Windows 7

**Marmite the Dog** · 27-10-2009, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Windows Media Centre (ok they spell it wrong, bless them)

Maybe they thought they'd use English for a change?

**Marmite the Dog** · 27-10-2009, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I fail to see how it can be improved, or else we go into Mac territory, that is a user interface for the intellectually challenged and the idiots out there who can't even connect a USB cable without help.

You must give Apple kudos for taking on the task of dealing with Scampy though.

**slackula** · 27-10-2009, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I fail to see how it can be improved, or else we go into Mac territory

Nice to see that Buttfly is finally realising that OS X is an improvement on Windows

**slackula** · 27-10-2009, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You must give Apple kudos for taking on the task of dealing with Scampy though.

Obviously the sales and marketing dept. in Cupertino had never encountered a user like him when they came up with their slogan, otherwise it would be

"It Just Works™*
(*not valid in all regions and if your nik is GS)"

**Missismiggins** · 27-10-2009, 07:39 PM

Not impressed, I downloaded the Upgrade Advisor, it tells me that my graphics card is not compatible with Windows Aero (Is it a bar of chocolate>), then if you scroll down a little further, it lists "7 Devices" as compatible - yes, the graphics card is listed.....Think I'll give it a miss until it turns up at COM plaza for 120 baht.

**harrybarracuda** · 28-10-2009, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Windows Media Centre (ok they spell it wrong, bless them)

Maybe they thought they'd use English for a change?

No Marmite, I changed it

**harrybarracuda** · 28-10-2009, 12:59 PM

Not really Win7 only, although this is what I installed it on:

In case you never heard this, M$ actually released a free anti-malware package a little while ago. They claim that if you keep up to date with Windows patches (use Microsoft Update, not Windows Update), and use this as well, that you will never get infected (yeah, right!).

Anyway, if you want to have a look, go to :

www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

I'm a tightwad (and I know antivirus packages are all much of a muchness), so I use AVG, regularly updated. This found a trojan that had never been spotted by AVG, so now I use them both together (don't seem to conflict).

BTW, if you EVERY find a trojan or virus on your PC and even if you clean it thoroughly, remember to change all of your passwords, especially the online banking and webmail ones!

Cheers,
Harry

**Butterfly** · 28-10-2009, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by slackula

Nice to see that Buttfly is finally realising that OS X is an improvement on Windows

I don't see how the dumbing down of computers has anything to do with improvement. It just serves a market for retards that shouldn't be let near a computer, period.

See Scampy as example.

**TizMe** · 28-10-2009, 08:35 PM

99.9% of users just want to play games of surf the web.

Most of these couldn't care less what the operating system is.

The browser is probably more impotant to them than the operating system.

**slackula** · 28-10-2009, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I don't see how the dumbing down of computers has anything to do with improvement

C'mon BF that is bollox and you know it! If anything has served to dumb-down computer users it is the Windows family of OSs and their policies of

'click here to install anything you like, our helpful browser, registry and ActiveX will assist you in handing over control of your machine to some fuckhead in the Ukraine'

Meh, I am going out for a drink. Have a good night mon brave

**Butterfly** · 29-10-2009, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by TizMe

The browser is probably more impotant to them than the operating system.

true, that's why there are many Internet Browser appliance projects, but most have failed so far, so I guess the majority of users favor a heavy weight OS instead of light weight OS, they want everything, no matter what.

Originally Posted by slackula

If anything has served to dumb-down computer users it is the Windows family of OSs and their policies of

only because Macs were the first, and yet that still didn't stop users from fucking it up. The truth is that most users shouldn't be let alone near a computer. Maybe Internet Appliance but that's it.

**ossies** · 30-10-2009, 10:17 AM

Maybe a silly question, but

What happens to the thousands of computers in stores for sale with the old Windows Vista as presumably people do not want these anymore?

Do they discount these to get shot of them or take off the old OS and load the new one? This I assume would not be feasable as there would be too many computers to swap over.

