The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

No! I've already got it, I was gonna give it a shot and see how it worked out. As I'm in the process of building another Computer

 

i would go for the windows 7 beta instead.

 

krj15489..I tried 7 when it first came out, didn't like it. Have their been any changes, Does it have the taskbar,etc

 

i don't know, i haven't used it. but i have read a little about it and from what i read it was much more stable than vista and performs much better. the screen shots i saw from the official beta had the new taskbar in it.

 

Rick,
Check out this link for the latest on Win 7.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3222
And yes, it does have a taskbar now!

Russ

 

Thats why I fell in love with afterdawn LOL. I had NO idea about another version of windows. I REALLY need to keep up with the news LOL. Janurary on release huh? SWEEEEET

 

OM7,
that release is for the Beta. I don't think that the official one will be out until mid year! The article hinted that it may be released sooner if the Beta doesn't give any problems.

Russ

 

Thanks man, appreciate it.

 

theonejrs..Is it better then XP ?
The Version of Vista that I've got is pretty impressive, I kinda like it. Just gitta get used too it

 

Everyone here knows I hate Vista, so my opinion doesn't count! LOL!! I think Vista is "Bloatware Supreme"! So does most of the world, which is why there's a Windows 7 at all! Anything that makes me have to buy double the memory just to run decently fast, isn't worth it to me!
ZD-Net thinks it's better!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3187

Russ

 

I agree 100%! That would be a terrible feeling of "Rejection"! That's what Micro$oft gets for trying to cram another Bloatware OS down our throats! Window 7 is reported to be much faster than Vista too and doesn't require as much memory to run well! As Sam said, "Good god, the people really have spoken"! Yes they have and we, the end users have won! ROFLMSOAO!!



Happy New Year,
Russ

 

i was happy with vista over XP, and im sure ill be happy with win7 over vista

IMO vista 64bit has been the best OS i have ever used

 

I was just about to post that about the Windows 7 beta! I'll try it out soon and let you guys know how it went. Build 6801 was quite amazing to use on an old computer and I did use it as the Primary OS on my old computer(which gets heavy use daily by my parents) and there weren't any complaints. No optimizing, just a bunch of average people using the OS and they liked it much better than XP.

 

That may well be, but the 32bit version Blows! I personally have never not had problems with it and I convert a lot of "Vista Only" machines to XP-Pro because most people don't like Vista because it's slow and crashes a lot. It's the main reason for XP-Pro's continued existence, and the upcoming Windows 7! It doesn't help when companies like HP/Compaq and eMachines sell Vista machines with only 256MB of slow memory in them either!

Russ

 

ddp,
I run XP-Pro SP3 in my old Dell C610 1.4GHz 512MB P3 laptop and it's faster than any Vista laptop I've come across. Vista is a hurry up and wait thing on most laptops I've seen, and a good many desktops as well. Most of the time you are waiting while that little circle thing is spinning madly away!

Vista Certification is another issue as well. 2 1/2 hours to install a new hard drive because it won't authenticate is ridiculous as well. The fact that I have to phone and wait just to install something as simple as a hard drive, only to be chastised for not buying a "Vista Certified" component is also ridiculous, especially since it does work without problems after all of the BS! M$ has become a bunch of control Freaks!

Russ