Are you going to buy windows 7?

I might, I'll probably test it before hand.... And I might decide to keep the tester until I get a new computer pre loaded with 7.

:? ....what were u doing like the last few months, hiding in a cave or sumin? obviously almost everyone will get windows 7, everyones talking about it/

My only concern would be the price, I wonder how much itll cost.

Definitely. I've been using the beta since it came out and it's awesome.

I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...-GeordiLaForge-

yes, i am going to buy it

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...mattpunkgd

[QUOTE="mattpunkgd"][QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...Arnalion

I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...-GeordiLaForge-

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...hofuldig

[QUOTE="hofuldig"][QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...-GeordiLaForge-

Yeah, I'll probably jump on the 7 wagon. I have a XP/Vista rig now, where XP is only getting a monthly boot for updates. So W8 seems like a good choice, especially considering the benchmarks where it outperforms XP/Vista.

Rumor has it that Microsoft will be offering free upgrades to all owners of Vista Ultimate, Vista Enterprise, and Vista Business. Not a ton of people fall into those categories, but it's something worth noting.sportwarrior

I may or may not. cuz Im fine with the Home Basic Vista. unless it's a must.Dogswithguns

ya vista will be good enough for me unless microsoft decides to be B^T#he$ and hey dont give DX11 to Vista. Then I'll HAVE to get windows 7. I'll get windows 7 when the price goes low. I'll be fine with XP and Vista,

I will probably buy it when SP1 arrives, thats providing its not tottaly amazing and i feel and need to own is asap :)

i probably will get a 64 bit versions of windows when i will actually start to need more then 3gigs of ram and upgrade to 6 that is assuming a new and BETTER os doesnt come out.

[QUOTE="mattpunkgd"][QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]I will definitely get it. It has always been planned as the TRUE replacement for XP. Vista has always been, well, pretty much just a Beta of Vienna...Arnalion

I'm not convinced yet, Vista is fine for me and DX11 will come to Vista. I'll need to see benchmarks, Win 7 is just a polished Vista so far.X360PS3AMD05

Same feeling here, tried wndows 7 64 few times on another partition, deleted it after about a week thought wtf am i doing on here, when my vista 64 does everything i want and fast, just have to defrag with decent defragger every so often, change startup items, and try ultimate windows tweaker thats pretty good program oh and Ccleaner, also try out google chrome, the new 2.0.170.0 is out, so its allll gravy:). Vista 64-bit is very good no driver issues like ever so..., games run fine, im not impressed by 7 yet, few things ive thought are pretty good but upto now meh, got my rocketdock thats fancy UI :), chrome has good tab management, can switch tabs and drag tab to new windows etc..

windows7 sp1 = may take it :/

win 7 does feature better memory management so it runs on low end systems efficiently like ones with less ram/cpu speeds, but other than that uses same amount vista does if you got the resources so.., thought that wallpaper changer was nice on 7, until i found webshots and caledos lol

want to know something rather funny, you can get aero snap, aero shake, aero peek, and a wallpaper changer, and windows 7's new transparent theme for vista. So even on the new interface front its not looking hmm exciting?

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]I'm not convinced yet, Vista is fine for me and DX11 will come to Vista. I'll need to see benchmarks, Win 7 is just a polished Vista so far.jamesfffan

Same feeling here, tried wndows 7 64 few times on another partition, deleted it after about a week thought wtf am i doing on here, when my vista 64 does everything i want and fast, just have to defrag with decent defragger every so often, change startup items, and try ultimate windows tweaker thats pretty good program oh and Ccleaner, also try out google chrome, the new 2.0.170.0 is out, so its allll gravy:). Vista 64-bit is very good no driver issues like ever so..., games run fine, im not impressed by 7 yet, few things ive thought are pretty good but upto now meh, got my rocketdock thats fancy UI :), chrome has good tab management, can switch tabs and drag tab to new windows etc..

windows7 sp1 = may take it :/

win 7 does feature better memory management so it runs on low end systems efficiently like ones with less ram/cpu speeds, but other than that uses same amount vista does if you got the resources so.., thought that wallpaper changer was nice on 7, until i found webshots and caledos lol

maybe its a tweaked mem management, because thats what ive read it does have modifications to the kernel and how it manages ram, but if on the face on things theyre changed few things and given it a new name, then is it all just a marketing scheme? also i used to run vista 32-bit + 2gb ram it ran just fine, but support for 64-bit on vista is pretty much solid now as i have experienced from making the move to vista 64-bit + new set of 4gb ram :) its lightningy

maybe its a tweaked mem management, because thats what ive read it does have modifications to the kernel and how it manages ram, but if on the face on things theyre changed few things and given it a new name, then is it all just a marketing scheme? also i used to run vista 32-bit + 2gb ram it ran just fine, but support for 64-bit on vista is pretty much solid now as i have experienced from making the move to vista 64-bit + new set of 4gb ram :) its lightningy

jamesfffan

Can anyone give me a good reason to pay more than £100 for an operating system? The are hundreds of free open-source alternatives. I use Ubuntu Linux and I love it. Fast, doesn't need powerful hardware, has great visual effects and IT'S FREE! If I want to play a game, I just boot up XP. Why should I pay for Vista or Windows 7?

Can anyone give me a good reason to pay more than £100 for an operating system? The are hundreds of free open-source alternatives. I use Ubuntu Linux and I love it. Fast, doesn't need powerful hardware, has great visual effects and IT'S FREE! If I want to play a game, I just boot up XP. Why should I pay for Vista or Windows 7?

kraken2109

What i've heard so far is that its supposed to be loads better then Vista SP1 and since i'm still using XP and didn't waste my money on the lemon (Vista) i might just be getting W7.

I'm 3/4 confident that im gonna either skip 7 or wait for its sp1 release, pretty sure by then even though right now its pretty awesome, it will be great. Its that 1/4 that bugs me its new and when it has HUGE improvements over what im using then i'll switch. Yes i agree with my own statement and other people might say it is M$ trying to get away from how vista was received and is still kinda viewed, yet its solid for me and many others.

I plan on waiting a month or two before buying. I plan on doing a whole new build along with it. Im tired of only getting 9500 on 3d mark 06 on my mediocre computer lol.

Can anyone give me a good reason to pay more than £100 for an operating system? The are hundreds of free open-source alternatives. I use Ubuntu Linux and I love it. Fast, doesn't need powerful hardware, has great visual effects and IT'S FREE! If I want to play a game, I just boot up XP. Why should I pay for Vista or Windows 7?

kraken2109

Except the part about better frames is no longer true. X360PS3AMD05

The stuff I love in W7 is its homegroup features(Which I use a lot) and its taskbar improvements. On laptops it greatly improves the battery life as well. It has much faster booting/shutting down times and uses a bit less of resources than Vista(Well thats what I've observed, I started getting around 10 more FPS in my games). Other than that, the new WordPad, Windows Media Player 12 and Paint is pretty cool as well.