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Poll
Question: What do you think so far?
Option 1: APALLING votes: 5
Option 2: It needs a little more work votes: 2
Option 3: Lookin' good thumbup; votes: 2
Option 4: YEAH BOI votes: 0
Option 5: Mac ftw rofl votes: 2
Title: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:07:19 AM
I'm not a big Windows fan, but this next release looks to be shaping up into something quite nice.

Check it out:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081028-first-look-at-windows-7.html

More Info Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Daddy on November 01, 2008, 12:09:11 AM
http://www.kde.org/
HEY NICE JOB MICROSOFT


also macs.<3
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Lotos on November 01, 2008, 12:31:14 PM
Looks just like Vista.

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO PAINT?

At least it has a redo button... (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Win7paint.png/800px-Win7paint.png)
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Daddy on November 01, 2008, 12:32:22 PM
Quote from: Lotos on November 01, 2008, 12:31:14 PM
Looks just like Vista.
Looks like KDE
(http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce_4.0-beta4/kde4.0-beta4.png)
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Nate on November 01, 2008, 12:32:50 PM
Yeah, it does look like Vista and KDE. With a shitter taskbar. Hopefully they do something with that taskbar, and make it so it doesn't use gobs of ram and processing power to run it.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:35:41 PM
Quote from: Lotos on November 01, 2008, 12:31:14 PM
Looks just like Vista.

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO PAINT?

At least it has a redo button... (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/Win7paint.png/800px-Win7paint.png)
It has a lot of vista elements, but not "just like"
and there's a lot of cool little features and stuff being added

I like that new Paint

Quote from: Kewn on November 01, 2008, 12:32:22 PM
Looks like KDE
(http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce_4.0-beta4/kde4.0-beta4.png)
it does have some elements from it

Quote from: Nathan on November 01, 2008, 12:32:50 PM
Yeah, it does look like Vista and KDE. With a shitter taskbar. Hopefully they do something with that taskbar, and make it so it doesn't use gobs of ram and processing power to run it.
it looks good to me, and I hear that they've been trying to make this one not require a shitload of stuff like vista did
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Lotos on November 01, 2008, 12:38:52 PM
Quote from: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:35:41 PM
It has a lot of vista elements, but not "just like"
and there's a lot of cool little features and stuff being added

I like that new Paint


I hope there's a classic view.  It looks like I'm going to have to go back and forth to zoom and recolor.  :(
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: ME## on November 01, 2008, 12:41:58 PM
The task bar looks horrendous, they should have just kept it Windows Vista SE.  Really, I don't think Vista is too awful, they just really need to learn how to do some things better.


I would love to have a Mac though. ;_; 
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:42:45 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 01, 2008, 12:41:58 PM
The task bar looks horrendous, they should have just kept it Windows Vista SE.  Really, I don't think Vista is too awful, they just really need to learn how to do some things better.


I would love to have a Mac though. ;_; 
You can install different themes on it  bassir;
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Nate on November 01, 2008, 12:42:57 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 01, 2008, 12:41:58 PM
The task bar looks horrendous, they should have just kept it Windows Vista SE.  Really, I don't think Vista is too awful, they just really need to learn how to do some things better.


I would love to have a Mac though. ;_; 


Yeah, honestly. That taskbar makes my eyes bleed.

Quote from: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:42:45 PM
You can install different themes on it  bassir;


By what? Hacking the uxtheme.dll?
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 12:45:09 PM
Quote from: Nathan on November 01, 2008, 12:42:57 PM
Yeah, honestly. That taskbar makes my eyes bleed.

By what? Hacking the uxtheme.dll?
No, they're making it more open for customization and stuff, you'll be able to install 3rd party themes and other themes from the microsoft website.

