Win7 Delivered :)

[AgnesIO]

Got my copy delivered today.

Just downloaded - really pleased so far!

[efq]

Got my copy delivered today.

Just downloaded - really pleased so far!
Isn't it supposed to be Thursday? Anyway Ive had mine for yonks but have fun with yours.

[AgnesIO]

Isn't it supposed to be Thursday? Anyway Ive had mine for yonks but have fun with yours.


I thought it was 22nd aswell.

I said to my mum 'two days early' she was like 'I thought it was 19th'

I think thursday - but two days early so who cares if so :D

[efq]

I thought it was 22nd aswell.

I said to my mum 'two days early' she was like 'I thought it was 19th'

I think thursday - but two days early so who cares if so :D
Yeah, you might have just avoided the postal strike as well. :P

[Alkaz]

Odear, mine was going to be delivered on the 5th november... :(

[HotelUser]

Odear, mine was going to be delivered on the 5th november... :(

I'm not special enough to get a copy because I can't find any good deals on it:@

[Recursion]

I gotta wait till tomorrow for my student download from Microsoft :(

[xxMATTGxx]

According to the Amazon and City Link my Windows 7 is currently out for delivery. :)

[Alkaz]

You're all show offs :[ I ordered mine too late, I thought they all came at the same time but my delivery date was late :[

[Luke]

I've also gotta wait till tommorow to download it =[

[Pyroka]

I've had mine since the start of October, woop woop for MSDNAA. :D It is great though. As soon as it comes out I'm gonna anytime upgrade mine to 7 Ultimate for 30 quid.

[Judge Judy]

I'm yet to get this sodding email from Microsoft after providing ID that I goto college God damn it.

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm yet to get this sodding email from Microsoft after providing ID that I goto college God damn it.

I didn't get any email from them either. :(

[Judge Judy]

I didn't get any email from them either. :(
Aye, if I don't get an email by end of month I'm gonna get Ultimate for £60
http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Ultimate_32_bit_Edition_Upgrad e-details.aspx

[Joe!]

Just installed it an old dell desktop, 512mb ram, 80gb hdd and pentium 4 processor and its actually running without any lag whatsoever, very impressed as it couldnt cope with a fresh install of vista. good ol MSDNAA :)

[xxMATTGxx]

Most people would of seen but retail images of the Home Premium edition:

http://i36.tinypic.com/30rpvfa.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/2iqfj1l.jpg

[AgnesIO]

Most people would of seen but retail images of the Home Premium edition:

http://i36.tinypic.com/30rpvfa.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/2iqfj1l.jpg


Yeh quite nice packaging tbh :)

Anyway as I had to fresh install sorting my drivers now.

[xxMATTGxx]

Installed it under 15 minutes. I was able to connect to my wireless network without any drivers, WOOT! Loving it so far. Just installing everything back on. :)

[Jamesy]

Having used various builds since 6801, I can say I am totally in love with it and will no longer be going back to XP (that and x64 xp is awful).

It will be interesting to see the reports and what not after release, in comparison to Vista/ XP what not.

[AgnesIO]

Installed it under 15 minutes. I was able to connect to my wireless network without any drivers, WOOT! Loving it so far. Just installing everything back on. :)


Yeh it was such a quick download.

Mine took 20-25minutes to download.

But that was because I had to boot it from the CD/DVD drive - as I went from 32 to 64bit. It tok a fair amount of time to load it to let you install :D

[Flisker]

I wish I preordered mine -_-

[Luke]

Yeh it was such a quick download.

Mine took 20-25minutes to download.

But that was because I had to boot it from the CD/DVD drive - as I went from 32 to 64bit. It tok a fair amount of time to load it to let you install :D

You don't go from "32 bit to 64 bit", you're performing a clean installation.

[efq]

If your 'supposed' to receive it tomorrow, you might not get it until next week because of the postal strike?

[Stephen!]

God damnit stop calling it a download!

Installation!

[AgnesIO]

God damnit stop calling it a download!

Installation!


DOES that effect my post?

Technically you are downloading information to your HDD

:P

I do not check my posts for what I put by the way :P

[Luke]

DOES that effect my post?

Technically you are downloading information to your HDD

:P

I do not check my posts for what I put by the way :P

Wrong :P


To transfer data from one computer to another. Downloading usually refers to transfer from a larger "host" system (especially a {server} or {mainframe}) to a smaller "client" system, especially a {microcomputer} or specialised peripheral, and "{upload}" usually means from small to large. Others hold that, technically, download means "receive" and upload means "send", irrespective of the size of the systems involved. Note that in communications between ground and space, space-to-earth transmission is always "down" and the reverse "up", regardless of size. So far the in-space machines have invariably been smaller; thus the upload/download distinction has been reversed from its usual sense.

[Recursion]

DOES that effect my post?

Technically you are downloading information to your HDD

:P

I do not check my posts for what I put by the way :P

Surely it is uploading? You upload pictures from a camera to your computer for example.

[AgnesIO]

Surely it is uploading? You upload pictures from a camera to your computer for example.


Well then.

But seriopusly, why are some rejects (name begins with an S) being so picky?

Does it matter if somebody says uploading/downloading/installing?

Sorry to hurt your feelings Stephen.

[xxMATTGxx]

Well then.

But seriopusly, why are some rejects (name begins with an S) being so picky?

Does it matter if somebody says uploading/downloading/installing?

Sorry to hurt your feelings Stephen.

He wouldn't be hurt for someone saying the wrong term. He was correcting you because the way you said it is incorrect. Because you are installing not "Downloading" so please do not be so rude about it when someone is telling you the right answer.

[AgnesIO]

He wouldn't be hurt for someone saying the wrong term. He was correcting you because the way you said it is incorrect. Because you are installing not "Downloading" so please do not be so rude about it when someone is telling you the right answer.



God damnit stop calling it a download!

Installation!


Wo what a kind way for him to have told me :rolleyes:

[Stephen!]

Does it matter if somebody says uploading/downloading/installing?


I does matter. This is a tech forum and the correct terminology should be used

[AgnesIO]

I does matter. This is a tech forum and the correct terminology should be used


Since you are being picky..

Technically this is a Habbo Forum :l

I would consider something like computerforum.com a technology forum

[Blob]

Since you are being picky..

Technically this is a Habbo Forum :l

I would consider something like computerforum.com a technology forum

Yes, this is a habboxforum. But the subforum is a technology forum.

Now shutup and go lick some windows :)

[GommeInc]

My word :O

Also, mine is done through that student offer thing, though whether or not it works is a mystery, considering I had to change my address because it looked dodgy (had to cancel, then re-do it, which seems to of worked). Have to wait till tomorrow sometime to see though :/ No money has been taken out yet!

[Blob]

My word :O

Also, mine is done through that student offer thing, though whether or not it works is a mystery, considering I had to change my address because it looked dodgy (had to cancel, then re-do it, which seems to of worked). Have to wait till tomorrow sometime to see though :/ No money has been taken out yet!

It takes the money out when it's avaliable for download.

Ordered Windows 7 Pro.

