EPTI'd say that warrants more than a service pack.
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topspinserve
United States147 Posts
I'd say that warrants more than a service pack. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17851 Posts
On January 12 2009 08:45 toipspinserve wrote: but the new features such as Windows Media Center 7 definitely prompt new OS releases. I've had Windows XP Media Center and I've never really used any of it's features. As a matter of fact, for the past couple of years this are the programs/features that come with Windows and I've been using them: - Paint - Calculator - Notepad - Prompt - IE (only to watch SC games) That's it. I really don't need any fancy looks, OS that wants to automatically sort the stuff I have (like creating all those MyPictures, MyMusic, MyDocuments and what not folders so that I need to take my time to remove them), wizards that want to automatically install wrong drivers, all new better and "friendly" look and features that I have to turn off so they'll finally stop pissing me off, etc. etc. MS just started to give too much and quantity has surpassed the quality. Why not release a STABLE and SIMPLE OS with all those super new, cool etc. etc. features available as a free update? Something similar to most Linux updates, where you enter the menu, check the list of available software/OS upgrades, find something interesting, press the button and it automatically installs. Or just let you choose all the software you want during the installation process? Such Windows would take like 10 minutes to install? Would be much easier to code and thus much more stable and reliable? And you could personify it even more. But no... MS will just throw at you a ton of subpar features of which you'll use maybe 5-10% and call it a "Revolution in personal computer use!". No thanks. | ||
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NeVeR
1352 Posts
A few days ago, the task bar on my desktop magically doubled in size, and I am unable to restore it to its original size using the cursor (note that I am able to resize it with the cursor, but when I do, it takes away the entire task bar and won't allow me to resize it to its original form). Since I don't have MS Paint, I posted a pic of it in a Microsoft Word document which can be downloaded here: [url blocked] Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Edit: Nevermind, I just removed the language bar and that solved the problem. | ||
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topspinserve
United States147 Posts
On January 12 2009 10:29 Manit0u wrote: I've had Windows XP Media Center and I've never really used any of it's features. As a matter of fact, for the past couple of years this are the programs/features that come with Windows and I've been using them: - Paint - Calculator - Notepad - Prompt - IE (only to watch SC games) If that's really all you need, Windows 98 would work fine. Just because you don't use the features doesn't mean no one uses them. If you want an easily customizable experience, though, I would recommend linux; you can have really minimal installs with distributions such as DSL and slackware. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On January 12 2009 10:19 toipspinserve wrote: Features new to Windows 7 I'd say that warrants more than a service pack. Yeah some of the planned fealtures will be nice and would be worth a little more then a new service pack but if they dont follow though ill just stick with vista. | ||
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nAi.PrOtOsS
Canada784 Posts
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FreeZEternal
Korea (South)3396 Posts
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ambit!ous1
United States3662 Posts
On January 12 2009 12:28 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote: This reminds me I forgot to buy vista.. get 64bits | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On January 12 2009 12:34 FreeZEternal wrote: Don't know what's wrong with Vista, but Windows 7 looks great. Well it has an annoying pop up when everything install or starts up you can change and shut it off if you want in vista but not every user knows how to. Too many idiots thinking they can play shit that barely worked with windows 2000 on xp and trying to run it on vista they probably try to play their wii games on a ps3 too. Too many comp manufacturers have no heart and make computers that can barely run vista. Err there are more things wrong but i dont know if they are still valid alot of the stuff was fixed. | ||
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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Dgtl
Canada889 Posts
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
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Amnesty
United States2054 Posts
On January 12 2009 07:04 Pholon wrote: http://xkcd.com/528/ keke The funny part is after reading that shitty cartoon i closed the pop-up and my IE crashed.. Im using Vista Ultimate | ||
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Amnesty
United States2054 Posts
On January 12 2009 12:52 Kentor wrote: wmp is so much better on windows 7. when a video is playing all you see is the video like when you do ctrl + H on vlc ? ctrl + enter = fullscreen since like win 3.1 | ||
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ish0wstopper
Korea (South)342 Posts
is it significantly faster than vista? have you found any other cool features yet? | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On January 12 2009 13:34 Amnesty wrote: The funny part is after reading that shitty cartoon i closed the pop-up and my IE crashed.. Im using Vista Ultimate The funny thing is that when i was installing windows 7 the help inside of the install install process was exactly the same as vista and in fact said vista not windows 7 shows how much it's just vista revamped right now. | ||
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topspinserve
United States147 Posts
On January 12 2009 13:40 ish0wstopper wrote: apparently theres a new feature which makes the window you are viewing transparent and u can see the icons on your desktop underneath which is a cool feature. Yeah, the peek feature is pretty cool. Other features I noticed were a beautiful revamp of Windows Media Center (Open it up and play a song, you'll be amazed!) and the new version of paint. =D is it significantly faster than vista? have you found any other cool features yet? The boot times for Windows 7 are apparently a little less than Vista's (source), and the general feel of the operating system is a bit snappier, with lower overall system requirements. EDIT: As Izzycraft says, it's best to wait until later stages of development for speedtests and the like, due to optimizations in performance (or possibly, but hopefully not, more added bloat D  . | ||
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
On January 12 2009 13:06 IzzyCraft wrote: Full screen has always been available in wmp and as far as the like play back popping up all you had to do not move your mouse unless your talking about normal playback then you had to use a skin to get rid of the play buttons etc and a semi transparency effect was added in vista to make the video more of the center of attention damn man can you use some punctuations and sentences, it's really hard to understand  | ||
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Dark_Luster
Korea (South)438 Posts
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