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gary · 10-05-2009, 01:13 PM

beta testers and ms feedback program participants received their copies as well.

c0nfl1kt · 10-05-2009, 01:17 PM

I'm going to buy the Ultimate version when I get my second or third paycheck from this new job. I really want to support MS since they did an excellent job with this and deserve my hundreds of dollars. I can ride this RC until June 2010, though.

OMGz Turbo · 10-05-2009, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Vypurr

Do you have a retail disc already? I should have my Steve Balmer Signature Edition Windows 7 Ultimate (phew!) in a few days. If you pre-ordered, your disc will ship near the 20th to arrive on Oct 22nd. If you are a developer and attended a few sessions when they were in the area, that's the only way you have a retail disc at this point.

My brother in law is head of the IT department for a fortune 500 company in philly. He hooked it up

Vypurr · 10-05-2009, 01:20 PM

There is no real reason for the average person to purchase Ultimate though. If you get it free, that's good, but otherwise save your money and just get the Home. It's not the same as XP Home vs. Professional, or Vista Home vs. Professional vs. Ultimate. Home is everything you need.

Got an email address that ends in .edu? If so, you can get 7 for only $29.

c0nfl1kt · 10-05-2009, 01:21 PM

I want Ultimate for the bit locker among other things.

I ran the encryption on my USB drive that bit locker put there through a few algorithms at work last week and even they couldn't crack it.

Vypurr · 10-05-2009, 01:23 PM

That's a good reason then. You are clearly not an average Windows user if you even know what Bitlocker is. I just hate when my friends say that they are gonna get the ultimate because it's "the best" version out there. It's a waste of $ for most people.

c0nfl1kt · 10-05-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Vypurr

That's a good reason then. You are clearly not an average Windows user if you even know what Bitlocker is. I just hate when my friends say that they are gonna get the ultimate because it's "the best" version out there. It's a waste of $ for most people.

lol yeah, I understand.

99SL2_Modder · 10-05-2009, 02:11 PM

I beta'd Win7 b7000. Ran 10x smoother than my retail Vista U. More stable too, and it was only a god damn beta.

I hated having to go back to vista.

Elliott18t · 10-05-2009, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vypurr

There is no real reason for the average person to purchase Ultimate though. If you get it free, that's good, but otherwise save your money and just get the Home. It's not the same as XP Home vs. Professional, or Vista Home vs. Professional vs. Ultimate. Home is everything you need.

Got an email address that ends in .edu? If so, you can get 7 for only $29.

really? hmmm.. dont really have a comp that can run it that isnt already running just fine..

OMGz Turbo · 10-05-2009, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 99SL2_Modder

I beta'd Win7 b7000. Ran 10x smoother than my retail Vista U. More stable too, and it was only a god damn beta.

I hated having to go back to vista.

Clint this disk i have has home,professional,ultimate on it.

Scapegoat · 10-05-2009, 03:30 PM

actually... you shouldn't install W7... its horrible... buggy as hell.

you should probably just give me the disk

OMGz Turbo · 10-05-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Scapegoat

actually... you shouldn't install W7... its horrible... buggy as hell.

you should probably just give me the disk

You can borrow it, or i can make a copy ;)

EDIT- Its already installed, im on it right now. Liking it so far, felt a little laggy in the beginning but cant complain now

Scapegoat · 10-05-2009, 03:36 PM

unless there is no activation code required with that copy... i'll take it. I'd like to get it onto my eee, but i don't want to pay for it. I've already got a copy coming in for my desktop. wonder if i can use that on the eee as well... hmmm

Elliott18t · 10-05-2009, 03:37 PM

Giev!

05GT · 10-05-2009, 03:37 PM

Windows 7 is MUCH more stable then even Vista was. I have a retail copy, due to my company being a MS partner. So not counting the Beta versions of W7, I've been using the legit one for over a month now. It's extremely stable. It is faster then Vista, because it was made to be that way. This OS can be installed on a fanless 1ghz processor and still run without any problems. We've tested it on some our equipment here at work, including installing it on the ATOM processors. Runs amazing.

I would defintely recommend W7, and if you can, install Office 2010 as well. Runs wonderful.

OMGz Turbo · 10-05-2009, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

unless there is no activation code required with that copy... i'll take it. I'd like to get it onto my eee, but i don't want to pay for it. I've already got a copy coming in for my desktop. wonder if i can use that on the eee as well... hmmm

It asked for the key code or whatever, but when that came up i just hit "OK" and it went through the install.

c0nfl1kt · 10-05-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGz Turbo

It asked for the key code or whatever, but when that came up i just hit "OK" and it went through the install.

Did that thing I told you about for your existing stuff work out fine?

OMGz Turbo · 10-05-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Did that thing I told you about for your existing stuff work out fine?

Actually no, i said **** it. It can be replaced it was only 80gig's of porn, 10 gigs of music, and another 10 gigs of movies...nothing major

It didn't work the way you described only worked for windows vista to windows 7

c0nfl1kt · 10-05-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OMGz Turbo

Actually no, i said **** it. It can be replaced it was only 80gig's of porn, 10 gigs of music, and another 10 gigs of movies...nothing major

It didn't work the way you described only worked for windows vista to windows 7

Ugh, I'm sorry. I should have mentioned that I went from Vista to W7, so it worked for me. I suggested getting a large slave hard drive to store all that stuff to. I bought a 1.5TB spare hard drive for all my media and it is the best computer investment I've made specially since I run many OS's and sometimes have to clear the hard drives when testing linux distros that corrupt the GRUB loader.

zerioustt · 10-05-2009, 07:07 PM

ive had it for over a month and LOVE it..vista what? lol

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05GT The TST IT Ninja Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Member #1598 My Ride: 2007 SRT8 Jeep / 2013 Shelby GT500 iTrader: (0)	Windows 7 is MUCH more stable then even Vista was. I have a retail copy, due to my company being a MS partner. So not counting the Beta versions of W7, I've been using the legit one for over a month now. It's extremely stable. It is faster then Vista, because it was made to be that way. This OS can be installed on a fanless 1ghz processor and still run without any problems. We've tested it on some our equipment here at work, including installing it on the ATOM processors. Runs amazing. I would defintely recommend W7, and if you can, install Office 2010 as well. Runs wonderful. Last edited by 05GT; 10-05-2009 at 04:07 PM.

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Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	unless there is no activation code required with that copy... i'll take it. I'd like to get it onto my eee, but i don't want to pay for it. I've already got a copy coming in for my desktop. wonder if i can use that on the eee as well... hmmm