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A Neowin forum member wrote a post outlining features for what is supposedly Windows 7 (build 6.1.6519). Almost as quick as he wrote the post he also deleted it, but not before a Neowin administrator grabbed a cached version. As expected people are questioning the integrity of the review because no photos or anything substantial was included. Here’s an overview of what was said:
- Couldn’t get Aero working because of driver issues
- Uses barely 480MB of memory after startup
- Gadgets are now integrated into Explorer
- New Gadget called Windows Media Center that shows information of what’s playing in Media Center
- Start menu has a pin next to each item to toggle pinning status
- The feedback tool hints at future Windows 7 expectations:
- Improved network connectivity that can detect what network your on and switch settings accordingly
- New Calculator, Paint, and Wordpad use WPF
- Installation takes just 10 minutes with 1 reboot
- Better battery life
- New boot screen and redesigned Vista login screen
Unfortunately we can’t disprove anything that was said because there were no pictures provided to backup the theory. I did see a Microsoft Windows employee post in the forum on that particular thread (I won’t point him out), but it wasn’t in regards to the authenticity to the Windows 7 claims.
The image above is supposedly of Windows 7 that was posted by another Neowin member, but there are a lot of things that tip it off as a fake:
- Both MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer are branded as version 12 and 11 respectively. Yeah, like they will release 4 versions of Internet Explorer by the time Windows 7 is released.
- The last time I checked MSN Messenger is now known as Windows Live Messenger.
- Windows Media Player has an old icon, and Internet Explorer’s icon is lacking the gold ring around it.
- The date says it’s Sunday, December 15th. That’s interesting because the last time December 15th landed on a Sunday was back in 2002. But you know this had to be created within the last year or two because it uses some icons that were just introduced in Vista.
Oh, and about the title of the article. I just wanted to second the motion of a Neowin member who said “Windows 7 sucks, I’ll stick with Vista! Just wanted to be the first one to say it!” 
[via I Started Something]
Isn’t it a Longhorn, and the “Windows code name 7″ is just fake text? The blue color of the window resembles the Longhorn gui design.
Everything about it sucks. I received a free upgrade, because I bought a new computer. So I went through 3 hours upgrade process. Now video is choppy ( yes I downloaded the new drivers) and several of of programs don’t respond. Boot up time is the same or maybe longer. The promises made to us are all false. My only grace is I didn’t pay for it and I can recover my computer back to vista.
I’ve been using Windows 7 for a while now and I must say I’m thrilled! I’m what you might refer to as a heavy user and despite this have had no problems at all. No hardware problems; no hassles at all. Way way better than Vista, I’ve now installed it on all five of my machines and so far so good.
Window 7 sucks big time. My speekers don’t work, My external drive don’t work anymore it said that windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems which I have had this external drive for 3 years It worked just fine on xp & vista. I restored my computer 3 times to get into my drive but now it stopped working all together. Half of USB don’t work. Don’t trust microsoft they are up to something. So far I had to down load new drivers for everything on my computer. I rather use vista instead of window 7. The only one good thing about it is the home networking.
Wow, that title was really misleading!
I just want Windows 7 to be 64-bit only. It’s time to move on already!
PhoenixP3K, you are absolutely right about that, exactly what i think of!!
at 2009 or whenever they release it 4GB memory is already mainstream .. so there is already no need for 32-bit version.. and another thing is to unify software and drivers development to only one version.
The GUI looks intersting
It’s time for MS to just make the existing Windows actually work well, streamlined and dump all the legacy crap, like Windows 3.11 icons and Font managers. Oh, and my biggest grip about Microsoft? Release the damn thing under ONE version next time…..not 37 different versions.
All this premium ultimate home crap makes me start thinking Apple/Linux.
And one more thing: If you can’t release an OS (Vista) that copies files faster or the same as its previous version, what the ^$%#%$%#@ hell are you doing trying to develop some new fangled thing? Huh?
rant over
I second that motion, it actually looks much better than the current on in Vista and of course better than the on in Win XP.
WRONG! That looks stupid. The Vista start menu and task bar both look awesome! The Windows 7 task bar sucks, it doesn’t have an easily “enableable” Quick Launch and it takes up too much of the screen. Not to mention the visual controls on XP and Vista are way better than the stupid “theme” settings of 7.
Hey NorthVandea,
I disagree with you. XP, Vista, and 7 all have great visual settings and anyone of them is great.
I thought that too, but there are too many Vista icons that weren’t available until some of the public Beta builds. So it has to be from within the last two years or so.
I’m hoping for the same thing, because that’s the only way developers and manufacturers will be pushed to support it.
I don’t think that we’ll see just one version, but I would hope that they could at least get it back down to two like there initially was with XP. There should be one available for businesses, and another for the mainstream consumer. As long as consumers have just one version that they need to look at then I’ll be happy.
So how was that made?
You can do anything in Photoshop.
Windows 8 sucks, I’ll stick with 7.
windows 7 looks horrible and its touchscreen is never going to work and probably has alot of bugs
I agree COMPLETELY!
HAHAHA This is Windows xp or vista with a theme!!!
I HAVE WINDOWS SEVEN, activated.
Ask me for one of my own screenshot at daniel_in_flames@hotmail.com
BTW, Google images windows 7 and you will see that there are 100000 different ones. DONT TRUST these pictures
Window 7 (build 7000) is slow just like vista, i give up with windows, now i’m downloading ubuntu, what is M$ doing
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well your WRONG vista is very fast compared to many computers i used i own a trucking company and we took a poll on who wanted windows 7 no one wanted it they said they would quit cause it sucked so bad hahahaha it does VISTA all the way
yeah I installed 7 and my computer hates it slow as hell no sound
all kinda problems,so 7 sucks I wont buy that crap stick to xp.
I agree. I have the same problems w/ w7 stick to xp or vista ppl. Hate the gui. The new taskbar is awful to watch and use.
Wtf?
This isn’t windows 7 … This looks like cheap ( pretty ugly 
) skin who is set on XP. But w7 in beata version disapoints a lot of users.. slow, unstable, and not compactable with lot of programs like skype, daemon tools.. 
(even on vista they runned perfectly)
i have windows 7 and it sucks. i tried to use my game controller on it for oblivion and it doesnt work. also my south bridge driver doesnt work, eather does hydra vision. it already locked down once. i know its only beta 64 bit by the way. but i will stick with xp
i tried windows 7 beta it sucks soo much the start up is amazing but it just plain out uses to much cpu to run right and it just looks like updated vista with knock off mac interface
so when is windows going to live up to its name since windows 7 beta is just like vista and its very power hungry and it looks like windows is just trying to copy mac osx
Good lord… People try an early beta and judge everything out from that. But I know, it’s the same every damn time. I’m no Windows/MS fan myself, but sometimes I got to do a /facepalm…
Microsoft seems to suffer from the great derangement as many console game developers. They find a spot which doesn’t look nice enough and they have to put an animation there too. Clutter clutter clutter.
After windows 7 is released there are NO WAY going back to xp.
besides it SO much better then vista for sure.
Been testing 7 a few days now and although it is a bit better then Vista it still is annoying to navigate and difficult to configure to your personal preferences.
IMO 7 is still a down grade from XP. Microsoft has blown it again.
agreed
I tried windows 7 for about three weeks. It had some really bad video issues (big bocks of missing areas on screen)with call of duty 5 and even mahjongg. It also screwed up my master boot record. For now I will stick with XP Pro although it appears I will have to reinstall my Ubuntu because of the MBR problem. (whats up with the typing problems on this post site, thought I needed a pile driver to get all the text to appear. Is it run by Microsoft?)
You’re completely reinstalling Ubuntu to fix a problem with the MBR?
/facepalm
Just reinstall GRUB…
i agree with bobby windows 7 suuuuucks.
. you guys will not be dissappointed.
i’ll definitely buy a mac.
microsoft should stop producing computers and leave it to the pro’s 8). i would buy windows 7 but it doesn’t live up to it’s name. So i would advise everyone to swith to mac it’s muuuuch better i’ll guaruntee that
i was very very very dissappointed in mac they dont have the programs vista has and vista is fast for me if all you lazy F****** would stay off the porn sites you would be ok
Bryant, it is only a beta. It still has yet to be completed.
I don’t think anyone should be complaining until the OS is completed.
nice spelling, pardon me if I don’t follow your “intelligent” advice. Live in your little Mac boxed world, see if we care.
I’ve been running 7(b7000)x64 for about a month now. I haven’t had one problem with the OS. You guys say that it blows because nothing runs on it, like alcohol, and DTools. You’re right! But that isn’t because Microsoft messed up. It’s the software developers from companies like DTools who haven’t added Build 6.1 to their compatability lists. Open up the -I think the .inf file- on most programs and add windows 6.1 to the list. If you don’t know how to do it, use MagicDisc.
Well idk about the fake poster, but I’m running Windows 7 Beta, and it does, indeed, suck. I chose not to start the sidebar at startup- now when I try to start it manually, it won’t start. Windows Firewall will not let me configure settings, though I am admin. My NVIDIA driver stops responding when using WMP. It automatically keeps a backup of your previous OS which takes up half the disk space- had to search around and delete it. Same with restore points, and even though I turned restore off, it keeps making restore points. Updates always fail. I could go on and on, but why bother? I’m too busy installing Linux.
I own MS stock from time to time as the market swings.
It is interesting that MS continues to dumb down it’s products more and more and actually cripples its software. The consumer outgrows the basic system then finds themselves wanting something more powerful. They may upgrade to another MS product or they just may become fed up and use something else like I did.
Me personally I turned to virtualization software. Guess what MS has a screw policy that it does not allow virtualization. That is ridiculous on their part and as an investor I feel they are shooting themselves in the foot. I’m not a fanboy of any system since they all have their quirks.
My children attend a charter school and guess what, the board decided to go with more expensive apple computers because of the flexibility and not have to deal with ridiculous software licensing requirements as well as flexibility and the ability to virtualize other systems.
As a new generation of computer users are coming on line, folks will find themselves wanting to tweak their systems more and more.
IBM is focusing on Virtualization products, which IMHO is the wave of the future that is already here for governments and corporations.
MS continues to turn up their noses at playing in the sandpit with everyone else nicely and want sto control the playground. MS’ virtualization software is weak and only runs other MS products.
