Author Topic: Windows 7 (Read 52053 times)

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #320 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:31:49 am »

£30 for any student with a .ac.uk email address until January. Upgraded mine from RC with no problems (requires a small regedit).

seanoevil · « **Reply #321 on:** October 25, 2009, 12:34:02 pm »

Quote from: Uhoh AureliOs on October 25, 2009, 10:31:49 am

£30 for any student with a .ac.uk email address until January. Upgraded mine from RC with no problems (requires a small regedit).

Also (Pro x86/64) - free to anyone with a ac.uk email address via the msdn academic alliance.

Surprise me. · « **Reply #322 on:** October 25, 2009, 12:35:10 pm »

Quote from: seanoevil on October 25, 2009, 12:34:02 pm

Also (Pro x86/64) - free to anyone with a ac.uk email address via the msdn academic alliance.

only if you are doing a computer related course that is.

rotistgeil · « **Reply #323 on:** October 26, 2009, 03:15:19 pm »

Bought the Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit English version (OEM) and will install it tonight. Should be interesting, new OS after almost 9 years of XP and my 1st legal version of an OS.

Navas · « **Reply #324 on:** October 26, 2009, 07:01:24 pm »

How do you go about getting it if you have a student account with .ac.uk?

Bjinxi · « **Reply #325 on:** October 26, 2009, 07:21:45 pm »

Quote from: Navas on October 26, 2009, 07:01:24 pm

How do you go about getting it if you have a student account with .ac.uk?

Here you go : http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/

Have to enter the email adress then you will get a mail to that address with a link to the store...

rotistgeil · « **Reply #326 on:** October 26, 2009, 07:54:26 pm »

That was quick to install

iSmiff · « **Reply #327 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:01:09 pm »

i did a clean install in about 30 mins today

wacko · « **Reply #328 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:31:43 pm »

You did something clean?

Hudson66 · « **Reply #329 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:22:29 am »

Just installed the ultimate edition tonight which came free afer some smoozing with Microsoft reps at a launch overview in work. Impressed so far. Easy to set up and its installed all the software and drivers without any bother.

Nick110581 · « **Reply #330 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:03:28 am »

Is it decent?

WorldChampions · « **Reply #331 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:43:48 am »

Quote from: seanoevil on October 25, 2009, 12:34:02 pm

Also (Pro x86/64) - free to anyone with a ac.uk email address via the msdn academic alliance.

Yeah I took advantage of that, got it downloaded anyway. Whats the minimum system requirements?

seanoevil · « **Reply #332 on:** October 27, 2009, 09:00:26 am »

Quote from: WorldChampions on October 27, 2009, 08:43:48 am

Yeah I took advantage of that, got it downloaded anyway. Whats the minimum system requirements?

Here ya go; http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #333 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:19:06 am »

Quote from: Nick110581 on October 27, 2009, 08:03:28 am

Is it decent?

Yep. Fast and stable for me (running an intel i7 920, 6gb ram and windows on a 64gb ssd).

SalisburyRed · « **Reply #334 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:59:41 am »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 26, 2009, 11:01:09 pm

i did a clean install in about 30 mins today

That's reassuring. I was a bit wary of doing a clean installation during term time, but that sounds perfectly manageable once I find a free afternoon.

iSmiff · « **Reply #335 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:01:51 pm »

Quote from: SalisburyRed on October 27, 2009, 11:59:41 am

That's reassuring. I was a bit wary of doing a clean installation during term time, but that sounds perfectly manageable once I find a free afternoon.

make sure to back up your stuff first

i thought to myself " nothing on this machine i need except my steam games", it's a gaming pc after all, so i copied the steam game off and wiped it

about mid wipe i realised i had a load of photos on in as well, thank fuck for dropbox

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #336 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:47:34 pm »

Quote from: Uhoh AureliOs on October 27, 2009, 11:19:06 am

Yep. Fast and stable for me (running an intel i7 920, 6gb ram and windows on a 64gb ssd).

Fuck sake, Vista would be stable on that fucking setup

iSmiff · « **Reply #337 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:49:56 pm »

i dunno, he might want to run Windows 7 starter, the version for netbooks, JUST IN CASE

pantbash · « **Reply #338 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:54:46 pm »

Seems to run well on my PC.

Only gripe is it seems to mess up Chrome, ie loose all search settings and history all the time.
Not sure what is causing that.

Uhoh AureliOs · « **Reply #339 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:55:02 pm »

I've got shitty graphics if that makes you feel better?

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #340 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:57:57 pm »

I just installed the RTM version on the MAC at work today, took 25 mins to install in parallels, just installing VWD & SQL 2008 at the minute. It's running nicely at the minute and recognises all my MAC components (had problems with sound and graphics on beta).

Pity leopard is being a c*nt and won't let me install snow leopard.

