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bmwracer
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bmwracer
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:24 am Post subject: |
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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...
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Jav_sol
Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 3305
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:08 am Post subject: |
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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?
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:23 am Post subject: |
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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...
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Jav_sol
Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 3305
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:35 am Post subject: |
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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.
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:45 am Post subject: |
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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.
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Tu_triky wrote: | I thought Win 8 was for tablets only? |
I think it's supposed to be for both tablets and PCs.
Quote: | Last time I used a tablet, I had some pretty good pharmacological effects which made for an enjoyable evening. |
Those placebos are pretty potent.
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:33 am Post subject: |
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bmwracer wrote: |
Those placebos are pretty potent. |
Don't knock my sugar pills.
Thanks for the heads up on Win 8.
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Tu_triky wrote: | Don't knock my sugar pills. |
They're handy for that cup o' joe in the morning.
Quote: | Thanks for the heads up on Win 8. |
More info here, if you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. Wow the developer preview of Win 8 requires a lot of hard drive space.
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:55 am Post subject: |
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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.
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Tu_triky wrote: | MS-DOS is still the boss. |
Can you even access the internet with MS-DOS?
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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bmwracer wrote: |
Can you even access the internet with MS-DOS? |
I use Ubuntu
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Tu_triky wrote: | I use Ubuntu |
I've contemplated using Ubuntu... Maybe I'll try that out along with Win8.
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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bmwracer
Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 125547 Location: Juri-chan's speed dial Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Tu_triky wrote: | Watching yesterday's game, I saw one ubuntu and two sacrifice fly balls. It was glorious. |
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Tu_triky
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country: |
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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bmwracer wrote: |
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Sorry man! Couldn't resist.
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