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WIndows 7
I got my upgrade via the win741.com offer for students. They're pretty smart. Make it a token price and students will go legit. Now people like adobe need to take note and make programs like photoshop $30-50 instead of $200 like it is.
SO I downloaded yesterday. I had to buy an external hard drive to backup since my old one died. I was "downgrading" from Vista Ultimate to 7 Pro. The install worked fine. Apparently if you're going from 32-bit to 64-bit the installer chokes. It needs a 64-bit decompiler that 32-bit systems don't have. Fine for me... I went 64-bit a while ago as many should.
Well...
-The size! I was peeved at the install size because with my TV tuner it needs space to record. It's nearly 3GB a episode so it adds up fast. Despite not being a "direct upgrade" it saved all my program files and user data in the C:\Windows.old directory. Over 120GB of data I didn't need!!! The upside is I really didn't need to put it all on my external, but the idea is a bit odd. The only thing that really got nuked by the install was my programs so why keep the files?
NON-EDIT: 109GB with adobe products installed. So a sub 100GB install is pretty good! Beats the pants off Vista.
-Features... pretty snazzy. Macs have nothing over this. Sorry, Carlos. I honestly don't get the hype over pinning stuff... yes, it's Mac like, but it's just the old quick launch bar... but bigger?!?! I do like the sticky notes app and ability to nativly crop screen captures.
-Background can now rotate between a set you pick! Neat as hell. I'm going to have to get a picture set to work with that.
-Media Center has little tweaks I like. Now you see program pictures and details as you use the guide. NICE. Working well there.
Can't think of much else...
I got my upgrade via the win741.com offer for students. They're pretty smart. Make it a token price and students will go legit. Now people like adobe need to take note and make programs like photoshop $30-50 instead of $200 like it is.
SO I downloaded yesterday. I had to buy an external hard drive to backup since my old one died. I was "downgrading" from Vista Ultimate to 7 Pro. The install worked fine. Apparently if you're going from 32-bit to 64-bit the installer chokes. It needs a 64-bit decompiler that 32-bit systems don't have. Fine for me... I went 64-bit a while ago as many should.
Well...
-The size! I was peeved at the install size because with my TV tuner it needs space to record. It's nearly 3GB a episode so it adds up fast. Despite not being a "direct upgrade" it saved all my program files and user data in the C:\Windows.old directory. Over 120GB of data I didn't need!!! The upside is I really didn't need to put it all on my external, but the idea is a bit odd. The only thing that really got nuked by the install was my programs so why keep the files?
NON-EDIT: 109GB with adobe products installed. So a sub 100GB install is pretty good! Beats the pants off Vista.
-Features... pretty snazzy. Macs have nothing over this. Sorry, Carlos. I honestly don't get the hype over pinning stuff... yes, it's Mac like, but it's just the old quick launch bar... but bigger?!?! I do like the sticky notes app and ability to nativly crop screen captures.
-Background can now rotate between a set you pick! Neat as hell. I'm going to have to get a picture set to work with that.
-Media Center has little tweaks I like. Now you see program pictures and details as you use the guide. NICE. Working well there.
Can't think of much else...