Windows 7 Release Candidate Review

[111hamish111]

i would never use most of that crap

[95cpm]

omg its well trying to be like apple lol FAIL

[nelizmastr]

nothing new about Windows 7, just a new skin, a little improved UI and some performance tweaks... I'd say, if you use Vista, stick to it. its not worth the extra's in my opinion

[tornedo500]

so true....microsoft just wants to make money...i bet they can do all this to vista in just one service pack.

No new major feature or performance improvement is made.

[AshlCol3]

Is it possible that i can just keep vista?

[JGOETTLE]

Yes, you do a dual-boot between Vista and Windows 7.

[Pwntzyou]

Yes but why would you want to?

[82vv28]

I can understand it if someone wants to dual boot between XP and Vista/7, but why on earth would you like to dual boot between Vista and 7, doesn't make ANY sense at all...sigh

[JGOETTLE]

It does if you want to dual-boot between a pre-release version of Windows 7 and Vista.

[82vv28]

I was talking about the final release dickhead

[iownurface12]

What does "R2" mean?

I noticed the new Server was called 2008 r2...

[JGOETTLE]

Release 2.

[iownurface12]

So if Server is "2008 r2" why isn't Windows 7 "Vista r2"?

[JGOETTLE]

Windows 7 is way more than a R2 and Microsoft can't use the Vista name.

[82vv28]

Actually Windows 7 is not way more than a R2

[edgarj11]

You sound that you are bored or maybe asleep, in a good review you have to be happy!!!

[punisher2892]

i have a question, if i have windows vista when i about to install windows 7 it says: i can also upgrade it without erasing vista.Ok my question is if i select upgrade does windows 7 continue installing good or it might get errors??

pls reply when u have time!!

[2CJPchannel]

It may get errors, I say you should do a clean install ALTHOUGH BACK UP YOUR FILES! (It will erase them)

[EXtremiXed]

OK this is for the maker or any Windows 7 user, I want to know, is it possible to run more than one graphics driver, This is not possible with Windows Vista but is possible with Windows XP. Can you let me know if you know the answer to this question

[JGOETTLE]

I assume no but I have not tried. Windows 7 uses the same display driver model as Windows Vista.

[Medessec]

I've got a copy of RC1... I'm quite impressed with it. Because Win 7 is based off the same architecture, despite the fact Win7 is called Windows "7", it's real version number is Windows 6.1!

[uniterscron]

Sir, you sound just like one of my professor!

[JGOETTLE]

Really?

[Delta2414]

the guy who is talking sounds bored :/

[JGOETTLE]

Yeah. I was bored.

[Delta2414]

lol

[03005157751masab]

can this win run on 512 mb ram n 1.5 ghz pros

[TheBonk]

Minimum spec Say 1ghz CPU, 1gb ram, 16gb 32-bit, 20gb 64-bit. Some though have installed on a pc with 512mb ram and still works well.

[03005157751masab]

thnx

[BigJ2008youngmoney]

guys i need help....... listen i no my GPU sucks.....its an ATI radeon 1900xt 512mb.....but windows 7 will NOT enable aero....it gave me a one for gaming graphics when vista used to give me 5.0 on gaming graphics....how do i fix this? ATI is saying that they didnt make drivers for windows 7 but i SHOULD have an aero theme enabled....

[Rune101rune]

its the drivers, you have to wait for them to release new one for the ATI XT series

[TheBonk]

there are windows 7 drivers now so update to that, and 7's index scores have been raise to account for future hardware.

[juanvalbuena]

The task bar is just a copy of the MAC OS Dock, without the resizing of the icons, Microsoft still coping, grate news, nothing new...

[prrtikkie]

MAC OS stole is from win 95.

[Johncenabob]

lol u owned him

[astropolia]

What's a MAC?

[Jaydz619]

Cheers, nice run down of the features.

[HungKiet]

not change much

[Junriah]

UBUNTU I LOVE YOU!

[raider636]

Is this stable enough to run as your primary OS now instead of Vista? Just built a new machine and thinking about just installing Windows 7 now. What do you think?

[JGOETTLE]

How about you do a dualboot with Windows 7 and Vista.

[acidangelster]

Yup its stable.......I can assure u that.The thing is I also have vista since it came preloaded on my lap top.Its been about 3 months straight since I ve booted vista on my laptop.But then again u know its gonna stop working onn may 2010.

[hahabendover]

it comes with Microsoft word?

[JGOETTLE]

No. I installed a trial of Office 2007.

[hahabendover]

what good programs does it come with?

[JGOETTLE]

WordPad

Paint

IE 8

Calculator

Windows Media Center

Windows Media Player

Sticky Notes

[2CJPchannel]

*Notepad

[iam2k8]

what specs are needed to run this 0_o

[JGOETTLE]

1Ghz 32-bit or 64-bit Processor

512MB RAM

32MB Video RAM

[winfr34k]

How did you get it??!?!

[JGOETTLE]

BitTorrent.