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GP. · 02-25-2009, 02:15 PM

Vista should have been stopped in production the OS went no where really. Win7 will be awesome with x64 bit.

Currently I use:

Desktop: Windows XP Pro SP2
MacBook: Mac OS X with Parallels Windows XP Pro SP2 too

ghost · 02-25-2009, 04:35 PM

is mac worth running paralell is there a real reason

GP. · 02-25-2009, 09:05 PM

I run Parallels because I utilize some programs on both OS and some just simply run better through Windows and others on MAC.

TSO · 03-30-2009, 11:02 AM

Windows Professional 2k

areppare · 03-31-2009, 12:41 PM

XP upgraded to Vista Ultimate and it's good for my wow and atlantica adventures. hehehe! anyway, is windows7 any good?

lm8dark · 05-15-2009, 01:01 AM

xp prof sp2. but im gonna upgrade my desktop? any ideas on a good os? i've heard vista still got some bugs with it or is that all false info?

ghost · 06-03-2009, 11:23 PM

Finally Im all windows 7 baby. Woo Woo, I'm building my city people, and Im building it on Rock and Roll.

FYI

Win 7 is pretty good, reasonably stable for a RC and coming out on october the 22nd

lm8dark · 06-05-2009, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghost

Finally Im all windows 7 baby. Woo Woo, I'm building my city people, and Im building it on Rock and Roll.

FYI

Win 7 is pretty good, reasonably stable for a RC and coming out on october the 22nd

Is it that good. no conflict with games?

ghost · 06-07-2009, 07:47 AM

lol, I said it was good. I can guarentee some sever confilcts with games.
That being said I look at it this way. I bought a DX 10.1 capable card. Since I spent the rediculous amount of money (It was only 350 at the time a real bargain, first cards into the country) I would make the move to a DX 10 platform. I lost a few games along the way. Most game however were hapily available to vista and I can say the same is true of Windows 7. However, since I have been running 64x since XP 64x was available there were a few games I left behind then that people are complaining dont work on vista and logicly windows 7.

At some stage you have to move on, they fact people didn't move to windows vista hurt gaming quality more than can be explained in this post. However with windows 7 somehow becoming so popular (It's vista, seriously all you idiots who think it runs faster, or say it requires less. You need to read the specs' and run the damned OS) means software providers will be forced to develop on the new platform. Unfortunately the slow adaption of x64 is still hurting the 64x compatibility but given I run 8 Gb of ram and the new 'good' is 4 64x will come into it's own during the generation of OS. There will not be another 32 bit OS. (IMHO vista should never have released a 32 bit platform. From a marketing standpoint they had no choice.)

So yes, Windows 7 is good, but yes you will encounter some interesting compatibility issues. Hopefully there will be some more 'ironing out' of these issues before the RTM hits the factories.

mlauzon · 06-12-2009, 10:26 AM

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, I may buy the upgrade for Ultimate...but I haven't decided yet; XP Pro SP3 is no longer on my system, as I was dual booting between the two for compatiability when I needed something to run in XP when compatiability mode in Vista failed.

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mlauzon Atom Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 15	I am running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, I may buy the upgrade for Ultimate...but I haven't decided yet; XP Pro SP3 is no longer on my system, as I was dual booting between the two for compatiability when I needed something to run in XP when compatiability mode in Vista failed. __________________ Michael

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02-25-2009, 02:15 PM	#21 (permalink)
GP. Adminstrator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 92	Vista should have been stopped in production the OS went no where really. Win7 will be awesome with x64 bit. Currently I use: Desktop: Windows XP Pro SP2 MacBook: Mac OS X with Parallels Windows XP Pro SP2 too

02-25-2009, 04:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
ghost revenant Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 454	is mac worth running paralell is there a real reason

02-25-2009, 09:05 PM	#23 (permalink)
GP. Adminstrator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 92	I run Parallels because I utilize some programs on both OS and some just simply run better through Windows and others on MAC.

03-30-2009, 11:02 AM	#24 (permalink)
TSO Amp Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 28	Windows Professional 2k

03-31-2009, 12:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
areppare Amp Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 42	XP upgraded to Vista Ultimate and it's good for my wow and atlantica adventures. hehehe! anyway, is windows7 any good?

05-15-2009, 01:01 AM	#26 (permalink)
lm8dark Sonic boom Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 297	xp prof sp2. but im gonna upgrade my desktop? any ideas on a good os? i've heard vista still got some bugs with it or is that all false info?

06-03-2009, 11:23 PM	#27 (permalink)
ghost revenant Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 454	Finally Im all windows 7 baby. Woo Woo, I'm building my city people, and Im building it on Rock and Roll. FYI Win 7 is pretty good, reasonably stable for a RC and coming out on october the 22nd

06-07-2009, 07:47 AM	#29 (permalink)
ghost revenant Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 454	lol, I said it was good. I can guarentee some sever confilcts with games. That being said I look at it this way. I bought a DX 10.1 capable card. Since I spent the rediculous amount of money (It was only 350 at the time a real bargain, first cards into the country) I would make the move to a DX 10 platform. I lost a few games along the way. Most game however were hapily available to vista and I can say the same is true of Windows 7. However, since I have been running 64x since XP 64x was available there were a few games I left behind then that people are complaining dont work on vista and logicly windows 7. At some stage you have to move on, they fact people didn't move to windows vista hurt gaming quality more than can be explained in this post. However with windows 7 somehow becoming so popular (It's vista, seriously all you idiots who think it runs faster, or say it requires less. You need to read the specs' and run the damned OS) means software providers will be forced to develop on the new platform. Unfortunately the slow adaption of x64 is still hurting the 64x compatibility but given I run 8 Gb of ram and the new 'good' is 4 64x will come into it's own during the generation of OS. There will not be another 32 bit OS. (IMHO vista should never have released a 32 bit platform. From a marketing standpoint they had no choice.) So yes, Windows 7 is good, but yes you will encounter some interesting compatibility issues. Hopefully there will be some more 'ironing out' of these issues before the RTM hits the factories.