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Topic: Windows 7
Posted By: Mehs
Subject: Windows 7
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:03pm
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Anyone else buy it? I just ordered my 64 bit copy for $25. Win. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:07pm
| I've had the RTM on my desktop for about a month. I did order a copy back at the presale for my netbook. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:20pm
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Plan on buying it very soon. ------------- 
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:27pm
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For $25? Where? I was planning on getting the $30 upgrade to professional for students. Probably not gonna do it anytime too soon though. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:44pm
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Had the RTM on my desktop for over a month, I dig it.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 12:49pm
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Had the RTM for about 2 weeks. I love it. No problems whatsoever. Microsoft definitely got this one right.
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 1:39pm
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Ordered my copy last week (also for the student price) and it's available for DL now. I'm hesitant to install it on my laptop or desktop though because if I run into issues with any of my applications, that will likely cause me to fail a class and I can't have that. I'm dying to try it out though so I'll probably roll the dice and see what happens. Hopefully XP mode works as advertised just in case. I got 64-bit Pro specifically for that feature and because it was the same price as the lower editions when buying as a student. Pretty shweet deal if you ask me. I'm expecting great things.
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 3:08pm
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From my experience with the RC, problems with XP-compatible programs are few and far between. The only one I had trouble with was Diablo II, and installing the newest patch fixed it.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 3:25pm
| I'm using same RTM, whatever that means. Either way so far so good, much better than XP or Vista. |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 4:39pm
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RTM = Release To Manufacturer
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 4:49pm
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RTM is the release version. Microsoft sends RTM out to their partners before they actually press the CDs.
BTW: Burger King Japan is excited about Windows 7. http://www.mahalo.com/windows-7-whopper - Link. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 5:37pm
| So it's the gold master, I get it. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 5:46pm
| Yeah, exactly. Since Microsoft often distributes betas and RCs (release candidates) throughout the development cycle of their products, they use the "RTM" moniker to differentiate that the copy they are distributing is the final release, the same copy that will be sent to CDs. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 6:11pm
| Yeah I follow that, I've just always heard the term gold master because of friends in the gaming industry. Same thing, different name |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 8:27pm
| Yeah, it's a terminology thing. Microsoft seems to use the term gold standard when they are talking about printing Windows CDs, but when they are discussing the actual software, its RTM. |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 9:51pm
VMware or Virtualbox it up with a copy of XP d00d ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
mod98commando wrote:Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 9:55pm
| I need to find where I can get it for cheap, I've just procrastinated looking. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 11:53pm
Hell, you could even save some space or pop in another drive and dual boot xp. -------------
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 22 October 2009 at 11:59pm
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I think ima swtich here soon. just need to back all my stuff up. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 12:15am
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I'm going to a Microsoft press conference in November at which I'll be picking up a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit for free. Now I'm debating whether or not to do a full clean install or just upgrade. ------------- 
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 1:09am
I could do the whole virtualization thing but I'm too lazy to set that up and it's always much nicer when your primary OS just does it all without the need for extra stuff. If I had to though, I could make it work. I just don't want it to come to that  Dropping in another drive is an option. One that I would like too since my movie/music collection is ever expanding. However, money is kind of tight and getting a new drive isn't really a necessity. Come Black Friday though, I'm going to be keeping my eyes peeled for a cheap NAS and hopefully grabbing a drive or two with it. Then I can get my media all in one place, accessible from any computer, and most of my data will no longer be bound to a specific computer. Ideally, I want a RAID 1 setup in the NAS so I have some protection from drive failure but obviously that adds to the cost. I've been eyeing the DLink NAS's on tigerdirect for about a month now but I'm fighting the urge until Black Friday. Having a NAS would be pretty damn sweet though for somebody like me who switches between two computers often and always has to transfer files from one place to the other for various reasons. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 3:55am
| Hey guys, before I install too much, someone mentioned I should install the x86 version for compatability reasons, and because I had less than an hour to do it I just did. So should I re-install with x64. I'm assuming yes? |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 6:51am
Yes. It will just run 32-bit programs in 32-bit mode. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 2:35pm
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Running it now. I'll be honest i don't know enough about it to really notice much of a difference? It runs quicker, thats for sure. But other than that, eh?
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Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 4:01pm
Depends. If you have older hardware or programs that don't have any support for 64bit then they won't be compatible. That and you should make sure your processor supports it. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 4:18pm
I have a 2.4GHz Macbook Pro from....2 years ago maybe... Either way, I'm using it solely to use Steam, Battlefield 2, Combat Arms, etc. It's PURELY for gaming. |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 4:41pm
Then you'll also have to make sure the games are 64bit compatible to. A quick Google should answer all your questions. -------------
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 4:46pm
I always recommend a clean install. Eliminate unnecessary cruft on the hard drive, and a good opportunity to not reinstall old programs that you no longer use. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 4:47pm
You should be able to install the x64 version without trouble. It's worth the try. |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 5:16pm
If you're worried about stuff breaking, run the windows 7 upgrade advisor program that microsoft released. You run that and it will check your system to see if you'll have any hardware or software issues after upgrading. Of course, it likely won't be 100% accurate but it at least gives you an indication if your system will be completely gimped by it or if things may not work fully. You'll probably be fine but it won't hurt to run the advisor app anyway. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 9:41pm
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ - Windows 7 Parties |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 9:50pm
| Check out the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyas7BrbUFY - edited version of that video. |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 11:34am
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Lol, that was the lamest video I've seen in a while. The edited version was mildly funny if you have a dirty mind to fill in the bleeps.
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Posted By: Robby_of_PBH
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 4:13pm
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For $25!? I haven't yet, but I'd like to when I buy a new computer here soon. Any idea on how it is? I mainly would just like everything to install correctly. Don't want my $2000 software to not install and have to kill some babies. ------------- http://www.lovesongdatabase.com/ - Love Songs |
Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 12:06am
Yes, the insanely low price is correct. I nearly pooped when I saw it too and wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't through Microsoft itself. Once I found out it was legit, I jumped on the offer. Can't beat a brand new OS that's actually an improvement over the last 2 generations for such a low price. I can download it whenever I want but I don't currently have the time to do the install since it requires reinstalling and configuring a whole bunch of crap again. That's if I put it on my desktop. If I put it on my laptop, it's even more of a pain because I have even more programs to deal with and I do all my schoolwork on it. Having my laptop down for the better part of a day would be terrible. Anybody know how many computers the license allows you to install on? I think the retail version allowed like 2 or 3 and OEM only 1 or something like that. I definitely want 7 on both my systems, especially the laptop. Also, your apps should work fine if they worked in Vista. If you get the edition with XP mode then that should cover your older XP apps as well, assuming it works as it should. ------------- oreomann33: Everybody invades Poland Rofl_Mao: And everyone eats turkey Me: But only if they're hungary Mack: Yeah but hungary people go russian through their food and end up with greece on everyth |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 12:27am
| We get our free upgrade pretty soon, bought a new comp recently woot woot. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 12:44am
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http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1616277 - http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1616277
For those of you that aren't students. -------------
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 12:49am
| I'm a student, where do I go to get in on this deal? |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 2:00am
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http://www.win741.com/ - http://www.win741.com/ -------------
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 26 October 2009 at 2:17am
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I too have now got my copy of 64-bit Windows 7 UPDATE: Its beautiful No more vista, hooray!
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