Windows 7 Ready for Public Trials

GhostMjr · May 01, 2009, 02:07:34 PM

From 5th May.

yay.

http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/31535/Windows-7-ready-for-trials

no peanuts · May 01, 2009, 02:19:26 PM

Candidate R1 is up on TechNet! :yahoo:

Doorman · May 01, 2009, 02:25:24 PM

I'm wondering; what is it that I wish XP did that it doesn't do already, that W7 will do, that would make me want to buy it. DX10? :g:

Jamin · May 01, 2009, 02:43:20 PM

I agree with Doors, having spent about eight hours in total trying to find a workaround for vistas security on my dad's laptop so he could login to his NAS made me think that xp is enough for an average users needs, he only uses ms money, email and types up a letter now and again, how bloated does an os need to be? maybe it's time I had a look at linux.

Zootoxin · May 01, 2009, 03:06:26 PM

Quote from: Doorman;274591I'm wondering; what is it that I wish XP did that it doesn't do already, that W7 will do, that would make me want to buy it. DX10? :g:

I have nothing but trouble with XP since the SP3, until then I never had a worry its as good as it needs to be.

Vista was a complete failure a la Windows ME.

Windows 7 could surprise us on stability and security not really bothered about widgets and the like.

I just hope it doesn't use all the juice..

Anonymous · May 01, 2009, 03:42:36 PM

From what I have heard so far Windows 7 is a lot better than both XP and Vista. It will run on older hardware well - it is the first OS from MS where you should not have to buy new hardware to run it. There have been lots of reports of it installing and running better on hardware than either XP or Vista and in many cases working where Vista would not.

I have downloaded the RC from Technet and I'm going to give it a go to see for myself but everything I have read about Windows 7 so far has only been good news.

Doorman · May 01, 2009, 04:02:31 PM

I await your report with agogness.

Gandalf · May 01, 2009, 04:53:59 PM

I've been beta testing 7 for a while (in a vm) and it's everything Vista should have been. Very impressed and will be upgrading as soon as it's gold.

delanvital · May 01, 2009, 06:02:12 PM

Quote from: Gandalf;274608I've been beta testing 7 for a while (in a vm) and it's everything Vista should have been. Very impressed and will be upgrading as soon as it's gold.

I've heard something about the os requirements wrt fx hardware etc are on par with XP? I.e. lower than Vista? :g:

Gone_Away · May 02, 2009, 01:39:23 AM

I'm moving to the beta this w/e .... wish me luck!!

DarkAngel · May 02, 2009, 03:57:38 AM

Ive been using windows 7 for 3-4 months now, ive had 0 issues.

GhostMjr · May 02, 2009, 03:40:49 PM

Quote from: Ninja_Freak;274683I'm moving to the beta this w/e .... wish me luck!!

I'd wait till the RC1 is available later this week unless the beta will allow an easy update from the beta to RC1.

kregoron · May 02, 2009, 04:07:59 PM

Ive been running Windows on most of my rigs for months now, As a clever guy once said: Its everything Vista should have been

Requirements really do seem on par with XP, i installed it on my missus old laptop a few weeks ago, and really running well eventho its on a low specced machine..

Acording to MS devtech papers, RC1 is mainly bugfixes, adjustments of security core to cause less trouble for users, stability issues, AND rumors of a new filesystem :O maybe we actually get to see WinFS in this decade!

i gotta admit i love Win7 so far, and im buying it as soon it goes gold

T-Bag · May 02, 2009, 04:38:56 PM

My brother has been using it for months now. He's very impressed. Runs games faster. Far better at hardware (except for sound*) very stable. He's very impressed with it. I already made the jump to vista, but if W7 is a sensible price I'll move straight to it. Not wait ages like I did for vista.
Also with XP mode running individual programs (ie not in a box with a desktop and it's own task bar, but as windows that mount to your current task bar)in virtulisation mode will have near 100% compatability with XP SP3 and will come with a license with Windows 7 so you won't need to buy it seperately.

*His sound issues are due to the fact he has a sound card designed for professional music. As he runs studio monitors, and does recordings through his pc. It sometimes switches into 48000 mode rather than 44100 or something.

Lee · May 02, 2009, 04:58:35 PM

Quote from: T-Bag;274765*His sound issues are due to the fact he has a sound card designed for professional music. As he runs studio monitors, and does recordings through his pc. It sometimes switches into 48000 mode rather than 44100 or something.

Mine does that on Vista also. What card is it?