Windows 7!!! omg amazing

Hello.
i just gotta tell every one about this :)
im running the W7 beta that just went live for every one.
Here is the sweet part. I play everquest2 and I run 6 clients on one pc, I used to get 30-40 fps and now with w7 i get over 50 and there is no lagg at all.
Then i installed it on my second crappy computer with amd xp3800 4gb ram and a ati4670, Now i can box 4 toons on it with 20fps!!! i couldnt even 3 box before on it and get over 7fps.

im lovin it.
try it out its free and i havent hadd a single crash or blue screen.

Does Octopus 1.3.2 run on Windows 7? If so, I will use it. Where can you download the Windows 7 beta? I know it's from Microsoft, but is there a direct link to the download?

That's good news. Does it install as a dual boot over XP?

i got it off a torrent but got the valid key of microsoft site. Just search for windows 7 beta.
Dont use that one so dont know, but innerspace works fine and keyclone works to:)

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Originally Posted by 'Freddie',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166000#post 166000

That's good news. Does it install as a dual boot over XP?

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Dont know, I have a shitload of HDD so i just used a spare to test with :rolleyes: it prob can if u use a tool for it.

Download it Here , install help for dual booters is Here . I don't know if it'll still be available when you click it, but give it a shot anyway.

Good to hear, mostly only heard good things about it. Will just wait till it goes gold though before trying out, hopefully my technet account still good when it releases.

Thanks for that... grabbing the 65bit version now :)

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Originally Posted by 'moog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166046#post166 046

... grabbing the 65bit version now :)

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Unless that's a typo, then just nevermind this post.

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Originally Posted by 'Basilikos',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166063#po st166063

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Originally Posted by 'moog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166046#post166 046

... grabbing the 65bit version now :)

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Unless that's a typo, then just nevermind this post.

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It's the moog-only version. :)

I guess the 65 bit version is just a bit better than what I got :(

Aren't you running into driver issues? What about video card drivers, for example?

Heh, I just ordered Vista Ultimate 64bit and there's already a new OS?! :D

Im downloading right now to test / confirm.

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166077#pos t166077

I guess the 65 bit version is just a bit better than what I got :(

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I guess The Power of Moog just isn't with you.

I just finished installing it. I'll have to do a bit more in depth reading. Some of the more visible changes are... interesting.

See: Shaking a window :)

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166077#pos t166077

I guess the 65 bit version is just a bit better than what I got :(

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I guess The Power of Moog just isn't with you.

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My amps go up to 11, too, you know :)

Windows 7 will accept most Vista drivers and run more or less out of the box.

5 x WoW on W7 compared to Vista resulted in a bit lower memory consumption and a little less lag in crowded areas.

Keyclone works nicely, but can stop working after a while - no keystrokes gets recognized - neither in game or in setup window (override settings for dnp/rr) (happened a couple of times, author has been informed). Restart Keyclone and wows to keep rockin'.

(I use the 64bit version).

i gather from the name that windows 7 will be to utilize intel i7 CPUs? if so what will microsoft want to implement that will be using up to 8 virtual cores.

any SMP-aware OS can utilize the 8 cores in i7 - as long as the licensing model (for windows OSes) allow that many cores.

I just got done installing - I really like it so far. I'm surprised how easily the OS gathered the drivers and updates. A few little bugs here and there, but it IS a beta.

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166077#pos t166077

I guess the 65 bit version is just a bit better than what I got :(

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If the "just a bit" pun was intended, then this might be the Best Post of the Year.

I didn't notice that...


I had a good laugh.

ok guys and gals i now have innstalled win xpx64bit to test against w7. And W7 is way faster in normal windows use and in EQ2 as i get 20fps with 4 clients on w7, I get 14 in xp64.
Gotta say that i havent hadd a single issue with keyclone or with any other part yet. and i have it on 4 pc´s
Odd thing is that i get better perf with the wdm ati drivers that W7 finds than the ones on ati site.

so how does the beta thing work with an operating system. do you have to review it and supply info on it or is it just test it for bugs and if any we fix if not we release ect.
i like the idea of it if its any good as when i upgrade my system to an i7 system some time in the coming months it might be worth looking into.

