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JustAnotherGuy · 02-27-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Old Computer

last year

today

Seems like a big silly overkill of a desktop. Besides what is the point if it is always covered by the applications that you have running. Oh well. To each his own.

ricosuave · 02-27-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ricosuave

hey, any cp'ers have an extra 64bit key or two they wouldnt mind pm'ing me?

got a couple, thanks cKy...

now does anyone know if the 32bit and 64 bit is on the same DVD?

cKy · 03-18-2009, 12:29 PM

If you havent figured it out yet Rico, 32 and 64 are on different discs. The new leaked 7059 is out and is apparently head and shoulders better.

kukkudo · 03-18-2009, 01:20 PM

ya 7057 build is out, but apparently there supposed to be another build coming out this weekend or next weekend

rc1 should be out middle of April or begin of May

cKy · 03-19-2009, 09:59 AM

I dont remember the RC1 of Vista or XP being ready well over a year in advance of the scheduled release date. Anyone try 7057 yet and notice any difference over the previous releases? I have the first public beta from a few months ago, but my F'n computer is in storage till the end of the month..

kukkudo · 03-19-2009, 11:08 AM

i had 7048 which was way faster than 7000 and now i got 7057 which is almost the same except some theme changes and the shutdown and welcome screens are different

ricosuave · 03-21-2009, 06:37 PM

is there a public link to the 7048 or 7057 version around anywhere?

kukkudo · 03-22-2009, 11:36 PM

there aren't any public links Microsoft took them down

Barnes · 03-24-2009, 07:30 PM

As a die hard mac user since the late 80s, I fataing love the new task bar. It's everything the dock should be.

kukkudo · 03-27-2009, 01:26 PM

Build 7068 has leaked on the net

Russic · 03-27-2009, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Barnes

As a die hard mac user since the late 80s, I fataing love the new task bar. It's everything the dock should be.

I've only been able to give it a minor look over so I don't know much about it. What is it you love? Personally I really like the mouse-over pop-up for the apps ... that could prove handy.

I wonder if snow leopard will include any of these things.

kukkudo · 03-28-2009, 01:21 PM

Build 7068 both X86 and X64 have leaked

RC1 is slated for release in May

Barnes · 03-30-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Russic

I've only been able to give it a minor look over so I don't know much about it. What is it you love? Personally I really like the mouse-over pop-up for the apps ... that could prove handy.

I wonder if snow leopard will include any of these things.

I've always thought that the Dock was superior to the Start/Quick Launch/App Switcher of Windows.

The functionality of the Dock and the Taskbar are essentially the same but, I think Microsoft has the better implementation now. I find myself using the Search in windows as an application launcher all the time but never use Spotlight to do it. It's so far from the dock.

I love the fact that Quick Launch and running apps have the same presence in the Taskbar like the Dock and a highlight shows running apps. Microsoft wins though by exposing the functionality of Taskbar icons with a simple hover state rather than a right click. Much better feature discoverablity.

If Snow Leopard is to see a UI redesign like rumoured, I expect to see the docks shortcomings addressed along with many of the Finder's shortcomings as it is moved to Cocoa. Nine years and still waiting for FTP to work properly from the Finder.

bomber317 · 03-30-2009, 03:45 PM

Are you guys keeping up with each build that comes out? I've been doing fresh installs for each one. I never actually thought about it until now, but can you do an upgrade to a newer build?

kukkudo · 03-30-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bomber317

Are you guys keeping up with each build that comes out? I've been doing fresh installs for each one. I never actually thought about it until now, but can you do an upgrade to a newer build?

i upgraded from 7048 to 7068, everything went fine

7070 is suppose to be out this week

photon · 03-30-2009, 06:52 PM

When 7070 hits I'll probably replace my Vista. I'm tired of it.

OilKiller · 03-30-2009, 06:58 PM

So we can't get the beta download anymore? I just visited the Windows 7 page and it says no more downloads? I was just going to download and install.

photon · 03-30-2009, 06:58 PM

Nope, rumour is that there'll be another download in May.

kukkudo · 03-30-2009, 10:32 PM

you can get the builds of torrents, the current build is 7068

megatron · 03-31-2009, 01:27 PM

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you can get the builds of torrents, the current build is 7068

I was thinking of ghosting my Vista machine to Windows 7, but I couldn't download it from Microsoft.