Unfortunately, from an investor point of view, MS will begin losing market share within the next 10 years as more and more Linux flavors and Mac systems creep into the mainstream with the general consumer. On top of that they are not ahead of the curve on virtualization products that are going to be the mainstay of the corporate world.
For a company that started out thinking outside of the box they seem to box themselves in. That’s what happens when companies become fat and rich. They become lazy and loose their vision.
MS continues this trend with Windows 7.
i think because some systems are older, with less than 4GB of RAM, and they are 32-bit systems, there will be versions of windows in 32-bit. Atleast until everybody have bought a new computer.
That wasn’t real… But I tried the real windows 7 preview just for fun and think it’s awesome. It loaded all stuff and I used all week without any problems. I also left it running without rebooting. Not that I’m one of those silly purists that say you can never reboot, but it did a fine job. Very rock solid and all. It’s like a some cross between vista and xp, yet seems more thought out. To be honest I don’t really have any problems with vista or xp, but prefer xp.. Vista is a litte more rock solid.. I still can see my self liking windows 7 over both xp and vista. We’ll see.
Yeah that wasnt true, windows 7 was actually available for anyone to download and test a while ago. It’ll just crush any other OS thats out there atm. Really.
Windows 7 looks great! I’ll be the first one to buy it when it comes out. Come on guys! Linux is for suckers with small penises. We’ve got to encourage Microsoft because Vista didn’t cut the mustard. Have a good day
I want to update my whole system / install software the easy way, namely using a package manager. Microsoft doesn’t have this kind of an approach so I’ll stick with Ubuntu until they have fixed that
If anyone is interested, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is out.
I will attempt to download it once or twice but I will not try all week long like I did with the beta.
It took me several attempts to DL Win 7 beta using my home DSL, all turning up corrupt. This has very rarely happend to me before, and I have downloaded several Terabytes of large files.
Finally I was able to get the beta using my laptop aircard of all things. Guess it is safe to say Microsoft’s download manager is total JUNK !
The main thing I really hate about Windows 7 is that it looks / feels too much like Vista and is nothing more than a way to shaft current Vista users insted of resolving their issues.
I have mainly been a MS user sense Win 3.0 and also feel that churning out Win7 barely 2 years sense the last OS is an enormous mistake for MS. For their greed and incompetence; I HOPE MICROSOFT FAILS MISERABLY.
Honestly, I am not a fan of Apple / Mac and their highly overpriced sheeple computers / electronics. However, this move by MS will have me seriously considering a high end MAC as my next computer.
For the average user, Windows 7 will be just as bad as Vista from a hardware compatibility standpoint. Sure, if all you want to do is write Word docs, surf the internet (even though Flash is quirky at best), and check your email, it works great…..then again, if that’s all you want to do, Linux is great too.
However, if you have a high-end Epson scanner then you can’t use the Epson scanning utility, you have to use Windows Fax and scan….which SUCKS!
If you have a firewire printer, you better hope it has a USB option, or you’re SOL there too.
Anybody that has any hardware that is even slightly unique (i.e., personal) on their personal computer that works great with XP, will be a crap shoot with Windows 7.
Moving a user from XP to Windows 7 is bad enough just getting them to accept the new interface and “learn” it, but when you have to tell them that half thier hardware won’t work at all, or as well as it did in XP, then that is a deal breaker.
Microsoft had better get their act together and allow hardware and applications that work in Windows XP to work just as well in Windows 7, or it will suffer the same fate as Vista!
The Windows XP virtual machine is a start, but that does not address all issues, especially where hardware access is needed, such as with scanning utilities!
I am currently using the RC1 beta of windows 7 x64 on a 1.6ghz dual core laptop with 3gb of ram, and I can honeslty say that it is amazing for a product still in beta!
For me, there were no hardware issues (including my HP laserjet printer) and all of my software from windows XP is working brilliantly (to my suprise all nativly supported)!
For the issue with vista, I think that microsoft should offer users a free upgrade to 7, or at least heavily discount the price of an upgrade. Some people liked vista, but personally I found it almost unusably slow (and on the same laptop)
Upgrade to a Mac. You won’t go back.
This is true, windows 7 sucks i have installed it over vista and i find that its to slow , many effects (Aero peek, Aero Shake …etc)
And it takes alots of memory and ram
But i think it will work on 12 gb of ram and 8 procsess
Mac is for computer dummies that need a controlled environment that prevents them from making newbie mistakes. Sooner or later users get educated and want to spread their wings and the freedom to do anything. You can’t do that behind the Iron Curtian of Mac. The software selection is horribly limited. The OS has Nazi like user control.
Am I the only one that remembers the IBM days before the clones? Remember how bad we all wanted to break out? MAC is a step backwards. It’s based on customer control that was already rejected a long time ago. If not for the clone days we wouldn’t have the technology and hardware options we have today.
Oh and Mac is not as reliable as they claim. I’m here in Iraq and a guy in my unit has a MAC. He’s had to reinstall from scratch three times in the past 7 months. When a MAC crashes, it crashes hard. There’s little choice but to reinstall. So much for reliability. Even when it’s working he’s constantly disappointed when he can’t do all the same things I can do with a PC. If you’re a gamer MAC is pointless too.
Ya, with a PC you have to use your brain or you run into trouble. However I can do anything I friggin want with a PC. Is it so bad that a computer user be educated about using his/her computer and OS? Isn’t MAC just creating more computer dummies?
Linux is a great OS for busy body number crunching and it’s plagued by unfocused development and standardization. Plus it refuses to unchain itself from the terminal which users HATE. Can you say vintage? There are hundreds of distros all heading in different directions. It’s chaos. It’s also worthless for gaming because it lacks a unified foundation like directx.
We’re stuck with MS as the OS that offers a middle ground. The problem with Windows is that MS can’t stay focused on a single concept. It keeps throwing major changes at users and disrupting the entire market. They need to stop fixing what isn’t broken and concentrate on tweaking a single OS that is popular with the market. Tweaking XP would have been a better option than creating Vista. However I’m sure we all understand by now that MS’s main motivation for creating new OS’s is not advancement of the OS but putting a new product on the shelves every few years.
PEOPLE…
Are you actually so stupid to beieve this shit?
I installed windows 7 once…
Less then 10 minutes;
And my computer is an fffing rocket!!!
Vista slows ur pc down ppl???
I own a pc store i am an pc technician.
Why u think they release windows 7 so fast after vista?
BECAUSE VISTA IS A FAIL.
Its proven in more then 200 diffrent benchmarks that windows 7 is nearly the fastest operating system in the world(fastes under microsoft).
so think twice before u go talk crap about win 7…Gues u ppl arent it.
I’m just as “qualified” as you and have the exact oposite opinion – Windows 7 with all of it BS permissions has taken a useful tool and made it a maintaince nightmare. Maybe if your idea of spending hours of time beating off with your keyboard is fun, then you should stick with win 7 – otherwise – don’t waist your time
Just to remind everyone, the there is some sarcasm in the title of the article. I am using Windows 7, and am enjoying it. Heck, I was one of the people who actually thought Vista was pretty good.
I love this. It is hilarious how the morons of the world are so repulsed at the idea of having a working computer with a more stable version of windows supporting more hardware than ever before, and even easier to use.
History proves this time and time again. “I hate XXX new version of windows, but love it’s predecessor”….
When 3.1 came out, everyone was like I hate windows 3.1, but I love 3.0. Then came along Windows 95, everyone hated it, but loved windows 3.1. Then came along Windows 98, everyone hated it, but loved Windows 95. Then 98SE, then XP, then Vista, and now Windows 7. It’s not wonder Microsoft decided that they will be releasing windows 8 on a very close schedule with Windows 7 — So that you ^&#@*&^ing morons will adopt something.
Do you not realize that if you are running 64bit Windows 7, you are a LOT less prone to the garbage that ^&#@-holes create (viruses, trojans, etc), and it is also essentially rootkit proofed.
Adopt this OS so that your computer doesn’t become part of a botnet and thus slowing down the Internet for the rest of us cuz your too stupid to realize your computer is spamming everyone.
Thank you.
GOD IM SO #^&@ing tired of this!!! I wish Microsoft made it so deprecated systems can’t connect to the internet until they are updated, and patched properly. Update your computer, no reason not to… THE OS IS PRACTICALLY FREE!!! AND CHEAPER THAN YOUR OH SO BELOVED LINUX — [redhat.com] — which used to actually be free
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So… long story short, upgrade or toss your computer out the window as you don’t even deserve to own one.
PS :: Windows Vista was the result of PR at Microsoft listening to every tom dick and harry as to what they want to see in the operating system. Windows 7, they undid all that BS and almost completely re-wrote the base code including apps like calculator, paint, etc. For the reasons of Driver compatability (those of you are stupid enough to own generic non-brand hardware, who never bothered to write drivers beyond Windows XP (2002)), certain aspects need to remain the same otherwise those crappy devices wont install. — and some name brands do this as well.. so this applies to crappy brand names, and crappy no-name junk.
“So… long story short, upgrade or toss your computer out the window as you don’t even deserve to own one.”
Yeah, because our landfill sites are almost empty, you must fill them!
“THE OS IS PRACTICALLY FREE!!! AND CHEAPER THAN YOUR OH SO BELOVED LINUX”
What are you talking about? In which dimension is “PRACTICALLY FREE” cheaper than actually free?
and bob…lol. You told him.
you ‘obviously’ aren’t understanding the concept of free.
Linux is so free it costs!!!1OMGZ
After trying Win7 aka Vista SP2 & found it another failure the toolbar is ridiculous once again it is trying to be way to cartoony / “Fischer Price” Once again another disappointment from Little Billy Gates. I told a friend shortly after Vista came out & I had that on a laptop for a while & was grossly dissapointed & got XP working on it & I was totally happy. I said that when the day comes that I cant put XP on something is the day I go to linux & by next summer Google is coming out with a linux based os & I think Google will have a better grip on this then microsoft does & if your worried that you cant run you win programs linux allows you to install an app called wine that will allow you to run your windows software & if you can or know someone who can slip steam a copy of Mac Os 10 you can run that on a PC So stop wasting money on Winblows
there are alot of cooler options coming to the front of the pack.
windows 7? vista? xP? I’m Living in the Linux world since 1999 to even notice that!!!