[Jordulti]

Windows 7 Ultimate signed by Steven Ballmer is waiting for me on my bed back home. I'm out of down and I'm waiting to get home tomorrow =D (L) Windows 7 Launch Party. I am a host =D

[xxMATTGxx]

Today is the day. Official release of Windows 7 :D

[Recursion]

Got my download link :D

http://www.*****.co.uk/W7DL.png

[AgnesIO]

Yes, this is a habboxforum. But the subforum is a technology forum.

Now shutup and go lick some windows :)

Sub-Forum

He said forum. "Yes it does matter. You have to use the correct terminology."

Not me who said that :)


Today is the day. Official release of Windows 7 :D

I wonder how I got it two days early :P

The email I got said it would be one week LATE due to the strike - not early :D

[xxMATTGxx]

Sub-Forum

He said forum. "Yes it does matter. You have to use the correct terminology."

Not me who said that :)



I wonder how I got it two days early :P

The email I got said it would be one week LATE due to the strike - not early :D

Where did you buy it from? I know places such as PC World, Dixons etc asked Microsoft if they was allowed to send it early to beat the postal strike and most copies were sent out two days before. Amazon sent my copy a day early via CityLink. :)

[AgnesIO]

Where did you buy it from? I know places such as PC World, Dixons etc asked Microsoft if they was allowed to send it early to beat the postal strike and most copies were sent out two days before. Amazon sent my copy a day early via CityLink. :)

Thats why then :) I ordered from Dixons for 50 pounds when it first came.

Cheers Matt - +Rep :)

[Luke]

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3021/40634376.png

COME ON!??!

[Seatherny]

God damnit stop calling it a download!

Installation!

If you use the student offer, I think you have to download it from Microsofts website as they dont send you a CD. Maybe that's why people keep saying download.

[Blob]

Downloading Pro now, although my school email is down so I can't get my product keys. I'm going to bug Digital River.

[Luke]

Here's mine just about done =]

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7121/yayeb.png

Whats weird is - Im on AOL..

[Blob]

Downloaded, installed, running without key, installing old programs and transferring files. :)

Edit: YabbereR.. Nice speed, I only got around 1.15MB/s on Virgin Media.

[Luke]

Downloaded, installed, running without key, installing old programs and transferring files. :)

Edit: YabbereR.. Nice speed, I only got around 1.15MB/s on Virgin Media.

Yeh, nice speed, shame it doesn't work!! =[

[GommeInc]

Mine's slowly downloading :P Wish I had done it late last light for the speeds. Ah well :P Already for a clean install, just have to see what Windows 7 makes of the razer mouse and the creative soundcard. Hopefully it will allow me to install and use creatives software that comes with it, without a few fights for power :P

[Jamesy]

Mine's slowly downloading :P Wish I had done it late last light for the speeds. Ah well :P Already for a clean install, just have to see what Windows 7 makes of the razer mouse and the creative soundcard. Hopefully it will allow me to install and use creatives software that comes with it, without a few fights for power :P

What soundcard is it? My XFI works fine and I do believe Creative have Windows 7 Drivers out.

[AgnesIO]

That is apparently the downside to downloading.

Only took 20 minutes on disk!

Btw I am not saying you shouldn't buy with msdn as thats fine - but just saying :P

[Blob]

That is apparently the downside to downloading.

Only took 20 minutes on disk!

Btw I am not saying you shouldn't buy with msdn as thats fine - but just saying :P

I didn't even need to burn to disk, mine ran straight from Windows 7 RC.

[DarrenToogood]

Tbh, just download it from a certain forum, save your money and enjoy.

[AgnesIO]

Tbh, just download it from a certain forum, save your money and enjoy.


Because 30 pounds is well expensive innit

[StefanWolves]

Arghh, still waiting for MS to e-mail me back after I provided proof that I was a college student. How long should it take? going to get the Pro version! :)

On the webpage it says 'We will contact you with more information regarding your eligibility to the Windows 7 Student Offer shortly.' key word being SHORTLY, how long did it take for you guys?

[xxMATTGxx]

Tbh, just download it from a certain forum, save your money and enjoy.

Sorry hard man. But I rather have an "legal" operating system. I would of thought you could of afford it. I mean £30 isn't expensive and if you pre-ordered like ages ago on sites you could get it like between £40-70 anyway. :rolleyes:

[Recursion]

Tbh, just download it from a certain forum, save your money and enjoy.

£30 is bugger all for Windows, and tbh I would rather pay £30, have the feeling I actually bought something and not have to bother with WAT or WGA checks failing all the time.

You run "BrightWightImages" if you're using pirated software under a (I hope) licensed business, your ******.

[StefanWolves]

£30 is bugger all for Windows, and tbh I would rather pay £30, have the feeling I actually bought something and not have to bother with WAT or WGA checks failing all the time.

that is why you download the patches for wga.

but yea, totally agree with you. would rather pay this price and actually not have the hassle of dodging WGA.

[AgnesIO]

Sorry hard man. But I rather have an "legal" operating system. I would of thought you could of afford it. I mean £30 isn't expensive and if you pre-ordered like ages ago on sites you could get it like between £40-70 anyway. :rolleyes:

Totally agreed.

Pathetic pirating cheap things, especially things that take a long tiem to make.

[xxMATTGxx]

Totally agreed.

Pathetic pirating cheap things, especially things that take a long tiem to make.

I can understand if it was for like Photoshop CS4 which does cost a lot but when Microsoft and websites have sold this for like dead cheap before it officially came out. It's stupid just going to download it for "free" from other sources.

[Pyroka]

Yknow what I like more? When you get it for free, and its legal. Oh and before everyone else (H) LOL.

[StefanWolves]

MS still haven't e-mailed me back yet... takes the piss.

[AgnesIO]

I can understand if it was for like Photoshop CS4 which does cost a lot but when Microsoft and websites have sold this for like dead cheap before it officially came out. It's stupid just going to download it for "free" from other sources.

Yeh I actually removed that earlier on Matt. I was half way through writing it saying if it was hundreds of popunds, but decided someone would probably have a problem with me if i said it haha.

But yweh considering it is for British people as a whole, dirt cheap. Recession or no recession, £30 for something you casn use for years on end it dirt cheap.


Yknow what I like more? When you get it for free, and its legal. Oh and before everyone else (H) LOL.


That would be nice yeh, but still haha :D

[Seatherny]

Honestly, I do download most of the softwares illegally, but OS's I never download illegally. I always buy them and at £30 for students, it's a very very good offer.

[Jamesy]

Yknow what I like more? When you get it for free, and its legal. Oh and before everyone else (H) LOL.

MSDNAA <3

(that and the vista ultimate key I gave you a while back)

[Pyroka]

MSDNAA <3

(that and the vista ultimate key I gave you a while back)

You are a god for that, yano? I still keep Vista on a seperate partition just in case W7 goes balls up LOL. Probs keep it until like... Service pack 1 for 7 :P

[GommeInc]

What soundcard is it? My XFI works fine and I do believe Creative have Windows 7 Drivers out.
I just used my Creative X-Fi Windows Vista CD and it worked. It's easier to switch default devices in 7 for a start, no mazes to go through :D

Right, I'm off to another forum to metaphorical slap someone in the face who suggested Windows 7 wouldn't install and would be as buggy as hell. The only problems so far was with moving thousands of files to the computer... That was it. Though installing Microsoft Office and Photoshop CS3 is going to be a bit of a cow :/

*puts Fry on ignore*

[Tomm]

When I downloaded from my Technet account it maxed out my connection (A fairly okay 760KB/s) so its not too much of a pain to download it - still faster than having it shipped to you ;)

[StefanWolves]

Still............ no e-mail.

