01-08-2009, 04:26 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Windows 7 Public Beta
Goes online tomorrow, valid until August. Anyone going to try it?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15666...ou_try_it.html
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Who is in charge of this product and why haven't they been fired yet?
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01-08-2009, 04:30 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I want to, but I can't figure out a dual boot system. I like my computer too much to be offline while I try and get it sorted out. If I had a second computer, I would.
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01-08-2009, 04:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Dang, wished I hadn't sold my spare rig now.
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01-08-2009, 04:39 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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I want to try it actually, but then I'd lose my indonesian copy of Office 2007 and the disk has disappeared.
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Who is in charge of this product and why haven't they been fired yet?
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01-08-2009, 04:44 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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If you have a SATA harddrive in an enclosure with Esata, can you hook that up via Esata as another harddrive and install windows onto there and boot up from it?
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01-08-2009, 05:00 PM
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Pants Tent
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I'm going to download it, and run it on my secondary computer. Apparently, it kicks Vista's butt!
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KIPPER IS KING
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01-08-2009, 05:10 PM
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addition by subtraction
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kipper is King
I'm going to download it, and run it on my secondary computer. Apparently, it kicks Vista's butt!
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that ain't saying much!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by New Era
This individual is not affluent and more of a member of that shrinking middle class. It is likely the individual does not have a high paying job, is limited on benefits, and has to make due with those benefits provided by employer.
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01-08-2009, 05:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by dobbles
that ain't saying much!
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Its like watching the playground bully beat-up the ######ed kid.
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So far, this is the oldest I've been.
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01-08-2009, 05:33 PM
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Franchise Player
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Downloaded it today at work, (MSDN partner so we get it early). FYI - It has to be upgraded from Vista SP1 and is not a standalone installation.
I'm going to start playing around with it tomorrow, but it's basically Vista+.
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01-08-2009, 09:09 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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If I'm really bored this weekend, I'll make a VM of it.
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01-08-2009, 10:18 PM
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Pants Tent
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Originally Posted by Madman
FYI - It has to be upgraded from Vista SP1 and is not a standalone installation.
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Whoa. So I can't dual-boot with XP?
Edit: Found the answer to my question: No.
http://www.crn.com/software/212701488
This is a bummer. I don't want to risk screwing up my new Vista computer with a beta OS. I know, you could say that a computer with Vista is already quite screwed up, but still...
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KIPPER IS KING
Last edited by Kipper is King; 01-08-2009 at 10:34 PM.
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01-08-2009, 10:23 PM
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GOAT!
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I'll probably snag it and toss up a VM for it on my iMac.
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01-08-2009, 10:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I'll try this out on my laptop I suppose.
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01-09-2009, 09:44 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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While I've found Vista to be fine, I'm a little annoyed that I have to now shell out for an "upgrade" to what should be Vista SP2. That's a page from Apple's book I'd rather not M$ to have followed.
Anyone know how much it'll be to upgrade?
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01-09-2009, 09:55 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
While I've found Vista to be fine, I'm a little annoyed that I have to now shell out for an "upgrade" to what should be Vista SP2. That's a page from Apple's book I'd rather not M$ to have followed.
Anyone know how much it'll be to upgrade?
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Completely agree, and your not the only one that feels this way. ZDNET published a scathing article saying the same thing.
If it follows the current guidelines its probably going to be 150 to 200 dollars to upgrade.
I'm waiting until we know that this thing is stable and past SP 1 before I put it on any of my machines.
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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01-09-2009, 09:58 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: In the Sin Bin
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Which will go down as the worse Microsoft OS release?
Vista or ME?
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01-09-2009, 10:02 AM
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Pants Tent
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Which will go down as the worse Microsoft OS release?
Vista or ME?
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ME, in my opinion, because it wasn't even a blip on the radar.
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01-09-2009, 10:27 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Which will go down as the worse Microsoft OS release?
Vista or ME?
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That's not even a real question. ME was just a temporary holdover on the way to XP.
Home users were pissed that Windows 2000 came out for businesses, and they wanted the same level of stability in a home OS. Microsoft took windows 98 and threw it on top of the Win2K kernel (a very loose description, I know), and called it Windows Millenium.
It was garbage, riddled with bugs and a knee-jerk reaction to the public's demand for business-level stability in an entertainment-centric home OS.
A year or two later, we got Windows XP.
Comparing Vista to ME as valid operating systems, is like comparing a car to walking as valid methods of cross-country travel.
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01-09-2009, 10:35 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Which will go down as the worse Microsoft OS release?
Vista or ME?
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ME.. what a piece of garbage that was. Terrible OS.
I actually find Vista to be ok.. I have had it running since September and haven't had any significant problems. Maybe the bar was set so low by all the Vista complaints that anything short of ME type OS would have impressed me.
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