I wish I had the money. My dad's probably going to use the Win741 deal though. $30 for an OS - you can't get much better than that unless it's free.
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Started by Pasidon, Nov 03 2009 03:51 AM
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 01:48 AM
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 02:17 AM
Since Windows 7 isn't free, Microsoft should be paying me for my contribution in advertisement for it.
Hmm... wonder if it is possible to bribe a company and in exchange you'll advertise for them at your site... hmm...
Hmm... wonder if it is possible to bribe a company and in exchange you'll advertise for them at your site... hmm...
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 02:57 AM
That would be pretty cool care to find out? 
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 03:04 AM
I can't stop thinking about the idea... I asked in the Command Center is the leaders are interested. If they are, then I'll care find out.
Though no money will be going to me... curses.
Though no money will be going to me... curses.
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 09:56 AM
you prolly need to get it up into the tens of thousands before any windows boss considers giving you a prize for advertising their stuff. If you had some world famous blog where you where preaching the greatness of win7 then you might get lucky 
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 10:35 AM
I threw a party, using my signed ed. now 
Used beta and RC previously, installed my free version of pro on my sisters computer a month before release. So unfortunately managed to use both my free copies before release date, and now can't afford to format anything...
Math Input Panel is for inputting math, it is not a calculator. Tried writing math quickly on a QWERTY?
And if your computer seems faster, its largely the new graphics model. It no longer shadows graphics memory so actually uses about half as much, reduced bottlenecks on processor requests, and DX11 means full multicore use. If you like gaming and bitch about vista not running as fast as XP, try running something on a DX11 card and quad-core - theres a reason ATI decided their cards were too powerful to run anything you might want to display so adapted them to run 6 screens at once... (meanwhile NVIDIA lieks 3D sunglasses ^.^ lawlz)
Used beta and RC previously, installed my free version of pro on my sisters computer a month before release. So unfortunately managed to use both my free copies before release date, and now can't afford to format anything...
Math Input Panel is for inputting math, it is not a calculator. Tried writing math quickly on a QWERTY?
And if your computer seems faster, its largely the new graphics model. It no longer shadows graphics memory so actually uses about half as much, reduced bottlenecks on processor requests, and DX11 means full multicore use. If you like gaming and bitch about vista not running as fast as XP, try running something on a DX11 card and quad-core - theres a reason ATI decided their cards were too powerful to run anything you might want to display so adapted them to run 6 screens at once... (meanwhile NVIDIA lieks 3D sunglasses ^.^ lawlz)
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 01:09 PM
Actually,its "too" good for the today's computers.
Look at the RAM requirements:
XP:64 MB
Vista:512 MB/1GB
7:1 GB
I use XP mainly because of its low requirements and because I'm using a laptop.
Look at the RAM requirements:
XP:64 MB
Vista:512 MB/1GB
7:1 GB
I use XP mainly because of its low requirements and because I'm using a laptop.
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:08 PM
You realise that other operating systems manage to add features and decrease usage at the same time, right?
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:20 PM
Actually, save the minor postage and packaging my Windows 7 is free. I'm waiting a while to install it, though - when the bugs are ironed out and when I have no commitments, so that anyccomputer troubles won't be disastrous.Since Windows 7 isn't free, Microsoft should be paying me for my contribution in advertisement for it.
Hmm... wonder if it is possible to bribe a company and in exchange you'll advertise for them at your site... hmm...
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Posted 04 November 2009 - 08:58 PM
@Puppet: How?
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 01:09 AM
I'm guessing torrents... hmm...
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 01:35 AM
Windows 7 has gone up to 1GB RAM because it eliminated the need for a GFX card present in Vista's reqs. So given most computers have 2GB+, and if you were getting one you'd never go less than a gig, its not really an issue. Upping the requirements for RAM to eliminate the need for the GFX means better for use on netbooks and systems that only run off an onboard, cheap laptops, office boxes, etc.
Moore's law tells us the two systems requirements in a contextual medium are identical. If your computer can't handle a gig of RAM I'm surprised your browser didn't crash in the time it took you to write "requirements"
Moore's law tells us the two systems requirements in a contextual medium are identical. If your computer can't handle a gig of RAM I'm surprised your browser didn't crash in the time it took you to write "requirements"
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 01:41 AM
Well how do you explain this extra 230 or so megabytes of memory that appeared after I upgraded?
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 02:29 AM
Well i upgraded to Win7 and its fantastic but i have 1gb of memory but says i can only use 895mb of ram. Anyone know why? It did the same when i had Vista installed.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:21 AM
Win7 uses the operating kernel that Vista uses. That's why upgrade doesn't format the drive.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 09:25 AM
If software uses more RAM, it usually has to use less CPU power. This is good, because RAM is cheaper.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 11:32 AM
Have you seen the price of RAM these days?If software uses more RAM, it usually has to use less CPU power. This is good, because RAM is cheaper.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:41 PM
Have you seen the price of RAM these days?If software uses more RAM, it usually has to use less CPU power. This is good, because RAM is cheaper.
Yes I have. It's not too bad.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 02:04 PM
Well on the internet i can get 2gb of DDR2 ram for 15-20 USD. At walmart it's like 30USD for 1gb of DDR2.
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