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Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:54 am
by bork[e]
I've had a ultimate copy laying around for close to two months now and has yet to touch my drive, currently backing stuff up to make the switch. watcha think for those on 7, u miss the faithful xp (lol vista)
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:31 am
by YourGrandpa
This is either a major event in your life that requires moral support from the internet or a T&T topic posted in the wrong forum.
May I suggest simply installing the OS and being done with it. You can also get support at
http://www.microsoft.com.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:05 am
by obsidian
I don't miss XP at all. On newer hardware, 7 runs great. On older stuff, I just toss on Ubuntu and I'm also enjoying my Mac, which being a 3-4 year old model is still running great and fast.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:59 am
by Scourge
Don't miss it a bit.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:02 am
by Scourge
YourGrandpa wrote:This is either a major event in your life that requires moral support from the internet or a T&T topic posted in the wrong forum.
May I suggest simply installing the OS and being done with it. You can also get support at
http://www.microsoft.com.
He's not asking for help, just an opinion from people already running it. Also, this is a spam forum where pretty much any topic is allowed.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:18 am
by bork[e]
YourGrandpa wrote:This is either a major event in your life that requires moral support from the internet or a T&T topic posted in the wrong forum.
May I suggest simply installing the OS and being done with it. You can also get support at
http://www.microsoft.com.
a lil u r
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:48 am
by werldhed
Vista on my system was more stable and had fewer annoyances then 7. There was always too much bad hype about Vista. I liked it. 7 is nice, but not really leaps and bounds better.
(that might be the gin talking)
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:10 am
by Scourge
I didn't really have any problems with Vista either. My games seem to run a little better with 7 though.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:57 am
by Peenyuh
Memphis wrote:vista ran like stone cold dead fuck on a broken stick
7 ftw
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:17 am
by o'dium
Being still stuck with only a 2 core 5000 CPU and a GF 8800 GT 512meg, I can't make the move yet
Performance should be about the same, however I found at least a 50% drop in all games... Its possible it was a driver issue...
I have a copy of Win 7 just gathering dust, and I REALLY enjoyed using it... Damn shame it had performance issues for me... Damn, damn shame... Like I said more than likely a driver issue as I know people with lesser rigs running it, so it may be something odd...
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:10 pm
by Grenader
I had a C2D E4400 with a 7600GT and Win7 gave me a ~30% boost in OpenGL games from XP. Not sure how it runs on this rig (gtx260/q8400)
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:06 pm
by Bacon
I got a performance boost all around from 7 (coming from xp), and that's saying a lot coming from me (I stuck with xp all the way through vista)
I got an average boost of:
+10-15 fps in mainstream computer games
+5-10 fps in gamecube/wii emulation (CPU intensive)
+5-10 fps in cpu intensive games like crysis
I lost framerate in 2 or 3 games though, but they are titles no one ever plays anyways (Frets of fire was one game I tried), but I never tried running them in compaitibilty mode or whatever
The main reason I went to 7 was becase I upgraded to a solid state drive, and I read that xp can't "use" them propely and can damage them (I know defragging damages them, but also read that xp doesen't know how to write data to it properly and thus slowly degrades the life on it). I was skeptical but it really is much better than xp. (On newer machines obviosly).
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:58 pm
by DRuM
Welcome to 2009 dork[e], windows 8 is nearly out.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:20 pm
by Doombrain
i've got vista business installed in my home office, it's works fine. until i 'happen' across a 'free' copy of W7, i'm not bothering.
cool story bro.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:29 pm
by LawL
Scourge wrote:I didn't really have any problems with Vista either. My games seem to run a little better with 7 though.
Great.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:00 pm
by Tsakali
Scourge wrote:Don't miss it a bit.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:54 am
by Whiskey 7
Scourge wrote:I didn't really have any problems with Vista either. My games seem to run a little better with 7 though.
I am pretty happy with mine too bork[e]
Go for it.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:21 am
by raw
Memphis wrote:vista ran like stone cold dead fuck on a broken stick
7 ftw
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:39 pm
by andyman
i went from xp to 7 and hate using xp now.
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:02 am
by LawL
raw wrote:Memphis wrote:vista ran like stone cold dead fuck on a broken stick
7 ftw
"single and happy"
Re: Finally talked myself into win7
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:56 am
by MKJ
Trolling in GD please.