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If I can get all this is it still worth having a look at Windows 7?
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Green Granite what version of Vista were you running? I have Vista Ultimate 64Bit SP1 and it seems pretty good moved on from XP Pro which I really liked but to be honest it took SP1/2/3 to iron out all the bugs and still there were the odd one or two even in that OS.
No point in me jumping to W7 if it doesn't gain me a whole lot me thinks be interested to see how its accepted by the masses when it is released to market later this year.
Green Granite what version of Vista were you running? I have Vista Ultimate 64Bit SP1 and it seems pretty good moved on from XP Pro which I really liked but to be honest it took SP1/2/3 to iron out all the bugs and still there were the odd one or two even in that OS.
No point in me jumping to W7 if it doesn't gain me a whole lot me thinks be interested to see how its accepted by the masses when it is released to market later this year.
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7 should be called Vista-sorted. It is good, but in reality no less than what Vista users should have expected in the first place. It's also beta and so not really available unless you like to tinker about with pc's.
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I believe it's home premium, it's on my wife's laptop and it's an utter pain to administrate and set up. It is however relatively stable.
I've been running 7 as a dual boot system for a while now and it's superb, everything is relatively straight forward and functional. And what Parapunter says is true.
I've been running 7 as a dual boot system for a while now and it's superb, everything is relatively straight forward and functional. And what Parapunter says is true.
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My home desktop is dual-boot XP and Win7. I've not booted it into XP for many weeks, and I've switched the "default start" from XP to Win7. It'll be a pain in the neck if the Win7 expires before there is a released version.
Vista I tried, and went back to XP.
No contest!
Vista I tried, and went back to XP.
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It'll be a pain in the neck if the Win7 expires before there is a released version.
This is quite a useful blog on 7 http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/
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Incidently SP2 for Vista is imminent
February 25, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today announced it has wrapped up a near-final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), and has posted it to a pair of subscriber-only services for download.
Others won't get their hands on Vista SP2 Release Candidate (RC) until sometime next week, however.
Others won't get their hands on Vista SP2 Release Candidate (RC) until sometime next week, however.
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Do you know what's in that GG?
SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
•Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
•Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
•exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
•SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
•Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
Security
•SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
•Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
•Reliability
•SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1
Performance
•Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
•Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,
•Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness
Application Compatibility
•It is our goal that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.
•Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
•Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
Administration and Support Improvements
•Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,
•Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
•Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
•Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
•Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
•Better manageability through logging in system event log
•Componentization for Serviceability of the installer
Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:
•Inclusion of Hyper-V
•Event logging support in SPC
•DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
•Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
•Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
•Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
•Improved power settings for WS08
•Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
•Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
•exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
•SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
•Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
Security
•SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
•Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
•Reliability
•SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1
Performance
•Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
•Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search,
•Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness
Application Compatibility
•It is our goal that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.
•Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
•Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
Administration and Support Improvements
•Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,
•Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
•Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
•Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
•Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
•Better manageability through logging in system event log
•Componentization for Serviceability of the installer
Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:
•Inclusion of Hyper-V
•Event logging support in SPC
•DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
•Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
•Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
•Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
•Improved power settings for WS08
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For Info it looks likley that the first RC build release may be on April the 10th
From neowin.net
From neowin.net
At this time, Windows 7 RC is internally being tested and the official release date is set for April 10, 2009. The Windows team is right on schedule with development, and if there are no significant problems over the next few weeks the April 10, 2009 release date will remain intact.
Not much information is available at this time. We're uncertain if the release will be a world-wide, and Microsoft is expected to do more testing before releasing a RC build to the public. With that in mind, TechNet and MSDN subscribers should be the first to receive the RC build. A recent email conversation between Paul, over at GeekSmack, and Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Senior Vice President of Windows, revealed that there have been over 500,000 suggestions since the public launch of the Windows 7 Beta.
Not much information is available at this time. We're uncertain if the release will be a world-wide, and Microsoft is expected to do more testing before releasing a RC build to the public. With that in mind, TechNet and MSDN subscribers should be the first to receive the RC build. A recent email conversation between Paul, over at GeekSmack, and Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Senior Vice President of Windows, revealed that there have been over 500,000 suggestions since the public launch of the Windows 7 Beta.
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7048 x64 is already leaked & available. I'll await the x86 version. This is touted as a milestone build, not sure what changes will be in it, but hoping for a resolution of the dual path tv tuner problem thus far seen in every beta release which quite honestly is all that's stopping me using it full time as an htpc build.
FWIW, I've been running build 7000 as my full time main office pc for a month now & it works pretty good. The one issue from an office productivity point of view is with printng, I print an excel form to fax & am used to clicking, print>fax & off we go. Now with 7, it inserts multiple page breaks that can't be removed, so as a workaround, I print the page to pdf, then print that to fax. Otherwise, it's as smooth as silk.
FWIW, I've been running build 7000 as my full time main office pc for a month now & it works pretty good. The one issue from an office productivity point of view is with printng, I print an excel form to fax & am used to clicking, print>fax & off we go. Now with 7, it inserts multiple page breaks that can't be removed, so as a workaround, I print the page to pdf, then print that to fax. Otherwise, it's as smooth as silk.
