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    Just get the OEM version (not telling you where online though) that never needs activating!!
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    haven't found that, but windows loader helps me install a good os.

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    Sorry

    couldn't resist

    paying money for a distro

    250 dollars? thats a dam good week on the piss

    2 hookers ( the ones I go to are cheap)

    and a kebab on the way home

    paying money for a distro ,,,,,,, oh how I laughed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian d'marge View Post
    Sorry

    couldn't resist

    paying money for a distro

    250 dollars? thats a dam good week on the piss

    2 hookers ( the ones I go to are cheap)

    and a kebab on the way home

    paying money for a distro ,,,,,,, oh how I laughed

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    Yeah but our distro comes with fullstops as well as commas
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    The mind boggles.

    Unless you were pillioning the sheep - which is more innocent I suppose (but no less baffling)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    ... windows loader helps me install a good os....
    What ... ? Windows loader helps you install Linux.. ! How cool is dat !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian d'marge View Post
    Sorry

    couldn't resist

    paying money for a distro

    250 dollars? thats a dam good week on the piss

    2 hookers ( the ones I go to are cheap)

    and a kebab on the way home

    paying money for a distro ,,,,,,, oh how I laughed

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    So with win7 - is 32 or 64 bit the way to go these days...?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dipshit View Post
    So with win7 - is 32 or 64 bit the way to go these days...?
    My understanding is that 32bit is fine for most users, however if you have particular software that is written to work on 64bit then the 2nd option is for you. Although I maybe wrong lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dipshit View Post
    So with win7 - is 32 or 64 bit the way to go these days...?
    How much memory will you use max? 3GB or less, 32 bit. More? 64 bit.

    Windows 7 is the best windows yet at hardware drivers (without sounding like Microsoft, I've been surprised by its capabilities since October last year), so 64 bit isn't much of an issue. Software is increasingly 64 bit aware, or in the pipeline for development.

    2 years ago, 64 bit was useless, with basic stuff like winrar not fully using it. Around a year ago, it finally started supporting 64 bit, and as more and more people start using 64 bit, more software will be developed with 64 bit in mind, a neat circle For normal software, games, Office etc, don't use 64 bit yet, the 32 bit versions are more stable (office 2010 ) and eg, firefox 32 bit has many more add-ons.

    edit: This ignores software that cannot run on 64 bit, its always the oddities and and random bits that trip you up.
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    I'd be surprised if you could use the words Microsoft and Capabilities in the same sentence and not be doing a stand-up comedy routine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bald Eagle View Post
    I'd be surprised if you could use the words Microsoft and Capabilities in the same sentence and not be doing a stand-up comedy routine
    Tell you what. You might be surprised. Aside from all the spit and polish, Win7 is by and far the most stable OS I have seen in a long time. Yet to see one with a virus either and as removing them is part of what I do for a living, thats a big thing.

    Upgraded the workshop machine a couple of weeks ago, one of the sticks of ram was faulty so it ended up with only one gig. Yesterday we had it doing checkdisk on 2 seperate disks while virus scanning another. Never missed a beat. I'm getting to the point where I'm trying to crash it just to see if I can.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The mind boggles.

    Unless you were pillioning the sheep - which is more innocent I suppose (but no less baffling)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    Yet to see one with a virus either
    Oh yeah, definitely seen that... whole lotta PCs, none of which were using the lovely and free MSE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    Yet to see one with a virus
    Windows and Microsoft are a virus....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bald Eagle View Post
    I'd be surprised if you could use the words Microsoft and Capabilities in the same sentence and not be doing a stand-up comedy routine
    Well, XP was a stickler for drivers, sometimes it found drivers via update (you were amazed if it did, and I didn't rely on it, having the driver myself). I'm from the process of loading a printer driver onto a computer, creating a port, then connecting to the printer (ok, so there are over 5 different ways of connecting to printers - each printer has its quirks). Vista, putting it into a Server 2003/XP environment was hopeless, and basically gave you the finger when trying to connect to a printer, saying it didn't have the driver.

    Multiple installations of 7, double click on printer share, haven't seen one fail yet. Considering you can't even load a 7 driver onto a 2003 server because it doesn't know what 7 is...

    Hardware drivers, whole new ball game. I'm almost starting to think tier 1 support could do installs. "Yes sir, click windows update, it will find all the drivers". Manufacturers now just tell you to go through windows update, and won't give you links. Almost scary how easily it works for the vast majority of drivers.

    Until 7 I was still using classic themes, never properly switched to Vista, never used XP theme, etc, so I'm hardly a lover and fanboy of everything new about Microsoft.

    It goes without saying that its slower than XP, thats obvious to a blind dude, but its certainly better than Vista. I actually found myself almost enjoying using it, and snapping windows into maximised mode or pulling them out of it is actually really handy, until you sit in front of XP
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    It goes without saying that its slower than XP, thats obvious to a blind dude, but its certainly better than Vista. I actually found myself almost enjoying using it, and snapping windows into maximised mode or pulling them out of it is actually really handy, until you sit in front of XP
    7 actually ustilizes ram, unlike vista or XP. Pre-fetching works a charm and speeds the regular things up real nice. This goes without saying you'd need 64 bit and some ram. more than 4 anyway...
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