Windows 7 does suck! I want to go back to vista but the 7 beta upgrade won’t reverse! Ever since about two weeks after the installation my internet has been giving me s**t along with programs not launching after about 35 minutes of use until I restart my computer which I have to do manually now!!!
Learn how to use a pc before you speak
Win 7 and win vista SUCK get win xp the best and doesnt lag
they dont suck dude.. stop living in the 90′s and uprage your low end crap and get up with the world.. xp will not live forever.. it is for the ppl who cannot afford better though
Quote: EricAugust 18, 2009 at 9:14 pm
they dont suck dude.. stop living in the 90’s and uprage your low end crap and get up with the world.. xp will not live forever.. it is for the ppl who cannot afford better though
My comment:
In this economy, a LOT of ‘ppl cannot afford better’ and my rage IS up from the ’90s
I have 7 ON MY COMPUTER NOW AND IT SUCKS!!!! you cant open 2 different windows like in vista and Alt Tab between them insted they put this crap on the bottom of the screen that you have to point at to change windows. And the new start key and M big deal. Show desktop worked fine. it is a bit faster I guess. I have a fast computer so no big deal. I am putting Vista back on my computer.
I installed windows 7 64bit official volume license release…here are some issues that royally suck on it: First off the icons by the time are just plain white ones that look so stupid and dont resemble anything! Next there is no clasic start menu, nor icons (ex. my computer)for your desktop either! Let the users choose the start menus they want MS!!! Give us a variety!!! And the biggest thing that ticked me off was that you will run in the highest video res possible and every thing looks the same as if it were in a lower res! Try to turn it to a res you like and 7 wont like it! And again everything looks the same! So you will run your video card hard and hot at the highest res all the time! So ill stick to Vista till something is better out! Atleast vista is rich in presentation and give you choices! And performace is there with the right hardware!
First off Joe your a dumb ass… Macs prevent the basic users from going in a messing up their computers. The average mac user can figure out how to get into every file, folder, and setting on there computer.. And I even mean those hidden files that your dumb ass couldn’t find… LOL As for everybody else on here, why in the hell are you going to stick with a system that is trying to be like mac (Search menu, doc bar, half as trying to be more user friendly, Etc…) Just switch to a mac and you will be way more happy.. I have a Macbook Pro. I’ve had it for 3 years. It’s still faster than any of my friends laptops. I’ve never had a virus or a virus scanner (Never get slowdowns from it scanning) And when I have to use a Microsoft based application because the designer of the software is lazy or like most of you, just “Mac haters” I have Parallels witch runs xp on the mac… Don’t get me wrong I love Microsoft… It’s one reason I will always have a steady job being in The technical support field… LMFAO!!!
VISTA RUNS PERFECT IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 2GB RAM AND USE 4GB FLASH DRIVE FOR POWER BOOST, 32 BIT OS ON A DELL STUDIO HYBRID, SUPERB…HDMI OUTLET AS WELL, 42“ WIDESCREEN MONITOR ANYONE?…..PLUG N PLAY BABY…NO PROBLEM
i second that. i have the last compaq ever made (i think). only cost me $300 and even then vista is perfect. just because some nostalgia loving tard wants to keep their 2002 CRAPputer doesn’t mean we need a new version right now. wtf is wrong with you fools? just get a cheap 3gig and REPLACEABLE computer, don’t load stupid rapidshare/limewire downloads onto it and you’ll do fine.
good f-ing night.
Windows Vista is hands-down the best operating system on the market today. I have been using it for 3 years without any issues whatsoever. As a web developer working in .NET & MSSQL, as well as PHP & mySQL, I have found Vista to be not only MUCH faster than XP when it comes to serious code debugging, project build times etc. but also WAY more stable than XP. Example: In XP, when clicking to view workgroup computers, the screen lags something rediculous and when closing the screen, you are prompted with the infamous “(Not Responding)” message. This is only one of hundreds of examples. Vista never does this, my Vista has NEVER crashed except for a virus infection last year. If your vista is giving you trouble, just get compatible versions of your software for it! I would NEVER go the mac route except for one thing: Sound and Video Engineering. Windows 7 is going to hit the world by storm and push Microsoft back to the top of the OS game (or at least, until Google unveils their OS, marking Microsoft’s downfall)
Ubuntu, Linux Mint anybody? Are people still shelling out money for m$ crap?
Its a bloated virus breeding hardrive hogging piece of crap built on a shoddy foundation.
I guess we should all throw a windows 7 launch party.
This is what happens when win7 party gets out of hand
Yeah, I hate my new proprietary cookie cutter operating system, and say it sucks.. So I will go back to an older proprietary operating system that sucks. My advice to you is go get a real kernel and not some Microsoft babble. I am not talking about Apple either.. I would rather use Windows7, but thankfully I do not have to use either.
Hahaha Windows Vista, hands down the best? The best at what? Lagging and having security vulnerabilities? Not to mention the hard disk churning associated with the NT kernel. Still not fixed that eh?
Windows 7 is rap nthing works it keeps making my internet conection slug slow im sick of it it has nothing but problems it keeps freezng,had to restat it like over 5 times this sucks im switching back to vista
I’m going back to XP.. 7 is VISTA with more glut and pretty wallpaper. Its slowed down my machine even tho I have more RAM & Memory then alot of gameers, My internet conection SUCKS. I cant play some games. And Microsoft STILL doesent have a work around for the FING.. Internet Explorer has stopped working error BS.
Oh plus theres one FING huge hole that will let a person DOS you..they STILL havent fix that and Microsft has known about this hole and a few other bugs for MONTHS.
Why did M$ create Windows 7 in the first place? Wasnt it because all these people said VISTA sucks? So then M$ said they’ll create Windows 7 using Windows XP features etc. Well, if you have seen Windows 7, it looks and runs nothing like Windows XP… This to me was a simple excuse for another Microsoft revenue raiser. Would this have been the main reason not many images were out there? As usual, M$ is just feeding you rubbish information to benefit themselves. Move to Mac or Linux is my best advice. The public gave microsoft the power, we can easily remove it too ! Plenty of free / open source software out there that does a lot better than M$ software. Remember that.
Cheers.
Oh, another thing i will mention. Vista was released (they said it sucked). Mind you more than half that said that had not even experienced it. Same crap again, just a different day.
Cheers.
vista proved to the world it sucked. 7 will do the same…. just give it time. microsoft has lost touch with what people want and need. screw them. linux is so much better, but most windows users are afraid to try it… they might like it. the very best os out there is OS X.
I tried LINUX in its various flavors. There just isn’t any usable software for it that someone who is not well versed in the INS & OUTS of the OS can install and run. (Lindows , RedHat, Debian, Umbuntu, . . .)
Drivers for the various Linux variants were difficult to use if they weren’t in the original install package.
Windows biggest draw is the apps. And to use them all you do is put in a disk, and it installs for you. (Some better than others.) No RAR, GZIP, whatever files to unpack. No recompiling the kernel, etc. I just go to the store (or online), buy it, use it. If you can get LINUX to do that nad make the driver support easier, you’ll have a MUCH better chance.
I tried the Umbuntu DVR package that I found on the web, it (the OS) would not work at all. No way to figure out why not. No idea what to try to fix it. I assume the kernel was compiled for different hardware that what I was using.
Windows 7 Sucks balls you can not change the Aero to all black like Vista
and if you turn off all those gay colors it looks like windows 95 I also hate the new task bar now that Vista is fix I say I will use that or just use linux os seeing how windows is going what a rip off fuck I am so piss at Microsoft in 4 years you could not even just fix all of vista you had to come out with this baby os for little 4 years old that does not even work at all shame on you what a joke
duh wtf !!
i cannot install Adobe CS3 in windows 7 !!!
Vista work fine …
Windows 7 = Vista in “Retro” Mode! lol
I’ll stay with Linux. Its better, and free.
I have Win 7. I just downgraded from Windows Vista To Win 7. All the custom and administration options are hidden. The show desktop is on the right hand side so one plays ping pong between the start menu and the “Show Desktop” ability. I don’t know what drunks MS gets to beta test this junk. They could have changed a few things up without sacrificing standard usability. I might as well switch to linux all the hunting and pecking I’m doing.
I agree that Windows 7 is junk! I can’t STAND it. I reinstalled Vista. It works so much better. Windows 7 had so many problems, it was so unpleasant using my laptop.
I’ve seen some of the better Win7 upgrades show up in my Vista upgrades. Why do I need 7,8,9 etc.
I wish MS would look at OS/2. It was a quality OS that WORKED. It did not try to be an app unto itself. Small, Quick, Secure, RELIABLE. A True Object Oriented OS, instead of the Object Based approach MS uses.
The Kernel of the OS should ONLY support the apps running on it. (Security & Resource Management) The GUI and all the other crap should not be a part of the OS, but an optional module that runs on top.
LESS IS MORE! Stop with the BLOAT-WARE already.
The upgrade from Vista is definately not foolproof. It didn’t link my Vista documents into the new library, didn’t capture my Explorer 7 favorites, and trying to get from Windows Mail to Live Mail is a showstopper. And worst of all, the help functions are no improvement at all. I keep getting refered to the user forum, which requires you to surf through 8000 topics being beaten to death by nerds. There is no support for people who look at a computer as a tool rather than a way of life. I got the family pack but doubt that I’ll use the other licenses.
I agree with a lot of the points about Windows 7 mentioned here. It is no faster than Vista, it is not any more backwards compatible than Vista either. This was the major complaint about Vista, and Windows 7 was suppose to be the solution for this. Software is expensive and nobody wants to have to keep rebuying their software collection every time a new version of Windows comes out.
The lack of an email client really bites. I don’t want to use a web based email. I like my email on MY computer, not some server, and you can’t import with a web based email.
I am also good at troubleshooting computer problems, or I was, up until I upgraded to Windows 7, and now it seems like Windows 7 crashes over half the time that I try to use it, and it’s always a different problem.
The comment about the touch screen not going to work is another thing. Even if it does work, for most applications, using your finger is more, not less awkward, and don’t even get me started on how much a touch screen monitor is.
There are also too many other problems that I have discovered with Windows 7 and I have only been using it for 2 weeks now. All other versions of Windows, good or bad, took me at least about 6 months of use to uncover the number of problems that I have already discoverd in Windows 7.
