Wed 2008/12/31 16:11
Looks like Windows 7 Beta ISO has leaked to the Internets. I do wonder if these OS "Leaks" are intentional though. I get the feeling that they are intentionally let loose on the Internets so that Apple or Microsoft can instantly get millions of QA testers for free. Anybody going to bother with checking it out? News via Engadget, image via Neowin.
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At first I was thinking, "Wow they have horrible security" but after I read the text I thought, "Hey, that's cheap." >.<;
(ID #430652) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:19
DSL Tech Support T____T, Kita-Kon Chairman
Ive known about the leak for sometime now... i think i will wait for a public release
(ID #430653) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:19
No more NEET, engineering student now...
Hope it'll be better than vista... Don't wanna mess up with my com by trying it out ><
(ID #430656) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:21
Metrosexual Narcissist
Don't worry about messing your machine up. Just install it on a secondary internal (or external eSATA) HD and play around with it while your current OS will remain untouched and in perfect working order.
(ID #430922) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:13
Actually, consider using a virtual machine?
(ID #431280) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:11
Im considering trying it but part of me wants to also wait for the public beta release. Guess I'll see how I feel in the morning about it.
(ID #430658) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:25
PROTIP: There is not going to be a "public beta release". The only "release" of the beta 1 will be in early January to a few attendees to a Microsoft conference. This was when most people expected to get build 7000 (beta 1) and put it on the internet. Now people are just waiting until the conference for the 64 bit version. So whether or not you choose to download it now or when the "public beta release" occurs makes no difference, YOU WILL STILL BE TRYING THE EXACT SAME VERSION OF WINDOWS 7. There's not going to be anything different; like it being "official" or something.
(ID #430744) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:03
US Navy Sailor
Not trying it. Vista works fine and I'll upgrade only when I get a new laptop.
(ID #430659) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:26
Same, I will only get it when its all finished and comes on a new laptop/pc. Doesn't look very nice tbh. When I first saw Vista I liked the look but not everything else but now im used to and it's great, maybe it will be the same with 7. Doesn't seem long ago when everyone was talking about vista...^_^
(ID #431084) Posted on 2008/12/31 23:51
Lol I'll get it if the reviews come back positive.
(ID #430661) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:27
Lol I'll get it if the reviews come back positive.
(ID #430662) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:27
Metrosexual Narcissist
Why would you want to wait for random 3rd party reviews? In mid January you'll be free to legally download it from Microsoft and try it (probably for 2-3 month). You can download it, install it on a second HD and try it for yourself rather then waiting for what others spoon-feed you. Thats honestly the problem with Vista - its not that its bad, in reality its no worse then XP, but rather then spending a minute to see what all the noise is about, people instead listen to what their friend/neighbor heard someone somewhere say.
(ID #430920) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:10
Metrosexual Narcissist
Why would you want to wait for random 3rd party reviews? In mid January you'll be free to legally download it from Microsoft and try it (probably for 2-3 month). You can download it, install it on a second HD and try it for yourself rather then waiting for what others spoon-feed you. Thats honestly the problem with Vista - its not that its bad, in reality its no worse then XP, but rather then spending a minute to see what all the noise is about, people instead listen to what their friend/neighbor heard someone somewhere say.
(ID #430921) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:10
Well i think there are a lot of folks who have no deep interest in their OS or technology in general. People like that will take the word of a co-worker or friend to help them make a choice based the their own needs as a user.
(ID #431311) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:35
Full time nerd
Are that stupid enough to go reach our hands into a bear trap?
(ID #430663) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:29
Well my friends been using it...I'll get the full review from him...
(ID #430667) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:33
Legionnarion_Conquistadorz (Registered on 2008/12/18 20:49)
Student
I'm happy with my old desktop running XP, and my new Mac laptop. well, we'll see.
(ID #430668) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:33
Programming Student
there have been leaks for some time and hell lotta torrents on this but i'll just wait for the official release
(ID #430675) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:39
I'll wait for a final version to be released.
