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Author Topic: Looky what just arrived!!!  (Read 16197 times)

scottiesmum

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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2009, 02:09:29 PM »

I use XP SP3  and shall continue with it as long as is possible;  for me it's more that I am of the 'old school' and don't like to spend something where I can't justify it   (I bet Unc and TD  have  just choked on their  coffee  :D    .....   I don't include wine and lunches  ;D)        Whilst my system works, (and for the extent that I use my machine, it suits those purposes at the moment)  I shall stick with what I have, and when the time comes will change to something else; it may still be Windows 7 or that may have been superseded,  OR Eric may even convince me of Linux  ;)   However, to all who have bought the new Windows 7, for whatever reason,  enjoy it  !
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2009, 03:20:36 PM »

I have been using Vista since March 2007 and find it excellent, I never have used XP though.
That's the difference, apart from possibly Win98x, you started with Vista and have no comparison to judge it against.

With all the hype W7 is and has received, I don't see as they can all be wrong.

Let's face it, Vista was being slagged down right from the start (and still is)
With the minimum decent spec's to run Vista are still out of reach of most current PC owners.

Whereas W7, minimum HDD space only 10GB, compared to Vista?
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2009, 03:58:26 PM »

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That's the difference, apart from possibly Win98x, you started with Vista and have no comparison to judge it against.

Well I had Windows ME for 6 years and Windows 95 before that............. 8)  ;D
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jid

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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2009, 04:40:58 PM »

Guys.....running Windows 7  ;D

Its very very quick :) On my machine it flies compared to Vista ....

Will keep you updated...
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2009, 04:56:13 PM »

Guys.....running Windows 7  ;D

Its very very quick :) On my machine it flies compared to Vista ....

Will keep you updated...

Does that mean you will get more homework done then............. ;D
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jid

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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2009, 05:01:21 PM »


Does that mean you will get more homework done then............. ;D

Oh so so quick!

However after all the farce they had with IE and EU legislation I haven't seen any pop ups asking what browser to use  :blush:
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2009, 05:09:01 PM »

You don't need a browser for learning those Latin verbs.... :graduate:
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2009, 05:35:10 PM »

From what I've been reading Microsoft are saying that you can only upgrade to V7 from Vista, running XP or W2K then it has to be a full complete re-install of everything.
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2009, 07:34:15 PM »

I think that's right, and it certainly wouldn't update from my RC version of W7 Ultimate.
Install went pretty smoothly though, I'll get back to adding everything I need else tomorrow.
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2009, 07:59:12 PM »

If you used Linux instead you'd have enough cash left over to buy your own gravy. :lol:


Took the words right out of my mouth  :lol: Just think what you could do with £90 . ;)
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Re: Looky what just arrived!!!
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2009, 10:49:50 PM »

Mine arrived from Dixons last week, but being a tad busy I hadnt really had chance for a play until this weekend.
Not having time to do a full format - my current PC desktop is far too messy and needs a lot of sorting before doing a clean install...  Ive temp installed it using Virtual PC until I find time to do things properly.

Like Chris, its one of those things that if you go round repairing other PCs then its a must to know your way around an o/s.
So far it looks quite good - well I seem to be getting on with it a lot better with it than I did with Vista and it does have some nice features.
I personally didnt like Vista and despite having 2 legit copies I rolled both machines back to XP

One important point to note for the techies who have routers.   Telnet isnt installed by default on Windows 7.

This can soon be remedied by

Start >
Control Panel >
All Control Panel Items >
Turn Windows Features on or Off >
Tick Telnet Client

Ive added full step by step instructions at the end of this page Telnet into your router in Windows 7
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