The real kicker here is that I would never have guessed that I would ever go back to Vista again once I got the chance to ditch it, but just when you things can’t get any worse, it does, especially with Microsoft.
In fact, I will be reinstalling Vista soon after I finish this reply. Now does that say something about how crappy Windows 7 is or what? ;D
I just upgraded to a quad-core with 8 gigs of ram and installed windows 7. That should run that new taskbar and those control panel icons.
Holy crap. People started hating Windows 7 even before it was released? Anyway… First off: What POS PC are you running if you can’t get Windows to work properly? Actually, based on the spelling and grammar used in the comments, it comes as no surprise that you can’t get anything working… I’m not a particular fan of any OS, but the points I raise are valid enough:
1. Installation: I installed Windows 7 in under 30 minutes, and everything just worked. No need to install any drivers, no need to configure anything except usernames, no need to do anything. Just install and run. Linux is slightly more complex, but still sufficiently easy.
2. Stability: My machine runs 24/7, and it has been running for almost two weeks now with Windows 7. Stable as hell, idling at around 1GB memory usage. Fine: The memory usage is more than it was running XP, but it doesn’t bother me. I still have more than enough memory to run any application and/or game that I want without any concerns.
3. Devices: I have hardware in my PC that not even the (claimed) manufacturers know of. (Probably some imported shit or something) They work without a single problem. In addition, I couldn’t get this hardware to work in either XP or, obviously, Linux.
4. Performance: Holy shit. My machine starts up in less than 20 seconds and shuts down in less than 15 seconds. I can burn a DVD using Nero while listening to music in Media Center while also doing graphic design in Adobe Photoshop CS 2 without the machine even noticing it. I can run Crysis, Prototype, Dead Space, Mass Effect or even NFS Shift with max’ed out settings without any problems at all.
FFS, who cares that the icons are bigger? Just don’t have any fucking icons. God… how do you people expect new things to be built if you constantly want the old shit like the “classic start bar”? And why fucking complain about Windows Media Player at all? It’s not even part of the OS! Uninstall the fucker and install something else if you don’t like it! Don’t be a moron! If you can install Firefox, why can’t you install WinAmp or some shit like that!?
And just in case you’re wondering: No, I don’t have a monster PC. A simple 3GHz Core2Duo (E8400) with 4GB Ram, which is actually pointless as I have the 32 bit version, but anyway… If you’re telling me you can’t run Windows 7 on a quad-core machine, then I’ll tell you to pack the thing back into the box it came in, take it back to the store, and tell them you’re too fuckin retarded to use a computer. They might take pity on you…
Judging by the number of profanities you have to use to make a comment, I would say you are not too far from retarted youself.
Windows 7 stable, lol. Explorer crashed installing MS Office. lol, just because you can play some recent games and actually keep that POS Windows box powered on doesn’t mean it’s stable. And just because you can mulitask, don’t give it up to the OS, you’re running maxed out RAM for a 32 bit OS and a higher end Dual-Core Processor dumbass.
no sir, windows 7 sucks !! by majority, just because it runs on the latest hardware doesnt make it any better , the ONLY good thing about windows was to have packed the damn drivers, in fact windows IS a garbage truck full of drivers with an expensive price tag. for the 90% of us who deal with different and older versions of hardware win 7 SUCKS !! i rather assemble drivers in Linux and make them work 1000% faster than in this POS. unfortunately i have to have an os which is compatible with the rest of my family so im going back to XP the ONLY decent os microsoft could release after DOS 6.2 m yeah not even 98 gets my stars. sorry dude win 7 sucks, im thinking to moving to java programming altogheter, i dont think MS has more life left.
Windows 7 does suck. I backed up my files as suggested by the great and powerful oz and when it finished rewriting over it’s other abomination Vista it proceeded to tell me it couldn’t restore my files because it couldn’t work with the software that I used to backup up the files. Next stop MAC
* You don’t know how to download proper drivers.
* Isn’t that a good thing.
* So get rid of them if you don’t like them.
* What’s wrong with that.
* So? If you don’t like it don’t click on it.
* The following is all true …? :
o Improved network connectivity that can detect what network your on and switch settings accordingly
o New Calculator, Paint, and Wordpad use WPF
o Installation takes just 10 minutes with 1 reboot
o Better battery life
* New boot screen and redesigned Vista login screen
well i used windows 7 ever since rc came out everything was going fine except for the video driver would crash from time to time no big deal,so i went ahead and droped 139.00 dollars on it when it was released BIG MISTAKE hardly anything works now
Well, what can I say, it is very difficult to change your personal preferences in 7, well atleast it was for me when i got my hands on one for the first time. I dont see the big deal in this OS. Honestly I have to say that for me my Vista runs very smooth, I prefer it over 7, it is just so much simpler to use. The taskbar in 7 looks cool, but the vista one looks cool too. I have a windows 7 theme on my laptop just for looks, but thats it. I stick with vista, besides the updates fix ALOT of bugs in vista OS. One thing does suck on vista, too many security warnings, that does bother me. Vista with dual core procesors and 3 gb of ram runs very smoothly. I recomend Vista. Xp too old and overunned, Vista quite heavy, but packs a punch, Windows 7 not SO heavy, but lacks power.
my old computer has 6gigs ram 32bit wont run 64bit with Microsoft stupid limitation it can only use 3 gigs so it has linux. My new one had vista with a free windows 7 upgrade dell wont give me a 64 bit version so it has linux too. Just shows you what they are about$$$ and could care less about you.
Im really not sure what to do now. My Windows7 is both good AND bad. The bad thing is that the BAD things really has a big influence on my daily use and therefor all the good things are totally forgotten. To be honest, the good things Ive experienced so far are just cosmetic and defently not stability. So there you go. My problems are;
- Windows Explorer suddenly stops/freeze. It seems to start working again in a while, but its much faster (but still more annoying) to do a restart. First I thought it was because of my external drive, which Windows7 didnt even find in the beginning until I switched port for the cable, but it happens either way
- The movie icons and thumbs suddenly are not showing. This could also be because of Explorer, but when this happens Im already in my drives and disks, but icons and thumbs are gone
- I cant run as many videos (Media Player, VLC etc) as I could with Vista. Im editing and sometimes need to have several videos running
- RPC stops working
- Internet Explorer suddenly freeze and “needs to do a restart”
And there is even more.
To me it doesnt really matter IF there are fixes for this (and yes, Ive been searching a lot), as I think these things are defently OS related and its really surprising that these things happen with a new and fresh install of a system.
I`ll give it a couple of weeks and see if I find fixes. If not Im back to Vista which never caused me any problems. And defently none like these!
There’s no way I’ll ever get Windows 7 because I can’t trust Microsoft anymore. Vista scarred me for life. In fact there should be laws to protect us against such anticompetetive behaviour. An O.S. is meant to be a tool but they’ve negated its usefullness by taking on the role of policeman and extortionist.
On XP64 I currently have Photoshop CS4 and Firefox running. I’m using less than 1 of my 4 Gigs Ram according to the tell tale task manager…nuff said. Of course we will all have to upgrade at some point, but with my current results, I’ll hold out as long as possible.
Yeah i just got windows 7 and it is gay shit man i wish i had vista back!
Snow Leopard takes a steaming dump on this pile of crap.
Come on this is a completly disaster…why they made something that has blowned away any before windows system?Multicore age guys we want multi cores?we must eat in the face the new windows and i dont who was the stupid one to make the panel so damn hard with so many sub-folders and more stupid things no one will ever use or try to use i cant get why they think making the Windows like damn dictionary it would be better?You still look like a thousand page dictionary to find a word it is on your face all the time…WINDOWS AFTER XP ALL WILL SUCK!
Windows are dying its time to get to mac and linux system until those stupid no life nerd in microsoft make an XP New edition for Multicore sustem
Vista Longhorn and Windows 7 suck and will suck forever..
I made MAc pc and Linux …better play with those…
The long awaited windows 7. Heard alot about, a read even more about it. I said to myself well I’m happy with VISTA but if what I’m reading is true I’m going to order my free copy of the Windows 7 upgrade…Biggest mistake I’ve ever made…my laptop SLOW as hell, connecting to the internet is frustrating and videos are choppy as hell winodows 7 sucks folks…I’ve got a brand new laptop and there is no reason for it to be acting up like this….oh and let me just say. For those of you who have Live One Care like i did…forget it because its not compatible with windows 7…Junk Junk Junk…i want vista back.
7 sucks – I have 3 hp printers that are not compatible – my broadband card is not compatible
More bullshit from MS
Toshiba tech support knows not what they do in their ignorant attempts to help
HP is worse
GO MAC
Windows 7 sucks, It just finished destroying my desktop, cant get connected to the internet, cant get my sound to work. I called Microsoft they told me I messed up cause I didnt save my drivers, I found my drivers downloaded them, try to install with windows 7, now my CPU is frozen at the “Starting Up” screen.. When I was installing my network drivers it says “this driver is not right and could damage the CPU” ironically it said the same thing for me to install my sound drivers, yet it worked fine with my sound drivers, but not with my modem. Its all graphics, windows 7 sucks. I tried to install XP back on my CPu, I cant because it wont let me downgrade back to XP.. (this was before it froze) now I have a AMAZING DESKTOP which needs to be repaired because the A-Hole at the store refused to sell me Vista, and sold me Windows 7 at a discount price because “WINDOWS 7 fixes all the problems windows Vista had” well whose going to fix all of windows 7′s problems… Jesus christ I’m to the point where I might just buy a MAC..
MS offered a free copy to authorized retail employees..
After trying 7 for over 4 weeks, I tell customers their better off with a mac, or sticking with XP. What were they thinking? Couldn’t they just solve the problems and stability without completely redesigning the gui? epic fail!
7 is better than vista for sure. I don’t know if its better than xp. Many things were easier to do in xp and xp is faster, but 7 in my opinion is more stable. Windows is always an epic fail, but if you can’t afford a mac or you want to play the new games i guess u are stuck with it unless you want to use multiple OSs.
If you do a Google Search under “getting rid of windows 7″, there are about 14,500,000 hits. Think that perhaps Microsoft has a problem bubbling on the front burner?
Recently purchased a Gateway laptop computer that came pre-loaded with Windows 7. After spending considerable time trying to use Windows 7 for even the basic setup options, I’ve become quite frustrated. The result is that this new computer sits idle and is not used. The stuff on the screen is too small and attempts to remedy the situation have failed.