On a slight side topic has anyone on here had a chance to install the new Psystar Rebel EFI software? It allows you to install OSX on your PC at home for around £40 if you wanted to try it out as an alternative to Windows or just as a dual boot.

iSmiff · « **Reply #341 on:** October 27, 2009, 01:13:30 pm »

I'd be wary of the Psystar release, no doubt it's a great tool and it will work but it will only work with what they make it work with, I'd check that I had the correct components before I'd even go near it as you never know when or if they will add support.

nyctex · « **Reply #342 on:** October 27, 2009, 01:36:30 pm »

running great and no issue on drivers or incompatibilities so far. So glad to see the back of Vista

[new username under construction] · « **Reply #343 on:** October 27, 2009, 02:22:34 pm »

is it just me or is the new windows explorer being a bitch by not displaying the overall free disk space at the bottom of the screen. I need to know quickly how much i have left as i often push it to the limit

rotistgeil · « **Reply #344 on:** October 27, 2009, 02:39:01 pm »

Some games are having issues on the 64 bit version but I am working on them. Bastard Crysis will only run in 32 bit mode.

But it is very nice, install it and I only had to install the latest Catalyst and Sound drivers. Very nice indeed.

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #345 on:** October 27, 2009, 02:57:34 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 27, 2009, 01:13:30 pm

I'd be wary of the Psystar release, no doubt it's a great tool and it will work but it will only work with what they make it work with, I'd check that I had the correct components before I'd even go near it as you never know when or if they will add support.

It has a built in real time support feature apparently, I'm not willing to fork out £40 sheets until I get some solid evidence that it supports a wide range of hardware.

Quote from: shadowbane on October 27, 2009, 02:22:34 pm

is it just me or is the new windows explorer being a bitch by not displaying the overall free disk space at the bottom of the screen. I need to know quickly how much i have left as i often push it to the limit

Must be just you as I have both overall size under my C drive icon and also at the bottom of the screen when the icon is selected. Unless you are talking about multiple drives combined, then it appears that doesn't show up.

iSmiff · « **Reply #346 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:08:52 pm »

real time support is fine but they're not going to code something specifically because 1 person is using an odd piece of hardware that isn't supported

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #347 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:16:15 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 27, 2009, 03:08:52 pm

real time support is fine but they're not going to code something specifically because 1 person is using an odd piece of hardware that isn't supported

Of course, but I suppose if the support service served any point it would be to gather information on popular setups and tune it up over time, only way I could see their software having any sort of popular uptake.

I suppose that's one of the reasons they have their own PC setups for sale with OSX preinstalled on them.

Also goes to show how Apple developers have it easy as they have a limited range of hardware configurations to program for.

iSmiff · « **Reply #348 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:27:30 pm »

Are you willing to pay £40 to beta test their software though.

Do they publish a list of supported components?

SalisburyRed · « **Reply #349 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:40:59 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 27, 2009, 12:01:51 pm

make sure to back up your stuff first

i thought to myself " nothing on this machine i need except my steam games", it's a gaming pc after all, so i copied the steam game off and wiped it

about mid wipe i realised i had a load of photos on in as well, thank fuck for dropbox

I've got everything I want to save backed up on my external HD (which automatically backs everything up every 24 hours), so there's no issue there. I remember a few years ago having reformatting the computer that I shared with my brother at the time, and realising half-way through that I'd forgotten to back up any of his stuff (on to DVD-RWs in those days). He was not amused.

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #350 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:48:13 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 27, 2009, 03:27:30 pm

Are you willing to pay £40 to beta test their software though.

Do they publish a list of supported components?

There is also the other option, the torrent beta

Can't find one though

wacko · « **Reply #351 on:** October 27, 2009, 04:29:58 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on October 27, 2009, 01:13:30 pm

I'd be wary of the Psystar release, no doubt it's a great tool and it will work but it will only work with what they make it work with, I'd check that I had the correct components before I'd even go near it as you never know when or if they will add support.

That was my first thought, too. Probably even harder than getting everything working under Linux.

danwms · « **Reply #352 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:23:04 pm »

Anyone know where thye cheapest place to get a copy is?

iSmiff · « **Reply #353 on:** October 28, 2009, 08:49:35 am »

Quote from: danwms on October 27, 2009, 07:23:04 pm

Anyone know where thye cheapest place to get a copy is?

about 2 months ago via pre-order, you'd have gotten it for less than £50

SalisburyRed · « **Reply #354 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:15:20 am »

Quote from: danwms on October 27, 2009, 07:23:04 pm

Anyone know where thye cheapest place to get a copy is?

If you're a student with a .ac.uk email address (or know someone who is and will let you use their email), you can get it for £30.

cevans16 · « **Reply #355 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:35:05 pm »

Is it worth the upgrade from Vista? I've had Vista now for nearly 2 years and have found no problems, runs very fast on my machine.

Surprise me. · « **Reply #356 on:** October 28, 2009, 07:39:21 pm »

I've got a 64-bit pro version i'd happily sell for £20 if anyone wants it. Absolutely no use to me.

seanoevil · « **Reply #357 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:06:12 pm »

Chaps,

Was there a piece of software released on same day as 7, that enables virtualisation?

What I need to do is install Ubuntu on a virtual machine if possible?

JayM · « **Reply #358 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:13:51 pm »

When I bought my new laptop, they said I'd get a free upgrade to windows 7 so I rang up the carphone warehouse and said 'how do i go about getting the free upgrade to windows 7' and he said 'go on the dell website and you'll get it' and that was it.

Anyone else had this offer and how did you get it?

Sorry if it's a stupid question

Surprise me. · « **Reply #359 on:** October 29, 2009, 02:38:35 pm »

im with dell and i get that upgrade too but their website is not working for me so i'll be giving them a call later on.