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le13enforce   05-06-2009 at 11:39:10 AM

Sorry if this is old-hat for the rest of you, but somehow finally trying Windows 7 made me excited. Here's a snapshot of my first impressions:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/verbosity_2006/Windows-7-Screenshot-1.jpg

What are yours? The minimal need for drivers was what surprised me most.

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skjold   05-06-2009 at 03:21:27 PM
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I was also impressed by how quickly it installed, and I didn't have to install a single driver! This was also my first time trying it out, and I'm very impressed by how smooth it all is.

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r_manic   05-08-2009 at 05:21:58 AM
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Same here... when I first booted up with it, there were still 3 question marks on my Device Manager. Eventually though the system actually found the drivers for my laptop's fingerprint reader and card reader online, before offering to me as updates to download and install. I'm just seeing if everything will remain fast when there are lots of programs installed.

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JDW_SWB   05-08-2009 at 05:46:00 AM
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I was dismayed.....Punkbuster doesn't work on cod4.

Back to XP.

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JPSAN   05-08-2009 at 10:15:44 AM
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Very impressed with 7.. Installed as an upgrade over Vista premium on a HP G60-235DX laptop.
All went extremely well..All drivers there. All functions worked as advertised.
ONLY issue was with Norton 360..It reinstalled fine only issue was e-mail scanner and IM scanner..I reinstalled 360 and ALL was fine.
It boots a little faster than Vista. Like the look of it. So far very stable..IT'S A KEEPER!!

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sudec   05-08-2009 at 10:56:12 AM
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first impresion was not the best because I installed previous release and had problems with network connections and wasn't able to resolve it, but than installed RC and it is great. Faster, looks great, coll features etc.

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4ryan6   05-08-2009 at 02:09:31 PM
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Well my first impression of Win7 is 500 points above my first impression of Vista.

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chizzer   05-10-2009 at 05:13:32 PM
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I loved it, so much faster. In the next one, i think they need more fun features like a mac, but this is a good start!

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kami3k   05-11-2009 at 04:23:49 AM
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JDW_SWB wrote :

I was dismayed.....Punkbuster doesn't work on cod4.

Back to XP.



You could try updating PB. Pretty sure that makes it work on W7. And CoD 4 sucks anyway.

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bloodnight1   05-11-2009 at 10:26:33 PM
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i found that booted up fast over XP. just got done build a new computer so went from xp for week to window 7 few 2 days now and love it have no problems running anything yet. unlike vista i keep haveing problems after problems that why went back to xp

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aaronuflaw   05-12-2009 at 05:23:10 AM
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I am downloading Windows 7 RC as I write this. Hopefully I will be checking it out tomorrow after work. Looks like it will be worth it after all . . . glad I did not upgrade to Vista.

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QuatuorMortis   05-14-2009 at 06:07:52 AM
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Cool!

Looks like a Mac OS X clone.

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kg4icg   05-14-2009 at 06:40:07 AM
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JDW_SWB wrote :

I was dismayed.....Punkbuster doesn't work on cod4.

Back to XP.



That's because you have to get the pb update for it to work

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aaronuflaw   05-14-2009 at 03:12:27 PM
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So far, so good. All my old programs are still working fine, and I have been folding @ home overnight. I get random crashes to to BSOD, but those are rare and expected in a pre-release product. Looks like Microsoft has a keeper here.

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kg4icg   05-18-2009 at 07:16:33 AM
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to those who need to update punk buster http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

------------------------------ Did I hit you with a Mack Truck?

 

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Travkin   05-18-2009 at 03:14:39 PM
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Downloading it right now, can't wait to try it out!!!

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aaronuflaw   05-18-2009 at 03:31:13 PM
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Those random crashes I talked about earlier have become nonexistant. I don't know if Microsoft has been updated the product countinuously or not, but my system is 100% stable with Windows 7 even with my 33% overclock.

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