[GommeInc]

You are definitely sure you used the right email, and your college/uni isn't blocking it for some reason?

[StefanWolves]

I don't have a .sch.uk e-mail address, so I provided proof of my classes (via digital scan, which they said is allowed) ~ waited two hours and no reply back yet. :(

[Luke]

I don't have a .sch.uk e-mail address, so I provided proof of my classes (via digital scan, which they said is allowed) ~ waited two hours and no reply back yet. :(

MattGarner's been waiting for his email reply for over a week now i think..

[xxMATTGxx]

MattGarner's been waiting for his email reply for over a week now i think..

I think its been about three weeks now but I also pre-ordered it on Amazon just in case they didn't reply back to me. As I wanted it on the release day. :)

[Recursion]

Just installing my student Home Premium version now! :)

[Grippz]

Installed mine no problem, not happy though.. my dad was shouting upstairs and i accidently formatted the wrong hard drive LOL i have lost over 1000 songs :'(

[Luke]

Ouch. I thought Id lost mine, but just had to set a drive letter

[GommeInc]

I don't have a .sch.uk e-mail address, so I provided proof of my classes (via digital scan, which they said is allowed) ~ waited two hours and no reply back yet. :(
Ah, then they may either be busy with requests, questions and so forth. It would naturally take a long time for them to respond to something they actually have to look at :P

Has anyone noticed weird things happening with their machines? It might be that windows.old file the clean install made. I seem to have a few pages of my firefox history still around and it added a load of things that shouldn't of been added. I'm pretty sure The Sims 3 won't have my objects and photos, especially when I'm not logged in :P But for some reason, it installed with all my content intact!

[Judge Judy]

I don't have a .sch.uk e-mail address, so I provided proof of my classes (via digital scan, which they said is allowed) ~ waited two hours and no reply back yet. :(
Try 3 weeks :( :P

[Seatherny]

Just installing my student Home Premium version now! :)

Why don't people get Professional instead of Home Premium :S :S

And if you don't get the email, add it to your contacts and reapply. It worked for me.

[AgnesIO]

Why don't people get Professional instead of Home Premium :S :S

And if you don't get the email, add it to your contacts and reapply. It worked for me.


Perhaps something to do with PRICE.

And tbh there is nothing on professional or ultimate that is really worth it?

[Recursion]

Perhaps something to do with PRICE.

And tbh there is nothing on professional or ultimate that is really worth it?

They were both £30.

I didn't because I don't need the features, I already have a large e-penis and I didn't actually see the check box when I ordered.

[Luke]

They were both £30.

I didn't because I don't need the features, I already have a large e-penis and I didn't actually see the check box when I ordered.

I saw it :D

[AgnesIO]

They were both £30.

I didn't because I don't need the features, I already have a large e-penis and I didn't actually see the check box when I ordered.


Ahh I didn't realise he meant the download thing.

[Seatherny]

Perhaps something to do with PRICE.

And tbh there is nothing on professional or ultimate that is really worth it?

I knew someone was going to say that :) Well it's mainly students here so that's what I meant ;)
Luckily for students, both are £30.

[xxMATTGxx]

Installed mine no problem, not happy though.. my dad was shouting upstairs and i accidently formatted the wrong hard drive LOL i have lost over 1000 songs :'(

LOL Ant. Don't worry somehow my 2nd drive got cleaned. I really don't know how when I formatted the correct drive in the end :S. But now using file recovery problems to get it all back. :P

[AgnesIO]

LOL Ant. Don't worry somehow my 2nd drive got cleaned. I really don't know how when I formatted the correct drive in the end :S. But now using file recovery problems to get it all back. :P


Recuva by Piriform also does a VERY good job.

Piriform being the makers of CCleaner and Defraggler :)

[Grippz]

LOL Ant. Don't worry somehow my 2nd drive got cleaned. I really don't know how when I formatted the correct drive in the end :S. But now using file recovery problems to get it all back. :P


ITS NOT MY FAULT LOL :{ I WAS PLANNING ON BACKING IT UP BUT NO I CLICKED FORMAT :'(

[Recursion]

Recuva by Piriform also does a VERY good job.

Piriform being the makers of CCleaner and Defraggler :)

AFAIK Recuva doesn't work for drives that aren't mountable by Windows, and his isn't, I recommended him some yesterday and it's still only on 85%ish LMAO

[xxMATTGxx]

ITS NOT MY FAULT LOL :{ I WAS PLANNING ON BACKING IT UP BUT NO I CLICKED FORMAT :'(

LOL, YOU NOOB! You get so ****** off when you have lost like tons of music, documents and pictures and god knows what else I backed up. Ahh, these things happen. Hopefully this program will give me it all back nearly. :P



AFAIK Recuva doesn't work for drives that aren't mountable by Windows, and his isn't, I recommended him some yesterday and it's still only on 85%ish LMAO


96% NOW

[Stefy09]

I'm just sticking with RC until the key runs out next year

[Grippz]

LOL, YOU NOOB! You get so ****** off when you have lost like tons of music, documents and pictures and god knows what else I backed up. Ahh, these things happen. Hopefully this program will give me it all back nearly. :P





96% NOW


I DIDNT LOSE ANY OF IT I BACKED IT UP SOME HOW LOL OMG IM SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[StefanWolves]

Why don't people get Professional instead of Home Premium :S :S

And if you don't get the email, add it to your contacts and reapply. It worked for me.

What contact? there is no contact to add?

[xxMATTGxx]

I DIDNT LOSE ANY OF IT I BACKED IT UP SOME HOW LOL OMG IM SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

LMAO. What are you like. 98% YAY :D

[Alkaz]

Oh man, I got an email, my copy has been shipped and should be here within about a week, god damned strikes! :[

[StefanWolves]

Still got no e-mail. :/

[Xoim]

Does this work over any OS?
Cause I know iff vista is reloaded over another OS it has a file called windows.OLD
Which contains all the old data from the previous OS and programmes and stuff :)

And can someone link me to a page for all the features off Windows 7?
I need to go but I'll read it tommorrow
+rep if you help :)

[StefanWolves]

Does this work over any OS?
Cause I know iff vista is reloaded over another OS it has a file called windows.OLD
Which contains all the old data from the previous OS and programmes and stuff :)

And can someone link me to a page for all the features off Windows 7?
I need to go but I'll read it tommorrow
+rep if you help :)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare

[Grippz]

LMAO. What are you like. 98% YAY :D

IKR ITS MADE MY DAY

[Jordulti]

party pack time!

http://i34.tinypic.com/ve5axk.jpg

party pack ^^

http://i38.tinypic.com/2hy9blz.jpg

signed by steven ballmer !

http://i33.tinypic.com/14xsup.jpg

64-bit edition!!!