I really don't see what's wrong with it though. The only part I don't like is both the date and time being displayed, but I'm sure that can be changed.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Nyerp on November 01, 2008, 12:58:26 PM
what's so different psyduck;
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 01:01:39 PM
Quote from: Nefarious Nyerp on November 01, 2008, 12:58:26 PM
what's so different psyduck;
Maybe you should read
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: ME## on November 01, 2008, 01:05:30 PM
Quote from: Nefarious Nyerp on November 01, 2008, 12:58:26 PM
what's so different psyduck;


Basically, it's Windows Vista+Some new features+GUI tweaks[AREO GLASS EVERYWHERE OMG AWESOME, UGLY TASKBAR]+new name=People hopefully not being brainwashed by Apple and they're retarded commercials.  The new ones where the Mac guy accuses Microsoft of wasting too much money on advertising makes is hilarious, though, but not for the reason why they intended.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 01:06:23 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 01, 2008, 01:05:30 PM
The new ones where the Mac guy accuses Microsoft of wasting too much money on advertising makes is hilarious, though, but not for the reason why they intended.
it seem awfully douchebag-ish to me
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: ME## on November 01, 2008, 01:10:24 PM
Quote from: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 01:06:23 PM
it seem awfully douchebag-ish to me


It is, but I find it funny because Apple has spent a lot more on advertising their OS than Microsoft has.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 01:10:53 PM
Quote from: ME86 on November 01, 2008, 01:10:24 PM
It is, but I find it funny because Apple has spent a lot more on advertising their OS than Microsoft has.
Yeah  doodella;
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: bluaki on November 01, 2008, 01:50:46 PM
The new taskbar looks a lot like KDE's, which happens to be something I really dislike about KDE.
It looks like every single Windows-bundled program is using the ribbon interface from Office 2007. Which, by the way, is something I hate about Office 2007.

Out of everything I see with it... all I like is:
MSPaint: Although ribbon interface sucks, I see more features, like several easily-drawn shapes like triangles and arrows along with better selection handling
Improved speech
Calculator: More general features, including multiple lines
Firewire support
Multitouch support
System Icons added to control panel
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Hiro on November 01, 2008, 02:11:42 PM
Quote from: Nathan on November 01, 2008, 12:32:50 PM
make it so it doesn't use gobs of ram and processing power to run it.


QuoteAt the recent PDC, where Windows 7 was unveiled, Windows and Windows Live senior vice president Steve Sinofsky claimed that Windows 7 used less than half of the 1 GB of RAM on his Lenovo S10 netbook. Making the new operating system lightweight has clearly been Microsoft's goal.

Of course, it's one thing for Sinofsky for claim Windows 7 runs on a netbook. But how does it work in real life? According to this review, Windows 7 pre-beta works well on an ASUS Eee PC 1000H with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor and 1GB of RAM.

The writer found that Windows 7 uses 485MB of RAM. Despite that light RAM use she notes:

    things are pretty smooth in terms of performance...in my use of the Eee PC 1000H for the entire evening I didn't have any hang ups while simultaneously chatting on Skype, writing this post in Wordpress, editing pictures in GIMP and uploading video files using Filezilla.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Staplerlock on November 01, 2008, 04:22:00 PM
It looks fine so far, but I really don't get why so many people jumped on the bandwagon and started hating Vista. I had x64 for a little bit and I never had one problem with it.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Feynman on November 01, 2008, 04:37:09 PM
You're all idiots. psyduck;

It's Microsoft finally trying to do something about performance and actually dedicating everything to behind-the-scenes action. For people that bash on Windows and how it crashes all the time, you're all pretty hypocritical to be talking about just the GUI. The GUI is just the GUI, and not the whole operating system.

Windows 7 is a step in the right direction. Performance. Shut up, all of you.
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: guff on November 01, 2008, 04:55:38 PM
windowes is like POOP
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Samus Aran on November 01, 2008, 05:04:15 PM
Can't say I care a whole lot about Windows anymore.

Quote from: Bassir on November 01, 2008, 04:37:09 PM
You're all idiots. psyduck;

It's Microsoft finally trying to do something about performance and actually dedicating everything to behind-the-scenes action. For people that bash on Windows and how it crashes all the time, you're all pretty hypocritical to be talking about just the GUI. The GUI is just the GUI, and not the whole operating system.

Windows 7 is a step in the right direction. Performance. Shut up, all of you.


the way you always overreact is sort of annoying
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Feynman on November 01, 2008, 05:05:13 PM
Quote from: Kazmopolitan on November 01, 2008, 05:04:15 PM
the way you always overreact is sort of annoying


WAHHHHHH IT LOOKS LIKE VISTAAAAAA
Title: Re: Windows 7
Post by: Samus Aran on November 01, 2008, 05:06:11 PM
Quote from: Bassir on November 01, 2008, 05:05:13 PM
WAHHHHHH IT LOOKS LIKE VISTAAAAAA


ok