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2009-02-12 21:50:48
Brasso
member
+1,549|6894

i still haven't gone at it yet.  i have a long weekend so i might as well try.  you only have it for 60 days or something right?
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2009-02-12 22:00:52
bugz
Fission Mailed
+3,311|6576

It's good till August iirc

The Beta will stop working on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date. You won't be able to upgrade from the Beta to the final retail version of Windows 7.

Last edited by ebug9 (2009-02-12 22:02:11)

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122
2009-02-12 22:02:13
Brasso
member
+1,549|6894

ebug9 wrote:

It's good till August iirc
wow, that's quite a while.  i might as well install it on our old laptop then.  i'll make another partition because those ubuntu drivers were a pain to get working...
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2009-02-12 23:56:58
Wallpaper
☺
+303|6258|The pool
Anyone know how I can make it so I can see my XP partition in W7? I can see my W7 partition in XP, but not XP in W7... Dont want to make a 3rd partition for games and stuff
My flickr
2009-02-13 01:08:10
Microwave
_
+515|6919|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

FFLink13 wrote:

james@alienware wrote:

I've successfully installed it via a usb stick onto my netbook!
Did you have XP on it before?

If so, what's performance like?

I may use it on mine...
I had vista on it before. It's noticeably faster, I'm really impressed. Boots waaay quicker too.

(1.2GHz, 2GB ram)
2009-02-13 04:48:34
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6052|Catherine Black

james@alienware wrote:

FFLink13 wrote:

james@alienware wrote:

I've successfully installed it via a usb stick onto my netbook!
Did you have XP on it before?

If so, what's performance like?

I may use it on mine...
I had vista on it before. It's noticeably faster, I'm really impressed. Boots waaay quicker too.

(1.2GHz, 2GB ram)
Any fresh install will boot quicker than an old install. Give it a few months, fill your HDD with crap, and you'll see it's only marginally faster.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
2009-02-13 10:48:43
GCFC
Davide Santon
+45|6193|NY/CT

Finray wrote:

Any fresh install will boot quicker than an old install. Give it a few months, fill your HDD with crap, and you'll see it's only marginally faster.
it's like a second or two faster than xp or vista
the only real difference is less resources

Last edited by GCFC (2009-02-13 10:49:22)

2009-02-13 18:25:37
Brasso
member
+1,549|6894

Win7 Beta Public vs Win7 Beta Interim

what's the difference?

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-02-13 18:26:11)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2009-02-13 19:14:07
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6865|132 and Bush

Finray wrote:

james@alienware wrote:

FFLink13 wrote:

Did you have XP on it before?

If so, what's performance like?

I may use it on mine...
I had vista on it before. It's noticeably faster, I'm really impressed. Boots waaay quicker too.

(1.2GHz, 2GB ram)
Any fresh install will boot quicker than an old install. Give it a few months, fill your HDD with crap, and you'll see it's only marginally faster.
I upgraded on one of my machines (kept all of my programs and settings). It was still much faster.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
2009-02-13 19:58:50
GCFC
Davide Santon
+45|6193|NY/CT

haffeysucks wrote:

Win7 Beta Public vs Win7 Beta Interim

what's the difference?
interim just means minor release
so they might have fixed some bugs or something little
2009-02-13 20:05:34
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|7036|PNW

I've been using Windows 7 for about a month on the following rig:

ASUS A8V Deluxe
Athlon 64 3500+
NV 6800 Ultra 256AGP
4x512MB DDR400
SB Audigy 2 ZS Gamer
2x74GB Raptor (RAID0)
250GB WD
1TB WD
* I had to dig out my old ASUS driver CD to get the right drivers for the two SATA pairs. I know it isn't really MS's fault, but I hope they bundle more drivers in the retail version.
* Basic video codecs still suck. I have over 1000 titles in my DVD library, and even after 'Windows 7 codec pack' downloads, every now and then I encounter huge interlacing issues that require me to jump to another DVD application (with disc settings memory) and dump about 30 minutes into codec tweaking to fix. I'm not sure if I should blame some of it on the video card or what, but I've seen it on other computers as well.
* Audio codecs are a bit flaky as well. There's a lot of aiff files I still can't play without a third party application.
* Audio skips and burrs every now and then, be it Windows Media Player or a PC game. Sometimes this causes program operation to halt for a brief instant, sometimes it doesn't. I've already reported it in different application instances, and hope it's addressed before retail, because it makes working on music a real headache.

If it weren't for these, I'd completely prefer W7 over WXPP.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2009-02-13 20:30:45)

2009-02-13 20:11:45
Brasso
member
+1,549|6894

GCFC wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

Win7 Beta Public vs Win7 Beta Interim

what's the difference?
interim just means minor release
so they might have fixed some bugs or something little
yeah i just figured that out since it was a later build.  downloaded, will install on the old laptop over this weekend.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2009-02-13 20:40:46
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6865|132 and Bush

I put it on an old machine at work thinking there was no chance it would run even though it squeaked in the requirments. I was completely surprised.. ran nice. If I would have tried to put Vista on there the machine would have shit itself.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
2009-02-16 03:42:48
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6757|N. Ireland
Guys there only are about 5 unique serials for x86 and 5 for x64. All your serials aren't unique at all, lol.
2009-02-16 10:35:12
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7030|Cambridge (UK)

kylef wrote:

Guys there only are about 5 unique serials for x86 and 5 for x64. All your serials aren't unique at all, lol.
Right, that's what I suspected.

So the question still remains - is there actually any limit on the number of people using the beta?
2009-02-16 10:48:45
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

kylef wrote:

Guys there only are about 5 unique serials for x86 and 5 for x64. All your serials aren't unique at all, lol.
Right, that's what I suspected.

So the question still remains - is there actually any limit on the number of people using the beta?
probably not, how would they measure/limit it......

no sensible/feasible mechanism other than keys
2009-02-16 10:49:49
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7030|Cambridge (UK)

JoshP wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

kylef wrote:

Guys there only are about 5 unique serials for x86 and 5 for x64. All your serials aren't unique at all, lol.
Right, that's what I suspected.

So the question still remains - is there actually any limit on the number of people using the beta?
probably not, how would they measure/limit it......

no sensible/feasible mechanism other than keys
Does it not need activating?
2009-02-16 11:41:50
JoshP
Banned
+176|5953|Notts, UK

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

JoshP wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:


Right, that's what I suspected.

So the question still remains - is there actually any limit on the number of people using the beta?
probably not, how would they measure/limit it......

no sensible/feasible mechanism other than keys
Does it not need activating?
yeah, well, activation would probably be linked to keys

but then again urrite, they could limit it to 2.5m activations i suppose

lolz

 

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