Windows 7

[Train]

Heard those statement s before 95 to 98 etc.


Now for something of a eyeopener, boot a XP machine and start installing Windows 7.
About 2/3rds of the way through, it will pop up some error messages.

Closed them out and hit the reset button. Chkdsk started up and man, it is deleteing files even in $I30 listing.
Now the install is starting over.


LOL, best have lots of patience going this route.

[bistro]

Said that, for experienced computer user, I can't see, so far, anything in Win 7, what makes it better, than Vista.
Ughhhh....LOL

What makes it better? Well...I don't know what makes it better for the user, but it's better for Microsoft....they can charge you $$$ for an OS that is essentially "Vista With All The Features It Should Have Had In The First Place". I wouldn't be surprised if they found some MS programmer's notes in the back of a filing cabinet that outlined what Vista should have been and they just looked at each other and said "Oh crap....".

I've read the articles about Windows 7 and so far I haven't seen anything that really could not have been added as a series of updates. MS marketing ploy #347: Add a few things and call it something other than "Vista" because of the bad history associated with that name.

Dear Steve Ballmer: I'm not convinced.

[Train]

98 to 98SE deja vue all over.

[rounder]

"There's going to be a lot of surprised and sad people when the Beta expires in August. Just like last time...." ...Quote the Bistro...

Personally, I look forward to purchasing Windows 7 in August. What I have seen thus far, with Windows 7, MS has again delivered a fine OS. I've enjoyed XP for seven years, but W7 is just what I've needed. MS gets my nod on this...

[Train]

Looks alright to me and is running just fine on this old antique.
2500 Barton, 1.84 GHz and 768 MB of ram.
GF2 32 MB agp video card
And for the heck of it, I did a upgrade from Vista SP1.

[Ridgerunr]

Installed on my backup. This machine is about like the one Train used except it has 1GB memory. Also use a Promise Ultra 150 TX Controller card. Have 2 150GB Seagate HDD's connected to the card. Unplugged the secondary drive. Wiped the main drive clean and installed Windows 7. Install went fine except it couldn't find the drivers for my LAN-PCI network card. Had to install the drivers manually. Didn't have this problem with XP-Pro,it found and installed with no prob.
But here's the biggee so far. Shut down and plugged the secong drive in. It's exactly the same drive as the primary. XP had no problem recognizing the second drive when installed in this manner. Windows 7 would not boot! Stuck on the start-up screen. Did a hard reboot and chose regular boot from the screen. Same thing 3 times. Then chose a repair boot after the last booger. It said unrecognized hardware installed and errored again.
Disconnected drive #2 and it booted up fine.
More fun on the way I'm sure,but not too thrilled so far...

[boots]

Wonder if they will allow you to fresh install a upgrade version like they did in Vista?

boots

[jerryctx]

Train/Ridge -

Vista was a dog until I installed 2GB. Are you saying 7 runs ok with less?

[Broni]

There is really no way to say, since everyone has pristine install.
Start installing first 50 programs, and we'll see.

[Train]

Train/Ridge -

Vista was a dog until I installed 2GB. Are you saying 7 runs ok with less?

I was not joking. XP does not run as well on this rig.
Beleive me, if the Final runs as well, Vista, on my laptop will be replaced!



Ridgerunr , if it will boot with the card in, try installing the drivers.

Mass storage in Device manager will tell the tale. So if it will take the drivers, then try the hdds.

Had to do it that way in Windows Home server. Only way we could get the pci cards to work.

[Welshjim]

Another blog on Win7 (though it dwells on a lot of trivia).
Not much difference between it and Vista
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15697...l?tk=nl_ptxblg

[anne]

THe only thing i have that doesnt work is the Leadtek DVBTS 1000s tv card

[dneilson]

Samsung ML-1710 laser printer doesn't work--tried a couple of different drivers--won't install.