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Originally Posted by 'welwyn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166357#post1 66357

so how does the beta thing work with an operating system. do you have to review it and supply info on it or is it just test it for bugs and if any we fix if not we release ect.
i like the idea of it if its any good as when i upgrade my system to an i7 system some time in the coming months it might be worth looking into.

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You basically download the ISO and Install it how you would any other Operating System. You can either run the ISO on your PC and install it to the Hard Drive from inside Windows or you can burn it to a DVD and run it from Bootup / POST. When you go to the download link, it will give you a Product Key that you need to write down / store somewhere. You can either insert that product key when you are installing Windows 7 or after it's installed; you have 30 days to do so.

From there, all you really have to do is test the OS and play around with it. There are no restrictions, but every window that you open has a little "Send Feedback" option next to the Minimize / Maximize / Close buttons on the top right. The whole point of a beta is to help the developers test out the software to find any bugs that might persist. With that in mind, just know that this is a BETA, and it should be treated as such. The final product might be a little different here and there, so don't expect too much from it.

Overall, however, I think that it is much better than Vista for the following reasons:

1) Lesser system requirements (At the moment). It looks like it performs and looks the same as Vista, if not better, but can run on slower systems.
2) Improved Start Bar - The "Quick Launch" was replaced with a little bit better version of itself. Hard to explain; you have to see it for yourself.
3) Little improvements to the UI here and there that you will come across as you play around with it.

It's basically, in my mind, just a re-do of Vista. It's got the same basic feel of Vista with Aero, but just a few improvement tweaks.

This beta version is good until when? May? June?

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Originally Posted by 'Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166077#pos t166077

I guess the 65 bit version is just a bit better than what I got :(

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You win


seriously.


The Windows guys here at my office have had it for a couple of weeks and their MS sales guy said that it is called "Windows 7" because "Windows Vista - Fixed!" Didn't sound very good to the marketing guys.

They have been very happy with it so far for office computing - I think they also play COD on it and have had no complaints.

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Originally Posted by 'welwyn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166357#post1 66357

so how does the beta thing work with an operating system. do you have to review it and supply info on it or is it just test it for bugs and if any we fix if not we release ect.
i like the idea of it if its any good as when i upgrade my system to an i7 system some time in the coming months it might be worth looking into.

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You basically download the ISO and Install it how you would any other Operating System. You can either run the ISO on your PC and install it to the Hard Drive from inside Windows or you can burn it to a DVD and run it from Bootup / POST. When you go to the download link, it will give you a Product Key that you need to write down / store somewhere. You can either insert that product key when you are installing Windows 7 or after it's installed; you have 30 days to do so.

From there, all you really have to do is test the OS and play around with it. There are no restrictions, but every window that you open has a little "Send Feedback" option next to the Minimize / Maximize / Close buttons on the top right. The whole point of a beta is to help the developers test out the software to find any bugs that might persist. With that in mind, just know that this is a BETA, and it should be treated as such. The final product might be a little different here and there, so don't expect too much from it.

Overall, however, I think that it is much better than Vista for the following reasons:

1) Lesser system requirements (At the moment). It looks like it performs and looks the same as Vista, if not better, but can run on slower systems.
2) Improved Start Bar - The "Quick Launch" was replaced with a little bit better version of itself. Hard to explain; you have to see it for yourself.
3) Little improvements to the UI here and there that you will come across as you play around with it.

It's basically, in my mind, just a re-do of Vista. It's got the same basic feel of Vista with Aero, but just a few improvement tweaks.

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I believe they were/are focusing more on compatibility and performance improvements over UI changes n stuff. But I don't really have any research to back that statement up so don't quote me on it :P

so it does run out eventually this beta thing?

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Originally Posted by 'welwyn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166419#post1 66419

so it does run out eventually this beta thing?

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According to...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx

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Watch the calendar. The Beta expires on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall a prior version of Windows or a subsequent release of Windows 7 before the expiration date.

