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deaytch · 24-03-2010, 21:58

It's the best thing that's happened to my laptop since I bought it.
It is brilliant.

No issues installing & automatically got all the drivers, just re-installing software...

ian · 24-03-2010, 22:01

It blue screened on a guy at work the other day. It's all before you.

socreative · 24-03-2010, 22:07

windows 7 wasn't my idea....

I can see what's all the fuss is about? Apart from it having fancier toolbar it's the same crap, oh no, windows 7 needs at least twice as much resources to run...

DKuntz2 · 24-03-2010, 22:55

what? 7 uses a lot less resources than the memory hog I've got (vista, aka galactic-memory-whore)

Bishop · 25-03-2010, 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by DKuntz2

(vista, aka galactic-memory-whore)

LOL

Love my windows 7. It has blue screened a few times, the first time it looked for the problem and fixed itself, the rest of the time I am told, is because my phenom chip has a bad core

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Luckily they are cheap enough that if I decide to get another one or upgrade I don't feel like I have wasted too much moneys

socreative · 25-03-2010, 00:41

vista is even worse

top_buzz · 25-03-2010, 10:59

Win7 is mega. No probs for me so far.

socreative · 25-03-2010, 11:05

i have win7 x64 installed and what pisses me off is that my Web Developer toolbar is missing everytime i reboot the machine. Then when I chack the addons in firefox it's greyed out so I basically have to reinstall it. Pisses me off.. Does anyone else have the same problem ?

top_buzz · 25-03-2010, 11:36

Nope thats a bit odd. I'm also using 7 x64 with the ff web dev toolbar and it works fine. Upgrade the toolbar and FF to latest maybe?

ff : 3.6.2
toolbar : 1.1.8

Dusty · 25-03-2010, 13:27

Gave my laptop a second lease of life. It even loads quicker than XP did.

solarisedesign · 25-03-2010, 13:53

Windows 7 is smashing. I've had the sum total of zero problems since I upgraded from Vista. Memory usage is stable, I can run tons of applications, repeatedly hibernate it and wake it up and it'll boot in 30 seconds.

Hating Windows is soo noughties.

b. · 25-03-2010, 14:31

I've heard good things about it. Still wouldn't switch back though - I'm a real fan of os x.

deaytch · 27-03-2010, 14:32

Vista was a bad turkey, BAD BAD turkey!
7 is a working version of Vista, runs as fast as XP for me.
Not regretting the change.

inspirohost · 27-03-2010, 17:01

It does crash occasionally but it's definitely much much better than vista.

slate · 27-03-2010, 18:18

Personally I ran Vista Ultimate for 2 years, never a single blue screen or any issue at all (one incompatible piece of hardware, but it was an age old scanner). Much preferred it to XP.

But Windows 7 is still an improvement. They improved a lot of issues that all Windows OS have had prior to it.

seen.to · 27-03-2010, 19:45

I use Windows 7 on the PC that is connected to my TV and it's fine. Can go weeks without a reboot, in and out of standby and hibernation. Have never really pushed it, I mean it's a quad core machine with 4GB of ram and I use it for watching iPlayer, Hulu and 4Od.

I also had a Vista machine that was fine for a couple of years until smoke started pouring out the back - that wasn't OS related though. Also struggled when too much was running.

XP was fine as well tbh - still is since I've got a fairly new laptop with that on and only have problems when I've got too much running.

I didn't even have problems with Windows 2000 way back when. Used to have 30+ windows open without issue most of the time.

95 and 98 on the other hand weren't all that - blue screens aplenty there.

OSX on my MBP is my favorite but I've had a couple of blue screen equivalents where holding down the power button is the only escape route. But again, I blame that on the fact that I have so many things open at the same time and it's only happened about 3 times in the last 17 months so not a bad record.

b. · 28-03-2010, 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by seen.to

OSX on my MBP is my favorite but I've had a couple of blue screen equivalents where holding down the power button is the only escape route. But again, I blame that on the fact that I have so many things open at the same time and it's only happened about 3 times in the last 17 months so not a bad record.

Yeah, I've had one of those before. But that's because I dropped my laptop and the SMC saved my HD.