(ID #430680) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:43
agree^^;
(ID #431263) Posted on 2009/01/01 02:54
I'm not even going to bother with it once it's released. I'll stick with Vista and eventually move up to 3.1?
(ID #430684) Posted on 2008/12/31 16:49
Nah its certain that they do it on purpose, but doing it so obviously is kind of...
(ID #430688) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:01
JR. College Student
I've heard good things about the beta so far. I'm surprised they would reveal this so soon while they still have many many XP users to convert to one of the many versions of Vista. I'll wait to hear how it fairs Vs Vista and then I'll make a choice. Of course by then I'll probably build myself a 100% Linux compatible Machine and leave Windows behind. This machine will still run XP though. I'll probably use it as a recording machine since the E-MU/Creative sound card drivers only really work in XP (and of course even here they suck - because Creative sucks).
(ID #430692) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:06
Student
Will stick with windows XP because I love it and don't want to risk trying the new one because there are possibilities in having errors/problems :3.
(ID #430693) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:07
Metrosexual Narcissist
You'd honestly be surprised by how stable and bug/error-free Win7 is. And considering that its still only Beta 1, its even more remarkable.
(ID #430918) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:07
Student, webpenguin/designer, programmer, Mac addict
Well, I shouldn't say for certain will wait until public release...once I get back to my desktop compy I may give it a spin in VMware. I do remember my Dad's old Pentium AT&T machine running Windows 3.1, and CompuServe dial-up internet...these are definitely better days. Didn't get to comment on the desktop/laptop article either--my desktop compy is a triple-booting (Leopard/Vista x64/Ubuntu x64) Mac Pro beast of a machine, and it's more computing power than anyone would really ever need, so perfect for me. My laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet running Ubuntu, a nice sturdy little machine that is perfect for classes and school and a little coding while I'm away from my apartment and desktop compy. So, I don't even use Windows that much anyway except for games; but I may still give Win7 a spin at some point pre-release.
(ID #430694) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:08
Why isn't there an option "Will stick to Mac OS X Leopard"
(ID #430695) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:09
former Emperor of Britannia
Same here Danny. Guess it may indeed be intentional. They'll receive more inputs from users by doing such.
(ID #430698) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:19
Orange (Registered on 2008/06/12 14:07)
I'm probably not going to try it since I'm really just too lazy to get it and install it. Don't really want to beta test it.. haha. Hopefully everything gets finished and released while I'm still in my university, since we'll most likely get a free copy. ^_^
(ID #430701) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:20
I will rather get a mac! =X but I am fine with XP now~
(ID #430707) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:24
Disclosure: I am a vehement Vista Hater and nothing will change that. I still run J-WinXP-SP3 and J-Win2K-SP4 for games and web and have ZERO crashes or BSODs in the years that I've used them. So screw Vista. Now, just tried the Win7 Beta build 7000 and I must say that it is finally running semi-better than Vista did at this point in time. The system "felt" a little more snappy. Memory usage was around 500-600MB(out of 2GB) after a restart. UAC did not pop up once even for device manager (did not check if it was running by default). Default driver support was better than Vista. Win7 even automatically install drivers for my Realtek Gigabit LAN and ancient sound card. (Although there was a glitch in the sound quality, at least it installed). I still hate the Eye-Candy Aero & the Ribbon UI,(damn you Office2007). The over-hyped Taskbar is crap IMO. I know exactly how many and which windows and programs I have running, I don't need a stupid preview to pop up(on mouse over) on each program on the taskbar. It still feels like a dumbed down color UI for a 2 year old. What I really want is a true "Classic" windows theme, in that I can disable all eye-candy and fluff so that I can make it look and feel like Win2K/XP but with all the supposed benefits and security upgrades of Win7. I will reserve judgment until the RTM is out, but so-far it is an improvement to Vista.
