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sumner2k3

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22nd Oct 09 at 20:38

Any good? better than vista?

i curruntly have xp but going to be buying a new pc soon so should i go for vista or windows 7?

[Edited on 24-10-2009 by sumner2k3]

Doug

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22nd Oct 09 at 20:52

I am buying it on payday. Should be better than Vista

pow

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22nd Oct 09 at 20:53

Miles better, i'm running it on my Mini 9

ChrisBoom

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22nd Oct 09 at 23:07

Good to hear it better, i got a free upgrade from dell, just waiting on the disk.

Matt L

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22nd Oct 09 at 23:36

im running it now (installed today upgraded from vista)

much quicker since restarting it just

used less space than vista did.

only annoying thing so far is the task bar at the bottom mainly and when you right click to close programs.

James_DT

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23rd Oct 09 at 00:15

You can make the 'Superbar' be more like the older taskbar, but TBH you get used to it after not that long anyway.
It closes programs on middle click doesn't it, not right click?

James_DT

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23rd Oct 09 at 00:16

To answer the original question - it's miles better than Vista. It's what Vista should have been in the first place.

John

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23rd Oct 09 at 00:57

It's just about exactly the same as vista.

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23rd Oct 09 at 08:02

quote:
Originally posted by John
It's just about exactly the same as vista.

The UI is similar but not the same, and from my own experiences with it it's a better OS than Vista and even XP in some respects.

jamied

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23rd Oct 09 at 09:42

quote:
Originally posted by John
It's just about exactly the same as vista.

No it isnt

James_DT

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23rd Oct 09 at 09:48

quote:
Originally posted by John
It's just about exactly the same as vista.

On the computers I've tried it on, 7 has been (or has at least seemed) faster than Vista, UAC is less intrusive, the UI is an improvement, some of the Control Panel options that took a few clicks in Vista are now quicker to get to.

John

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23rd Oct 09 at 10:40

quote:
Originally posted by jamied

quote:
Originally posted by John
It's just about exactly the same as vista.

No it isnt

Yes it is.

John

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23rd Oct 09 at 10:41

UAC gets turned off the first time any vista or 7 pc I use boots up, UI does look a bit nicer yes but not any functional improvement for me, I'm more productive with my taskbar set to work the way vista does, control panel get set to classic view.

fiestakidda

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23rd Oct 09 at 14:37

If you get the Windows 7 upgrade does it wipe your HD as i don't fancy moving everything i have on my laptop onto my external HD?

Dom

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23rd Oct 09 at 17:50

So far i'm pretty impressed with windows 7 (currently running the RTM verson). Have tried vista in the past and didn't think it was all that, but win7, although visually the same, seems to be miles ahead in performance.

sumner2k3

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24th Oct 09 at 13:12

Right, just bought a new pc now with windows 7 on it, got my pc connected up to my 42" tv but when i go on facebook or ebay the page doesnt seem to fill the screen, theres white gaps either side? the task bar and exploser its self is fine but the writing etc on the page doesnt fill the explorer.. whys it doing this?

sumner2k3

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24th Oct 09 at 22:54

anyone?

PaulW

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25th Oct 09 at 08:21

Thats just how facebook and ebay are designed to show, they will *never* fit the page to the width of the browser if it's over 1024 pixels wide.

So any widescreen monitor will never show them full screen.

[Edited on 25-10-2009 by PaulW]

sumner2k3

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25th Oct 09 at 09:22

but they use to on my old pc and im using the same tv?

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