IT is at http://www.watchcelebsextapes.blogspot.com

No sane person will downgrade from 7 to Vista after installing. Everything works as it should in 7. It is amazing. It is, by far, the best operating system ever made.

Vista was a complete disaster though. Most machines run terribly with it. Yes, I've tried it. I bought it after seeing it on a machine where it worked well. I tried it on three machines and it failed every time. So far, I have not seen a machine running 7 that has had any OS related problem. I fought Vista for a year before selling it.

I had no problems with XP though, not even XP 64-bit (2003 version; the 2001 version of xp64 had all of the problems). XP64 runs great on my Dell laptop; I only don't have hibernate available. On that system, I have to install specific ATI drivers (not all versions will work). I haven't bothered to try other versions to attempt to get hibernation to be available. My point is that I've never had any issues with XP (32 or 64-bit), I never understood what all the complaints were about. However, I do understand the complaints about Vista, I was one of those complaining.

As far as Macs go. They look nice, and I have used a few, but why should anyone expect me to pay 2 to 4 times as much (depending on the model) for a Mac as for a PC? If they were priced anywhere near a reasonable amount, I would have had one already. But I'm not going to pay for just their name.

Well I still picked it, cause Win 7 preview wasn't all THAT great, but much better than previous versions. If you have a PC, you should get it.

Where Win 7 Ultimate RTM really surprised me was installing on a hp tc1100 Tablet PC from 2005. 512MB RAM and 1.0 GHz processor.

Boot times are around 30 sec or better, and only a few features don't work properly (aero, media center, wake from sleep). Touch screen, WLAN, the pen and pretty much everthing else important works great.

This hp tc1100 is now back in use as my "netbook".

You could say Windows 7 ultimate RTM ressurected that old Tablet from the shelf to daily use

El Register is reporting that if you UPGRADE you will have to un-install iTunes before the upgrade can proceed. (I think this same thing happened with Vista SP2), and it has to do with the lame USB drivers iTunes uses on windows.

Nothing will be lost, and you can re-install iTunes after the upgrade is finished and all your music and apps will be there.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/21/windows7reader_reviews/

So hopefully we can head off any breathless Window 7 DEMANDS removal of iTunes posts here on TiPB.

I have a hackintosh too for iPhone development (just to play really!) and that's nice too

yes that 5% market share apple computers has is a big influence, NOT.

LOL, no no no, not me!

It just now ran out, and I'm not going to be using this laptop for much longer, so no need in getting all that again.

I have the Norton's virus check though. So that's something.

And I agree with you. Like I said, I have a very good Asus laptop with Vista. I never experience any problems. Poor hardware produces poor results.

"I dont have to wait months or years for the Mac version software to be released."

LOL, how typical of a Windows fanboy. Times have changed buddy, time to wake up.

Hell, I’m actually running Windows without virus protection and still going smoothly.

So YOU'RE the one!!!

Thank you for all the spam.

Exactly.

There is way more than meets the eye.

If you had good enough hardware, Vista performed well, ran for months (or till next patch tuesday) without a need of a reboot.

But Win7 is way faster, more robust, and less prone to being hacked. And signing onto its Guest account does not erase all your normal user account data. Cough.

If you are happy with XP, stay there for a while. But swapping Win7 in and Vista out is like getting a new machine. Its THAT much better.

If I were going to coin a phrase I would say "It Just Works", but I see that's taken.

It will be faster, by more than 5%, for an number of reasons:

It will be smaller: You will save a lot of disk space, because Microsoft does not always clean up after itself very well.

Your disk will be optimized and stay that way longer.

You will know for certain that you be using the windows 7 drivers, rather than the older vista drivers. I've had this happen quite a lot, where Win7 continues to use the vista drivers long after it should have switched, especially video drivers. Surf you hardware manufacturer's site for Win7 driver upgrades and have them available ahead of time (again USB media is great for this).

You will start with a clean, optimized registry.

It takes only a little more time to re-install all your packages, (especially if you have them all downloaded and stored on something like a USB drive). Hint: You don't always HAVE to reboot when windows asks.

Caveat: If you bought an UPGRADE package you may have to start with a running system, because MS often wants to see the original media of the system being upgraded, and with the depressing tendency these days to NOT provide original DVDs there is not always a way to show windows the original media. So if you bought an upgrade, read the directions carefully, and perhaps disregard doing a clean install.

I've learned never to go from one MS version to another via an in-place upgrade. I learned it the hard way too many times.

Interesting data point: My test install of Win 7 was in a virtual machine. The host machine was running Vista. The Win7 virtual machine was WAY faster than the host Vista machine especially with regard to network functions.

I've already got Win7 thru MSDN, and will be wiping my one remaining Vista box soon. Most of my machines are Linux, but I have to keep one virgin MS box for business reasons.

What will be noticeably different between an upgrade install and a clean install? If it's just 5% faster startup times or whatever there's no way I'd waste days backing up, doing a clean install, and and trying to get all my programs installed and running the way I want them just for a marginal improvement. My Vista Ultimate install was less than a year old on hardware plenty powerful enough for Vista, so Vista was a good OS for me, and 7 is basically the same.

However it turned up on Monday!!

So already had it running properly for a few days.

We are expecting a postal strike here in Blighty so maybe PCWorld thought they'd pre-empt it and send early.