[Seatherny]

What contact? there is no contact to add?

Yes there is. On microsofts website where it apply, it tells you.

[Chippiewill]

Awww... it looks so un-preprepared!

http://windows7news.com/2009/10/22/watch-windows-7-launch-event-live-here-now/

[xxMATTGxx]

Yes there is. On microsofts website where it apply, it tells you.

Are you on about adding it to your "Msn contacts" or your address book? :S

[StefanWolves]

I can't find the e-mail address anywhere? :S

Still no e-mail.

Tempted to just buy ultimate for £60 now. :/

[Swearwolf]

I bought home 64bit for 30quid student discount thing. downloading now :)

[Seatherny]

Are you on about adding it to your "Msn contacts" or your address book? :S

I added it to my address book. Reapplied for the email and got it.

[StefanWolves]

Aye, if I don't get an email by end of month I'm gonna get Ultimate for £60
http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Ultimate_32_bit_Edition_Upgrad e-details.aspx

I am about to click the 'pay' button. :/

[Seatherny]

Ultimate CD for £60 is actually very cheap.

[Luke]

I am about to click the 'pay' button. :/

You've been waiting less than a day? Feel sorry for the people who've been waiting a week :P - or phone them and ask ***'s going on

[StefanWolves]

You've been waiting less than a day? Feel sorry for the people who've been waiting a week :P - or phone them and ask ***'s going on

I'm just pissed cause when I submit it says 'we will get back to you 'SHORTLY'. Anyway, £60 for Ultimate and a REAL CD is actually really good value I think.

Can't check if it's Royal Mail delivery too... if it is I may aswell wait till Monday to buy it when the strike is over.

Guys, what should I do? :(

[Seatherny]

Aye, if I don't get an email by end of month I'm gonna get Ultimate for £60
http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Ultimate_32_bit_Edition_Upgrad e-details.aspx

I realise that website is for student's but how do you prove you are a student on that site :S Because anyone can just buy it from there and save loads of money.

[Recursion]

I realise that website is for student's but how do you prove you are a student on that site :S Because anyone can just buy it from there and save loads of money.

They do spot checks with the accounts and you have to tell them your school so they check there too I think.

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm just pissed cause when I submit it says 'we will get back to you 'SHORTLY'. Anyway, £60 for Ultimate and a REAL CD is actually really good value I think.

Can't check if it's Royal Mail delivery too... if it is I may aswell wait till Monday to buy it when the strike is over.

Guys, what should I do? :(

It says they will contact you within 1-2 weeks if verified. Although I've waited over the 2 week mark but bought it off amazon anyway.

[StefanWolves]

Disgrace on Microsofts part, they should re-word it, shortly is a bit misleading.

Should I just buy a Disc off Amazon? :/

[xxMATTGxx]

Disgrace on Microsofts part, they should re-word it, shortly is a bit misleading.

Should I just buy a Disc off Amazon? :/

If you don't want to wait and you want Windows 7 now, then why not. :)

[Hazza]

When downloading for £30 as a student, do you need a disc to put it on?
If so, what size? ha :)

[StefanWolves]

If you don't want to wait and you want Windows 7 now, then why not. :)

Yeah tbh i want it now, i hate waiting.

But even if i buy it off amazon, or off that student website (ultimate for £60) i have still gotta wait for it to be delivered... and with the postal strike that could take ages.

thanks MS for taking so long to sort out our 'eligibility'.

[Swearwolf]

When downloading for £30 as a student, do you need a disc to put it on?
If so, what size? ha :)

nope runs off pc

[Recursion]

When downloading for £30 as a student, do you need a disc to put it on?
If so, what size? ha :)

It downloads as an program, but some of us just converted it using the command prompt to a bootable ISO and did a clean install :P

[xxMATTGxx]

Yeah tbh i want it now, i hate waiting.

But even if i buy it off amazon, or off that student website (ultimate for £60) i have still gotta wait for it to be delivered... and with the postal strike that could take ages.

thanks MS for taking so long to sort out our 'eligibility'.

If you choose the correct delivery they will send it via CityLink or one of the other couriers they use.

[Chippiewill]

It downloads as an program, but some of us just converted it using the command prompt to a bootable ISO and did a clean install :P

In-place upgrade sucks...

[GommeInc]

The install it did off the computer worked fine for me? The ISO seems like extra effort for no cause :P Unless you need a back-up CD incase the computer dies?

Also, Play.com aren't using Royal Mail at the moment, and Amazon.co.uk might be using other couriers too :) Play.com use CityLink or whatever anyway, not sure about Amazon, it varies on product and size.

[StefanWolves]

Amazon prices etc are very high. :/

[xxMATTGxx]

Amazon prices etc are very high. :/

This is probably down due to the cheaper versions all sold out and they could only sell so many at that price. If you are looking for Home Premium Ebuyer have the full thing for £81.34 nc vat.

[StefanWolves]

Thanks to Blue, I am just downloading Win7 PRO for £30.00.

Hope this all goes well, thanks Blue! will pay you when I'm done. :)

[StefanWolves]

Quite urgent. Sorry for the double post!!

But... can I install this on a blank partition instead of my XP partition? or does it HAVE to be installed on the XP partition?

[xxMATTGxx]

Quite urgent. Sorry for the double post!!

But... can I install this on a blank partition instead of my XP partition? or does it HAVE to be installed on the XP partition?

I believe the Upgrade version can be fully installed without it even knowing about XP or Vista? (I've heard reports of this, look around on the net)


Edit: Been looking on another forum and found this:


One of the biggest unanswered questions about Windows 7 is whether you can perform a clean install using the upgrade edition of the operating system.

With legacy versions of Windows you needed to ‘show’ it an install CD from your older version of Windows. The problem here is that Microsoft allowed OEM PC makers to customise these discs, sometimes to the point where they were not recognisable as upgrade media by the installer, even though you had a legitimate copy.

With Windows Vista they changed this but you had to perform a workaround to get a clean install. Firstly you had to install Vista upgrade without entering a product key, and then you had to install it again performing an upgrade on the version you had already installed. This was time-consuming and many people didn’t like it… understandably.

With Windows 7 Microsoft have only released the upgrade versions for the first time today and have been keeping very tight-lipped on this subject. The good, nay, excellent news is that performing a clean install using upgrade media is now the same as performing a clean install.

Windows 7 will just install merrily on your hard disk with it’s upgrade product code and activate. You don’t need an XP or Vista disc, and you don’t need to install it over itself. This is excellent news and, while I haven’t yet tried this myself, reports are coming in from across the web that this is indeed the case.

Many people will now ask if it’s necessary to buy the full version of Windows 7. Quite simply now the answer is that it isn’t. This means an significant price cut for Windows 7 over previous versions, effective immediately.

Been reading more, I think there is ways but now sure how it all works. I suggest throwing yourself over to: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/30826-clean-install-upgrade-version-2.html and see if your answer if fully answered there. :)

[TehJoshy]

Brought my copy of Home premium in Tesco's today for £58 was rude not too tbh :P

[AgnesIO]

Jesus Christ!

