Topic: Windows 7 (Read 19101 times)

Chris · « **on:** October 22, 2009, 07:42:50 PM »

So Windows 7 officially came out today. I was able to obtain a copy of the release for only 40 dollars since I'm still a student.

So far I'm pleased with what I've seen. Though I'm sure in time I'll notice a bug or two here and there. I'm also a little on-edge about the security of this OS, as it is brand new. Only time will tell just how secure it really is. The only gripe that I have so far is the fact that my dual monitor setup is currently backwards - My primary screen is on the right, when it should be on the left. I've even tried changing the position using the monitor setup utility built in to Windows. I know, obviously I'll just switch the physical location of the monitors to work around this issue.

Has anyone else used Windows 7 yet? If so, what are your thoughts?

xolik · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2009, 09:15:34 PM »

I haven't used it yet, but only because I generally don't install a new OS until around three or four months after its initial release. However, a guy I work with installed it and is not stuck on perma-640x480 mode due to no supported graphic drivers available.

BizB · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2009, 08:12:28 AM »

I've been using the final release since they made it available to MSDN subscribers.

It BSODs at least once per day.
Firefox seems to crash more frequently.
It's pretty and shiny.

I haven't done much with the newish features. My boxorz is pretty basic and I don't have TV-in or any means of using the media center. I pretty much just use my home pc for surfening the webernets.

ivan · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2009, 11:06:33 AM »

Hard to believe there've been only 6 Windowses before this one. Seems like much more.

BizB · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2009, 11:15:59 AM »

These are the operating systems that I can remember.

Pre-mainstream (don't count):
Windows 1.01
Windows 2

Windows 2.10
Windows 2.11

Post-mainstream:
Windows 3

Windows 3.1 (16-bit)
Windows 3.11 (16-bit)
Windows 3.2 (16-bit)

Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Microsoft can't count.

Wait... what? Windows ME and Vista never happened? Oh. Never mind. It is Windows 7, then.

xolik · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2009, 02:49:50 PM »

Quote from: BizB on October 23, 2009, 11:15:59 AM

Wait... what? Windows ME and Vista never happened?

In a perfect world....

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2009, 03:39:28 PM »

I think its 3 and NT that don't count, since NT isn't so much of a consumer OS, and nobody cares about 3.

BizB · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2009, 04:29:58 PM »

What? Windows 3.11 (workgroups) was by far the best OS that MS ever made.

ivan · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2009, 04:37:56 PM »

concur

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2009, 12:57:57 AM »

I mean, nobody nowadays remembers/originally knew about 3. stop a regular guy on the street and he'll probably tell you the first windows was windows 95

xolik · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2009, 12:18:23 PM »

I loved Windows 3.1! That little "Ta-daaah" sound on start up, the little chimes upon exit, the big ass wallpaper behind all your little windows.

"OK, exit, go back to DOS and change to the Wolf3D directory. Time to kill me some nazis!"

12AX7 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2009, 12:36:12 PM »

I remember not "getting" the idea of a START button. The ad campaign bought the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up".

"Start? Isnt this thing already running? How the hell do I run or open a program? WHERE ARE MY PROGRAM GROUPS??"

xolik · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2009, 04:04:40 PM »

Quote from: 12AX7 on October 24, 2009, 12:36:12 PM

I remember not "getting" the idea of a START button. The ad campaign bought the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up".

"Start? Isnt this thing already running? How the hell do I run or open a program? WHERE ARE MY PROGRAM GROUPS??"

"Start -> Shutdown" WHICH ONE IS IT?

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #13 on:** October 24, 2009, 05:00:53 PM »

and so the endless cycle of Windows bitching began...

not that I would know. before my time.

ivan · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2009, 03:23:55 PM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on October 24, 2009, 12:57:57 AM

stop a ~~regular guy~~ a guy my age on the street and he'll probably tell you the first windows was ~~windows 95~~ Windows 3.0 that he installed on his IBM PC-AT using 13 setup disks

ivan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2009, 03:24:51 PM »

Quote from: xolik on October 24, 2009, 12:18:23 PM

I loved Windows 3.1! That little "Ta-daaah" sound on start up, the little chimes upon exit, the big ass wallpaper behind all your little windows.

"OK, exit, go back to DOS and change to the Wolf3D directory. Time to kill me some nazis!"

Oh, man. Good times.

12AX7 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2009, 07:48:03 PM »

The first 'windows' was Apple, wasn't it?

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:37:23 PM »

Quote from: ivan on October 25, 2009, 03:23:55 PM

13 setup disks

lol

Were most people really into computers at the time? I wouldn't know. but I seem to recall reading about a lot of hype for 95 and almost none for 3.1

12AX7 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:46:06 PM »

Not at home, no. At least, there weren't many that I know of. Of course, there was virtually NO internet then, too, so there was no really good reason to have a computer at home, except for budgeting and finances. There were a lot of BBS's; dial-up bulletin boards, but the majority I knew of were only for pr0n pic sharing.

ivan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:37:01 AM »

Quote from: 12AX7 on October 25, 2009, 11:46:06 PM

Not at home, no. At least, there weren't many that I know of. Of course, there was virtually NO internet then, too, so there was no really good reason to have a computer at home, except for budgeting and finances. There were a lot of BBS's; dial-up bulletin boards, but the majority I knew of were only for pr0n pic sharing.

That is true. My perspective is skewed because I was a student and also working in IT at that time, so for me, computers were everywhere.

BizB · « **Reply #20 on:** October 26, 2009, 06:16:29 AM »

1982 was the year that we first got a computer at home. I did a lot of game programming in QBasic. I was a 1337 h4x0r according to my homies.

~~Thunder3Davis~~
BizB

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #21 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:21:02 AM »

13 setup disks. what a great way to start the windows franchise! no only a huge number, but an unlucky one!

how much data did those floppies have, individually?

BizB · « **Reply #22 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.

sociald1077 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:59:34 AM »

I just got Windows 7 over the weekend from my student software update. I'm waiting for the most opportune time to do my annual HD wipe and fresh start to install it. I don't know if I am going to keep my 150 gig Ubuntu partition or not.

dcrog · « **Reply #24 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:26:23 AM »

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

Each disk holds 2.5 mb.

Windows 3.11 was 5.47MB.

Where did you shop? The ones I had only held 1.44 MB.

The old 5 1/4's only held 1.2 MB but with a notcher you could use both sides.

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