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I have a Sony Vaio, and I too had to scan my receipt. I am still waiting for an e-mail that will tell me when I will be receiving my disc.
Windows 7 out now
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Same here, I might use MSDN, I have to check with MBox and Pro Tool's compatibility. I might just get a new laptop for it.
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just installed, im actually impressed with IE8, its nice and fast and smooth, but id never give up my firefox extensions, never.
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i have a toshiba satelliteOriginally Posted by Mastamind89
What kind of laptop do you have?Originally Posted by imINchucks5
mines wasant working either, then i sent to start, and did a windows update...they found an update for the mouse pad, restarted, and now its working
windows 7 is
diggin the aero design...the "PIN to taskbar"
Nothing came up for me.
But I'm really liking this os so far
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Ya its good money.
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I need Word, PowerPoint and Excel....what is the best way of getting them, off the Microsoft website?
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Wait for Office 2010 if you can.
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I need it for school
But I can still go to the library and I have my phone so it's no biggie
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Just download it.Originally Posted by Mastamind89
I need it for school
But I can still go to the library and I have my phone so it's no biggie
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Core duo 6600@ 2.4GHz
4GB ram
Nvidia SLI board
GTS8800 512mb RAM
Took a chance and decided to install Windows 7 (over my XP drive)
Everything went smoothly. Install was Quick and clean. No problems.
Backed up my files to another Drive, but things like bookmarks and saved passwords on Firefox are a pain to get back in place.
The new Interface is beautiful.... very intuitive. Easier to accomplish tasks.(moving files, searching)
It appears to be running just as quickly as windows XP. This may be due to the upgrade to 64bit. (My XP was 32bit anddidnt recognize my extra 1gb of ram)
Programs/Drivers that don't work with windows 7 can be run in "emulation" for vista/xp.(had to do this for my M-audio Projectmix driver)
The funny part is that driver installations that were a pain in XP actually loaded quicker and problem free in W7.
I do audio/video editing. Reason, Nuendo etc. installed painlessly and are working just as quick as on XP.
I am in love.........so far
4GB ram
Nvidia SLI board
GTS8800 512mb RAM
Took a chance and decided to install Windows 7 (over my XP drive)
Everything went smoothly. Install was Quick and clean. No problems.
Backed up my files to another Drive, but things like bookmarks and saved passwords on Firefox are a pain to get back in place.
The new Interface is beautiful.... very intuitive. Easier to accomplish tasks.(moving files, searching)
It appears to be running just as quickly as windows XP. This may be due to the upgrade to 64bit. (My XP was 32bit anddidnt recognize my extra 1gb of ram)
Programs/Drivers that don't work with windows 7 can be run in "emulation" for vista/xp.(had to do this for my M-audio Projectmix driver)
The funny part is that driver installations that were a pain in XP actually loaded quicker and problem free in W7.
I do audio/video editing. Reason, Nuendo etc. installed painlessly and are working just as quick as on XP.
I am in love.........so far
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Windows 7 appears to be antidote to Vista.
This is good because XP is terribly boring--- still use it at work.
This is good because XP is terribly boring--- still use it at work.
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Windows 7 is definitely a big step forward IMO. What kind of sidebar gadgets are you guys using? Right now all I'm rocking is the weather. I'm tryingto liven up my desktop a bit.
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yay, $50+ for a new toolbar.
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I thought Snow Leopard was $30?
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Originally Posted by SaNTi0321
Just download it.Originally Posted by Mastamind89
I need it for school
But I can still go to the library and I have my phone so it's no biggie
or you could try openoffice which is free
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Thanks for bringing this up, here are some underground features that people sleep on:
- Snap: Seriously this feature is slept on. Drag to the top of the screen and wham! window maximized. Drag to the side its half the screen (makes for ridiculously easy comparison between documents and web pages).
- Snip Tool: When you want to grab a certain portion of your screen, instead having to press "print screen" then go into paint and edit out, just hit the snip tool and snip out what you want. Big time saver.
- Not having to go into any explorer boxes to connect/disconnect from wireless networks
- Windows button + P: this is great for anyone who has 2 monitors or regularly projects their laptop. No more having to right click and readjust settings. Just hit Windows + P and there you have your options, 1. computer only 2. Duplicate screens 3. extend desktop 4. projector only
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so far i ain't hear a real reason to upgrade from XP other then "its boring"
guess imma ride XP till da wheels fall off. in 2014
guess imma ride XP till da wheels fall off. in 2014
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if i upgrade to windows 7 will i lose all my files and music and programs
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extended support for window XP ends...it may change however with da emergence of netbook that run perfectly wit XP because of their limited
resources.
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Clean installed over the weekend, and loving it. The usability is just so much improved over XP without the problems that plagued Vista.
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You can just use the backup bookmarks function built-in to Firefox and then use the import function. For the passwords, you can just download the add-on thatwill save and let you export them. It takes a couple of minutes.
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*sigh* I want that new ASUS laptop so I can try this OS out.
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or use Xmarks
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Think I'm going to stay with Vista, it's been smooth for me for a while now.
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Hey y'all
I have a mac that's running on snow leopard do I have to install XP or vista first and then upgrade to 7? Or can I install 7 directly through bootcamp?
I'm gonna google it and see if I can find something, but I'll be coming back to this thread....
I have a mac that's running on snow leopard do I have to install XP or vista first and then upgrade to 7? Or can I install 7 directly through bootcamp?
I'm gonna google it and see if I can find something, but I'll be coming back to this thread....