Have yet to figure out how to enlarge the font or image size so that the screen print is readable. The few customized changes that were made just don’t stick and Windows 7 reverts to some crappy default mode. And where is the useful SEARCH function as on XP with the little dog or the wizard? This Windows 7 operating system is annoying and dysfunctional! It totally sucks!
Did the secret right click on the desktop trick but find the options to be mostly confusing clutter.
Decided that I want to get rid of the Windows 7 OS and install Windows XP. My concern however is for installation of the correct drivers after doing a disk reformat with a new Operating System. Unlike my Dell computer, the Gateway laptop did not come with any support software disks.
Still, I think that loading a fresh copy of Windows XP onto the hot little dual-core laptop will at least allow the thing to be used. We shall see!
I must say I never even got Windows 7 installed, downloaded yes, installed no, spent over an hour on the phone with people that didn’t know what they were talking about….so I go a refund and perhaps am better off. I’ll just stick with Vista for now, and perhaps sell off my computer and switch to Mac!!
better luck next time Windows!
I purchased win7 because of the hype about how much better than Vista it was. What a load of crap! I spent 3 hours unsuccessfully installing it, another 2 hours uninstalling the problems caused by the Malasian “help” line. Lost my optical drives 2x, had my raid drive not recognized. After finally getting it installed, Found out how many recent games don’t work on the Win7 system (Fallout 3 does not operate). Prototype freezes. I’m still testing the other games that previously worked flawlessly on Vista. Well at least I have a slideshow desktop backround!!
Considering system restore back to Vista.
System components: I7 920, EVGA sli x58 MB, 2x Gtx 285, Haf 932 case. 1200W silent engine, 12gb of corsair ram.
I feel sorry for all those that suffered oppression under Big Brother Vista and Chairman Windows 7. I’ve been using XP for years now, since the first year it came out. I skipped two operating systems (2000 and ME) until I was sure MS did something right. Now, I feel like I’m going to be in the twilight ages as support for new hardware on XP dwindles, and I’m the few remaining loners on that island.
For years and years I’ve had ZERO problems with XP, except recently when I tried to delete windows updates because they were starting to hog disk space.
One thing that really annoys me is how software is getting fatter and fatter. What I mean is that new software and operating systems are performance and memory hogs. For example, my old version of Nero Express took 30 MB on my computer. The new one I got took 300 MB and it runs slower, but both versions essentially do the same thing. The size of software has exploded and gone out of hand just to have pretty graphics and animations, while the code has gotten sloppy and inefficient as programmers don’t think it’s necessary to optimize code for today’s machines.
The windows operating systems have a whole lot of useless crap running in the background (like DRM *barf*) that I’ll probably never use. I just want a computer that will play my favourite games, run office, and surf the web without the fat pork.
Eventually Die Fuhrer MS will force me upgrade my PC and get a fat, bloated operating system with more issues than Courtney Love.
Windows 7 Does kinda suck, for one it looks like any other windows with a different skin, the control panel is all screwed up and hard to navigate, I actually think all they did, as they usually do is take the previous version of windows, put on a new skin, change the icons and sell it for 200 bucks to people, what we need is an OS made by someone else that isn’t windows. microsoft is as bad as EA games, and its only going to get worse.
I think windows users should try UBUNTU linux. i was a hard core xp man cause it never did me wrong. vista came out and boom.things fall apart HARD!! i switched to linux and windows is a thing of the past for me.
try #! crunchbang linux. its based on ubuntu, and its minimal and fairly easy to install. it will even manage to breathe life into old windows me machines. lightweight, fast, and FREE is the way to go.
Iv’e spent too much upgrading my machines to Vista (which runs perfectly fine).
Win7 looks exactly like Vista only with the locations of everything jumbled around. Unless you are using a very slow PC that can’t handel Vista, why uprade ?
Windows 7 is a joke – I feel like I’m in kindergarden with all the little things that pop up to guide you thru different apps – can’t I just deal a new hand of solitaire without having to decide from 3 options!!!!!! give me back my XP
I recently purchased a computer that cam with vista home premium but it came whit a free up grade to windows 7 Home premium. I have been using vista on my old computer for a couple years and it has worked fine. I have not noticed any major improvements to windows 7 but The major problem I have with windows 7 is I can no longer backup my computer to my home network. Vista home premium was set up to back up daily to my other computers hard drive on my home network. when I installed windows 7 it informed me that my back up setting would need to be reconfigured. I went into the control panel to set this up only to discover that back up to a network is only available on windows 7 ultimate,and professional. micro soft is marketing windows 7 as new and improved because they listened to the customer. well in my view it is a waist of money don’t upgrade i am switching back to vista.
I understand your pain, I just discovered the same thing (backup issue), I feel like I downgraded from Vista premium to Windows 7 premium. What a bunch of dicks to gimp the backup! How stupid! I can only think that windows 7 premium was not made to backup. Thanks a lot Microshaft!
I agree windows 7 is unreliable and often freezes, at least vista works consistently.
I agree with you wndows 7 stinks whenever I want to waste time flaying flash games on the internet, I will press a key once and it will act as though I’m holding it down. Can anyone tell me how to fix this, or is this somthing windows 7 does the problem is not in my keyboard.
I know ME was the worst ever! XP seemed the best! I am not pleased, to say the least with vista. Is 7 really bad? Is there an alternitave OS for the PC user?
Dude, you can have more than 3 gigs of ram in XP too… and it does NOT run a hell of alot faster than xp.
umm yeah actually it does run a hell of alot faster than XP. XP is just so boring now… it’s been around for 10 years just about. Time for change
I agree XP is really boring, but Windows 7 is not much better, there are only few things I recall better in 7 which are:
-Powerful Disk Image Backup
-Dynamic and good interpolation of text size
-Nicer GUI
That’s it. Everything else is not new, neither better than in XP, or has even gotten worse (e.g. search function). In short: it SUX.
Sure it looks pretty, but damn it it works sometimes and sometimes it wont. I have a bluetooth mouse that works just fine but Win 7 will say its there and sometimes its not there. Totally NOT consistant! Another thing is that I keep getting “NO internet access” the damn little yellow triagnle of WIN7 failure. It keeps saying its my modem, yet my PS3 isnt complainig.
WinXP had 10 years of trial and error…..I am so tempted to revert back to XP. Yet I was acheing to go back to 2000 when I had XP.
hey folks! for me as i use Windows 7 Sucks! my graphic drivers r not installed perfectly! whn i use maya in windows 7 its like making shit around me..! yaak..
“XP is the best till date”!
no dude, you can’t! xp maxes out at 3.5GB of RAM. The rest of the 4Gigs just goes poof! doesn’t even know it’s there. XP is on it’s way out, you’ll be forced to make the switch. But just wait, after the first service pack comes out for 7, you might actually consider, because when the sp1 came out on vista, it ran a hell of alot better. 7 isn’t even half bad at all.
k.. leave above issue… i have a doubt that is there any process that we can istall manually install drivers not directly from Windows 7…???
32bit editions of Vista and 7 won’t utilize more than 3.5GB of memory either. It’s just that MS couldn’t stand pissed of customers who kept asking their tech support: “Hey dudes, my RAM just gone poof! What shall I do now?” so they decided to let Vista and 7 display the amount of INSTALLED memory and not the amount of memory that can be in fact utilized by the OS. You need a 64bit OS in order to use more than 3.5GB of RAM…If you don’t believe me go ahead and do your own research…Type something like “32 bit OS restrictions”…Or simply check what Task Manager reports…
Just to clarify the whole 32bit 4GB limit issue. In the 32bit system, the maximum amount of memory that can be address is 2^32 or 4294967296 bytes or 4194304 KB or 4096 MB or 4GB. Now the reason it says 3.5 or whatever is because the system is also addressing memory for your other devices (PCI, etc).
So any 64 bit system will have the ability to address memory of 2^64 or 18446744073709551616 bytes or 18014398509481984 KB or 17592186044416 MB or 17179869184 GB or 16777216 TB or 16384 petabytes or 16 Exabytes. I’m thinking we aren’t going to reach that limit for a decade so at least we won’t have to discuss 16 exabyte limit for a while
He’ll be forced to make the switch because it’s all about marketing. Software developers tend to develop applications for the new systems, thus providing incompatibility for the old operating systems such as Windows XP. I know it’s a shame, but huge corporations just want to make money by selling you something “new”, just with a changed name.
That’s all there is to it.
I got a new computer in september which came with a free 7 upgrade. I liked the VISTA pretty well. But I “upgrade.” Now, my screen working screen goes away, replaced by my desktop wallpaper unpredictably. No Outlook Express either. I’m dumping 7 and restoring Vista.
Ok so just install it, that’s all you have to do
Trusted installer and the new task manager are both deal breakers for me. I also got tired of seeing the blue circle/hour glass thing spinning around and around for ages trying to connect to LAN. I’m joining the Penguin crowd.
thats funny i couldn’t get windows 7 to even work with a network card internal or external. i thought it was the computer. so i took it back and bought a different one. well same thing with the other one. both 64 bit systems. i have a computer with Vista on it no problems for over a year and a half.
windows 7 blows like a cheep $50 hooker
I joined the penguin crowd two weeks ago- switched from Vista to LINUX Ubuntu. It’s GREAT!!!! No crashes; no viruses/spyware/malware/bloatware; no declining performance as the day wears on. LINUX is fast and stable…easy to use and lets you configure it exactly the way you want it. There are free open-source programs to replicate just about anything you can do on Windows. I feel so calm and contented not having to deal with the constant little annoyances and frustrations of Windows. I’m enjoying computing again! If more people would try LINUX, MS would be out of business. It’s no longer just for geeks- it’s now as easy/easier to use than Windows and works BETTER…and it’s TOTALLY free!!!!
windows seems to grow less stable with each new release… its kind of pathetic really…. in my experience the most stable os they ever made was 95… ive always had problems with their business philosophy. it doesnt really make sense.
if we were all sane we would ask ourselves, “why isnt vista/7 or xp an option that we people should have on upgrading for FREE via Windows Updater etc” isnt what this computer technology for especially nowadays when we can download just about anything
Well, you technically can get it for free if you know how to pirate. But, windows 7 is not compatible with anything. So that’s why it sucks. It’s complicated, confusing, annoying, and just flat out pointless. the only changes they made from vista are color, memory, and pictures pretty much. totally could have been done with a simple Windows os update.