Amazon has put prices for the full version (what I got for £50) to £114!

[StefanWolves]

Woop, Installed it on a separate partition, installed beautifully. Recognized ALL drivers.

Microsoft are onto a winner with Win7, amazing.

[Recursion]

Now Apple can't use the "It just works" line to sell their OS :P

[GommeInc]

Now Apple can't use the "It just works" line to sell their OS :P
Especially after their Snow Leopard fiasco :P Windows always had the upper hand with plug and play tech anyway, Apple just used it because they forget that not all products people buy have Apple approved on :P

[Jamesy]

Now Apple can't use the "It just works" line to sell their OS :P

They do worse (http://youtube.com/watch?v=AtvloPFYocw) :eusa_whis

[GommeInc]

Why oh why didn't Microsoft just let Apple go bankrupt?! Then again, the way they keep pumping out false adverts and crap they're going down that road again anyway :P *fingers crossed*

I like how the poor, family-less and hippy like Mac man is still the same as ever :P If Apple want those adverts to mean something, then what you can extract from those ads is that PC has a loving, obedient family. Mac doesn't. PC is successful in his line of work. Mac is a lay about. PC doesn't lie. Mac lies. PC is smart. Mac is thick as pig crap. I fail to see how those adverts are meant to make Mac look smart, clever and useful to be honest :P

You can kinda see why the PC and Mac adverts never took off anywhere else - Braincells and common sense exist outside the US, particularly outside Apple Temple.

[xxMATTGxx]

They do worse (http://youtube.com/watch?v=AtvloPFYocw) :eusa_whis

That has to be the worst advert regarding "PC Vs Mac". There all crap anyway, bunch of lies.

[Recursion]

You can kinda see why the PC and Mac adverts never took off anywhere else - Braincells and common sense exist outside the US, particularly outside Apple Temple.

Those types of adverts are actually illegal in the UK and many other countries, that's why we never see them.

[HotelUser]

Especially after their Snow Leopard fiasco :P Windows always had the upper hand with plug and play tech anyway, Apple just used it because they forget that not all products people buy have Apple approved on :P

LOL seriously? Fiasco? HARDLY! Lets not get started about which company has experienced more fiascos. I don't wish to mention the V word here;).

And it does just work... I have half the problems running OS X than I do running Windows?


That has to be the worst advert regarding "PC Vs Mac". There all crap anyway, bunch of lies.

I rather watch the mac vs pc ads (as untrue as they can be sometimes) than the "HI IM A PC AND IM 4 AND A HALF"

[xxMATTGxx]

LOL seriously? Fiasco? HARDLY! Lets not get started about which company has experienced more fiascos. I don't wish to mention the V word here;).

And it does just work... I have half the problems running OS X than I do running Windows?



I rather watch the mac vs pc ads (as untrue as they can be sometimes) than the "HI IM A PC AND IM 4 AND A HALF"

But shes cute. The grown men aren't.

[HotelUser]

But shes cute. The grown men aren't.

what?! The guy playing Bill Gates is built pretty well if you ask me...

[StefanWolves]

Just made the 'expandedSetup' folder into a bootable ISO. Does this mean, if I ever need to install this again, all I have to do is pop up the DVD with Win7 on and it acts like a fresh install?

[Recursion]

what?! The guy playing Bill Gates is built pretty well if you ask me...

C'moooon gay gay gay gay [/Homer Simpson]

[xxMATTGxx]

C'moooon gay gay gay gay [/Homer Simpson]

Looks like Dave has taken a fancy to Bill Gates. I will have to tell that guy Mr! ;)

[Flisker]

The "problem" with Vista is that the majority of people who hated it had never tried it and was joining the bandwagon on what they had heard. I remember that video someone made where they disguised Vista OS to be a different one and then they said their thoughts about it and then it was revealed that they were using Vista.

To be perfectly honest with you, I love Vista as an OS, yes it was released a little too early but at least Microsoft tried to make it better over the years it was out.

[Recursion]

Vista was crap until Service Pack 1, then it was fine, but W7... the WOW actually starts now!

[StefanWolves]

Just made the 'expandedSetup' folder into a bootable ISO. Does this mean, if I ever need to install this again, all I have to do is pop up the DVD with Win7 on and it acts like a fresh install?

can someone help? :(

[HotelUser]

Vista was crap until Service Pack 1, then it was fine, but W7... the WOW actually starts now!

Well XP is still running fine for me thanks for asking. Soon it will celebrate its 8th or 9th birthday!

[xxMATTGxx]

Well XP is still running fine for me thanks for asking. Soon it will celebrate its 8th or 9th birthday!

XP users seriously need to upgrade to Windows 7 for sure. XP is so outdated now.

[HotelUser]

XP users seriously need to upgrade to Windows 7 for sure. XP is so outdated now.

I can't on this netbook.

XP is kind of a feature of Windows 7 professional and Ultimate:P.

[StefanWolves]

I can't on this netbook.

XP is kind of a feature of Windows 7 professional and Ultimate:P.

i can on my netbook??

[Recursion]

can someone help? :(

Yes you will be able to use it to clean install later.

[HotelUser]

i can on my netbook??

Does your netbook have a 4GB ssd?

vlite only goes down to 3.8. Not enough.

[Skycutt]

XP users seriously need to upgrade to Windows 7 for sure. XP is so outdated now.
My father said he won't be upgrading to Windows 7 until atleast the next 3 years, he also uses IE 6. facepalm.jpg

Tbh, i liked Vista, i never had any problems with what I did with it and it suited me fine.

[GommeInc]

LOL seriously? Fiasco? HARDLY! Lets not get started about which company has experienced more fiascos. I don't wish to mention the V word here;).

And it does just work... I have half the problems running OS X than I do running Windows?
It's a fiasco for Apple when they preach "It just works", especially when they appear cocky and arrogant about it :P It's funny to see them mess up, especially back when Microsoft had to bail them out of bankruptcy and you see a grovelling Steve Jobs getting boo'd at by Apple worshippers. It's one of those events you hope to see happen again, the tears coming from alot of the minority of "extremist" Apple users would be lol worthy :P

And your last paragraph was a contradiction in terms, but I'll let you off ;)

"It just works yet you have half the problems" suggest it doesn't "just work" - it has fewer problems, though it varies on user intelligence mixed with quality of hardware and expertise anyway. Not had a single problem with 7 yet, the webcam installed itself in a matter of seconds last night :D

As a company, Apple is a joke. It's a shame their products are related to the company but obviously they cannot be seperated :P

EDIT: Oh dear, gay conversations in a technology thread... We're sinking to an all time low people :D

[HotelUser]

It's a fiasco for Apple when they preach "It just works", especially when they appear cocky and arrogant about it :P It's funny to see them mess up, especially back when Microsoft had to bail them out of bankruptcy and you see a grovelling Steve Jobs getting boo'd at by Apple worshippers. It's one of those events you hope to see happen again, the tears coming from alot of the minority of "extremist" Apple users would be lol worthy :P

And your last paragraph was a contradiction in terms, but I'll let you off ;)

"It just works yet you have half the problems" suggest it doesn't "just work" - it has fewer problems, though it varies on user intelligence mixed with quality of hardware and expertise anyway. Not had a single problem with 7 yet, the webcam installed itself in a matter of seconds last night :D

As a company, Apple is a joke. It's a shame their products are related to the company but obviously they cannot be seperated :P


They bailed them out because they had to.

