AnyOne tried Windows7

[rion]

btw, the latest build is 72xx.

not much changes from what I hear...

[Jun aka Pekto]

btw, the latest build is 72xx.

not much changes from what I hear...

Hmmm. The last email I got from MS was from May 24. The link on the email was for Build 7100. When was 72xx released?

[woohoo]

On 1gb ram, it runs fantastic on vista, mine is 3gb. It's not the ram that really matters tough, when it comes to Vista. I noticed that vista ran much faster when I upgraded my video card from a 128 mb to a 512mb video card.... Because it is a more graphics intensive OS...the more memory on the video card, the faster the graphics render and load. Therefore, making the OS appear faster. But, having more RAM doesn't hurt either...

Perhaps you haven't tried Vista with only 1 GB.

I have. What a big difference another GB made! My laptop battery's charge even got stretched 2 more hours (closed lid) from 8 hours to 10+ hours (due to a lot less RAM-HDD swapping)!

I wonder how much an upgrade from Vista to Win7 will cost.

[rion]

Hmmm. The last email I got from MS was from May 24. The link on the email was for Build 7100. When was 72xx released?

June 1, I believe, though it's not official release yet. and just a leak, but the 7201 is for real most people will say.




like Vista, Windows 7 takes advantage of your extra ram and share it with your video.



the 512mb video card becomes 1gb+

[Jun aka Pekto]

June 1, I believe, though it's not official release yet. and just a leak, but the 7201 is for real most people will say.




like Vista, Windows 7 takes advantage of your extra ram and share it with your video.



the 512mb video card becomes 1gb+

Ahhhh. Ok. As for the video ram...... Isn't that just like a laptop video chip except the limit is higher? Normally I'd thumb my nose at it because in the past, system ram tended to be much slower than dedicated video ram. It's kinda like virtual memory where hard drive space supplemented system ram.

But, I guess the method has its uses like not needing to swap out textures (in FSX), for example. I've already seen my 512mb card get overwhelmed with textures swapping out every time I pan the view around.

[JessicaD]

Impulzz,
To download Windows 7 as well as find other helpful resources, head on over to Micrsoft Springboard.
http://tinyurl.com/832nco
Jessica
Microsoft TechNet / Springboard
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[impulzz]

Thanks rion and jessicaD.

[rion]

I notice on my old agp x1650pro 512mb factory overclocked with 1gb ddr1 ram, humihina ang gaming sa 7. but on my pcie x1650pro 512mb lower clock with 2gb ddr2 ram eh mabilis sa 7. but in xp, my agp is way much faster.

[jatcos]

[SIZE=2]I tried dual-boot(win XP and Win7) on my old Pentium3 451mhz 512mb RAM. All i can say is win xp is still one of the most stable Windows OS after Windows 95..hehe.. Win7 dropped legacy function like hyperterminal and some missing drivers for old devices that needs to be manually loaded. 7 is better than Vista imo but both are sloww.
[/SIZE]

[roberto_minosa]

The laptop I'm using has been on Windows 7 since God knows when. I hate the instability of XP! Mine's build 7000, and runs much faster than XP or Vista. My laptop's a Celeron 1.5GHz with 768MB RAM. The graphics on this is an Intel 915GM, and it doesn't have WDM drivers, so no Aero.

I also installed Win7 build 7000 on my Pentium 4 desktop. Runs better than any OS I've ever used. I play GTAIV on that, and it runs pretty well for a P4.

[jjmd3_787]

My OS is still XP sp2 (sp3 or Black editon is also fine) for years now & i can say it's the best edition ever from Windows. Win XP sp2 using Explorer 7 and it's phishing filter makes surfing the net safe, reliable, and fast.

I tried the Explorer 8 pero marami pa ring bug. Siguro kaunting panahon pa at mape-perfect din nila ung 8.

[Jun aka Pekto]

An issue I noticed is more evident with Win 7 (than Vista or XP) is the COM Surrogate issue on folders with mpeg 1 or 2 files. The ram simply gets eaten up (watching the processes in Task Manager) until it runs out and Explorer crashes.

It doesn't seem to happen with other video file types.

[rion]

I just installed win7 buil 7201. it's the first time it didn't include all the nvidia package, even the update didn't work...

so far, the rest seems fine though...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Here's a video of the COM Surrogate error I get every time I open a folder with mpeg 1 and 2's in it:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMbCdpt0-4"]YouTube - COM Surrogate[/ame]

Friggin Micro$haft.....

[woohoo]

Nasty bugger indeed! M$ > :twak: < woohoo

[Jun aka Pekto]

Nasty bugger indeed! M$ > :twak: < woohoo

It only happens with mpeg videos. So, I smell a rat in M$' part. It seems like mp4's are now M$' darling. So, it's making life hard for mpeg owners. Then again it may be my codecs.

More testing in progress.....

[rion]

I just installed 7201 about two weeks ago I think. and here comes 7260.

I'm not taking the bait unless I'm installing it to my coming new Rig.

[Jun aka Pekto]

It only happens with mpeg videos. So, I smell a rat in M$' part. It seems like mp4's are now M$' darling. So, it's making life hard for mpeg owners. Then again it may be my codecs.

More testing in progress.....

Nope. I tried updates, newer drivers, etc. No Go still. Explorer crash crash crash.

Friggin Micro$haft...... This is one of the times when I'd like to don on my Mac/Linux alter egos and shove a boot up M$'s piehole. Ahhh geeez.

[roberto_minosa]

Is anyone still using Build 7000? I got it on this laptop I'm using now. I used the Orbit30 utility to remove the timebomb and it hasn't expired yet when it was supposed to expire yesterday. Dunno if it's stable though; my mom reported BSOD on my desktop which also has Win7 b.7000.

[rion]

btw, in the latest leak 7264, keys doesn't work anymore. Orbit30 na yung ginagamit nila.