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I am sure that a huge amount of people will buy Windows 7 only by seeing that fish moving on a display screen at some shop; people love this stuff, hick, I love it!]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Maybe for the final release there will be a Gold fish.]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Did they kill the fish? Where's my fish?]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/It fights!
Has anyone fed this?]]>Dec 30th 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Jan 1st 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Apparently the new bench test is whether or not it will run GTA4]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I thought the new measure was SPC? Sardines per Can?]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I don't give a shit about flashy interface features. All I want to know is will it run older programs designed for XP? For all I care it could be a blank screen with no bells and whistles, only commands to launch the programs and games I care about.]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I even got XBCD running, with a touch of difficulty of course, (all I had to do was run the installer in compatibility mode and it works flawlessly). If you want to use this install like a regular copy of windows I recommend using Plus Patch by Orbit30, It removes the watermarks and patches it so that you can keep using it after 30 days with windows update. Its worked with all my old games flawlessly after I installed the Vista version of my graphics driver. Plus XBMC and TVersity both still work as expected, and It uses less RAM then Vista. Even If your against Piracy I recommend this, it works so much better than Vista.]]>Dec 30th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
The long development cycle with several resets nuked alot of the features that was supposed to make Vista a knockout product. Instead, it felt like a warmed over evolution of XP. Combine the hype with inital problems with bad/absent drivers, very heavy hardware requirements, and stability hiccups. Toss in Apple's skewing of Vista with the scathing "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign and the damage has been done.

Many developers in my office have had "Mojave" moments where they grudgingly admit Vista is "not as bad as I thought." I still do have many criticisms of Vista. Power on to usable desktop is too long, any system with less than 2GB is slow, and the UI requires too many clicks.]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Performance is what I need, not pretty visuals and not useless "security" measures and certainly not pervasive, embedded DRM.

After 18 months using Vista I finally "downgraded" to XP, and to quote Apple, "it just works"... better. VMs load faster and I can can have 4 performant VPCs active at one time. On Vista I could load 3, and they were noticeably slower than on XP.

A core 2 2.4 processor and 4 GB RAM go a lot further with XP.

I'm hopeful that WIndows 7 will fix all the mistakes that MS made with Vista. Maybe they'll let it finish baking before they ship it this time...]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I am glad to see Win7 can run with lower requirements because of the growing popularity of netbooks and lower powered machines. It got Microsoft to concentrate on tweaking their kernel and getting things running as well on lower specs as they do on mainstream specs. ]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/i agree with you...vista isn't bad after all. look at those stupid "i'm a pc, i'm a mac" ads and on top of that apple spreading "bad vista" word on blogs as well...which has caused havoc

i agree vista has not been taken up in the corporate world due to incompatibility with all those corporate softwares but for normal home usage or gaming...it rocks!!!]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
That's been my impression, too, but that still doesn't explain the seemingly large numbers of people buying powerful new super machines and going out of their way to downgrade to XP. That just seems silly to me. I don't know if I'd install it on a five year old machine, but if I was buying a new PC with decent specs I don't see any reason to demand XP instead of Vista.]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Now, perhaps most of those early Vista problems were solved with subsequent updates. But I'm just sayin'.]]>Dec 30th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
If Windows 7 is like Vista except that it uses less resources, then I'm assuming that my current rig would be fine upgrading to it, unlike the people who used rigs from 4 years ago and upgraded to Vista. Am I correct in assuming this?]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I'd like to know what you find silly in making a machine faster by simply changing the OS. Are people that buy faster processors - or even overclockers - all silly?]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
If it runs fast under Vista, it's going to run EXTREMELY fast under XP...]]>Dec 30th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Right...because my new 32 LCD makes vista run so much better...]]>Dec 30th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
Vista has always run fine on my Pentium 4 3Ghz, you sir are an idiot.]]>Dec 30th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I will install an MS preview release of 7 as soon as it's available, and I will buy it on launch day.]]>Dec 30th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/Dec 30th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
I, for one, am going to upgrade. Vista may be working fine, but that doesn't stop it from using resources, even though my rig can handle it. I can completely understand if people are having problems on older rigs. And since I always want my rig to run faster (as should everyone), I will upgrade to Windows 7 if the performance benefits and user-friendliness are better.]]>Dec 30th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2302499,00.asp

Now Vista can be slower on network transfer but that's a separate issue.
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