boiler Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 is sooo much better than any windows before. Fast, (so far) stable, easy and just all around neat. Google chrome is pretty awesome too. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I've had more blue screens of death running Windows 7 for the past 3 months than I did in 2 years of running Vista.But yeah, Google Chrome is pretty wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I've been using win 7 ultimate for the last few months now, I finally made the switch (sorta) from xp. It runs quick and smoothly that's for sure. I like it enough that I may even go buy a legit copy. I like chrome, but still find it rather clunky when it comes to organization. I tend to use it mostly when using google wave. I am however looking forward to trying out the OS google is developing, looks pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I have yet to have any issues with windows 7...well when I bought it my 7 year old router was not compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I've had more blue screens of death running Windows 7 for the past 3 months than I did in 2 years of running Vista.Question.Did you do a clean install or did you build Windows 7 on top of Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 When I put in the disc I had two options: upgrade on top of Vista or clean install. I chose clean install since I'd already backed up my data.I was surprised though that it didn't format my hard drive, but I definitely picked the clean install option.I had thought of formatting my hard drive and then trying to install Windows 7 but I was concerned that it wouldn't recognize my existing Vista license and not allow me to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 what else have you installed since you upgraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatpatguy Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 windows guru Paul Thurrott published these methods for a full 100% clean install using the upgrade media. I have purchased the Windows 7 upgrade but I have yet to install it so I can't comment as to how easy or effective these methods are:http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Just the standard stuff (Thunderbird, Chrome, OpenOffice). The problem started happening within the first day anyway. It's intermittent so not a big deal... I just wanted to report that contrary to the MS party line, not everyone is having a better experience with 7 than Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 "MS party line" Did you mean the one comment about not having errors? A lot of reports out there from people having the same issues Ollie. Especially random reboots, lock-ups and loads of critical errors in event log regarding "sidebyside" errors, kernel level errors and DNS errors I believe. It's M$ I expect no less. All I've experienced has been two complete lock ups - but remedied that easily enough with removing the incompatible programs and updating my drivers. Disabling all IPv6 stuff also seemed to help as it isn't really mainstream here yet from my understanding. But really though, windows 7 is exactly the same as vista but with a few tweaks, trims and new options. Vista was such a mess for the first year or so that M$ offered (for free) people the option of downgrading back to XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 random reboots, lock-ups and loads of critical errors in event log regarding "sidebyside" errors, kernel level errors and DNS errors that was MY idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Just waiting for some uppity Mac comments in this thread Little asian PC girl vs. MAC parody - watch more funny videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I also have windows 7 and love it. Very few problems.The only minor one I have in using my sata connection from my external hard drive. I get an error message after a few minutes but UBS and Firewire work fine.Anyone else experiencing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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