They were booing Bill Gates, not Steve Jobs, AND they were booing the fact that they now had to use IE as a web browser. Trust me, I would have been booing too.

It just works as in it's fast and reliable. It has problems that don't really affect how fast it is, or reliable, as the problems are things like the over exaggerated guest account issue, which had absolutely zero affects on the majority of Mac users.

Yeah. OS X now measures gigabytes differently and I can't use my guest account. Mac users are converting back to Windows all over the world!!!:)

[GommeInc]

They bailed them out because they had to.

They were booing Bill Gates, not Steve Jobs, AND they were booing the fact that they now had to use IE as a web browser. Trust me, I would have been booing too.

It just works as in it's fast and reliable. It has problems that don't really affect how fast it is, or reliable, as the problems are things like the over exaggerated guest account issue, which had absolutely zero affects on the majority of Mac users.

Yeah. OS X now measures gigabytes differently and I can't use my guest account. Mac users are converting back to Windows all over the world!!!:)
Seemed like a mix response of boo'ing, for Jobs, Gates, Microsoft and Apple. It's a shame they had to, just let 'em crash and burn. Sod the shares and investments :P

And I've heard from a few people Snow Leopard was terrible when first installed, appearing slower than the previous version (Leopard?) and glitchy. Some uninstalled it and left it for a few days to wait and see if any updates fixed these issues. WIll have to see if they fixed this issue come to think of it :/ What's also bad is that it appears (from what I saw on Apple's website) that Snow Leopard can only be installed on Intel Macs? That's kinda bad - are there other companies that gave limitations on what machines they can be installed on? Just wondering :) Of course, this only effected a small group, but considering the machines aren't custom made or diverse as Linux or PC machines, it seemed a bit dodgy they had quite major issues.

And it's still quite a bad issue, true, no-one uses a guest account, but for such a small, insignificant feature, it's terrible that it was removing personal files without question - which is a big thing.

Anyway, my argument is with Apple and their dodgy slogans and terrible advertising, not with their users as it is their choice. It's mainly because they seem to not comment on things going wrong, yet **** off other companies. At least with Microsoft they say what their Operating System(s) can do, without the need of a belittling remark on the competition :P It seems to be how I buy products now, iPods **** off the competition, while Creative and Zunes don't and they just advertise their features with facts, not slander.

Anyway, this is turning into in lecture of an essay I did for coursework lol

EDIT: The 4 letter S word which describes Essex is filtered?! RACISM!

[N!ck]

They bailed them out because they had to.

They were booing Bill Gates, not Steve Jobs, AND they were booing the fact that they now had to use IE as a web browser. Trust me, I would have been booing too.

It just works as in it's fast and reliable. It has problems that don't really affect how fast it is, or reliable, as the problems are things like the over exaggerated guest account issue, which had absolutely zero affects on the majority of Mac users.

Yeah. OS X now measures gigabytes differently and I can't use my guest account. Mac users are converting back to Windows all over the world!!!:)

Stop being a fanboy. I use both on a regular basis. Both are good, 7 is better. And I disagree with the "just works" thing for mac. I find things "just work" more often with Windows.

[StefanWolves]

Does your netbook have a 4GB ssd?

vlite only goes down to 3.8. Not enough.

Wow that's harsh. Mine has 2GB ram and a 160gb hdd.

[HotelUser]

Seemed like a mix response of boo'ing, for Jobs, Gates, Microsoft and Apple. It's a shame they had to, just let 'em crash and burn. Sod the shares and investments :P

If that happened we would all be using zunes, using 5 year out of date phones with no web browsers and Windows Vista would have looked amazing compared to what would have been out for us to use.


And I've heard from a few people Snow Leopard was terrible when first installed, appearing slower than the previous version (Leopard?) and glitchy. Some uninstalled it and left it for a few days to wait and see if any updates fixed these issues. WIll have to see if they fixed this issue come to think of it :/

Well it's working perfectly fine for me, and the other 20 mac users I've been speaking to...



What's also bad is that it appears (from what I saw on Apple's website) that Snow Leopard can only be installed on Intel Macs? That's kinda bad - are there other companies that gave limitations on what machines they can be installed on? Just wondering :) Of course, this only effected a small group, but considering the machines aren't custom made or diverse as Linux or PC machines, it seemed a bit dodgy they had quite major issues.

You wouldn't reasonably try to install Vista or Windows 7 on a old computer. PPC macs aren't sold anymore. We're using Intel now. And if you say Snow Leopard is so bad then wouldn't these PPC users not want it anyway:eusa_wall


And it's still quite a bad issue, true, no-one uses a guest account, but for such a small, insignificant feature, it's terrible that it was removing personal files without question - which is a big thing.

Big consequences for using a feature nobody uses.



Anyway, my argument is with Apple and their dodgy slogans and terrible advertising, not with their users as it is their choice. It's mainly because they seem to not comment on things going wrong, yet **** off other companies. At least with Microsoft they say what their Operating System(s) can do, without the need of a belittling remark on the competition :P It seems to be how I buy products now, iPods **** off the competition, while Creative and Zunes don't and they just advertise their features with facts, not slander.

Anyway, this is turning into in lecture of an essay I did for coursework lol


Steve Ballmer admitted that the day the Mac Advertisement campaign came out, it was not a happy day for him. He also admitted that the ads are now cultural. So I think they're successful :).


EDIT: The 4 letter S word which describes Essex is filtered?! RACISM!
I thought you were swearing:P.




Stop being a fanboy. I use both on a regular basis. Both are good, 7 is better. And I disagree with the "just works" thing for mac. I find things "just work" more often with Windows.
I suppose we will agree to disagree.


Wow that's harsh. Mine has 2GB ram and a 160gb hdd.

I got the SSD 4GB version, as it has a faster read/write supposedly, and I thought it would make Windows faster on it.

Windows is killing me on it, and hates my guts.

[Flisker]

Seemed like a mix response of boo'ing, for Jobs, Gates, Microsoft and Apple. It's a shame they had to, just let 'em crash and burn. Sod the shares and investments :P

And I've heard from a few people Snow Leopard was terrible when first installed, appearing slower than the previous version (Leopard?) and glitchy. Some uninstalled it and left it for a few days to wait and see if any updates fixed these issues. WIll have to see if they fixed this issue come to think of it :/ What's also bad is that it appears (from what I saw on Apple's website) that Snow Leopard can only be installed on Intel Macs? That's kinda bad - are there other companies that gave limitations on what machines they can be installed on? Just wondering :) Of course, this only effected a small group, but considering the machines aren't custom made or diverse as Linux or PC machines, it seemed a bit dodgy they had quite major issues.

And it's still quite a bad issue, true, no-one uses a guest account, but for such a small, insignificant feature, it's terrible that it was removing personal files without question - which is a big thing.

