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l2es-roguesamurai
Joined: May 12, 2007
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Location: Athlone, Ireland
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Sat May 02, 2009 1:20 pm |
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the windows 7 release candidate is available to everyone from may 5th from http://redirectingat.com/?id=92X363&url=http%3A//www.microsoft.com/downloads/
and suprisingly its valid untill june 2010 !!! which means you can have a free operating system for 12 months.....legally 
anyone tried the beta?? i believe mrix was?
does anyone know, will the release candidate update the same as the retail version which is expected october?? what about anti virus and firewall etc, will the current avg and zone alarm work with windows 7. how about graphics drivers. if so then i'll be installing this on 5th may. hopefully cure my internet probs which still continue to annoy the hell out of me  |
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|2es-Cyrus_The_Virus
Joined: Jul 02, 2005
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Sat May 02, 2009 1:51 pm |
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I've been using Windows 7 for many months now on this laptop and i have to say in comparison to XP and Vista its alot better.
A lot less memory usage then Vista, nicer to look at, easier to use.
Overall this is the operating system Vista was meant to be, don't get me wrong Vista has come along way since release but Windows 7 is vastly better in everyway shape or form.
In regards to drivers, i haven't had any problems finding drivers for all my components old and new, Windows 7 pretty much does everything automatically and rarely has problems finding drivers for anything.
Some programs such as Diskeeper aren't compatible yet but that's the only program I've had any problems with in Windows 7 so far, i use NOD32 anti virus and it runs perfectly, one of if not the best anti virus's available.
To be honest with you i was really surprised how stable and complete the beta is, usually you'd expect a few crashes, bugs etc, but i don't recall having any of that to date. |
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l2es-mrix
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Joined: Jun 30, 2005
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Sat May 02, 2009 9:35 pm |
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Yes I was running it on a PC system that could only run XP, and it run fine 
I was wondering what the speed could have been like on the system I run but will not try it until a full release is here.
When its released all gamers should definately make the step over as it does use far less resources 
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l2es-captreddog
Joined: Jan 23, 2007
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Location: PLAYING WITH A RIGHT BUNCH OF TANKERS
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Sat May 02, 2009 11:17 pm |
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im running the 7100 build at the mo and ive got to say im very impressed , seems like microsoft has actually listened to the consumer and dumped all the crap from vista . this one is rock solid , and all my vista progs work . system hog has gone , games and graphics seem a tad sharper , i cant wait to see the retail version out , althopugh ive been told that this is pretty much the finished article ( 7100 ) |
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l2es-mrix
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Sun May 03, 2009 9:15 am |
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Yes definately buying the finished version
cheers
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l2es-roguesamurai
Joined: May 12, 2007
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Sun May 03, 2009 10:35 pm |
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does anyone know if it'll update like the retail version?? if so i'm gonna use it. free operating system for 12 months can't be bad |
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l2es-captreddog
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Mon May 04, 2009 10:28 am |
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anyone who wants this release can do so if they have got a beta key see below :
i recieved an email from microsoft, it saying that the release will be avaiable till at least june 30 2009 although ive been told its june 2010 . there is the opportunity to rollback to vista if you do the upgrade when its finished , but my release has no expiry date when i activated it , and there usually is , having tested beta versions of 98 , xp and vista suggesting that there is no firm date for recall. I suggest you use a beta key rather than the release keys that are going to be issued to be on the safe side .The fact that they are releasing this to everyone suggests to me that because of the the leak to torrent sites and usenet , they have pre-empted this move to at least get feedback on their product and possibly because this release may be considered to be an upgrade to vista , i.e vista service pack 3 , rather than a new operating system , and as such may be available on sale as an upgrade to vista owners at a cheaper cost , haing already bought a microsoft liscence
cheers
phil
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l2es-roguesamurai
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Mon May 04, 2009 1:00 pm |
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i've decided i'm def gonna install this. i'm a little unsure though, i dont want to just upgrade i wanna do a complete re-install due to a few issues i've been having, can i do this? i'm in the process of backing up everything i need to. i wanna start from scratch again. cheers |
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l2es-captreddog
Joined: Jan 23, 2007
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Mon May 04, 2009 3:15 pm |
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yeah rogue you can do that from the boot or from the disc within windows it gives you the option to upgrade or re-install from new at the title screen
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l2es-OmiMace
Joined: Aug 13, 2007
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Mon May 04, 2009 4:44 pm |
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Awesolme news thought i was gonna have to wait till the official release date will upgrade asap as this getting praise everywere. |
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l2es-captreddog
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Mon May 04, 2009 5:23 pm |
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dont forget to go to microsofts website and register for a beta key guys , you get it immediatly |
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l2es-rembrandt
Joined: Nov 21, 2007
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Mon May 04, 2009 5:35 pm |
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anybody got a download link and there not giving out anymore beta keys  |
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l2es-captreddog
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Mon May 04, 2009 5:56 pm |
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unless you have usenet or torrents you cant download it till its released on may 5 on microsofts website and for all you beta key wanters theres only bout 10 keys anyway so mine is 4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH or ive just got another from the website at microsoft TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
it will work when you register , if you wat a copy of either the 32 or 64 bit one then pm me with your address and ill post you a copy tomorrow , ive got to send alonzos anyway , so its not a problem guys and saves the 3 gig download
ps the site for keys is http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx its says the betais not avaiable for download but if you lokk below it still allows you to get a key by clicking on the go link |
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l2es-roguesamurai
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Thu May 07, 2009 12:16 am |
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wish i'd taken you up on the offer of posting a disc dog. at time of writing this i've spent about 3 hrs trying to make a bootable disc and get pc to boot from it 
not sure whats going on,hopefully have it sorted soon. i've changed bios so 1st,2nd,3rd boot priorities are the dvdrw but just boots straight from hard drive anyway 
says press f11 during loading screen to select device to boot from,but for some reason my 'f' keys do "f" all. they never have. |
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l2es-roguesamurai
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Thu May 07, 2009 1:18 am |
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tried my old vista instalation disc,that does nothing either, so dont think its the disc thats prob. (i've done 5 copies now  ) i'm gonna flog the feck and get an xbox i think  |
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