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Windows 7, is it really worth it?

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by diskjocki, Aug 7, 2009.

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  1. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    its worth it i have it runing now and every things fine (except i cant get media sharing working)
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 3, 2009
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  2. Meramex

    Meramex Well-Known Member

    Yeah Xp does give alot of problems. I don't know if this is beacause of XP or my computer but after using XP for a long time my computer gets slower and takes up more space everytime i use chkdsk. Re-installing XP solves the problem, but it starts again. I even re-formatted my whole hardrive and it won't still go away. Sometimes it causes skippy audio. But vista uses less power. My notebook uses Vista and it can run longer at least twice as long since i stopped using XP. But Vista takes more space.

    A combination of XP and VISTA, Windows 7 could be what we are all looking for.

    PS. do any of you know that google's gonna release an operating system, name after it's browser Chrome.
     
    Meramex, Oct 5, 2009
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  3. diskjocki

    diskjocki Well-Known Member

    Yes, I heard this about this a while ago, IMO I think it's going to be similar to Linux.

    Also... I've made my decision, when I have access to a fast connection I'll download a torrent of the RTM version of Windows 7, but I'll install it on a virtual machine first just in case the serials etc. don't work.
    I probably shouldn't say much more, not really aloud to talk about warez here. :-X
     
    diskjocki, Oct 5, 2009
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no, google OS is an entirely different concept. All the applications are stored and run from google's servers, much like a thin client.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 5, 2009
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  5. diskjocki

    diskjocki Well-Known Member

    Interesting...
     
    diskjocki, Oct 5, 2009
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  6. xmasterchefx

    xmasterchefx Well-Known Member

    So if you don't have internet, you're screwed.
     
    xmasterchefx, Oct 6, 2009
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes. Also if you want to do something like cad, 3d modeling, 3d animation or video editing, you're screwed. ditto for 3d games.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 6, 2009
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  8. xmasterchefx

    xmasterchefx Well-Known Member

    Worst. OS. Ever. IMO.
     
    xmasterchefx, Oct 6, 2009
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  9. diskjocki

    diskjocki Well-Known Member

    ^ I second this.
     
    diskjocki, Oct 7, 2009
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  10. Mikiie

    Mikiie Well-Known Member

    I agree, Even worse if you have a shoddy net connection.
     
    Mikiie, Oct 7, 2009
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  11. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    google os is a FAIL that's just stupid for it to lack such basic things. and the fact that you would forever be tied to the net. they should have stopped at the web browser. i also bet they will be looking and owning every thing you do.
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 7, 2009
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  12. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    Google video games, movies, childrens toys, clothing lines.... it's the rise of the google empire!

    yes, the Google OS will most likely be an epic fail
     
    timmy1991, Oct 7, 2009
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  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it's not that it lacks them, its that internet connections are incapable of transferring the huge volumes of data involved in a reasonable timeframe.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 7, 2009
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  14. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    ether way its still not going to happen. i bet it will also put a dent in you bandwidth allowance too if you have that. or if you have mobile internet
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 7, 2009
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  15. ricky_

    ricky_ Well-Known Member

    what. what about an os that dynamically loads data it needs from the internet, and caches it locally?
     
    ricky_, Oct 8, 2009
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  16. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    but loony just said if you dont have any connection to the internet you can't get your apps.
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 8, 2009
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  17. Meramex

    Meramex Well-Known Member

    You guys have the worlds most popular search engine and a decent Internet browser. Why go looking for trouble. I think we all know what happened to Netscape when they started messing with Microsoft.
     
    Meramex, Oct 8, 2009
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  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    things were different back then. Microsoft were able to take out netscape by bundling IE with windows, you had to pay for netscape.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 8, 2009
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  19. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    now to get back on topic, how do you enable the xp virtualization in 7?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 8, 2009
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  20. CrashmanX

    CrashmanX Well-Known Member

    Like what do you mean? Like Run in XP mode?
     
    CrashmanX, Oct 9, 2009
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