(ID #430711) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:28
Metrosexual Narcissist
"The over-hyped Taskbar is crap IMO" Keep in mind that you can turn it off and revert to the "regular" style. - In the taskbar settings, set it to display labers and not group, and change the icons to "small". And thats it, looks and functions exactly as Vista and every single version of Windows before it. "What I really want is a true "Classic" windows theme, in that I can disable all eye-candy and fluff so that I can make it look and feel like Win2K/XP" Actually you can... Just open the theme settings and pick the classic style... Just as in Vista, just as in XP. Also, as hard as it may be to believe, but Windows 7 (just as Vista) in reality, actually functions alot better with Aero turned on since that way the whole UI is being processed by the GPU while the CPU is barely if any touched at all. So in reality, with eye candy turned on, you're actually lifting some of the load from the CPU which otherwise would have to also handle the UI as it did in XP and all versions before it. :)
(ID #430946) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:36
Thanks for the tips. Yeah, I selected the classic theme in the theme settings, but some how it seemed "weird" for lack of a better phrase. I will need to reinstall the beta and play with it out for a longer duration on a separate system. I only did a belief test session on my main rig before I reimaged back to XP.
(ID #431467) Posted on 2009/01/01 06:09
Metrosexual Narcissist
labels*** ***typo.
(ID #430948) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:37
Orange (Registered on 2008/06/12 14:07)
Too bad you don't like the Office Ribbon. I found that after getting used to it that it was more convenient than the older versions of Office. Takes up more screen space, but a lot of the heavily used actions are presented so that it takes less clicks to get around. Ah well... =]
(ID #432962) Posted on 2009/01/02 16:41
I'm using it right now to post this (with firefox of course) seems to run really good on my laptop (didn't even need to install drivers) no slow down at all uses way less resources. I like some of the new features it has so I'm pretty impressed with it, but I've only been using it for about 10 hours and still haven't played with probable 80% of the stuff it dose but So far it's looking pretty good.
(ID #430714) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:32
Uhm... I love Windows 98. I use XP, but I remove all the useless stuff until it is like Win98. For Vista I do the same, but remove the useless stuff requires much time. For Windows 7, I will do the same.
(ID #430716) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:35
i am using XP and i dont see a reason why i should change to vista or windows 7. XP is very stable and provides all of my needs.
(ID #430720) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:38
They still have bugs with Vista, but they're going to be focusing on developing Windows 7... geez, Vista users are screwed. It's like they're saying "We've given up on Vista and we'll be making a new OS instead."
(ID #430722) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:43
I downloaded it but who knows if i'll ever try it.
(ID #430725) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:46
Webdev, internet contents, music
(x) Woudln't touch it with a 10-foot pole.
(ID #430735) Posted on 2008/12/31 17:55
Student
I'll better try it first.
(ID #430742) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:02
Otaku
I could vote this time but anyways I stick in Ubuntu Linux I need no Window$ ^^
(ID #430749) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:07
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
I think Win 7 is going to be very similar to Vista and I like Vista for the best tablet support yet. I still have a computer that runs Windows 3.1, a 80386SL laptop, 4 megs of ram, ~100md HD monochrome screen, and a 9600 baud modem. These days are much better, and I don't really care about OS's until I have a hardware change, then map out your IRQ's and DMA's and hope there is no other problems. I'll upgrade my desktop "knock on wood" then I'll put x64 Vista on that thing and keep Vista on my tablet forever, making a time capsule like my Grandpa's Old 80386SL laptop.
(ID #430756) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:15
I would rather not test a system that I know almost nothing about. I have too much important stuff on my laptop.
(ID #430765) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:26
Student
i'll probably test it out on my standard play laptop. but i love the vista bashing on here... i dont see much of an issue with vista. i just use mac OSX cause it looks nicer and itunes works much better with it lol.
(ID #430793) Posted on 2008/12/31 18:55
The first impressions of Windows 7 on netbooks are good. http://comparenetbooks.org/windows-7-on-your-netbook.html
(ID #430798) Posted on 2008/12/31 19:00
will wait the for x64 RTM version.