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Win 7 has been a disaster…without the whole sad story, can anyone help me figure out how to get Win 7 to allow me to watch videos on hulu, to not get the dreaded red X box when pictures are sent and the same red X when I open freeconference calling and want to play my recordings and also the SAME red X when I am sent links for teleseminar replays and can’t open them….all apparently the same problem with no idea how to fix. I often get the popup telling me to download java and adobe flash and I have, over and over and over and over. Any help appreciated.
dude that has nothing to do with windows 7! You need to just download plugins for your internet browser.
Is it just me? All other vesions of Windows, going back to 3.0, were intuitive. 7??? Where’s my favorites? Where’s explorer? Where’s my files?Wow this is the worst ‘upgrade’ ever…
can’t you see?same old way to go to windows explorer just open up the start menu and click all programs then you should see it looks familiar
I hate windows 7! It does nothing for me! All my files and stuff are hard to find, and every thing is diffrent and more ugly! Windows vista was much much better. Windows 7 is a waist of money! I wish I never installed it!
I hate this program! I can’t find my files and now if I want windows vista back I’ll have to bye it! Why did I ever install this horrible program?!?!? And my back round changed into some horrible back round! I love windows vista much better!
Ya totally! I really don’t want to pay to get vista back! And you are so right about the back round!
Take it from a guy who uses a PC for work and not to satisfy fashion victim desires.
Win 7 has a long way to go before it matches the compatabilty of XP. As for Vista – forget the idea.
Dont be driven by marketing hype. Just like mobile phone comapanies, Microsoft is in the must have business.
This version of windows will have many reprecusions for users since microsoft is changing its user policies. I find it as an invasion of privacy. I don’t need microsoft to be probbing around the registry of my paid for computer on a quarterly basis. This is absurd! I believe and think that we the users and corporate should have the right when buying a pc to have a choice of operating systems and restore disks as standard. Windows 7 is full of loopholes and if you should get a bug or change something round in this version of windows they have the right to pull the plug on your rented copy.
Amen to everything you said. Check out The Free Software Foundation. [fsf.org] I’m going to PCBSD. I’m tired of paying exorbitant prices to corrupt corporations that invade my privacy.
I only tried the Win 7 beta, because every attempt to download the RC failed.
Luckily, I set it up as a dual boot with Vista.. thus, it was easy to remove.
Win7 beta froze randomly, and couldn’t even play Ragnarok Online (an old, simple 2D game) without horrible grafix errors. From what I have read, Win7 scans your registry for pirated software every few months and reports the findings to MS.
Then, MS can shut out your computer remotely.. If this is true.. I may never buy an OS from them again.
I have tried installing various Linux distros on my laptop and desktop, but found them very complicated to install, and none ever worked after installing.
Guess I’ll stick with Vista till it becomes old and gray.. I really don’t know what to do after that. Only thing I do know, is my next OS won’t be a MAC.
you cant be serious can you? What Linux did you try? Linux Mint is best for beginners (linuxmint.com) and i can give you a bet that everything will work out of the box… if you have N v i d i a card installing the driver is a breeze! just go to hardware drivers in the menu!!
One that I tried was CentOS, I really don’t remember the names of the others.
The only ones that actually worked were the versions that booted from CD.
I’ll give Mint a try though.
My laptop uses an Intel 945 Express chipset for video.
Iam having more issues with 7 than I did with Vista. Exampe DVD drive when reading a DVD locks up the sys……Good Buy! Not!
Memory past 4GB on a 32bit system can be accessed with Physical Address Extension (PAE)
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The drawback to a new operating system is whether it supports your hardware.
Note: AMD’s DirectX 9 ATI Radeon graphics accelerators are not officially supported under Windows 7. If the user chooses to, they can install the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista graphics driver under Windows 7. Please be aware that none of the new Windows 7 graphics driver (WDDM 1.1) features are supported (as the Windows Vista level graphics driver is limited to WDDM 1.0 level support). Using the ATI Catalyst Windows Vista driver under Windows 7 is not officially supported by AMD, and as such AMD will not provide any form of customer support for users running in this configuration.
In otherwords windows 7 is useless!
I use windows 7 and it’s fast smooth no problems. I play gta iv in highest setting and it runs very smooth. Every single thing is perfect. I don’t know why ur muckass prefers vista….
I actually love the look and feel of 7, I also like a lot of the features (though I can’t believe they didn’t put in multiple desktops). The first month of the install was glorious….. However, since win 7 updated, I can no longer use my graphics card, (driver conflicts with ATI, on 3 different cards) and thus my dual monitors are gone, no games, no nothing usefel. I’ve been trying to find a solution for weeks, all to no avail…. but, rather than toss my pc out the window in frustration, like I really want to, I’m going to go Linux/Ubuntu. As far as I’m concerned Microsoft can take 7, vista, and any other untested, buggy P.O.S., god forsaken Operating system they come up with, and shove it up their greedy corporate asses. Final words…. Try product testing you microsoft pricks.
This is my favorite review on this list. It seems really heartfelt.
Hey all you morons complaining about how bad W7 sucks – have you ever considered switching to OSX? Most people who make the switch never look back at Windows again, why keep punishing yourself with this Windows madness?
why use OSX and play for an overpriced COmputer? why not switch to a better alternative that is FREE .. LINUX
oh yeah like mac is any better! you know how many macs there are in the world? 2%! you know how many of them crash? 2%, the only reason why we don’t hear anything about it is because no one owns a mac!! you try to do my tech work on a mac! not gunna happen! Multitasking has always been an issue with macs. I actually have me a imac g5, it works real well with surfing the internet, and loading music onto my iphone, THATS IT!
ya’ll stupid man how can u say vista better than 7?? its 2010 who wants xp anymore?? some of u complaining win7 not supporting ur hardwar…e well if u been using computer u shud already kno u gota check if ur hardware will support win7 b4 upgrading!! bunch of dumheadz….like seriusly!
I score music professionally, Vista and Windows 7 are not compatible with any audio device that uses ASIO so unfortunately, I don’t want Windows XP… I need it.
“its 2010 who wants xp anymore??”
Because it works, you stupid, semi-literate retard.
Being locked out of manually modifying the system drive is EXTREMELY annoying and frustrating.
I can’t wait to get a new hard drive put into my old Dell with XP and be able to actually get something done. Bought my HP with 7 right before Xmas. Within 3 months I was no longer able to use Zoom browser for my Canon camera, Windows Viewer does not work properly and cannot send pictures into a editing program. Everytime I have graphic work do to, I spend hours trying to find a program that will actually import my photos either by card reader or camera because nothing works right. More than disappointed with this monster. On top of that fonts are so unstable, on one page they are huge and on the next so tiny you can’t read them, constantly adjusting. This makes millenium look good.
Window 7 is as bad as it gets totally incompatable with any other platform. Why Why Why XP was simple and functional. New lap top came with 7 installed dumping and going back to XP go your self
Don’t worry guys!! 7 will get better after Microsoft releases SP1. Remember how Vista used to be? I’ve gotten used to 7 and it’s not half bad. Havent had any problems with 7.
i guess ur kinda right…
I will never know for myself if 7 sucks. Almost a year ago my Vista system went Black Screen Of Death (KSOD). Vista system files became deadlocked, but all my programs and data were unaffected. I spent several weeks trying to resuscitate it with no luck. My only option was to start from scratch and reinstall all of my installed programs. Some of these programs were originally installed as far back as Windows 286 and maybe even 1.01. Anyway, I became disenchanted with the registry database approach to managing installed software and decided to switch to a restorable file-based system — Linux. Haven’t had my dual monitors stop working or drivers go belly up or any other Win-like weirdness. So why am I here, you ask? Slummin’ I guess. Wanted to see if the “Vista Sucks” chant has turned to “Windows 7 Sucks”. Kinda figured it would. LOL
My harddrive i had since early 2007 had windows vista at 1st it looked a little akward but then it grew on me and I LOVED it more than I did XP. Well it went out on me early this year so I had to get a new HDD and install Windows 7.Some things about it are good like better battery life on laptops and its faster than Vista but just a little. Other than that I hate the look and the small changes they made. I hope microsoft realeases a Windows Vista theme for 7 because I just can’t stand this one. For starters I actully like to read what task I’m using, and another thing when i type it keeps skipping to another part im not typing in. that never happened with windows vista!
Windows 7 boasts of more features lets see:
No video editor unless you go with there new “Windows Live Movie editor”
if you want to call it such a thing?
Removed External Mic ( I guess this is to prevent us from making recordings of tapes or something )?
Issues with Audio video codex High definition Products, in other words can not edit my high definition Videos at all unless I use Windows Live Movie maker
Here’s the real kick in the Ass by MS try Down Loading that video editor and you can’t View the videos you are editing in m.t.s format either.
Micro Soft needs to conform there updates to handle Audio video codex Oh Wait there afraid we will pirate high definition movies..
As for Longer battery life? What 2 minutes longer? I have a brand new battery on this thing, don’t really last any longer Oh wait, you have to turn down the monitors brightness.
With Apples Software I Life system sees abbreviated form as a spelling error
I can edit m.t.s (system sees abbreviated form as a spelling error
Note: please allow for Operating systems names and programs to be correctly Identified you’ll get better responses when one becomes less obsessed with spelling .
Well XP will be dead soon. I liked XP 10 YEARS AGO but it’s time to move on.
R.I.P. WINDOWS XP
Windows 7 is a big improvment over Vista. Its GUI has a sleek appearance and some cool features. The larger taskbar is better, right-click shows open programs at a glance, date is displayed, network center is easier to access. It’s far more stable than Vista.
There are some compatability issues, but they can be worked around. Don’t like that several programs are now web based – ex. Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery Viewer, even Help and Support is now web based. The Control Panel is poorly organized and the print is green. You can’t change its view settings either.
Ive had 7 for three months now, and as I get used to it, I’m startin to likr it, One thing for sure, it doesn’t suck as bad as Vista!
I’d been a windows user for 15 years loyally… but given recent frustrations with the greed of the company exhibited in windows 7 and the fact that I couldn’t afford the upgrade on top of the original software version; I decided to give Linux a shot. I downloaded the Linux Mint 8 Helena distro and love it!