24-03-2010, 21:58	#1 (permalink)
deaytch Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 364	Windows 7! It's the best thing that's happened to my laptop since I bought it. It is brilliant. No issues installing & automatically got all the drivers, just re-installing software...

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solarisedesign Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 930	Windows 7 is smashing. I've had the sum total of zero problems since I upgraded from Vista. Memory usage is stable, I can run tons of applications, repeatedly hibernate it and wake it up and it'll boot in 30 seconds. Hating Windows is soo noughties. __________________ Solarise Design Doing stuff with PHP and MySQL since 2003™ "I especially like regular expressions. They make me happy inside"

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b. mongulated Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,617	I've heard good things about it. Still wouldn't switch back though - I'm a real fan of os x. __________________ Last edited by b. : Tomorrow at 01:51.

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seen.to unusual suspect ™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: DE, USA Posts: 5,671	I use Windows 7 on the PC that is connected to my TV and it's fine. Can go weeks without a reboot, in and out of standby and hibernation. Have never really pushed it, I mean it's a quad core machine with 4GB of ram and I use it for watching iPlayer, Hulu and 4Od. I also had a Vista machine that was fine for a couple of years until smoke started pouring out the back - that wasn't OS related though. Also struggled when too much was running. XP was fine as well tbh - still is since I've got a fairly new laptop with that on and only have problems when I've got too much running. I didn't even have problems with Windows 2000 way back when. Used to have 30+ windows open without issue most of the time. 95 and 98 on the other hand weren't all that - blue screens aplenty there. OSX on my MBP is my favorite but I've had a couple of blue screen equivalents where holding down the power button is the only escape route. But again, I blame that on the fact that I have so many things open at the same time and it's only happened about 3 times in the last 17 months so not a bad record. __________________ [[proverbs and quotes]] [[blog]] [[work]] [[photowebby - some photo's by me]] [[doodls - my doodles]]

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socreative addicted Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Moist Blighty Posts: 6,439	windows 7 wasn't my idea.... I can see what's all the fuss is about? Apart from it having fancier toolbar it's the same crap, oh no, windows 7 needs at least twice as much resources to run...

24-03-2010, 22:55	#4 (permalink)
DKuntz2 umlaut forever! Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,897	what? 7 uses a lot less resources than the memory hog I've got (vista, aka galactic-memory-whore)

25-03-2010, 00:41	#6 (permalink)
socreative addicted Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Moist Blighty Posts: 6,439	vista is even worse

25-03-2010, 10:59	#7 (permalink)
top_buzz For your health! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,132	Win7 is mega. No probs for me so far.

25-03-2010, 11:05	#8 (permalink)
socreative addicted Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Moist Blighty Posts: 6,439	i have win7 x64 installed and what pisses me off is that my Web Developer toolbar is missing everytime i reboot the machine. Then when I chack the addons in firefox it's greyed out so I basically have to reinstall it. Pisses me off.. Does anyone else have the same problem ?

25-03-2010, 11:36	#9 (permalink)
top_buzz For your health! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,132	Nope thats a bit odd. I'm also using 7 x64 with the ff web dev toolbar and it works fine. Upgrade the toolbar and FF to latest maybe? ff : 3.6.2 toolbar : 1.1.8

25-03-2010, 13:27	#10 (permalink)
Dusty Not a designer. Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11,042	Gave my laptop a second lease of life. It even loads quicker than XP did.

27-03-2010, 14:32	#13 (permalink)
deaytch Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: England, UK Posts: 364	Vista was a bad turkey, BAD BAD turkey! 7 is a working version of Vista, runs as fast as XP for me. Not regretting the change.

27-03-2010, 17:01	#14 (permalink)
inspirohost Blog & Portfolio Hosting Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New York, NY Posts: 84	It does crash occasionally but it's definitely much much better than vista.

27-03-2010, 18:18	#15 (permalink)
slate Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,972	Personally I ran Vista Ultimate for 2 years, never a single blue screen or any issue at all (one incompatible piece of hardware, but it was an age old scanner). Much preferred it to XP. But Windows 7 is still an improvement. They improved a lot of issues that all Windows OS have had prior to it.

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