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Oct 9, 2009 | 11:36 AM

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MikeyCB

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Originally Posted by zachismisitok,Oct 9 2009, 12:30 PM

can u guys describe some of these "huge" improvements. I've used both and aside from 7 being a tad quicker sometimes, it seems like much the same OS.

For my systems that were previously laden with Vista issues such as crashing and hardware incompatibility, Windows 7 is a breath of fresh air. I was unable to transfer video from my Canon Camcorder (through FireWire) with Windows Vista because Microsoft would never formally acknowledge an issue with their built in drivers and such. With Windows 7 I'm back to capturing video again!

Plus, the new Media Center interface is much improved over Vista's, which matters to me as all my TV's have computers on em for movie and TV show gallery access.

Oct 9, 2009 | 09:05 PM

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Spec_Ops2087

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Originally Posted by zachismisitok,Oct 9 2009, 01:30 PM

can u guys describe some of these "huge" improvements. I've used both and aside from 7 being a tad quicker sometimes, it seems like much the same OS.

that's because windows 7 is 99% of vista, same code and everything. Just has a couple extra features with it along with a new GUI to keep the guppies happy and thinking it's brand new

Oct 9, 2009 | 09:59 PM

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tpc01x

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^ Been running Windows 7 Ultimate for a over a month maybe 2 now. My work has MSDN licenses so I got legit retail versions of 7 Ultimate

After doing a fresh install, the only driver I had to install was my for my chipset.

Huge improvement over Vista, if your running the release candidate, Ultimate only has a few improvements over it. The only major thing I noticed is the ability to change more settings in the start menu; optimized for solid state drives, not as much of a memory hog. Faster boot & shutdown times; generally faster overall.

Somethings were finicky in Windows 7 at first; for the longest Adobe Flash wasn't working. Firefox crashed instantaneously and I had to run Minefield; but I just updated everything and its flawless.

Windows 7 isn't going to be a life changing experience. its basically what Vista should have been.