The ease of use, support and aesthetics are amazing. check it out and let windows go, you won’t regret it.
I’ve had to reboot my machine due to Windows 7 issues more times in the past month than I did the entire 9 years with Windows 2000 (yes, 2000).
Hi I use a Mac .I look at the forums on Cnet.com about Snow Leopard vs Windows 7.I Read all your posts and hey ,I now get the point behind the Special Olympics.But I mean really.You guys seem to come from the point of view that Windows 7 is some kind of second coming that should be compared to FaceBook.Hey guys,Just keep sucking on that Micro$haft KoolAid.(PS-If you’re poor I’m not aiming at you).
I don’t understand how anyone can seriously thing that Fista is better than 7… it more or less look the same, but the performance and stability are WAY better with Win7. THe ad thing i have to say about Win7 are esaily remedied adn the only BSOD I’ve had was due to my own silliness and it was an easy fix.
I used Fista for about two hours, deleted it, and went back to XP and watied for & to get its’ release.
PS – the Price IS a rip-off, but I managed to get two legitimate, retail copies of Win7 ultimate for a total of $90 CAD. Not too shabby. but no way woud i have apdi the full 300 or whatever.
“I used Fista for about two hours, deleted it”
I don’t understand how anyone can seriously evaluate an operating system in two hours.
vista sucked 7 sucks xp was ok and got stable then they dropped it shame but its 10 yrs old now so it time to move on. linux is the way strange to ge use to but windows is so locked down now all this copy right madness and piracy downloading open source software os systems is the way forward bye bye microsoft
7 sux. my issues.
doesn.t work at all with any industrial software i use for programming. after about two hours if left on closes and then says it was recovered from hard failure and must reboot, security within business sharepoint not functional,wont allow log in on some https sites,before you say anything it is due to the security in 7 not Iexplorer, ftp doesnt work properly, network server connection issues due to the crappy home network built in,incompatable with 99 % of hardware and printers etc made before dec 2009. file structure is the crappiest to date. save a file to documents and they mysteriously end up in some folder within a folder within a folder instead of where i put it. when using thesearch feature it wont find my file but if go the long way to find it the file is where it should be its like there is a bermuda triangle location for files that move in and out of existance . many ftp file issues when saving and moving via ftp
it just sux
Everyone says “good riddance to the 10 year old operating system”, but we are also saying good riddance to 10 years worth of knowledge. Windows 7 dosen’t have a fraction of the information that XP has available. Not to mention XP runs GTA IV extremely well on my i7 rig, and it dosen’t “improperly shutdown” when going to sleep. My experience so far with Windows 7 has been mixed. The interfaces look pretty, but most things just don’t work very well. Software dosen’t install well, sleep has been iffy for me. Windows has a long way to go before it is as stable as Mac OS, sorry to say. I don’t like the smuggness of Mac any more than anyone else, but I own an iMac and except for Steve Jobs apparent hatred of fan noises (I installed some fan control software, it was overheating)it has been a very pleasurable experience. The Dell Dimension 4500s (in Windows defense) has also been extremely reliable (XP installed) and running just fine. Hopefully MS will fix the compatability issues with a SP, after this I will only use a free OS or Mac OS.
Thos windows suck… it doesn’t allow manny programs to be installed ..i beter use XP!!!
Windows 7 search tool is terrible!
very slow and not accurate
xp much better!
Been using the rtm version of windows 7 ultimate with updates and patches from windows update since January 2010 and haven’t experienced any system crash, or BSOD even only if i have 1GB of DDR2 RAM and a poor VIA Chrome9 IGP onboard graphics card. For me this is the best os ever.
“But, windows 7 is not compatible with anything. So that’s why it sucks.”
This is dumb. Who the hell will believe you that this os is not compatible with anything? You can make any incompatible programs and drivers to run through its “troubleshoot compatibility” feature. This is still a new os, why would you expect that all programs will support it? Maybe a month, a year or two, all programs will have updates to support windows 7.
“It’s complicated, confusing, annoying, and just flat out pointless.”
Another dumb statement. Hey its 2010. If you want a simpler and easy to understand thing, go ahead and play with your calculator.
“Iam having more issues with 7 than I did with Vista. Exampe DVD drive when reading a DVD locks up the sys……Good Buy! Not!”
It has nothing to do with the OS. possibilities maybe bad media source, or outdated drivers.
For those who can’t make their hardware work with windows 7, check out their respective manufacturing site and see if there’s an update for Windows 7 compatibility. If no luck, throw them all away because their too damn old.
I am leaving Windows completely. I have had constant issues with it. I spent a lot of money on new computers (usually I buy used inexpensively) but this time I wanted to use a lap top as a traveling business AND gaming computer. And one small one at home for personal/business use. Vista is on both and I cannot use either of them without issues arising. If I change the operating system on my big Toshiba/laptop to XP the gaming hardware won’t allow the games to work the way they are suppose to.
I was pissed when I found this out.
I really don’t like microsoft as a company. I have always felt ripped off by them. Hey, I felt like I was a tester for Vista. Because once I had a lot of issues with it I was told to change to 7. Thinking I could upgrade for free or inexpensively I considered it until was told I would have to buy it for full price. I could not get it as an upgrade even though I was having issues with Vista. Trying to do a simple brochure on in microsoft office or word was a joke at best. .
I was already thinking of buying a MAC because I am not a techie and could not figure out how to use Lenix (spelling?)
So, I am saving up to get a MAC, used if I have to.
Most of the people I know who use them really like them.
So after many years with PC’s I will go to Mac. I am looking forward to it.
To play my games I will keep my old PC with Vista but will not use it for anything else.
What an expensive mistake. I feel ripped off by Microsoft.
I tell ya” when it comes to Microsoft’ Stupidity never takes a day off I’m so glad I found this website I thought I was all alone I can not tell you how many fresh installs I have had to do because once window 7 has a problem your all done if you upload a program that is not compatible with window 7 your taking a big chance.
its weak I’m afraid to even shut down my pc because it just might not restart if we were all smart we would all get togather and sue there asses and make them fix this all for free your dam right we should have all been able to stay with XP or vista and got upgrades improvements they just keep getting away with these games filling there bank account with mass cash laughing at how stuppid we all are for trusting them its just not right no sir”I don’t ask for much I’m very simple man but I really want to do something a bout this I really do what? not sure yet I need many people I’m just sick of it I have spent so many hours trying to fix window 7 why should we have to fix there bullshit I don’t work for free Microsoft bunch of dicks
W7 on my netbook does have its problems – but other than no public wifi connections, no file search ability, my wheel and three buttons on my mouse won’t work, no driver compatibility, the operating system not letting the operator check the system, that it lowers drive memory every week even when no files or programs added, and that one out of three updates is to fix the previous update – it’s not bad…. Ok, a poorly constructed search format, no search options, adminstrator-proof blocks on simple things like cookies, no wifi internet connectivity on faceless public sites (but encrypts and faced sites wifi is ok), libraries instead of folders and folders anyway, and peripherals that are limited to basic function – when they work – things that worked fine on XP and great on 2000 Pro that you actually used in the OS – just because the POC OS no longer has anything useful to see what the OS is keeping or to find anyhting in the computer or to connect to the internet =- other than those details, Windows 7 is great.
I am a graphic designer and compositor so looking at adobe’s new CS5 64-bit softwares I decided to go 64-bit.
Just installed windows 7 ultimate.. considering its time for change and make use of my 8gb ram, Xp took a lot of tweaking and fine tuning before i got it to work to its max performance, I guess it will take some time to get to understand and remove all the unwanted flashy features of windows 7 before it can b a lean performance 64-bit machine.
I dint even consider Vista when it came out I am a hardcore Xp fan. Having said that this is what i noticed in a week after installation.
Firstly, very sluggish multiprocessing capabilities. What i could do with Xp is nothing compared to this waste of an OS. Still being positive.
Anti-virus… very picky, so far Norton seems to be efficient.
What they said was right. Clear all ur schedules to install all the 64-bit software.
Windows media Player is absolutely ridiculous it took half n hour to add my music (70 gigs) too much of unnecessary tagging, all i want is to listen to music.
Winamp does it in seconds and its hassle free.
If i clicked on a mp3 file it took atleast 30 seconds to invoke media player to get it to play the song.
winamp is almost instantaneous. Dont know about itunes 64bit, next week.
wow. Almost every comment left here is impossibly ignorant. The following problems are NOT the fault of your operating system:
“my wheel and three buttons on my mouse won’t work”
-either your mouse is ANCIENT and needs updated drivers, or it’s broken
“Iam having more issues with 7 than I did with Vista. Exampe DVD drive when reading a DVD locks up the sys……Good Buy! Not!”
-update the driver or replace DVD drive or reinstall media program.
“save a file to documents and they mysteriously end up in some folder within a folder within a folder instead of where i put it”
-I’ve NEVER had that happen in W7
“Thos windows suck… it doesn’t allow manny programs to be installed”
-idiot
“For starters I actully like to read what task I’m using,”
-right-click taskbar, properties, adjust setting to what you like
” and another thing when i type it keeps skipping to another part im not typing in. that never happened with windows vista!”
-your hand is probably skimming your touchpad.
and the list goes on. Honestly, people, know what you’re talking about before you complain about something. And for GOD’S SAKE learn how to spell.
Windows 7 is MUCH better than Vista was when it first came out, and is about as good as Vista is currently. Boot time is amazing (provided you configure your startup programs efficiently); the look is sleek and modern and highly customizable to your liking (provided you actually LEARN how to use the OS); start-menu search function works great in my experience; everything I’ve installed, from Microsoft products to old 32-bit freeware programs, runs perfectly fine; the date is shown in the corner; the taskbar icons are a clever, efficient design enhancement; etc. etc. etc. As some other people have noted, when SP1 comes out it will only get better. W7 is great, and although everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, I just get so angry when people complain about something they didn’t bother to even try figuring out first. That is all.