Anyway, my argument is with Apple and their dodgy slogans and terrible advertising, not with their users as it is their choice. It's mainly because they seem to not comment on things going wrong, yet **** off other companies. At least with Microsoft they say what their Operating System(s) can do, without the need of a belittling remark on the competition :P It seems to be how I buy products now, iPods **** off the competition, while Creative and Zunes don't and they just advertise their features with facts, not slander.

Anyway, this is turning into in lecture of an essay I did for coursework lol

EDIT: The 4 letter S word which describes Essex is filtered?! RACISM!


I agree to all what you say and I laughed so hard with the last bit you said that I put in bold! +rep for that!

Edit: I can't, gotta spread :(

[GommeInc]

If that happened we would all be using zunes, using 5 year out of date phones with no web browsers and Windows Vista would have looked amazing compared to what would have been out for us to use.
Apple didn't introduce any of these and the chnaces are Vista would of not existed or worked out better. History might of changed alot. At least we won't have a company that's only ground for advertising is to put down the competition, which at the same time makes Apple look stupid :P Seriously, their ads have these hidden messages of how wonderful a Mac is in comparison to a PC, yet you could draw your own conclusions from the videos - PC is successful and Mac isn't. That's how I understood the ads at least :P It's shocking they made those ads in the first place.


Well it's working perfectly fine for me, and the other 20 mac users I've been speaking to...
I'm not denying it doesn't work for everyone, I'm just saying that it has a few errors which have effected people, quite badly too for a company that has this air of "perfection" and skilled craftsmanship. Another argument with the company, and not the users :P


You wouldn't reasonably try to install Vista or Windows 7 on a old computer. PPC macs aren't sold anymore. We're using Intel now. And if you say Snow Leopard is so bad then wouldn't these PPC users not want it anyway:eusa_wall
Some people are cheap skates and don't want to upgrade, and aren't the old non-Intel Macs not very old at all?


Big consequences for using a feature nobody uses.
Can't disagree, but the fact a big problem occurs from such a small thing in the first place is very serious. If you hate someone so much you could just switch on the guest account on their Macs :P


Steve Ballmer admitted that the day the Mac Advertisement campaign came out, it was not a happy day for him. He also admitted that the ads are now cultural. So I think they're successful :).
For the wrong reasons. If anything, they're successful in making Apple look stupid. The cultural implications on YouTube and in real life suggest this - Linux getting involved making PC and Mac look stupid (there's a South Park one I think?) and there are a few where PC users point out the obvious and have PC look super powerful. The Mac side of the ads seem some what untouched.


I thought you were swearing:P.
Depends if the SL word is considered swearing :P

[HotelUser]

Apple didn't introduce any of these and the chnaces are Vista would of not existed or worked out better. History might of changed alot. At least we won't have a company that's only ground for advertising is to put down the competition, which at the same time makes Apple look stupid :P Seriously, their ads have these hidden messages of how wonderful a Mac is in comparison to a PC, yet you could draw your own conclusions from the videos - PC is successful and Mac isn't. That's how I understood the ads at least :P It's shocking they made those ads in the first place.
Even Apple's harshest critic would have to agree that Apple completely revolutionized the mobile music and phone industry. Though some of their ads are horrible. I like some of them because they're funny, but their latest one saying you can expect problems in Win7 is just stupid.

As far as what you said about Apple putting down the competition, Microsoft's ads do that as well, and Microsoft got sued by their own government for bullying several other companies including Apple over IE:P.



I'm not denying it doesn't work for everyone, I'm just saying that it has a few errors which have effected people, quite badly too for a company that has this air of "perfection" and skilled craftsmanship. Another argument with the company, and not the users :P
Yeah the consequence is absolutely horrible, I agree. I'm just saying it will affect next to no people;).



Some people are cheap skates and don't want to upgrade, and aren't the old non-Intel Macs not very old at all?
Some people are cheap skates (like me) and don't want to get Windows 7 because I like XP. But they will forever be ridiculed (MATT GARNER:() for using something old (MATT GARNER:(:(:().



or the wrong reasons. If anything, they're successful in making Apple look stupid. The cultural implications on YouTube and in real life suggest this - Linux getting involved making PC and Mac look stupid (there's a South Park one I think?) and there are a few where PC users point out the obvious and have PC look super powerful. The Mac side of the ads seem some what untouched.
To each his own. I think the ads were a good business move for Apple.



Depends if the SL word is considered swearing :P
Well according to those Mac vs PC ads you love so much the REAL swear word here is Vista:O

[xxMATTGxx]

The thing that really gets me about Mac users (this isn't aimed at you Dave) is that some websites have been going on about Windows 7 and saying its crap points. When they haven't even bloody used it or know what they are talking about. One site posted a video about Windows 7 crashing on some TV show. When it clearly didn't, the lady could move the mouse but he touch screen wasn't working. That would not be the OS it would be the touch screen being that crap or someone didn't turn it on.

[Jamesy]

I interupt this raging debate to bring you another funny 7 related video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3h6kOLYGtI

[xxMATTGxx]

I interupt this raging debate to bring you another funny 7 related video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3h6kOLYGtI

LMAO! That was bloody funny. Windows 7 FTW!

[GommeInc]

I interupt this raging debate to bring you another funny 7 related video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3h6kOLYGtI
He's not as funny as Weird Al so it sucked in my opinion :P

[HotelUser]

I interupt this raging debate to bring you another funny 7 related video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t3h6kOLYGtI

That's the reason why I switched over:P.


The thing that really gets me about Mac users (this isn't aimed at you Dave) is that some websites have been going on about Windows 7 and saying its crap points. When they haven't even bloody used it or know what they are talking about. One site posted a video about Windows 7 crashing on some TV show. When it clearly didn't, the lady could move the mouse but he touch screen wasn't working. That would not be the OS it would be the touch screen being that crap or someone didn't turn it on.

Windows and Mac users do that all the time. I swear 1/2 of the people who are insulting OS X have never used it, or have "used it in school" for a total of 10 minutes to surf the internet:rolleyes:.

[AgnesIO]

That's the reason why I switched over:P.



Windows and Mac users do that all the time. I swear 1/2 of the people who are insulting OS X have never used it, or have "used it in school" for a total of 10 minutes to surf the internet:rolleyes:.


You swotched over because you got an error all the time.

Yeh.. right.

[HotelUser]

You swotched over because you got an error all the time.

Yeh.. right.

No, I switched over because I was sick and tired of booting 2x as slow and getting screwed over with every windows update.

[AgnesIO]

No, I switched over because I was sick and tired of booting 2x as slow and getting screwed over with every windows update.


God you like drama :| You make it sound as if you cannot do anything on windows without a bug.

I have used both for periods of time, and I am not saying Mac is crap - far from it - but Windows isn't bad either :rolleyes:

[HotelUser]

God you like drama :| You make it sound as if you cannot do anything on windows without a bug.

I have used both for periods of time, and I am not saying Mac is crap - far from it - but Windows isn't bad either :rolleyes:

No. I will use XP and Windows 7. I just really didn't like Vista:P

[AgnesIO]

No. I will use XP and Windows 7. I just really didn't like Vista:P


Oh!