Curious as in the market for a new laptop and thought I would wait until the New Year assuming by that stage all the computers in the shops will have Windows 7 loaded.

**BobR** · 30-10-2009, 05:08 PM

When I bought my Sony Vaio in the USA Vista was already out, but the computer had XP loaded at the factory. It came with a certificate in an envelope taped to the unopened box good for a free upgrade (if you can call it that). I sent in and they sent me a copy of Vista. Of course, I regretted installing it afterwards.

**Sakeopete** · 30-10-2009, 05:28 PM

I bought a HP DV2 notebook in August with Vista in Bangkok and it gets the free upgrade to Windows 7. I have already applied and sent away the form plus receipt to Singapore. I really hate Vista, so much so that I rarely use the note book. Lucky I have 5 other computers to use running XP.

**lovethai** · 04-11-2009, 07:23 AM

friend bought new laptop last week here in london and theres been vista preloaded. there is a free upgrade to win 7 though in the box aswell.

myself i use vista for about 2 years and cant be happier. you can customize it to your personal taste (switch off all the ''do you really want to do this'' prompts) and then it becomes nice and very reliable system to use. i dont think it crashed even once within those 24 months, thing i cant say about my previous laptop with win xp.

**harrybarracuda** · 04-11-2009, 02:07 PM

Then you're going to love Windows 7. Just on performance alone it beats the crap out of (even a heavily tuned) Vista.

**harrybarracuda** · 04-11-2009, 02:15 PM

xPud is pretty lightweight, but not very versatile at recognising hardware.

But there's actually a project to load a basic browsing OS from the BIOS before you even get to the OS. I think ASUS invented it a couple of years ago, it's called ExpressGate.

Some bloke reckons you can install it on a USB, but my French is dodgy and Google Translate is even dodgier...

How to install ExpressGate instant-on software on a USB stick

**harrybarracuda** · 04-11-2009, 03:13 PM

Also known in other circles as "Splashtop"

**Butterfly** · 05-11-2009, 08:24 PM

^ will need to give that one a try,

Internet Appliance Box is going to be the norm eventually, people are too dumb to use computers

**Takeovers** · 05-11-2009, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

people are too dumb to use computers

Right now I tend to think that is true for me.

Have just finished the transfer from XP to 7.

Installing 7 was a breeze. Installing the applications as well. Needed the virtual XP for one but also not a big problem.

Finding 64bit drivers for some ancient hardware was not too challenging if a bit time consuming and tricky.

But the last part took me much more time and effort than all of the above combined. Finding my favorite eMail and usenet application and transferring all the data from XP into the new application almost drove me crazy but now it is finally done. I ended up with Windows LiveMail and I like it, now that it works. Definitely a major improvement on Outlook Express.

**lovethai** · 06-11-2009, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Then you're going to love Windows 7. Just on performance alone it beats the crap out of (even a heavily tuned) Vista.

you think its going to run faster than vista on the same spec system? might check it out then.

**melvbot** · 10-11-2009, 05:25 PM

Might want to check this out if youre using Win 7

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

**harrybarracuda** · 11-11-2009, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by lovethai

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Then you're going to love Windows 7. Just on performance alone it beats the crap out of (even a heavily tuned) Vista.

you think its going to run faster than vista on the same spec system? might check it out then.

No thinking involved here, the company has an Enterprise agreement, so I've been running it on my own machines since they said it was finished (i.e. when they released it to the HPs and Dells to start installing, not the "release date" as in when it went on sale).

It runs much faster than Vista on a Dell Inspiron and an HP Pavilion. I didn't even try and run Vista on the ASUS eee (would have been pointless), but I run W7 and Kubuntu dual boot on it without any problem at all (and xPud under the W7 as well!).

**Wallalai** · 11-11-2009, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by melvbot

Might want to check this out if youre using Win 7

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

Even with the "7" number it's still Windows.

**Fondles** · 11-11-2009, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Wallalai

Even with the "7" number it's still Windows.

WAT ???

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