Wow, I am amazed on how much people are split between XP, Vista, 7, and other operating systems. Me, I don’t prefer any operating system. I like them all. It is the truth. I’ll tell you all some of my experiences with Windows and Apple. I’ve used Windows XP for a few days because my Vista hard drive crashed cause of a virus that I downloaded, go me:(. XP worked fine and never had any problems. Now, on to Vista. I’ve used Vista Home Premium for a few years and even though it had problems like crashing and freezing, I liked it. Then, I got a laptop and it came with Windows 7 Home Premium. It was an awesome operating system based on the fact it had new features. Then, while messing around with Windows Anytime Upgrade and accidentally upgraded to 7 Ultimate because of a “upgrade key”, I now currently use 7 Ultimate and it had the features of 7 Home Premium and 7 Professional plus a few extra features. I like it because of the name and the fact it has all the features of Windows 7. So, that is all I have to say. If anyone replies, I will read it.
Oh, I forgot about Apple. I used Apple at school which most students use. It was an okay operating system and it was easy to figure like Windows.
Dang, I forgot something again. Uh, I also used Vista Ultimate before with all the Ultimate extras. It was not better than Home Premium but oh well. At least I used it for a few days also. OK, I think that is it.
Windows XP works just fine – and in my opinion much more user friendly than Windows 7 – which, may psychologically satisfy those who feel they have to own the most recent and that the latest of anything must be better. Truthfully, however, Windows 7 is horrible.
If you are going to change from Windows XP then try the latest Ubuntu – and it’s free!
Viruses addware spyware microsft going through your stuff defragmenting and the BSOD because of the above,but you still buy it, and the fan boys still love and defend it.
All I can say is google is putting $$$ and lots of time into Linux. The only ones in the next ten years still using windows will be the unemployed.
Don’t you just love all the people crowing about Apple and windows 7 here? Shall we compare apple,W7 and XP?
XP: Semi-fast loading times..user-friendly system..100% of the PC games I played WORKED with only minor problems popping up once in a blue moon..so easy to understand that my 7-year-old nephew could navigate while I supervised him.
W7: System is clogged with useless bells and whistles..Loading times get slower and slower with each use…NONE of the PC games I played worked right-they either froze after 3 minutes of playing,or they frequently crashed,dumping me back to my W7 desktop…if you get a cheap laptop,the graphics are only a pathetic and skimpy 3.3 rating.
Apple Macs: My friend teachers a computer class,and he decided to replace the Microsoft PCs with Mac computers. What followed was only migraines,tempers flaring,tons of stress,and people finally quitting the class. Why? Half the BRAND NEW 2010 macs delivered did not even work after being plugged in and properly hooked up…5 Macs kept freezing up…the rest of the Macs only kept crashing. My friend called Mac support only to be put on hold several times and slowly working his way up the Apple food chain. No one from Apple treated him nicely or would even give him straight answers. He only encountered rudeness and the Apple employees telling him to fork moeny over to buy new Macs.
My friend finally gave up and threw all the Macs into the garbage bin,and switched back to Windows XP computers.
Final Verdict:
XP-10 stars out of 10
windows 7 and Mac-a big fat zero stars
Wow, this must be the most stupid parcial uninformed ignorant review/comparision I’ve ever read in my life.
I installed windows 7 ultimate on a 64 bit system. I have had so many problems with it locking up playing video either from a dvd or through a browser. In reviewing forums at microsoft it is quite obvious that there are many people having problems with the 64 bit system. They try everything to fix their problems as I have including updating drivers, bios, deleting software, running scans for viruses and spyware, unplugging hardware, checking memory & drives, and in my case even trying different video cards, three so far of either nvidia or ati to see if one or the other would work. I have done all the diagnostics recommended and have found out that my system is in great shape and running smoothly, but yet it continues to lock up. If you read the forums you understand that the problems are not just related to video playback and that microsoft needs to release a service patch instead of just taking people’s money for this piece of garbage. I went ahead and installed Ubuntu 10.4 with wubi on a dual boot so that I could use the computer until they do. Everything runs smoothly on the Ubuntu side of my computer. No lockups, smooth video playback, better aero tools, awesome free programs. The only drawback is that I need the bigger hd space for some of the graphic programs like cs5. There is a learning curve associated with Ubuntu, but it is worth it, compared to the time you spend trying to fix Windows 7. Can anybody please comment when the Service Pack for Windows 7 will be released? In the meantime I will use my Vista Ultimate machine for the cs5 programs. I waited to install that on a computer until they released the service packs that got rid of alot of the original bugs with Vista. I should of done this with this piece of garbage too. Hope you’re listening microsoft.
The only problem i have with win 7 personally is the networking…it makes no sense at all how every 5 mins it loses connection with all other comps on my network, including all other comps running win 7…it is absolute bs in this day and age that a more modern os is a lot less reliable for networking, there is absolutely nothing that can be done about it with firewalls or ip address config and such this network discovery thing is retardeness in the form of a program…nice job being more user friendly microsoft…sheer genius! thank f*ck ive still got xp installed for anything important i need to get done…otherwise my whole network would be useless!
I don’t like Windows 7 OS. It’s a downgrade from XP Pro in terms of performance. All the security features are good for kids, or if you have kids. I’m an adult and been using computers for years; I don’t need all that stuff slowing down my system – a dual Xeon system with lots of RAM. I don’t need a babysitter. And I don’t need spiffy graphics and effects. Windows 7, as far as I’m concerned, is kid’s stuff. I’m going back to XP until they make a version suitable for adults. Or maybe I can figure out how to turn off all that “stuff.”
My RAM requirements for W7 are over 1.3GB. For XP Pro they were 1/6th that, and that’s after I turned off all the visual effects. Enough said.
I had 2 Vista machines and upgraded one to Windows 7 about 8 months ago. I will not be “upgrading” the other. In fact I would reinstall Vista if I could. I HATE Windows 7 for a number of reasons. I’m an IT pro and I use a lot of shortcuts to start applications or even just things like the Calculator, notepad and Wordpad. Every IT pro knows Notepad and Wordpad are great tools for manipulating data that can’t be done any other way without some programming effort. Microsoft ruined the Task Bar by limiting the ability to drop whatever you want in there. WHY WHY WHY. Why would they intentionally wreck something that was perfectly fine. And the things you can put there will change location as you open up applications along the Task Bar, yet another WHY. I HATE that. I want things to be in exactly the same place so I can find them without having to hunt for them every time. Perhaps some people like the new functionality, but not me. GIVE ME MY VISTA BACK. After shutting off the UAC Vista was fine, I liked it and it really was a step up from XP which I still use at work. I don’t like complaining but MS gives one good reason when they mess with the basic functionality and the simple things that make my life easier.
In the last 6 weeks I have had 3 different computers, I put a sd card in and it
reads some of my pictures as corrept and unreadable. Now I have been waiting
for over an hour for the computer to come back on. says CHKDSK is verifying free space. this has happened on three different computer now.
I have vista in my laptop and have never seen this happen.
I take pictures thought this was an upgrade to something better. All it has done is cost me time. Someone in the Phillinnes took it back to factory once
and 2 more time after that for a total of 4 time I have loaded a computer with all my software. I want my life back and a computer that works right.
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Hai I was using two OS on my system. win7 and ubuntu yesterday i deleted ubuntu partition. now i am not able to open my compuetr. Its showing error. guys help me
Open your computer? Get a screwdriver some may have phillips head some may be flat head. Use a screwdriver and it should give no error.
@sri
you have probably deleted to dual-booting software – with Ubuntu this will be grub or grub2
I haven’t much experience with this but if you search for “grub resucue” or “grub restore” you should find plenty of info
Hope this helps
Windows 8 is coming out in july of 2011…
Are you guys retarded?! Seriously Vista better than Windows 7????? Wow… I am just shocked First off Vista is broken why else would Microsoft rush Windows 7 as fast as they did? Because they realized Vista was faulty. In addition Direct-X 11 is NOT supported by Vista or XP. And Drivers… Today’s demanding technology is requiring more then 4GB of RAM I know XP has absolutely horrible support for 64bit and it’s hardware.
If you’re referring to the content of the article – there was sarcasm. This was written before Windows 7 even came out.
I recently purchased a laptop that came with windows 7 Starter and it works great ive had no problems in the last few months and so far i haven’t even thought about going back to XP or Vista.
1. Basic paint has become worse, bad redesign, Defaults are worse than XP, it looks too much like Apple, and if I wanted an apple I would have bought that a lame apple… // 2. In folder with Icon view extra large to small it is so slow compared to XP, and what the blank is up with the refresh constantly loading every time I move down the group of pictures I am looking at. Also I can’t permanently add certain sort feature I constantly use. Then there is the fact that I cannot move pictures around within the file because it is somehow locked in place, unlike XP where I have more freedom in editing and moving things around to compare side by side items in the same folder. Windows 7 is really not as good as XP when it comes to simple editing features. This is just so sad in my opinion overall. Then there is the numbering of groups when I change the name of more than one thing at the same time. It is not consistent in this function when it comes to files, folders and pictures/word documents – i.e. (1), (2), (3) etc. // 3. While looking at art or other things in “large Icon” when I delete something it will do this lame loading process that stops what I am doing. Totally slows things down and is wasting my time while editing. Never had this problem in XP while looking at “icon” of pictures; Just another reason XP is superior in many ways. When something is over done to try to make it better, loss happens and programs fail to succeed // 4. When I change a letter from lower case to upper case in a file on a file, it does not show the change until I exit or back out and back into the folder. What the blank is up with this. // 5. XP Defragmenter was so much superior to what came with Win 7. Thank god I have 2 computers and can still defrag my portable drives with XP. I have not really had the need to use the lame one that came with Win 7, so I’ve not got an alternative downloaded yet. If I do have to defrag I’ll pull the storage drive and put it on my XP and do it that way.
The saddest thing is that the UI looked better in that leak than it does in the released version.
The pathetic thing is that half the people on here have no idea how to work a computer? All of these problems could be changed by simple tricks. Paint? There are dozens of free open source alternatives. Windows 7 doesn’t suck the user suck.
I’ve used windows 7 for a year now and had zero problems. stop blaming Microsoft and Windows and learn how to use a F***ing computer
How’s windows Vista working out for you??? HAHA! I’m currently using the best OS in the windows series in a decade on with an uptime of 24 days: that is Windows 7. Have fun with VISTA!
Windows 7 professional SUCKS!!!I used XP professional for years it worked fine!What made me change I don’t know? I almost think Windows 2000 was the best,used it for years. Going back to Xp professional as soon as I clear saved files off of haddrive. I used 2 harddrives 1 for OS and 2nd for files. GOODBYE WINDOWS 7.