If that's the case I 100% agree :)

I refuse to have vista on any of my computers - it's crap :P

Sorry :)

[Recursion]

No. I will use XP and Windows 7. I just really didn't like Vista:P

BUT WE AREN'T ARGUING ABOUT VISTA HERE, WE WERE ARGUING ABOUT WINDOWS 7!

And you know I use a MacBook and a Windows desktop so you can count me out of your statement xoxo

[Mickword]

I hate it. Its not good. The bottom of it is ****. The buttons are bull ****, there way to big. its not like its a computer at all. its like for ****en babys and people who are blind. honestly there is nothing good. apart from when u buy it with a new laptop from currys you get notorn home and work security and microsoft office free with it. thats it. I bought a new comp with me dad, he wants to know my opinion btw. and he picked a great comp. and windows 7 i could of hit him, btw the faceual reconition is amazing on it, the only good thing. btw guys soz for the spelling lol. :P.

[AgnesIO]

Getting Norton free is a reason not to buy it :S


I hate it. Its not good. The bottom of it is ****. The buttons are bull ****, there way to big. its not like its a computer at all. its like for ****en babys and people who are blind. honestly there is nothing good. apart from when u buy it with a new laptop from currys you get notorn home and work security and microsoft office free with it. thats it. I bought a new comp with me dad, he wants to know my opinion btw. and he picked a great comp. and windows 7 i could of hit him, btw the faceual reconition is amazing on it, the only good thing. btw guys soz for the spelling lol. :P.

[Recursion]

Also LOL @ U HOTELUSER.



Backward compatibility

Some users switching from Windows 9x (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_9x) to XP disliked its lack of DOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS) support. Although XP comes with the ability to run DOS programs in a virtual DOS machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_DOS_machine), it still has trouble running many old DOS programs. This is largely because it is a Windows NT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT) system and does not use DOS as a base OS, and that the Windows NT architecture is different from Windows 9x. Some DOS programs that cannot run natively on XP, notably programs that rely on direct access to hardware, can be run in emulators (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator), such as DOSBox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox), or virtual machines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine), like VMware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware), Microsoft Virtual PC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Virtual_PC) or VirtualBox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox).

[Hitman]

I hate it. Its not good. The bottom of it is ****. The buttons are bull ****, there way to big. its not like its a computer at all. its like for ****en babys and people who are blind. honestly there is nothing good. apart from when u buy it with a new laptop from currys you get notorn home and work security and microsoft office free with it. thats it. I bought a new comp with me dad, he wants to know my opinion btw. and he picked a great comp. and windows 7 i could of hit him, btw the faceual reconition is amazing on it, the only good thing. btw guys soz for the spelling lol. :P.
Norton is crap. You can change the size of the buttons... :rolleyes: Go back to Vista, which is a lot worse than 7 imo.

[HotelUser]

BUT WE AREN'T ARGUING ABOUT VISTA HERE, WE WERE ARGUING ABOUT WINDOWS 7!

And you know I use a MacBook and a Windows desktop so you can count me out of your statement xoxo

I KNOW Windows 7 is out but people are still (for reasons unknown) sticking with Vista:S.


Also LOL @ U HOTELUSER.

Tom, XP was like a mini Vista when it came out. It's been out for so long I don't think compatibility is an issue any more.

[Flisker]

I KNOW Windows 7 is out but people are still (for reasons unknown) sticking with Vista:S.



Tom, XP was like a mini Vista when it came out. It's been out for so long I don't think compatibility is an issue any more.
I think it's starting to have compatibility issues nowadays because XP drivers are starting to be phased out, especially for Vista laptops (take mine for example, I put XP on it once and it kept crashing on me because the driver were non existent or outdated.

[Recursion]

I KNOW Windows 7 is out but people are still (for reasons unknown) sticking with Vista:S.



Tom, XP was like a mini Vista when it came out. It's been out for so long I don't think compatibility is an issue any more.

I agree with your first comment about people sticking with Vista, and it's not exactly hard to upgrade, I know computer illeterate people in real life that have gone from Vista > 7 and done a clean install too.

But the XP thing... Wow. So surely Vista will follow the same life cycle, it will have compatibility issues, become the "now" OS and then die through old compatibility, that is, if people don't upgrade. Although, I can't apply this to Windows 7 because I would class it under the "Vista" type of OSs, it's just taking a **** product and making it better, so it probably won't have the compatibility issues, after all, MS were nice enough to give you a free XP license with it ;)

[StefanWolves]

I hate it. Its not good. The bottom of it is ****. The buttons are bull ****, there way to big. its not like its a computer at all. its like for ****en babys and people who are blind. honestly there is nothing good. apart from when u buy it with a new laptop from currys you get notorn home and work security and microsoft office free with it. thats it. I bought a new comp with me dad, he wants to know my opinion btw. and he picked a great comp. and windows 7 i could of hit him, btw the faceual reconition is amazing on it, the only good thing. btw guys soz for the spelling lol. :P.

LOL? Right click task bar > properties > use small icons.

You can also get the quick launch bar back.

And lmao irl, Norton? oh now you didn't?

[Markeh]

I get a free upgrade voucher with the HP, and I will order it as soon as I get back from my holiday. But going to wait until I need to reinstall before installing, as I've only just finished loading everything onto the thing, and I currently need the machine for coursework.

Plus it appears HP dont have too many drivers for it yet. W7 does look amazing though

[Dan!]

DSGI ( PC World, Currys ect.) Group, sent all their Windows 7 out early because of the postal stikes!

[xxMATTGxx]

DSGI ( PC World, Currys ect.) Group, sent all their Windows 7 out early because of the postal stikes!

Dan love, I know you mean well and everything but we established that on the day they sent them out. :P

[Jamesy]

I hate it. Its not good. The bottom of it is ****. The buttons are bull ****, there way to big. its not like its a computer at all. its like for ****en babys and people who are blind. honestly there is nothing good. apart from when u buy it with a new laptop from currys you get notorn home and work security and microsoft office free with it. thats it. I bought a new comp with me dad, he wants to know my opinion btw. and he picked a great comp. and windows 7 i could of hit him, btw the faceual reconition is amazing on it, the only good thing. btw guys soz for the spelling lol. :P.

It's always best on a rant to get your facts straight.

[xxMATTGxx]

It's always best on a rant to get your facts straight.


Agreed. He went on about all the bad point regarding 7 (which aren't true) then making out that getting Norton for free is good.

[AgnesIO]

Agreed. He went on about all the bad point regarding 7 (which aren't true) then making out that getting Norton for free is good.


:D My AVG free does a ten times better job than Norton :P

My sisters laptop came with Norton, I said it was crap - she said is would be better than AVG blah blah blah - her computer got slow, I sintalled avg - four virus' founds :L

[Stephen!]

I thought the latest norton (2010) was actually decent

[Tomm]

Incoming flame :P

Although I prefer Microsoft Forefront Security - it just works, don't even notice it, updates without hassle, easily manageable in a network. Does a full system scan automatically and I don't even notice its running (In fact I only noticed it was doing full system scans daily when I actually started playing around with the config).


I thought the latest norton (2010) was actually decent