(ID #430799) Posted on 2008/12/31 19:00
i am gonna follow everyone else here and wait for the public release. vista is working fine for me though
(ID #430800) Posted on 2008/12/31 19:01
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
I''ll probably just stick to xp.
(ID #430822) Posted on 2008/12/31 19:30
Computer Technician / Image Editor
Wow way to post old news Danny it has been leaked out for at least a month.^^ Also I dont know if you ever noticed that all microsoft betas leak out.^^
(ID #430865) Posted on 2008/12/31 20:03
The beta is only a few days old. ^^ Older builds are out a few months ago, so Danny is right. :)
(ID #430894) Posted on 2008/12/31 20:51
Computer Technician / Image Editor
Well quite so...^^; I guess haven't really looked into it that much I assumed the other builds were betas. I'll wait for a retail I'm quite happy with my dual boot XP x64 and Vista Ultimate x86 so far.
(ID #431002) Posted on 2008/12/31 22:33
I'm a *nix user and I only log into windows about twice a month for FFXI. WINE is making progress so I doubt I'll need to be doing it much once FFXI works on WINE.
(ID #430867) Posted on 2008/12/31 20:05
Mechanical Engineering student
I'm staying away from it until they fix it's bugs, if there is bugs which I think it will have! x_x
(ID #430875) Posted on 2008/12/31 20:23
Student
Sticking to XP until they stop providing security updates for it. Don't see the point of upgrading unless you want the latest in technology or maybe the Aero theme? Also best to wait some time even after public release. Remember what happened with Vista. Retailers were almost shunning it because of all the bugs during the first release.
(ID #430876) Posted on 2008/12/31 20:25
DCX001-Prototype
Windows 3.1 ftw! LOL~~~
(ID #430912) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:02
Metrosexual Narcissist
@ everyone who is doubtful about Win7 I'm a Mac user, been using Macs for years and years, before that used Windows since I first got a computer, and am using both Vista and OS X daily. Now, with that said, I've now been using Windows 7 for a few month and I must say that I'm genuinely impressed with it. Now, sure it still has minor bugs here & there, but in general, considering that this is still only beta 1, this is extremely solid and can definitely be used as an everyday OS. Will it make me switch back from OS X? Probably not - the reason I use OS X is simply because it feels more "polished" to me; text rendering is infinitely better, designers understood minimalism and elegance etc. Windows on the other hand just feels more thrown-together-from-random-parts-from-200-independent-teams. anyways bla bla bla - while it won't make me switch back, it will definitely make using Windows ALOT more enjoyable.
(ID #430916) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:04
Carer, jobbing tech geek
Heck yeah... if I can get it to fly in a VM. To install it as a dual-boot, I'd have to reformat. I don't want to do that yet.
(ID #430924) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:17
I have heard of Window 7 past few months ago but never really go and check it out. I think they leak it so they can get million of free tester in the market. I also heard that it's a replacement for Vista since it's so crappy. User who change to Vista quickly reverted back to XP.
(ID #430927) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:22
Metrosexual Narcissist
"...I also heard that..." ...and thats exactly the problem with Vista. Rather then people actually trying it and seeing what it is first hand, they listen to what others say they heard from someone somewhere quite possibly maybe so. Honestly Vista is not that bad. It's certainly no worse then XP or any version of Windows before it. The biggest problem is that Microsoft completely f'ed up the launch of it by not being able to get manufacturers to update their drivers and even worse that they certified cheap, crappy, horribly underpowered systems as "Windows Vista Ready". But yeah, 99% of Vista's problems are just the perception that people have that "Vista is bad" while they never even saw it in person in most cases.
(ID #430936) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:28
Technical Account Manager
I point you to http://mojaveexperiment.com.
