Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 18/10/09 01:25 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 01:25 PM It's a week away but it'll be here soon enough anyone been using the betas and whats your experience....Everything I've read and seen so far looks pretty good, compared to previous releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR8XR6 ANGEL EYES Silver Donating Members 1,683 Member For: 16y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: SE Suburbs, Melbourne Posted 18/10/09 01:29 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 01:29 PM I hope gets better! Still contemplating a MAC hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 2m 25d Gender: Male Posted 18/10/09 01:35 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 01:35 PM Heard it's similar to vista but quicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BensXR6T Member 478 Member For: 15y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: Burpengary QLD Posted 18/10/09 09:37 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 09:37 PM It's not much different to Vista, but has a few new tools and a few Mac ideas built in. We have been testing it for about 6 months so far and it does run much better then Vista, especially on older hardware. One of the guys at work put it on his Acer ONE netbook and it ran faster with 7 then it did with XP.There is an XP mode built into 7 where you can run any applications that won't run under the new Windows 7 kernal, but you will need to purchase the Professional version to get this.We have already been shipped the retail versions, and there are less versions compared to vista. The 3 flavours are Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.I'm happy to look after any forum members that wish to purchase a copy(or any other hardware/software), but not till after 22nd as MS would tan our hides, just send me a PM.Cheers,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace blind leading the blind Member 3,657 Member For: 16y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Mt Alford, Queensland Posted 18/10/09 09:53 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 09:53 PM its bloody awesome - been running it for about a month on a really old rig - something ya would never run visa on and it is running just as quick as vista would on a decent new system - alot more user friendly - havent plugged anything in that windows 7 cant find a driver for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icer Banned 2,335 Member For: 15y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Aspendale, Vic. Posted 18/10/09 11:58 PM Share Posted 18/10/09 11:58 PM +1 for windows 7. So many new little things. They all make the windows experience that much better. Its quick as and its nothing like vista. The core is completely recoded.Few other people at work have tried it and they agree.WIN for WIN7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR8XR6 ANGEL EYES Silver Donating Members 1,683 Member For: 16y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: SE Suburbs, Melbourne Posted 19/10/09 12:01 AM Share Posted 19/10/09 12:01 AM About time they got better at this. Didn't go to vista. Maybe might do version 7. Drivers being one of the main issues with operating systems and by the sounds of it may have got it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Member 376 Member For: 16y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: The Ville Posted 19/10/09 12:51 AM Share Posted 19/10/09 12:51 AM im running it on mine and had no issues its faster and cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 19/10/09 01:37 AM Share Posted 19/10/09 01:37 AM (edited) + 1 for Win 7... my version expired, and I had to go back to vista... there is an experience I never want to live through again! Vista is sh*thouse compared to 7, like comparing a BA xr6T to an FG xr6T... same company, but a world of difference! Edited 19/10/09 01:38 AM by mattyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 17y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 19/10/09 01:47 AM Share Posted 19/10/09 01:47 AM That's the reason I didn't want to upgrade to a trial version, in case I liked it and had to go back. The only negative part is pricing, upgrade from Vista starts at $199 which is outrageous for something that is basically a fix for Vista. Those prices sound ok for upgrades from XP and earlier versions but upgrading from Vista should bee A LOT cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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