Borrowed a copy of Windows 7 64-bit from work to try out at home on a secondary hard drive...

The updates and enhancements are rather frustrating for this long-time XP user.

^ First major problem with Win 7-64: No driver for my Canon scanner... And it won't even run in Compatibility Mode.

I recently got a new laptop with Win7-64. It's pretty awesome having 8 GB of RAM; so far I haven't used more the 37% of it at any time. Once you get used to Win7, it's not bad. But like you and your driver issues, I find that I can't connect to my printer through my network, no 64-bit driver found.
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Madoka wrote:

I recently got a new laptop with Win7-64. It's pretty awesome having 8 GB of RAM; so far I haven't used more the 37% of it at any time. Once you get used to Win7, it's not bad. But like you and your driver issues, I find that I can't connect to my printer through my network, no 64-bit driver found.

I don't like the new Task Bar or "revised" Windows Explorer, either.

Fortunately, I found a third-party program that gives me the classic XP versions of those two items: Classic Shell ( http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ )

And I haven't had a chance to determine if all my driving games (GTR2, GT Legends, Race07) and hardware (Logitech Wheel) will work...

bmwracer wrote:

Borrowed a copy of Windows 7 64-bit from work to try out at home on a secondary hard drive...

Now that Win 8 was announced, you decide to go with Win 7?

Jav_sol wrote:

Now that Win 8 was announced, you decide to go with Win 7?

Not really.

We're starting to migrate some of our stuff at work to Win7, so I'd thought I might do the same at home... Though supposedly Win7 will only be supported up to 2014, which is only three years away.

And Win8 shows up end of 2012, so I'm thinkin', why bother with Win7?

I'm really leaning towards staying with WinXP...

bmwracer wrote:

And Win8 shows up end of 2012, so I'm thinkin', why bother with Win7? I'm really leaning towards staying with WinXP...

I would still be using WinXP had my computer not crashed.

Jav_sol wrote:

Now that Win 8 was announced, you decide to go with Win 7?

I thought Win 8 was for tablets only? Last time I used a tablet, I had some pretty good pharmacological effects which made for an enjoyable evening.

Tu_triky wrote:

I thought Win 8 was for tablets only?

I think it's supposed to be for both tablets and PCs.

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Last time I used a tablet, I had some pretty good pharmacological effects which made for an enjoyable evening.

Those placebos are pretty potent.

bmwracer wrote:

Those placebos are pretty potent.

Don't knock my sugar pills.

Thanks for the heads up on Win 8.

Tu_triky wrote:

Don't knock my sugar pills.

They're handy for that cup o' joe in the morning.

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Thanks for the heads up on Win 8.

More info here, if you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8

bmwracer wrote:

More info here, if you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8

Thanks. Wow the developer preview of Win 8 requires a lot of hard drive space.

Tu_triky wrote:

Thanks. Wow the developer preview of Win 8 requires a lot of hard drive space.

Yup.

I might download it and check it out.

bmwracer wrote:

Yup. I might download it and check it out.

I have Vista on a couple of machines at home. It sucks balls.

MS-DOS is still the boss.

Tu_triky wrote:

MS-DOS is still the boss.

Can you even access the internet with MS-DOS?

bmwracer wrote:

Can you even access the internet with MS-DOS?

I use Ubuntu

Tu_triky wrote:

I use Ubuntu

I've contemplated using Ubuntu... Maybe I'll try that out along with Win8.

bmwracer wrote:

I've contemplated using Ubuntu... Maybe I'll try that out along with Win8.

Watching yesterday's game, I saw one ubuntu and two sacrifice fly balls. It was glorious.

Tu_triky wrote:

Watching yesterday's game, I saw one ubuntu and two sacrifice fly balls. It was glorious.

bmwracer wrote:

Sorry man! Couldn't resist.