Windows 7 Beta release!

[who_cares973]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

i want it but damn the file size is huge D:

[behanjc]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

It's more that these requirements are pretty much the standard for computers that are pre-built now, the minimum requirements for Windows 7 is pretty much equivalent to the minimum requirements for windows XP at the time of it's release. In 10 more years I can't even imagine what we'll be looking at for requirements. You can't really find a computer that doesn't meet all the reqs to run Windows 7 anymore unless it's pretty old, or was built on a very low budget recently.

Yes, good points, I agree. But I don't like the fact that I have to pay to upgrade hardware so I can use newer software of which I probably won't even want/utilize the features that make the requirements higher than previous gens.

Of course, this is why for now I am sticking with XP but eventually it will become unsupported and obsolete and I will have to upgrade just to get support for the only the basic features that I need.

[jimerax]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

it runs even faster and smoother than XP.

this is the only thing I'm expecting for a new OS.

[Phynx]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

ANNOYING FONT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Get Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and its SP1. Use that to install Windows 7 on without any possible interference to your current system. Thank Sprite for that idea.

[Sprite-]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

Yes Phynx, but that's assuming you have enough RAM to run two operating systems at the same time :P

[itmorr]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

My opinion

Windows 7 is lame - it just looks like Vista with a ****ty new purple place mr potato head game.

Also this might be helpful - a simple no-brainer way to try windows 7 is - get the iso, download/install virtualbox, configure new virtual machine, mount the iso on new virtual machine. Windows 7 runs great in virtualbox.

Also also: what's this about not being able to get the iso. If you want an older (legal) beta build to play around, message me and I'll send it over a messenger.

[Phynx]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

Yes Phynx, but that's assuming you have enough RAM to run two operating systems at the same time :P

If you have 3gigs or higher, it works fine with a fast processor and graphics card as well. My buddy just did it and he says it runs flawless.

He's using:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.4GHz
4GB OCZ Platinum Edition 2 RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTS

That's the bulk of his equipment and he says he has no lag on anything running both OS's so if you have a tough comp like that or better, you should run both rather fine.

[Sprite-]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

Well I only have 2 gigs. It ate my computers resources and would just freeze me. Yes, of course, 4 gigs would do the trick.

[Phynx]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

Well I only have 2 gigs. It ate my computers resources and would just freeze me. Yes, of course, 4 gigs would do the trick.

Haha I have the same proc and 2GB RAM with geforce 7950GT and it lags a little for me, not real bad but it's noticeable. Either way, if I can get a key, I'm gonna reformat my comp to this cause I f*cking love it to hell.

[Shadowcliff]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

16gb of free space?? is that rly neccesary?

I have over 70 gigs of free space after 5+ years on this very computer. And my dad torrents a lot of music.
A LOT.

[/lateresponse]

It's probably too late to download the OS for free, so I'll just take your word, Sprite, that it's good. I'll definately check it out when a stable version is released or starts coming preinstalled on computers.

[sumzup]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

My opinion

Windows 7 is lame - it just looks like Vista with a ****ty new purple place mr potato head game.

It may look like Vista, but it's way better.

Windows 7 (as a beta) is faster than both XP and Vista...and if you're noticing a difference now, just wait until they release the final version. The beta is chock-full of actively running debug code and hasn't even been optimized for performance yet.

Overall, I think Microsoft has scored a homerun on Windows 7; it's everything Vista was supposed to be and more (not that Vista was bad, but still).

[Izzy]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

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I think its funny when computer illiterate people judge an operating system by how the GUI looks. You can change that later.

[fido123]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

My opinion

Windows 7 is lame - it just looks like Vista with a ****ty new purple place mr potato head game.

It's a whole new Kernel even though it is built from the Vista Kernel so I hear. Friends say it's faster and generally smoother. Might start using this instead of XP.

[MooMoo_Cowfreak]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

http://xkcd.com/

My opinion of Vista is that it isn't terrible, but the fact that it's worse than XP is just pathetic.

7 looks awesome though.

[nuclearsamurai]

Re: Windows 7 Beta release!

Now is when it downloads successfully for me from the Microsoft servers.

It's about time.



EDIT: Seriously.

Now.

At one in the ****ing morning.