emmanu888
join:2009-08-03
Victoriaville, QC | reply to gold1
Re: Anyone else pre-order windows 7?
My mom pre-order it.
And we are functionning on the rc version. |
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
Premium
join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON
clubs: | reply to gold1
I'm using the RC nowadays. Very speedy on my Phenom II X4 955BE and 8GB of RAM. Will buy the retail Pro version in October. |
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
| said by dennilfloss  :I'm using the RC nowadays. Very speedy on my Phenom II X4 955BE and 8GB of RAM. Will buy the retail Pro version in October. I also find the RC very fast on my system which, oddly enough, has almost identical specs to yours.
I also find it extremely fast on my new laptop with 4GB of RAM and a Core 2 Duo P8400.
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
Premium
join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON
clubs: | reply to gold1
I just upgraded from an X2 4200+ and 3GB RAM. Takes me ~3 years to save the money between upgrades so this 955BE will have to do until 2012 or so. |
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Laidback
join:2001-09-30
Woodstock, ON
 ·PrimusDSL
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I loaded the RC on a socket 939, xp3200, 1gig of ram and a 60 gig ide drive. It runs faster than my vista box which is an intel board, dp35dp, quad core, 6 gig of ram and 750 gig hard drive. 
I also preordered it, but if staples offers up the 3 user license, I will change my order to that. |
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
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said by dennilfloss :I just upgraded from an X2 4200+ and 3GB RAM. Takes me ~3 years to save the money between upgrades so this 955BE will have to do until 2012 or so. I upgraded from an Opteron 165 (which is the same as an X2 4000+) which was overclocked to 2.6GHz with 2GB of RAM. Four cores and 8GB of RAM makes a huge difference in overall system responsiveness and performance. I can't stress that enough. 64-bit Windows is also nice for so many different reasons, too.
I had had that system since at least 2005 or so. I was one of the first people to buy a dual core AMD system, and the CPU alone was on sale for $450 which was an amazing deal for a dual core CPU in 2005. AMD's dual core stuff was far far better than Intel at the time.
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Last Parade
One of the Brightest Stars
join:2002-10-07
Port Colborne, ON
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said by digitalfutur :Family Pack confirmed at USD 149, likely CAD 179. » news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10300···tories.0Anyone who pre-ordered 3 copies of Win7 would have saved about CAD 60 by waiting until 10/22 for the Family Pack. You can still cancel your Amazon.ca orders without penalty. |
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dennilfloss
Liberal And Loving It
Premium
join:2001-09-09
Ottawa, ON
clubs: | reply to gold1
Got my X2 4200+ when they came out. It replaced a Barton 2500+@3200+ which replaced a 2400+ which replaced a Tbird 1GHz which replaced a Celeron 500 which replaced a Celeron 433 (my first CPU). |
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Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
Premium
join:2005-03-12
| said by dennilfloss :... which replaced a Celeron 433 (my first CPU). My first system was a bit below that -- it was a 286 @ 8 Mhz with two 5 1/2" floppy drives running DOS and Windows 2.0. I don't remember how much memory it had but it was a computer from work and therefore very well equipped -- it even had the very expensive optional 10 Mb hard drive -- so it must have had the full complement of memory that Bill Gates said would be more than anyone would ever need, namely 640K !
If I hadn't thrown it out I could try running Windows 7 on it, but I suspect it might be slow! 
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"A dog is like a child who never grows old ... always there to love and be loved" -- Aaron Katcher
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Laidback
join:2001-09-30
Woodstock, ON
·PrimusDSL
| said by Wolfie00 :said by dennilfloss :... which replaced a Celeron 433 (my first CPU). My first system was a bit below that -- it was a 286 @ 8 Mhz with two 5 1/2" floppy drives running DOS and Windows 2.0. I don't remember how much memory it had but it was a computer from work and therefore very well equipped -- it even had the very expensive optional 10 Mb hard drive -- so it must have had the full complement of memory that Bill Gates said would be more than anyone would ever need, namely 640K ! If I hadn't thrown it out I could try running Windows 7 on it, but I suspect it might be slow! Think of the fun you would have converting windows 7 to 5 1/4 floppies!  |
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pat_lc2000
join:2006-02-04
Ottawa, ON | reply to gold1
That just isn't enough ram. You need at least 96mb (yes, someone did get it to run on 96mb). My personal current favorite thing about 7 at the moment is WMP12. Which works well enough on my new dual core to replace MPC for me. |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
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Now MS is all screwed up. I had plans to upgrade from my Win2K Pro Retail install but It doesn't seem likely anymore, I though it was too good to be true.
According to this site
»mossblog.allthingsd.com/20090804···al-chart
Walter Mossberg asked Microsoft for an official Windows 7 Upgrade chart which they provided.
»mossblog.allthingsd.com/files/20···hart.png
and if you scroll down it says;
"To upgrade an earlier operating system than Windows XP (eg Windows 95 or Windows 2000) you will need to purchase a full license of Windows 7 and perform a custom installation."
However, if you go to Microsoft's Store site here;
»store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Wi···gory/102
"Running earlier versions? If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications."
So most likely the chart is right and the store has it wrong. I'm uploading some caps in case the Store changes without notice. |
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Laidback
join:2001-09-30
Woodstock, ON
·PrimusDSL
| Stewy, why not download the RC, install your 2000 on a spare drive and put windows 7 on it? It's still available on Microsoft's website until Aug 20, complete with key.
The one thing I found is that with an existing operating system, the RC will not autoboot to do an upgrade. The prompts advise putting the disk in after your computer has booted up. |
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pat_lc2000
join:2006-02-04
Ottawa, ON | reply to gold1
any computer running Win2k is going to have a hard time running 7, despite that fact that some have. |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
| said by pat_lc2000 :any computer running Win2k is going to have a hard time running 7, despite that fact that some have. I'm getting a new bleeding edge i7 system and was just going to try to do a minimal W2K install on it so that I could upgrade to W7 and keep my XP license and have two systems going but seems that won't work now anyway.
I just have one XP license and would like to keep it, so I'll just end up upgrading this one and getting a full retail for the new build. I wonder if I could get an OEM W7 with my new build ? |
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Stewy
Premium
join:2007-12-12
Kitchener, ON
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said by Laidback :Stewy, why not download the RC, install your 2000 on a spare drive and put windows 7 on it? It's still available on Microsoft's website until Aug 20, complete with key. The one thing I found is that with an existing operating system, the RC will not autoboot to do an upgrade. The prompts advise putting the disk in after your computer has booted up. can you put the RC on an empty drive ?
or do you have to have an OS installed ? |
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
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You don't need to format your hard drive to do an installation of Windows 7 on top of Windows XP or 2000. It'll just move the old Windows installation as well as Program Files and Documents and Settings into a folder called Windows.Old. It won't touch anything else. You can then move your files back to their equivalent locations in Windows 7, but you'll need to reinstall your applications and reconfigure the OS the way you want.
This is the method I recommend even when going from Windows Vista to Windows 7.
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You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terror - Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. |
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Laidback
join:2001-09-30
Woodstock, ON | reply to Stewy
I did a clean install on a 60 gig hard drive. |
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vue666
join:2007-12-07 | When does the license for the RC expire? |
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pat_lc2000
join:2006-02-04
Ottawa, ON | reply to gold1
It expires in June 10, but the computer will start shutting down every two hours in March.
Why in gods name do you want to keep Win2k. There is no reason to keep it or even XP at this point. |
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