(ID #431126) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:41
I'm using it right now, downloaded and dual booted as soon as i saw the news yesterday. it's great, and nothing has crashed on me yet, even games :D
(ID #430949) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:38
Administrator
I have tried it, and I can vote as there's no option for that, isn't it? So first off, my BG: I'm a newbie administrator (only been one for around 5 months) who works mostly on Linux, I use Windows Vista at home and have tried out Mac enough to judge that I don't like it. To sum it off, I prefer Windows as my everyday OS. So about Windows 7 beta 1 there's a few points I wanna state: - Bare installation size of Vista SP1 Ultimate (swap and hibernation files not included) is around 12GB, Windows 7 is around a little less than 7GB with fewer applications. These applictions IMHO will not result in 5GB different without improvement to reduce the size of the OS itself. - The Vista Superbar (new Taskbar) is better than the old implement and Linux (Gnome or KDE alike), Mac OSX counterparts. Improved task thumbnails, grouping, Jump Lists for each tasks are very nice features. Some ppl don't like it though as I will post another person review at the end of this. - Mouse actions to manipulate application windows are welcomed improvements. Previous two mentioned improvement to the GUI are more prominent than Aero in IHMO. Aero looks good but is mostly useless. These are what I'd call true improvements. - The OS feels snappier and smoother than Vista which (you might be shocked to hear this) at current state is faster than XP subjectively. I don't care about benchmark for everyday tasks as these are just nice numbers to look at; what important are how you feel working with the OS like: Is it fast? Is it comfortable to work with? Is it easy to get your favorite applications up and running?... Things like that. - Stability: haven't encountered a crash as of now. Other guy's review: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3223&tag=btxcsim , if you want benchmarks here u go with a little older build http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3187 and details bench http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3182
(ID #430954) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:45
Administrator
Forgot to mention in Windows 7, if an application hangs due to certain action, you might have a chance to undo that action and recover your application responsiveness. This is because there're some improvements to process management procedure in this Windows version.
(ID #430957) Posted on 2008/12/31 21:50
Danny whats this? No option for "no" answers for us Mac users? I highly doubt I will ever install Windows 7 on my computers. Maybe my work laptop could get it after XP gets too old but that aint happening any time soon. So not going to try Windows 7 ever, Im happily waiting for Snow Leopard :)
(ID #430981) Posted on 2008/12/31 22:17
Windows 7 sounds much more assuring compared to windows "VirusIntruderSpywareTrojanAdware". I may try it out after listening to what the people have to say..
(ID #430983) Posted on 2008/12/31 22:19
Computer Technician / Image Editor
Actually I never got any "VirusIntruderSpywareTrojanAdware" on my vista. Tho I must say IE7 was crap keeps hanging left and right. Still I use Firefox 999% of the times (yes I said 999%) but sometimes need IE for troubleshooting purposes and it keps failing when I needed it.^^ Still Vista is much more stable than XP for me but it eats more resources than it should I hope they at least have better resource managment this time around.
(ID #431012) Posted on 2008/12/31 22:40
Technical Account Manager
...That's why I have 8GB of RAM in my main machine. :) Though actually, I have that much because I use the extra resources to run VMs.
(ID #431122) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:39
Windows 7 seems much more promising that Vista at the moment. Will wait for the official release before getting it. Will probably upgrade my XP to Windows 7 once it is released.
(ID #431026) Posted on 2008/12/31 22:59
nah im good with vista so i'm not trying it
(ID #431030) Posted on 2008/12/31 23:03
anime/cosplay events organizer
Microsoft + Steve Ballmer: "Exxxceeeellleeeennnnttttt" I'd take it for a spin but not on my work system. I've heard it's a great improvement from Vista
(ID #431054) Posted on 2008/12/31 23:20
~Undine~
Not checking it out yet. I'll see what nice independent reviews say.
