? I'm going to assume it does, but this is Microsoft after all.

 

[Sheldon]

by august i will be on another OS lol... or there will be a crack so no worries at all. works fine for now!

 

[CMR]

You are using the 64bit version? Why? You are running 32bit software most of the time. So no advantages there. The 64 bit version can work with 3+ Gb of memory but if you are running the 32bit one, only the business edition and ultimate edition will use 4 Gb.

I used it at my work and at home. I agree for most people it will do fine for surfing, downloading and e-mail. But if you want to do something extra, most of the time its a no go, because of performance troubles. And at work, that's also a pain in the ass. Management tools for our servers didn't work, they work now but still kinda crappy. I'm still running Windows XP because of my "slow" pc, and the lack of performance in Vista.

@Sheldon, divx films....... it think they rip out the good parts of your pr0n collection

As I said I wouldnt use it for a business, i have tried and its shit a nightmare to configure, one laptop with vista wouldnt even connect to a 2003 SBS, it connected fine to the domain but wouldnt connect to network drives etc.. pure nightmare.

I do alot of image and video editing at home so 4gb (i would use 8gb if i didnt have channel issues) is vital for me, hence why I use a 64bit OS.

But in my experience using apps like vegas, master collection etc they all perform much better on vista than XP for me.
For a good pc there shouldnt be any loss in performance vs XP (this is home users) Infact I can name quite a few games and apps released in the last year that perform better and are more stable under vista and or 64bit environments.

Im confused about these performance troubles you state for the home user, as since the service pack for vista I have had no issues at all! well I lie, it didnt like 8800gtx sli, but I blame nvidia drives not vista for that!

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[Sharagath]

as we speak working on it.

downloaded it form the MS site it self.
install was a very long sit, but still it is a ratatouille as usual.
no bad experience for now.
going to try the new feathered media center if drivers work

 

[Sheldon]

as we speak working on it.

downloaded it form the MS site it self.
install was a very long sit, but still it is a ratatouille as usual.
no bad experience for now.
going to try the new feathered media center if drivers work

try the media player and internet explorer... thats the only two applications i found bugs on. update it and should work perfectly!!

 

[Sharagath]

try the media player and internet explorer... thats the only two applications i found bugs on. update it and should work perfectly!!

99% of the time i'm not using IE, alsways FF so would have to give it a try.
madiaplayer i have to try

what do you mean by update them?, through windows update?

i got the build 7000

 

[Sheldon]

99% of the time i'm not using IE, alsways FF so would have to give it a try.
madiaplayer i have to try

what do you mean by update them?, through windows update?

i got the build 7000

yeah i also have the 7000 but there are some updated for that also. not for media player and IE. well i sue Google chrome but was testing IE and found loads of bugs for example when the page loads it will come white (blank) and media player will not respond when you move the bar to a different time. or fails to start when trying to open a media file.

 

[ChrisGT]

Just installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop and so far, so good! I like it, much quicker than Vista when carrying out basic tasks i.e. opening folders, IE, MSN etc. I like!