Windows 7 - First Peek

**kassios** · October 29, 2008, 07:58:00 AM

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not upgrading for now ill stick to the stable win xp......is this going to be any lighter than the heavy vista?

**Steve Graham** · October 29, 2008, 08:41:09 AM

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I'm sticking with xp as long as i can thank you very much

you guys seen the new ad for mac v pc where the guy is stacking money for advertising and fixing vista problems, lol.. pretty funny

**Kamal** · October 29, 2008, 08:52:12 AM

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Originally posted by kassios

not upgrading for now ill stick to the stable win xp......is this going to be any lighter than the heavy vista?

this is supposed to use 50% less memory than Vista, I guess we'll really know when the system is released. But in an effort to make Vista better, SP2 is on its way that's rumored to improve performance even more than SP1.

I'm really looking forward to the next release of Media Center in Windows 7 though. I use Vista ONLY for Media Center in my living room PC and I couldn't live without it anymore. If they improve it even further with Windows 7, I will definitely upgrade.

**kassios** · October 29, 2008, 09:03:17 AM

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Originally posted by Fez Up

this is supposed to use 50% less memory than Vista, I guess we'll really know when the system is released. But in an effort to make Vista better, SP2 is on its way that's rumored to improve performance even more than SP1.

I'm really looking forward to the next release of Media Center in Windows 7 though. I use Vista ONLY for Media Center in my living room PC and I couldn't live without it anymore. If they improve it even further with Windows 7, I will definitely upgrade.

A bit hard to believe that it ll have 50% less memory usage...i will upgrade when Sp2 for the Windows 7 comes out....will def be much more improved ....don't want to risk and buy 17 licenses for my workgroup and openning troubleshooting issues at work at the moment....one thing i like abt vista is that it supports direct x 10!!

**Corven** · October 29, 2008, 12:16:21 PM

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from reports it seems that they are planning to make Windows 7 work with Eee PCs hence it has to be much lighter on the memory usage ...

it looks like Windows 7 is the Vista upgrade or rather how Vista is suppose to be if they had spend more time fine tuning it rather than pushing it out when it wasn't ready

**kassios** · October 29, 2008, 04:47:43 PM

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Guess will have to wait for the users reviews

**FlashLight** · October 29, 2008, 05:02:22 PM

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I hope this exceeds the expectations,
cant wait to change my windows, its been a while, and Vista isnt an option.

**Kamal** · October 29, 2008, 05:04:28 PM

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Vista isn't that bad as long as you try and avoid plugging printers / scanners (which have had the worst luck so far). I've been using Vista on my media center PC and my main laptop and I've had ZERO problems with it so far. I even went to the far extent of installing the beta SP1 on my laptop, removing it and re-installing the final release when it was out. Knock on wood, no complaints thus far. Though I have installed and uninstalled boat loads of software and so a re-install IS In the works for sure.

**feather** · October 29, 2008, 09:33:44 PM

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Why do they persist in this shit candy teletubby interface and colours? Everything feels like it's made for kindergarten kids. It's like Disney designed the UI and Mickey is gonna pop up in a corner any moment. Why can't they make an OS LOOK like an OS? Even with XP, I turned that shit off and went back to the original taskbar look.

**Kamal** · October 30, 2008, 06:59:30 AM

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Originally posted by feather

Why do they persist in this shit candy teletubby interface and colours? Everything feels like it's made for kindergarten kids. It's like Disney designed the UI and Mickey is gonna pop up in a corner any moment. Why can't they make an OS LOOK like an OS? Even with XP, I turned that shit off and went back to the original taskbar look.

really ? that beige interface was so dull, I actually like the one they've got on the Windows 7 and Vista (to an extent). The one on XP never did much for me and the ones before were just lifeless.

**herre** · October 30, 2008, 10:55:01 AM

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never ever, maybe as vm for testing but never again as host :P

**Funky Dredd** · October 30, 2008, 03:31:12 PM

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I run Vista Enterprise on my laptop and have had no problems. The only problem I was having was waiting for the latest release of PcAnywhere to work on Vista.

btw...mintywhite has more screenshots.

36 of the Newest Windows 7 UI Screenshots | Windows 7 News & Development | Windows Tools, Help & Guides

http://mintywhite.com/tech/windows-7/36-of-the-newest-windows-7-ui-screenshots/

36 of the Newest Windows 7 UI Screenshots Windows 7 - Desktop Enjoy this collection of Windows 7 UI Screenshots that surfaced during PDC 2008. via WinGeek

**Simon Preston** · October 30, 2008, 04:28:56 PM

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Originally posted by kassios

Guess will have to wait for the users reviews

Yup. Microsoft are forever making promises that are never delivered.

**Simon Preston** · October 30, 2008, 04:31:45 PM

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Originally posted by Fez Up

really ? that beige interface was so dull, I actually like the one they've got on the Windows 7 and Vista (to an extent). The one on XP never did much for me and the ones before were just lifeless.

Go find the Royale Noir theme for XP. Best looking XP there is.

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