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ok so I got win 7 installed and booted into win7 but now I cant see my folders where i installed wow on.

can anybody tell me how to get to that and launch wow on windows 7 when its installed on vista?

or do i have to reinstall those too....

ok so i run 4x wows on one pc on 32bit xp hows it compare to that? (xp is way over vista)

I may have to try this out with dual boot to see if it solves some of my game problems with /follow and vista crap.

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Originally Posted by 'Eldi',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166505#post166 505

(xp is way over vista)

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I'm curious how Win7 deals with things like symlinks and stuff typical to our community. Cause the above post is not my experience, my Vista computer thrashes my xp boot in performance.

I installed Windows 7 64-bit on my main machine last night on a blank hard drive and so far I'm very impressed. It's Vista, but with a snazzy new taskbar and noticeably better performance.

Under Vista, when in Dalaran my five shamans would be lucky to get 5fps each. Now, my main gets 25fps and the four clones are all at their 15fps cap. This is very encouraging. I'm just worried that Microsoft will use the months before official release to pack a load of bloat into it and slow it down again.

The latest Vista 64-bit Nvidia drivers work fine. The rest of my hardware was supported by Windows straight off, apart from a couple of "unknown devices".

One small thing to note, if you install Win7 on an unpartitioned disk, it will create a small 200MB partition at the beginning of the disk to conform with the EFI standard (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFI_System_Partition). If your disk is already partitioned and formatted before you run the installation you can avoid this happening, although I see no harm in it myself.

windows vista = new windows ME

So, by that logic...

Windows 7 = new Windows XP?

Please... pretty please... sugar on top?!

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Originally Posted by 'Duese',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166670#post16 6670

windows vista = new windows ME

So, by that logic...

Windows 7 = new Windows XP?

Please... pretty please... sugar on top?!

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So by your logic, you should stick to Macs.

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Originally Posted by 'welwyn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166185#post1 66185

i gather from the name that windows 7 will be to utilize intel i7 CPUs? if so what will microsoft want to implement that will be using up to 8 virtual cores.

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No, it's named 7 because it's the seventh version of windows.

I can't wait to install this tonight :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by 'Duese',index.php?page=Thread&postID=166670#post16 6670

windows vista = new windows ME

So, by that logic...

Windows 7 = new Windows XP?

Please... pretty please... sugar on top?!

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I totally see a connection here. Windows Millennium was another one of Microsoft's "fuckups". While Vista is my favorite operating system out of all my computers (XP machine at my shop, Macbook Pro laptop, and Vista @ home for the 5-boxing), it runs well because I have (and most of us do) a "built" computer.

Most people just buy a computer so they can check their e-mail or browse the web. These are the people that give Vista a bad name, because they think their $399 OEM PC should be able to run the latest and greatest software with huge success.

My $0.02:
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Early 90's: Windows 3.0/3.1/3.11 - At the time it was released, it was good.
1995: Windows 95 - A large step for mankind. HELO preemptive multitasking!
1998: Windows 98 - Same shit, different day.
1999: Windows Millennium - Sucked. Take Windows 95/98 and put it in a blender. There's your Windows Me. Honestly, it was just a way for Microsoft to make money. Why couldn't they just patch '98? Did we *NEED* another version of Windows? 2 years later, XP was introduced. STOP REPRODUCING ALREADY!!!!!111one1111!!!!
2000: Windows 2000 - Wasn't really preinstalled on home machines, but was stable as hell. Might as well have been XP. (Same kernel?)
2001: Windows XP - Rocked, still does.
2007: Windows Vista - I've never seen a problem other than manufacturers not being prepared and not creating drivers quick enough. They knew it was coming out, but don't prepare -- wtfman? Your old software doesn't work? Cry me a river. Dual-boot alongside XP and quit your whining. People don't like change, so they give it a bad name saying "it sucks". I see people every damn day in my store claiming they "hate Vista", but don't use a computer more than 30 minutes a day.
????: Windows 7 - Have the 64-bit ISO burnt, but have yet to install it on my Macbook Pro. Been too busy lately. :-/

That's all from memory, so if I'm off a year on the release of something, sue me!