Who cares! Mines Done!!

That's an odd thing to happen. I never lose my connection unless...you know, the connection is gone, lol.

As I tell all my friends, I have an Asus laptop and NEVER have had a problem. Hell, I'm actually running Windows without virus protection and still going smoothly.

On the other hand both my past computers (Dell and Gateway) caused problems every single day almost.

Bottom line...get top notch hardware to match the software, and you'll see no problems.

If you buy shitty, inferior products (see majority of Dell lineup) then you'll suffer. End story.

I'm in the same boat. Past 22 years, only time I have used anything besides Windows is when my high school had a special program that gave every student a MacBook.

I like OS X...but Windows just seems more efficient for my taste.

My first fully owned Apple computer product will be an iMac...of course, I'll have Windows 7 running parallel to it thanks to my engineering friend that gets a retail copy for free =]

in late 08 or early 09, i purchased a plastic laptop t9400 cpu core2 duo, 3 gigs ram, blue ray writer, 15 inc display, fingerprint reader, 250gb hdd, hdmi out, pci express card slot, 5 in 1 reader or 7 dont even use it, esata connector, nvidia 9600gt grafix and with vista sp1 at the time. the whole system cost me 1k usd,

now the same 15 inc book less a blue ray read/write drive, no hdmi native on the mobo, no finger print reader, and everything else the same i think give or take 1 gig ram was 2k from apple, same hardware same t9400 cpu, same grafix card.

oh did i mention i also have a tv tuner in the pc?

only difference is i dont have the dual gfx chips. not really something i even care about, i have 1 and since i can just connect a hdmi cable straight into the book and play blue ray on my tv through hdmi i cant complain and i paid 1/2 what a macbook with less features would run me.

now how is apple using best hardware, they use the same hardware and some how still come out overpriced... what are you really paying for astetics? of functionality?

i prefer to save 1k and gain double my investment then spend 2k and get 1/2 of what i can get.

The thing with Macs is you get a very high quality product. Very high. And you pay for that quality. If you were to get a pc with that same quality, then you'd be paying just as much for that pc as you would that Mac. The only difference is that PCs give you the option to buy a lower end, less quality product while Macs only focus on giving you a top notch product. Over priced? No. But buy that $500 Dell and watch it crap out on you.

I mean it runs fine, but it’s about 0.01% better than Vista right now (

A clean install would have been better for you. Find a way to back stuff up and start over.

I never had a problem with Vista, no crashes or anything but why not upgrade after all the positive reviews and press for Win7.

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Stop this crazy fighting, we all like what we have.

Well said.

The post was addressed to windows users, the rest should just click the appropriate button and move along rather than stopping by to pontificate for their platform.

its been a long time, over 10 years, but i do remember it wasn't sourced but ie complied. some version you could be right, its been a long time, and i can't even recall when i tried it out how i installed it into slackware at the time. tho i dont think it was with wine. but its been too long for me to remember. i just know it did run in linux.

but thanks for the heads up. it just been too long.

Installing a skin/theme on an iPhone makes a more noticeable difference THAN upgrading from Vista to 7.

Anyone dismissing it just like thy clearly hasn't used it! And as an added bonus it won't delete all your data when you log into another account!

Win7 FTW

agree 100%

"linux up to ie version 5 had a port of internet explorer."

Stupefyingly wrong. Wow, just wow. Microsoft purchased NCSA-dervied code when they bought Spyglass to jumpstart their IE development. Many browsers on other platforms also used NCSA-derived code, prior to Microsoft even dipping a toe into the pool. Microsoft did port a single version -- IE4 -- to Solaris and HP/UX, but never Linux. IEs4Linux and WINE (both OSS projects) let you run IE under Linux, but they have zero affiliation with Microsoft, and Microsoft would prefer they go away.

"its not that its stupid people saying spewing stupid **** with out knowledge which is irritating. "

Agreed 110%.

win7 vs vista is not much of an upgrade. nothing really special in 7 vs vista same boot times, same almost everything it has a little less annoying uac, but overall its pretty much a tweaked vista, renamed. nothing is really new. win 7 even the rtm has the same flaw as vista.

"iPhone 3GS comes with amazing benefits for business users out of the box. iPhone 3GS integrates with Microsoft Exchange so users get secure over-the-air push email, calendar, and contacts keeping them up to date wherever they are. The full-featured Safari browser provides access to corporate resources anytime. iPhone also includes other easy-to-use, innovative applications like Maps, Voice Memos, and Voice Control to help users get more things done faster."

hm microsoft on the iphone.

you never used an atm? never browsed the web? hell even basic on the mac's 2e was by microsoft not apple, i doubt you never used a windows system or something microsoft was tied to.

linux up to ie version 5 had a port of internet explorer.

Also, recent tests show that SL is faster than Win7 lol, enough said.

See? Microsoft is incidious, it's gets everywhere.

I have one machine on 64 bit, and one at the standard 32. Both perform perfectly. (Incidentally, I've been using Win 7 since the first beta release, so I've had it long enough to be sure.)

I stand corrected. I've used the Mac version of Excel in the past, which is made by Microsoft.

D'oh!

Currently using the RC version of Win7 and haven't seen a BSOD yet... actually, never saw one with Vista in the two years I used it either. It may be a bit but I'll be getting a legit version.