Windows 7 is out!

UltimateBMW · 10-22-2009, 10:21 AM

Windows 7 is now live.

If your looking to buy it, and don't mind waiting a few days you can get OEM copies for significantly less money on www.newegg.com

Also, for students with Vista. You can get a Windows 7 upgrade for $30 by following this link and entering in your .edu e-mail address.
http://windows7.digitalriver.com/sto...=1256221087418

InsaneSkippy · 10-22-2009, 10:59 AM

Kudos for the .edu hookup!

UltimateBMW · 10-22-2009, 11:00 AM

Cheers!

- Paul - · 10-22-2009, 02:55 PM

Had it running for a couple of days now and love it - so many tweaks and additions. Had to install fresh tho' as went from 32bit vista to 64bit Win7.

- Paul - · 10-22-2009, 04:42 PM

More like a vista'd up version of Xp imo

UltimateBMW · 10-22-2009, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbernard1984

Our IT guy at work has been running it for awhile, he said its a disguised version of vista lol

Everything I've heard about it suggests it is what Vista should of been. So I'm not sure the term disguised vista is accurate.

Kensta335 · 10-22-2009, 07:24 PM

When is Windows Mojave launching?

And who thinks they can finish this?

Mega Man · 10-22-2009, 08:33 PM

I'm running it now!

UltimateBMW · 10-23-2009, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prowess Symphony

Windows 7 has been out a long time. Still just a spiced up version of the old stuff. Horrible low resolution intro screen, same registry error junk. Not as many compatibility problems as vista of course. I feel sorry for those that paid $500 for vista, lol.

Its a worthy upgrade for whoever is crazy enough to use windows and been on xp though.

Beta's don't really count as being 'out'. And all the torrent copies...eh. I tend to not torrent my OS. I feel thats just bad form.

I'm sure if you developed software, you wouldn't want people running beta copies when you go live.

brocken · 10-23-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbernard1984

Our IT guy at work has been running it for awhile, he said its a disguised version of vista lol

It does have a lot of similarities to Vista but 7 is more like XP was to Millennium.

I've been running it since the beginning of August (and beta before that) and it's been great. Much less of a resource hog than Vista was and a lot less buggy. Especially when you consider this is the initial release and Vista has had 2 service packs already.

Do be careful about AVG Free 9. I installed it on my box this weekend and it was maxing out my memory. Apparently there's a leak that AVG hasn't addressed. Don't know if the same problem goes for XP and Vista users.

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