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RomUlation on Windows 7!

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by Loonylion, Jan 11, 2009.

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  1. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    well it's finally here, a screenshot of our beloved RomUlation running in IE8 on Windows 7!

    [​IMG]

    In all honesty, I have yet to be impressed by Windows 7. The claim of installing in under 10 minutes turned out to be complete hogwash as usual, it took 57 minutes to install and 1hr 8 minutes until it reached the desktop, which isn't really much faster than an XP install. Additionally, it uses 8GB of disk for a bare install, compared to my Windows 2003 install taking up 5.6GB including all my programs and updates. The interface is admittedly less cluttered than Windows vista, which is an improvement.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 11, 2009
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  2. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    I think i'll stay with Vista...
    I actually enjoy vista as it's simple and basic enough for me, plus it looks better than Windows 7

    And... Firefox kicks IE's cookie filled anus...
     
    cjdogger, Jan 11, 2009
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  3. ClydeOne

    ClydeOne Well-Known Member

    I'll stick to XP for now. When I get a new computer, I might consider Windows 7. That thing is still in beta, isn't it?
     
    ClydeOne, Jan 11, 2009
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    public beta just released on friday.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 11, 2009
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  5. nomercy

    nomercy Well-Known Member

    For me everything that worked after a Windows XP install works in Windows 7 (driver-wise). In almost all cases, Vista drivers are working.

    A thing I liked was the lack of Windows Live features. No Messenger, no Outlook, no Silverlight, no Movie Maker, no Gadgets. They are available through downloads. Windows Media Player is included, but I haven't tested it yet (something with MP3 bug). Also, you can change your taskbar like it looked in xp (with quick start, and the items spread out).

    My current problem is that there's no working cd/dvd emulation software yet, so installation of some (yes, legal) applications isn't going well.
     
    nomercy, Jan 11, 2009
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  6. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Yeah that statement was false. Never heard of any install being within that amount of time. cjdogger, they pretty much look the same nearly.
     
    anandjones, Jan 12, 2009
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  7. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    I may have changed my settings when I first got my laptop actually... :-\ I can't quite remember...
     
    cjdogger, Jan 12, 2009
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  8. nomercy

    nomercy Well-Known Member

    Well, if you consider the amount of data being pumped to the new partition, you can say that the installation speed has increased significantly.
     
    nomercy, Jan 12, 2009
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  9. n0thealthy

    n0thealthy Well-Known Member

    Why does Windows 7 Basic look so awful? It's exactly the same as Vista. Have the right graphics card and it's beautiful, have the wrong one and it looks like sh*t. Thumbnail previews are disabled too! However, it did install faster and boot up faster than Vista. Unfortunately, performance wise, it's still nowhere near as good as XP.
     
    n0thealthy, Jan 14, 2009
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  10. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    When you said RomUlation on Windows 7 + IE8, I was expecting a mutilated glob of standards noncompliance on the screen. At least I can see that when running the Acid3 test. Apparently, Microsoft has stated that they have no intention of significantly improving standards compliance in IE8.
     
    Born2killx, Jan 15, 2009
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  11. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Huh? They have said no such thing. IE8 will be A LOT more standards compliant than IE7, what they have said is that they will do a "compatibility mode" where it will emulate the way the older browsers renders pages for cases where the code is so horrible a standards compliant browser cannot render it. This mode will be turned off by default.
     
    Seph, Jan 15, 2009
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  12. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    What? They got the old mouse back? or are you just running without the new theme?
     
    waylonn, Jan 20, 2009
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  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    didn't change anything.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2009
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  14. bleh_asura

    bleh_asura Well-Known Member

    it's still a beta version
     
    bleh_asura, Jan 20, 2009
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  15. BloodVayne

    BloodVayne Well-Known Member

    I've just installed the Windows 7 beta yesterday. I like what I'm seeing, but I can't help but notice it's just Vista under a different skin. Here is Romulation on Firefox in Windows 7.
    [​IMG]
    It's running quite smooth on my crappy laptop. Pentium Dual Core 1.6 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 128 MB SiS video card. :D
     
    BloodVayne, Jan 22, 2009
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  16. nomercy

    nomercy Well-Known Member

    I still think it's like what vista was supposed to be.
     
    nomercy, Jan 22, 2009
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  17. BryantYang

    BryantYang Member

    Wow the taskbar looks just like Mac OS X now with the icons and I bet when you go over them they show you the name of it, correct? xD
     
    BryantYang, Jan 22, 2009
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  18. Kuraudo39

    Kuraudo39 New Member

    wow transparent taskbar. pretty.
     
    Kuraudo39, Jan 24, 2009
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  19. waylonn

    waylonn Well-Known Member

    Hmm.. Windows is indeed looking way more like mac, but mac is just a bit better.
    First computer with mouse. Mac.
     
    waylonn, Jan 24, 2009
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  20. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    Wrong in two places. The first computer with a mouse was the Xerox Alto. The first Apple Computer with a mouse was the Apple Lisa. Apple copied Xerox's GUI idea as well. ::)
     
    Born2killx, Jan 27, 2009
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