Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please check the Forum Guidelines at the top of the Newbie section

Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Windows 7  (Read 2263 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37588
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Windows 7
« on: 12 September 2009, 17:57:17 »
Stole borrowed a PC from work on a permanent basis  ::), stuck Windows 7 on it. Must say i am impressed, its fast!

Machine is not that special, 3Ghz, 2Gb of ram, but its really fast to use. Stuck a USB wireless stick in a bought ages ago, picked it up in seconds, knew what i was without installing drivers, within 1 minute of plugging it in, had entered WEP code and was surfin!

General use its very fast, as is boot. Much improved over Vista which takes any machine and just cripples its performance.
« Last Edit: 12 September 2009, 17:57:37 by tunnie »
Logged

Ghost

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Seaham, North East england
  • Posts: 2234
    • 2.6 V6 CDX Estate
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: 12 September 2009, 19:21:31 »
Vista is crap, how can I get it off my pc any tips?
Logged
He who brakes Looses
To old to die young

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37588
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: 12 September 2009, 19:22:30 »
Either get a Mac, or buy Windows 7.

Can't explain how much of an improvement Windows 7 is  :y
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107108
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: 12 September 2009, 21:33:41 »
Vista was a big improvement on XP, but suffered from a different (but essential) architecture needing different drivers.

Now that pain has passed, Vista remain an excellent OS, and Win7 is a evoluntionary step on. Microsoft have obviously done a lot of work to improve perfromance, which means its runs well even on older technology hardware (such as P4s etc)
Logged
Grumpy old man

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37588
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #4 on: 12 September 2009, 21:38:12 »
Quote
Vista was a big improvement on XP, but suffered from a different (but essential) architecture needing different drivers.

Now that pain has passed, Vista remain an excellent OS, and Win7 is a evoluntionary step on. Microsoft have obviously done a lot of work to improve perfromance, which means its runs well even on older technology hardware (such as P4s etc)

This was key, even huge spec machines seemed to stuggle with Vista.

Its even running ok ish on a 600mhz laptop  :o
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107108
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #5 on: 12 September 2009, 21:49:58 »
Quote
Quote
Vista was a big improvement on XP, but suffered from a different (but essential) architecture needing different drivers.

Now that pain has passed, Vista remain an excellent OS, and Win7 is a evoluntionary step on. Microsoft have obviously done a lot of work to improve perfromance, which means its runs well even on older technology hardware (such as P4s etc)

This was key, even huge spec machines seemed to stuggle with Vista.

Its even running ok ish on a 600mhz laptop  :o
My laptop - fairly middle of the road Core2 Duo, pretty standard Centrino2 setup - ran Vista absolutely fine.  I'm convinced those who claimed Vista was slow on new hardware didn't really know how to get it working well  :-/

But, yes, Win7 is much faster, particularly on older hardware (where Vista tradiontally struggled)
Logged
Grumpy old man

KillerWatt

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #6 on: 13 September 2009, 08:01:19 »
Quote
My laptop - fairly middle of the road Core2 Duo, pretty standard Centrino2 setup - ran Vista absolutely fine.  I'm convinced those who claimed Vista was slow on new hardware didn't really know how to get it working well  :-/
I agree, the old ladies Tosh laptop (2GB RAM, AMD Turion ) is more than happy with Vista (so happy in fact, it showed no signs of strain whatsoever with the workload it was given yesterday).
Logged

yatesDELTA

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #7 on: 13 September 2009, 17:37:06 »
On this topic, when the retail version is released can it be installed and work on 2 computers at once?
dont really want to buy it more than once but would like it on both of my computers.

Out of interest where are you people getting it from as it cant be bought til next month can it?
Logged

Welung666

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #8 on: 13 September 2009, 17:39:05 »
Quote
On this topic, when the retail version is released can it be installed and work on 2 computers at once?
dont really want to buy it more than once but would like it on both of my computers.

Out of interest where are you people getting it from as it cant be bought til next month can it?

No, but I downloaded The Beta and then RC1 directly from Microsoft. Too late to do that now though.
Logged

KillerWatt

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #9 on: 13 September 2009, 17:39:41 »
Quote
On this topic, when the retail version is released can it be installed and work on 2 computers at once?
dont really want to buy it more than once but would like it on both of my computers.
Unless you have a corporate license, then 1 machine = 1 license key.

Quote
Out of interest where are you people getting it from as it cant be bought til next month can it?
Dunno about the others, but mine came from MS direct (MVP).
« Last Edit: 13 September 2009, 17:40:40 by KillerWatt »
Logged

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37588
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #10 on: 13 September 2009, 17:45:06 »
we got it from the official Microsoft MSDN network
Logged

yatesDELTA

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #11 on: 13 September 2009, 17:52:04 »
Quote
Quote
On this topic, when the retail version is released can it be installed and work on 2 computers at once?
dont really want to buy it more than once but would like it on both of my computers.
Unless you have a corporate license, then 1 machine = 1 license key.

Quote
Out of interest where are you people getting it from as it cant be bought til next month can it?
Dunno about the others, but mine came from MS direct (MVP).
Can the same license key be used on other machines though? im sure i have done this in the past (although i may be wrong lol)
Logged

KillerWatt

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #12 on: 13 September 2009, 17:58:13 »
Quote
Can the same license key be used on other machines though? im sure i have done this in the past (although i may be wrong lol)
No it can't.
Since XP, MS have used hardware signatures in conjunction with the PID (installation serial number)....so they will know as soon as you visit WU if 2 machines have the same PID.

At this point, if 2 different machines with the same PID are detected, then both systems will be tagged as running a "bent" OS and you'll have to call MS to sort it.

There are plenty of ways to defeat MS's efforts, but I can't tell you how it's done here as the Admin will crap themselves and delete the post.

Take a look at my profile though, and you'll find a clue or two as to where to find forums that aren't scared of being threatened with action just for talking about something that isn't necessarily legal  ;)
« Last Edit: 13 September 2009, 18:00:22 by KillerWatt »
Logged

yatesDELTA

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #13 on: 13 September 2009, 18:01:01 »
Damn, evil MS. They should be pleased i want to buy a legit copy of the software lol
Logged

KillerWatt

  • Guest
Re: Windows 7
« Reply #14 on: 13 September 2009, 19:26:10 »
Quote
Damn, evil MS.
I know what you mean....fancy having the audacity to ask for money for your efforts.....greedy ba$tards eh.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3 4  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.012 seconds with 18 queries.