New in Windows 7

Rik · Sep 25, 2009, 16:26:01

Shame.

Sebby · Sep 25, 2009, 17:30:16

Quote from: Gary on Sep 25, 2009, 09:14:07
But at least you can chat reliably over webcams with it via msn, I have a friend with a mac and she even with aMSN has issues, if MS sorted that out it would be brilliant, but as you say, no Registry, thats heaven.

It might be a reason why you couldn't have a Mac, but it's not really Apple's problem. Microsoft make a version of Messenger for the Mac. Personally, I believe they deliberately leave features out of software they write for the Mac, otherwise it makes it too easy for Windows users to switch.

Supanova · Sep 25, 2009, 22:01:51

I know this isn't a mac thread but I only agree with you to a point there Sebby. In my experience macs are a pain in the ass to write software for if you are not brought up on them and I imagine its relatively more expensive to write the same software for a mac as a PC. Besides that most applications are written for windows and then released for the MAC as an afterthought.

Sebby · Sep 26, 2009, 14:32:36

The key being if you are not brought up with them. No doubt the situation would be the same if you weren't brought up with Windows PCs.

Rik · Sep 26, 2009, 16:05:54

I wasn't brought up with any PC, just a sister.

Sebby · Sep 26, 2009, 16:06:29

Steve · Oct 08, 2009, 17:52:14

Here's something new http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-350761.html

Rik · Oct 08, 2009, 18:33:06

Why am I not surprised?

gizmo71 · Oct 08, 2009, 22:57:18

Well of the two machines I've tried it on so far, one has XP as the main OS, and Windows 7 boots considerably faster. The other came with Vista Home; 7 Ultimate definitely boots quicker, though not by such a margin.

Anyway. Vista's even more horrible than 7.

Technical Ben · Oct 09, 2009, 11:42:53

Oh, but are you comparing a clean install of both.

As a old install will have many more programs to load up than a brand new install of windows 7. I wonder if this is Microsoft's business plan. Keep making the current OS slower with autoupdates, so they can "speed up" the next revision.

Sebby · Oct 09, 2009, 13:32:49

Quote from: gizmo71 on Oct 08, 2009, 22:57:18
Anyway. Vista's even more horrible than 7.

Vista's more horrible than anything!

Gary · Oct 09, 2009, 14:31:24

Quote from: Sebby on Oct 09, 2009, 13:32:49
Vista's more horrible than anything!

No its not, Vista works fine on the right hardware, but having been playing with Macs in the local shop, all incarnations of Windows are vile

getting home to come back to this for now felt horrid and that was only after they let me play for an hour on a 24" iMac, god that's a lot of screen real estate, I could happily have a 20" but you get so more with the 24", here size does matter, but the keyboard looks tiny next to it

gizmo71 · Oct 09, 2009, 14:40:32

Quote from: Gary on Oct 09, 2009, 14:31:24
Quote from: Sebby on Oct 09, 2009, 13:32:49
Vista's more horrible than anything!
No its not, Vista works fine on the right hardware, but having been playing with Macs in the local shop, all incarnations of Windows are vile getting home to come back to this for now felt horrid and that was only after they let me play for an hour on a 24" iMac, god that's a lot of screen real estate, I could happily have a 20" but you get so more with the 24", here size does matter, but the keyboard looks tiny next to it

Non sequitor.