(ID #431065) Posted on 2008/12/31 23:30
Student/Music Producer/Web Designer
I agree with Danny, I think they intentionally leak it to get free testers. As unfortunate I am to own Vista right now instead of XP- I really am not going to bother myself with Windows 7. (Because I'm getting a Mac within the next two weeks!) :D
(ID #431097) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:08
hahahahahah that's RIDICULOUS they just released VISTA a few years ago, what ? 2 years or something like that while an OS is supposed to live 5-10 years before being replaced now that i own a Mac i will never use Windows again, even for free or even if i get paid for it :)
(ID #431112) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:28
Technical Account Manager
...For a while, MacOS was going through new iterations almost every year. Don't kid yourself, 10 to 10.1 to 10.2 was a huge jump. You can't exactly equate them to service packs. After all, Apple expected you to pay for each upgrade. Microsoft took heat for not having a new OS after 5 years, and now you're criticizing for too soon of a release?
(ID #431120) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:38
Administrator
I guess you didn't know how long it was between XP and 2000 or might be you were small and didn't know what was on your computer back then.
(ID #431174) Posted on 2009/01/01 01:25
CEO MIrai Inc
This thread ends here.
(ID #431192) Posted on 2009/01/01 01:39
Technical Account Manager
I've been running Win7 on one of my machines since the pre-beta was released. For the record, I've also been running Vista full time since Beta2 (by full time, I mean all machines I used in production were running the beta code). I'm not really sure about the "free tester" statement though. Microsoft has an extremely large test base without even going to the public. After all, there are 80,000 employees world wide. And yes, I happen to be one of them. Microsoft's greatest strength in the past couple of years has been the ability to run our software through it's paces before even going to a public beta. We "eat our own dogfood," so to speak and run everything in our own production environments. Most of the servers that run our infrastructure are running beta code in one way or another (e.g. Exchange, Win Server, SQL, etc.) To those who think 7 will be the magic cure all for things that didn't work in Vista, you'll probably be very dissapointed. 7 is built on top of the Vista codebase so compatibility will be much the same. Many of the issues that cropped up with Vista came as a result of securing the OS. UAC not withstanding, there were a lot of gaps that were sealed since XPSP2 and that caused a lot of 3rd party apps to malfunction. It's a difficult battle, really. Make the OS too secure and people complain because stuff doesn't work. Be too lax about security and people complain that there are too many vulnerabilities. Before anyone starts praising *NIX or MacOS for being secure, they really aren't. They're just a much smaller attack surface for malware writers. A great worm that targets MacOS won't really get that many people. A SQL injection attack, however, will. As does an RCE vulnerability in IE that allows hackers to steal passwords for porn sites.
(ID #431116) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:35
Technical Account Manager
I also encourage everyone to check out http://mojaveexperiment.com.
(ID #431127) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:42
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:54)
maybe I'll try it on the laptop which I've been having problems trying to downgrade from Vista -> XP on lol.
(ID #431130) Posted on 2009/01/01 00:45
I chuckled a bit when I read 3.1. Good times, good times!
(ID #431210) Posted on 2009/01/01 01:53
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
Nah...only the interface has changed. Looks same as Vista anyways xD. I will stick with my XP and Vista
(ID #431241) Posted on 2009/01/01 02:35
I'll probably try out it on a virtual machine, if I can get my hands on it.
(ID #431252) Posted on 2009/01/01 02:45
soon-to-be 2nd year Civil Engineering student
I'd wait for the final release, if it's any better than the current Windows.
(ID #431299) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:27
Tried the last iso of W7 that was on the internets, I liked it , it was all the Vista should have been in the first place. Mind you not that I don't like Vista, I have been running it almost from the day it came out. But if W7 is released then I will start using that instead.
(ID #431304) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:27
I hate beta. So I'll stick around with Vista until it's final release.
(ID #431318) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:42
I downloaded the ISO when engadget told us about the leek a few days ago and installed it on an external HD. I think its a really nice blend between Vista's beauty and XP's functionality. When this goes alpha I may leave XP... finally.
