vanhalen2007 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Heres a liveblog from Engadget showing off Windows 8, this looks like it will be a great UI, and possibly the first to give Apple a run for its money  http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/live-fr...ndows-and-more/  Second link  http://www.winsupersite.com/article/window...nveiling-136340  Youtube vid from Microsoft  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhalen2007 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 One of the photos show going into Office showed it going back into a Windows 7 configuration, will be interesting to see how much the Metro UI is built into it, hopefully there will be a RC soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhalen2007 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I have liked Windows 7, its not as flashy as it could be, but simple things like the dock/wi fi settings/skipping to windows makes me feel its going in the right direction, couldnt go back to vista or xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I still use XP. I'd be lost without it. Realistically though, how much life has XP got before I should consider making that leap to Windows 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhalen2007 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 When you shift to windows 7, its hard to explain, but there is just lots of little things which make Windows 7 that little bit better, most of all I'd say are the new wi fi options, dealing with Windows on the desktop and the dock, Id strongly recommend getting it, just avoid Vista! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not technically minded, so I don't know if my PC will handle the upgrade. All I know is that I have 2gb RAM. Â I don't want to take over the thread with this so any PM's with some knowledge on what is required would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Stone Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not technically minded, so I don't know if my PC will handle the upgrade. All I know is that I have 2gb RAM. Â I don't want to take over the thread with this so any PM's with some knowledge on what is required would be appreciated. Â I don't think it's usually that much of an issue going from XP to Windows 7 technically and it certainly has all the ease of use you'd have experienced in XP and more - I was skeptical about changing from XP to 7 but i'm 100% glad i did - it's better in just about every way - once you get used to the slight changes on where things are and such it's amazing! Â Going to look at windows 8 now - I'm hoping they haven't changed too much , i like the feel of windows, Mac OSx and such annoy the shit out of me in the way they're used, anyone who says OSx is better than win7 is a fool in my mind, it's not as easy to use, it's incredibly uncatagorised and everything seems a pain in the arse to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Stone Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 See i was actually somewhat excited, then i watched 1 minute of the video and was emo raging, i then decided i need to give it another look at least view the rest of the video, i lasted about 5 seconds until they reffered to shit as 'Apps' i then raged more... then i tried to watch some more, until it told me 'its designed for touch screen but it'll work well with a mouse and keyboard if that's what you have' Â Lol... waiiiit a minute, what do you mean it'll work well? WHAT!? this is a PC OS and you're designing it for touch screen? What kind of backward crazy little bastards are you? This isn't a phone, this isn't a laptop with a nice tracking pad, this isn't a tablet pc... this is a PC... of course i have a keyboard and mouse, no i don't want your crappy tiles, no i don't want your stupid colourful display i want my damned task bar, I want my icons and i want my keyboard and mouse to be the primary device it was designed for! God damnit microsoft. Â NONONO it's all wrong! I hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not technically minded, so I don't know if my PC will handle the upgrade. All I know is that I have 2gb RAM.  I don't want to take over the thread with this so any PM's with some knowledge on what is required would be appreciated.  http://windows.microsoft.com/upgradeadvisor  Microsoft have a utility you can download that will check your system for you.  Cheers for that, looks like I'm good to go.  I need at least 1gb RAM to run the 32bit, and 2gb RAM to run the 64bit. As I said I currently have 2gb RAM so installing the 64bit would slow my PC down. But what is the difference between the 32bit & 64bit? Is it literally just the graphics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 As a tablet operating system it's massively promising, but I can't see it working well as a desktop OS, as beautifully designed as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 For someone in my line of work, Windows 7 was a big step back in terms of audio drivers, plugin compatibility, Windows internal sound mapping etc. Unless they sort all that out for Windows 8 I won't be moving from Apples any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What kind of price are we looking at for a jump from XP to Windows 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Stone Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What kind of price are we looking at for a jump from XP to Windows 7? Â Home Premium upgrade is about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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