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mr.reggaeton72 · 10-22-2009, 08:30 PM

i just got my copy of windows 7 on my USB, my microsoft certified friends at college got me free copy, all fully activated, windows 7 ultimate to be exact...i got it today, i cant wait to get home and update from XP...

Tinman · 10-22-2009, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by mr.reggaeton72

i just got my copy of windows 7 on my USB, my microsoft certified friends at college got me free copy, all fully activated, windows 7 ultimate to be exact...i got it today, i cant wait to get home and update from XP...

One of these posts is not like the others.

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aknightstale41 · 10-22-2009, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by KabaModern

Yes, I agree. Have you noticed in Win7 the UAC is a little more unobtrusive? As in, it still prompts Yes/No on certain items, but a lot of the time if you see the shield icon next to an action, that's basically a forewarning you'll be approving Administrator privileges once you click the action (as to not be redundant and prompt to approve).

Can the UAC still be unchecked and turned off in Windows 7 as it can in vista? That was the first thing I did when I got those warnings.

KabaModern · 10-23-2009, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by aknightstale41

Can the UAC still be unchecked and turned off in Windows 7 as it can in vista? That was the first thing I did when I got those warnings.

I'm assuming you can but I think you'll appreciate it more in Win7. There really isn't much of a need to turn it off unless it bugs you having to sometimes approve stuff. The reason I kept it on in Vista is because I kept getting the tray pop-up warning that I should turn UAC on and I hated seeing that (I'm anal like that). So when I went to Win7, I feel like I'm being rewarded.

crystus · 10-23-2009, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by KabaModern

I'm assuming you can but I think you'll appreciate it more in Win7. There really isn't much of a need to turn it off unless it bugs you having to sometimes approve stuff. The reason I kept it on in Vista is because I kept getting the tray pop-up warning that I should turn UAC on and I hated seeing that (I'm anal like that). So when I went to Win7, I feel like I'm being rewarded.

Yes it can be completely turned off, but as mentioned it is less obtrusive than with vista. I just had to do a custom install because I was running the release candidate. It was easy to do and the great thing was that all my old files were moved to a Windows.old folder so I was able to pull all my files and not lose anything. So far the final version is better than the release candidate. I loved the release candidate. Performance wise Windows 7 is soo much better than vista. I ran Vista Ultimate. My benchmark was to evaluate the performance of WOW. In Vista when it booted up my system resource usage for memory was about 52% of my memory was in use at boot. When I tweaked it I was able to lower it to 47% at boot. With Windows 7 and no tweaks I was running at 32% usage at boot.

The other comparisons were on how WOW performed on both of the OS's. When I was running Vista my Latency was consistently in the 300-500 range and my fps was in the 20-30 range. On Windows 7 release candidate the Latency was 200-300 range and the fps was 30-40. Windows 7 final my latency is 150-250 for latency and 35-55 for fps.

All in all Windows 7 is by far my favorite release from M$. Very stable, user friendly, bells and whistles, and great performance.

Hondamaker · 10-23-2009, 11:57 AM

God, I am sooo tired of Windows of any version. Right now I have to start my windows vista machine in safe mode cause it's not working right. I've had my iMac for almost 2 yrs and it's froze on me twice. I can't say that with any version of windows. I hope windows 7 ends up meeting the hype.

KabaModern · 10-23-2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Hondamaker

God, I am sooo tired of Windows of any version. Right now I have to start my windows vista machine in safe mode cause it's not working right. I've had my iMac for almost 2 yrs and it's froze on me twice. I can't say that with any version of windows. I hope windows 7 ends up meeting the hype.

It does. For me, anyway. Are you planning on upgrading?

Hondamaker · 10-23-2009, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by KabaModern

It does. For me, anyway. Are you planning on upgrading?

Yeah, I gotta try it.

bass_lover1 · 10-23-2009, 01:52 PM

I installed it yesterday morning, after I finished downloading my pre-order upgrade off the web.

For those that are curious, yes you can do a fresh install with the "upgrade" versions just boot from the disc.

IMO this is what Vista should have been in the first place, a completely new visual experience compared to XP, but still light on its toes. Vista would use 75% of my system memory over the span of about a week (2GB DDR2), Win7 is currently using about 35% with the same programs installed and running.

They tweaked UAC for the better, it can be completely turned off like in Vista, but now they allow you to select different levels, which is much better than an annoying pop-up every time you wanted to do anything.

The new task bar is pretty cool, along with Aero Peek, Shake and Snap and keyboard shortcuts, make every day use a bit easier and more streamlined.

Driver recognition is pretty good, before I booted to my desktop for the first time, it had already found and installed my wireless card, and asked me to connect to my network.

Windows Update, will actually search for drivers now, it found all of mine, sound card, video, networking, all of it.

I'm using Win7 Professional 32-bit, probably should have went with 64-bit, but too late now.

JWiPhone · 10-23-2009, 02:03 PM

My big question is does Windows 7 still require updates from Microsoft when shutting down? I find that annoying when I go to shut down at night and there are 12 updates which takes about 20 minutes to finish before shutting down.