(ID #431320) Posted on 2009/01/01 03:46
university film student
Read about this on Gizmodo awhile ago - passed on it, because the beta only lasts until next summer. ^^; I'm not that desperate to try it out, since I'm running Vista just fine. All I'll get is maybe a slight performance boost, and it's not worth the trouble. Besides, Boot Camp doesn't exactly support Win7 at the moment. I'll keep other commentary about Windows to myself. We've been talking about the pros and cons of Windows (usually versus OSX) and I'm getting rather sick and tired of it. xP
(ID #431376) Posted on 2009/01/01 04:38
I'm using it right now and it is amazingly like Vista! I'm running it through a Vmware player which if you have not tried yet I suggest you do. It is great for sampling alternative OS's I have had a decent time surfing the intertubes with it but I'm sure it will fail miserably when it comes to compatibility and game performance. I wonder how well Vista was adopted in Japan? Any one have any numbers?
(ID #431391) Posted on 2009/01/01 04:50
Sticking to my Leopard :)
(ID #431395) Posted on 2009/01/01 04:57
Student artist
Companies intentionally leak there product early either to promote or test for bugs
(ID #431419) Posted on 2009/01/01 05:11
Hmmm. I don't know /: I think I'm going to stick with vista, although I'll probably try 7 out. I'll be switching to mac in a couple of years so good luck impressing me Microsoft. (:
(ID #431508) Posted on 2009/01/01 06:52
freelancer, Spanglish speaker
Sticking to ubuntu and will wait until service pack 1
(ID #431525) Posted on 2009/01/01 07:09
I'd stick with XP for now but maybe I could try it when the official release comes out.
(ID #431906) Posted on 2009/01/01 14:37
Wasn't it going to be called Windowa Viena? O_o Personally, I'll stick with XP. Anyway, if I wanted to change OS I'd get Leopard, not Vista nor a beta new Windows.
(ID #431993) Posted on 2009/01/01 16:40
Not too interested in Windows 7 atm but will upgrade when its officially released. Seems like just a beefed-up version of Vista to me
(ID #432078) Posted on 2009/01/01 18:02
I have 7 desktops and 1 laptop, and none of them are powerful enough to run it. :( But it doesn't look very different from Vista, so I stick with my Slackware/XP dual-boot setup for now.
(ID #432103) Posted on 2009/01/01 18:37
Well, its beta. Anyway just like Zakari-kun, none of my coms able to run it. Coz 1 is a G4 Quicksilver and the other is a 1.8 P4 laptop. I still love OSX & WinXP SP2.
(ID #432685) Posted on 2009/01/02 10:53
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I'll stick to Vista for now. A strategy that has always worked not only for Microsoft products, but for most things: Skip beta, skip release date, wait for several reviews and for Microsoft OSs, wait for first service pack at least. Service Pack 1 is the only reason why I'm using Vista right now.
(ID #432724) Posted on 2009/01/02 11:54
Web Design & Development
I tried it out on the previous beta release. It was very stable for a beta and ran much quicker than Vista and with far less memory usage! It looks to be a pretty good upgrade so far--O just hope they can figure out something better than the Super Bar...It's pretty much a less useful copy of the Mac's Dock. Personally I'd like to see them try to actually do a bit of experimentation...but Microsoft would never actually be innovative. >.>
(ID #432731) Posted on 2009/01/02 12:03
student
i will wait for a public release
(ID #432910) Posted on 2009/01/02 15:21
student/ legal assistant/ otaku/ worshipper of dc.com
i dont get it.....
(ID #434898) Posted on 2009/01/04 12:32
uncreative (Registered on 2008/08/16 01:50)
XP does everything I want it to, so I'll wait until I build a new computer to try Windows 7.
(ID #435891) Posted on 2009/01/05 10:48
Benevolent dictator of a Banana Republic
Windows 7 really might improve things over Vista, we'll see! Leaks would be hard to explain to investors, and these companies are trading publicly, so I doubt it ;) But free publicity nonetheless!
(ID #480120) Posted on 2009/02/08 18:52
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