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Windows 7

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I'm surprised nobody's made a topic about it yet....

Today's the release day! I know people have had it before today, but what do folks think of it?

I can confirm that it works with Bootcamp! (Macbook early 2009). Somehow the video card driver didn't install, but when I ran an update, the driver was there at the top of the list!
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Re: Windows 7

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Been running the RC for a few months now. Time for a retail install I suppose.
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Been running Win7 Pro x64 on my desktop for two months now (yay MSDNAA). I kept forgetting that the rest of the world didn't have it yet. :lol: 8) :mrgreen:
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I got no problems yet, I've had it for a month, light years ahead of vista, makes XP look like DOS.
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Re: Windows 7

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Running the RC on my new computer since I built it in August. I agree, it makes XP feel antiquated.
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I've had it for ages as well and recently reinstalled it when I got a new motherboard and processor. Its great and definitely is an improvement over Vista.
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It only came out today?
I had it installed on my new computer last week though :? (And i got that copy)
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The beta and RC versions have been out for a while, and people who subscribe to some Microsoft services (Technet and MSDN I think) could get the final version a couple months ago. Today is its final release as retail boxed copies and preinstalled copies on OEM PCs.
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i've been running the RC on my laptop for a few months now and i love it!
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lifeisbetterwithketchup wrote:Been running Win7 Pro x64 on my desktop for two months now (yay MSDNAA). I kept forgetting that the rest of the world didn't have it yet. :lol: 8) :mrgreen:
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I installed the x64 Ultimate version about a week ago and I like it and all, but honestly see minimal difference between it and the x64 Ultimate version of Vista that I had been running for the last year.
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bicostp wrote:The beta and RC versions have been out for a while, and people who subscribe to some Microsoft services (Technet and MSDN I think) could get the final version a couple months ago. Today is its final release as retail boxed copies and preinstalled copies on OEM PCs.
I've had the actual thing, not Beta or RC.
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Re: Windows 7

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I got the RC, but I switched to XP. It really was not compatible with enough programs.
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Axaj wrote:I got the RC, but I switched to XP. It really was not compatible with enough programs.
any examples? i was running beta 7000 and i cant think of any programs that i regularly used that had compatibility issues
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Re: Windows 7

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I installed Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition that came with my party pack and now my laptop will only recognize the usb ports (i.e.be able to actually use them) if I re-install the usb drivers in safe mode. :( Even then they will only work for a few hours.
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