Topic: Windows 7 (Read 19099 times)

BizB · « **Reply #25 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:31:03 AM »

You're right. My mistake.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:34:18 AM »

I know the new ones can hold 2.5 megs.

according to wikipedia, the earliest 3 1/2 inch drives only held 264k

12AX7 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2009, 12:06:38 PM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on October 26, 2009, 11:34:18 AM

I know the new ones can hold 2.5 megs.

according to wikipedia, the earliest 3 1/2 inch drives only held 264k

There are "new" floppies???

ivan · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2009, 02:14:42 PM »

Quote from: BizB on October 26, 2009, 10:26:39 AM

I don't remember it ever being 13 floppies. Each disk holds 2.5 mb.

Windows 3.11 was 5.47MB.

I was exaggerating for humor purposes.

I think 3.0 came on 6 or 7 disks. I know they fit into a 10-disk container with room to rattle.

3.11 WFW was 8 disks.

After installing, it FELT like 13.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #29 on:** October 26, 2009, 05:19:56 PM »

Quote from: 12AX7 on October 26, 2009, 12:06:38 PM

There are "new" floppies???

newer.

ivan · « **Reply #30 on:** October 26, 2009, 05:28:27 PM »

new-ish.

dcrog · « **Reply #31 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:35:38 AM »

Quote from: ivan on October 26, 2009, 02:14:42 PM

After installing, it FELT like 13.

But they were soooooooo much faster than the 5 1/4's.

Joe Sixpack · « **Reply #32 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:57:10 AM »

95 did come on something like 15 floppies or 1 cdrom. I think you could even get either XP or 2000 on floppy as well, and there were something like 30 of them.

Novice · « **Reply #33 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:56:33 PM »

Windows according to Apple:

Windows 2
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Que?

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #34 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:26:05 PM »

windows 2? I thought that was a beta.

Joe Sixpack · « **Reply #35 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:00:26 AM »

Windows 2
Windows 3.x
Windows 4 (Win95/98/Me)
Windows 5 (Win2000/XP
Windows 6 (Vista I guess)
Windows 7

ivan · « **Reply #36 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:02:14 AM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on October 27, 2009, 08:26:05 PM

windows 2? I thought that was a beta.

Windows 1 and Windows 2 were both released as finished products, but they didn't sell many units. Win 3 was the first big breakthrough for MS.

Apparently Apple doesn't count Windows 1 as a Windows release. Maybe that's because Apple and Microsoft were actually working together at that time, in a way. Apple licenced some GUI elements to MS for use in Windows 1. Win1 wasn't an OS -- it was just an app that extended DOS. So at that point, MS was more of an Apple customer than an Apple competitor.

Then MS came out with Windows 2, which I think was a complete OS. But what pissed off Apple was that MS made the Win2 desktop look like the Mac desktop. Apple sued. So the Apple/MS headbutting begins with Win2.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #37 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:13:13 AM »

Quote from: Joe Sixpack on October 28, 2009, 09:00:26 AM

Windows 6 (Vista I guess)

I thought Vista was the code name for the Alpha release of Windows 7?

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #38 on:** October 29, 2009, 05:03:29 PM »

I bet vista was secretly an alpha/beta for 7.

that would make it he worlds largest beta.

ivan · « **Reply #39 on:** October 29, 2009, 05:29:34 PM »

You beta you beta you bet!

Chris · « **Reply #40 on:** October 29, 2009, 07:48:13 PM »

It's been a week since the installation of Windows 7, and I have yet to have it crash on me. It's looking more and more like Microsoft finally got this one right.

BizB · « **Reply #41 on:** October 29, 2009, 08:57:41 PM »

Give it time. I've been running it for over a month and I have multiple crashes every day.

Probie · « **Reply #42 on:** October 30, 2009, 03:39:46 AM »

I have been running the release for about two months now. It's never crashed.

Edit: I'm not doing anything too strenuous with it, programming and media mainly.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #43 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:05:04 AM »

Well, one thing's for sure. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 users will never have trouble with security holes or spyware or viruses again.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #44 on:** October 30, 2009, 03:02:22 PM »

riiiiiiiight...

and all they do in area 51 is let off weather balloons, too.

Chris · « **Reply #45 on:** November 03, 2009, 11:11:42 AM »

Windows 7 decided that it would restart on its own accord last night because there were new updates to install. Granted, I know this is a setting that can be changed, but for such an option to be left that way as default seems to be a little obtrusive to say the least.

So far no lock ups. We'll see what happens as time goes on, of course.

Probie · « **Reply #46 on:** November 03, 2009, 11:21:57 AM »

anyone noticed the issues with the new firefox update? My tabs keep locking up, and refuse to close and then all the input messages seem to store in a queue and then after a while all execute in rapid succession. Very annoying.

xolik · « **Reply #47 on:** November 03, 2009, 12:17:54 PM »

Quote from: Probie on November 03, 2009, 11:21:57 AM

anyone noticed the issues with the new firefox update? My tabs keep locking up, and refuse to close and then all the input messages seem to store in a queue and then after a while all execute in rapid succession. Very annoying.

Yup, same thing happening with me. I'll switch to Opera if they can't get this fixed.

Probie · « **Reply #48 on:** November 03, 2009, 12:23:19 PM »

The first time I install opera I ran it and typed www.google.com and it said page not found. So I gave up on it.

ivan · « **Reply #49 on:** November 03, 2009, 12:51:21 PM »

I've been using Opera for a couple months now. Beats FF and IE. There is an occassional page that will only work properly in IE, but those are rare. For everyday scooting around the net, Opera is vg.

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