windows 7

[unhap]

can you guys do a rundown on the show of windows 7 and its new features/performance?

[b1thunt3r]

I ran Windows 7 under Virtual Box on my Eee Box B202 (Stock), with 512MB allocated to it. It ran better then a P4 3.2 HT with 1GB RAM, in host mode...

Now install all the windows required virusscan and spyware preventers and let us know how efficient it is.

[masterq]

EVERY operating system has viruses (yes, even macs and linux machines)... but why program a virus for an operating system only a small minority uses? Windows can't help that it's the popular kid... and from what I've seen so far, 7 is everything vista should have been and more

[b1thunt3r]

Originally Posted by computoman

Now install all the windows required virusscan and spyware preventers and let us know how efficient it is.

It was like year and a half ago i stopped using Virus Scanner and Spyware Preventars. And till now never had any problem...

I have been using linux 10 years and yet to see a virus for linux. But, yet I have an office full of windows machines from new clients to clean up.

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but why program a virus for an operating system only a small minority uses?
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As Spock would say "That's Illogical"

[davmoo]

Originally Posted by b1thunt3r

It was like year and a half ago i stopped using Virus Scanner and Spyware Preventars. And till now never had any problem...

I've not used any kind of virus/spyware/adware prevention crap in at least 10 years. I've never had a problem even once.

And just for the record, its not because I don't want to pay for it. There are plenty of free alternatives, plus my intarwebs provider (Comcast) makes the McAfee package available for free.

I know it drives Computoman nuts when I say this, but a brain in your head is far more important for virus prevention than is the choice of OS on your computer. That was true for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP, and it still holds for Vista and Win7 too.

[trunolimit]

yeah I haven't used any virus and spyware guards in a while. The thing I keep telling people is watch out what you download and where you go online.

More time is spent hacking windows because it is the most used operating system at home. Although being the most popular kid on the block is the only thing windows has going for it. Windows is so far behind linux and Unix based OS's networking features its ridiculous and when it comes to looks and intuitive features Mac trumps windows so much that windows has gone through great lengths to look like OSX. All that windows is doing right now is playing catch up.

I liked vista but like I said nothing to it that hasn't already been done and vista is such a memory and resource hog. I never realized it until I put xp on my new laptop and saw how much faster and stable it ran. sorry to say I never did go back to using vista. I'm better off using xp with a vista skin.

[myketuna]

I played around with Windows 7 in a virtual machine with 256MB of RAM and it ran really well. Otherwise, I don't see my upgrading anytime soon. I'm keeping XP for as long as I can. As far as virus/firewall protection and all that, I use both only because I go to certain... erm, "spaces" on the net. I feel safer having virus and firewall protection. I guess it's the same reason I have a condom in my wallet. Never really needed either though.

How microsoft feels about w7...

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Windows 7

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Should I have put my boots on first?