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Labotomizer (1077)    Dec 30, 2008 - 04:23 pm

Vista SP2 is slated for sometime in Q2 '09. It hasn't changed. It's just a service pack, although it does add some nice new features. Windows 7 is a completely different animal. » Login to reply to this

blppt (180)   Dec 30, 2008 - 11:03 am

Yes, I have installed it on Home Premium x64. No bugs encountered yet, and aero seems even snappier than SP1. This is not to say some other configurations might not have problems, but I havent had a single one. You will get that annoying "evaluation version" watermark on the desktop unless you do what they recommend in the link. Link: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=3605 » Login to reply to this

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Yoshi (2319)    Dec 30, 2008 - 08:14 am

The problem with that is going to turn to support for XP. By the time Windows 7 comes out XP will be mostly used on computers 3-4 years old. Sure you will have the hardware builders who are still on XP but new devices will start to focus on Vista and Windows 7. Also after 5 years Microsoft can stop most of it's support for XP which should happen durring the life of Windows 7. If they stop doing an aproved driver program I am sure Microsoft could cause enough tech support nightmare of "Yes you want the driver even though it's not digitally signed by Microsoft" that companies stop supporting it. » Login to reply to this

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Labotomizer (1077)    Dec 30, 2008 - 04:26 pm

We're talking about the same XP that was a huge pile of garbage at launch right? At least, that's what this forum and many, many others said. But I'm not here to beat a dead horse. There is no question that 7 is better than XP. Any software/hardware bought in the last 3 years should work on 7 no problem. Basically, if it works on Vista, it works on 7. But even more than that, it's faster than both XP and Vista. It's also cleaner, a superior interface and lightyears ahead on the security front. I think we can all agree Vista is substantially more secure than XP. 7 is somewhat more secure than Vista but without all the things that upset people. A toned down UAC (by default anyway, you can crank it back up) and the fact that it won't be a system shock to hardware and software vendors. It will benefit from the black eye Vista got for it's strengths. » Login to reply to this  FSgeeK (574)   Jan 03, 2009 - 06:16 am I want MS to make 7 so when you buy a soundcard you can actually use it to make your music-games sound good. Vista sucks majorly for me because they got rid of software acceleration like eax that made my music sound a ton better than what i got now. » Login to reply to this

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Labotomizer (1077)    Dec 29, 2008 - 06:53 pm

Close. I personally think the new taskbar is a quite a bit better. There's no question as to speed though, 7 is faster than both Vista and XP. The changes to UAC are nice. There's also improvements in Task Manager, user switching, processor scaling, memory management, superfetch. You name it and it got upgraded. I'm not exactly sure what Paul wants. And no, it doesn't feel like a Mac. And the jump lists are more intuitive than these guys give credit for. My daughter figured out how to use the Jump List for Internet Explorer already. She turned 3 two weeks ago. I'd say that's fairly intuitive. » Login to reply to this

mr.wielder (1416)    Dec 29, 2008 - 03:12 pm

Well, I remember 95 sucking and 98 being semi-OK. So I guess that's a positive outlook. » Login to reply to this

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