Comments on: Windows 7 Coming Early? Not so Fast. http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rob Marinella http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-19260 Rob Marinella Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:57:29 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-19260 Wow guys, ease up on each other! Listen, here is the real deal with Vista and Windows 7. With Windows Vista, Microsoft did away with blue screen of death issues by forcing hardware makers to write "tighter" drivers that would support the new OS. The problem? Manufacturers really had no desire to support a new OS on their older hardware. Why? Because if it is easy to upgrade old hardware to new operating systems, people don't buy new hardware. So, how do the hardware makers take the heat off of themselves? They claim that the system requirements and driver rewrites imposed by Microsoft doesn't work with the old hardware. Hence, Microsoft's fault. Don't believe me, alright, let's try a little proof. Install Ubuntu Linux on an old laptop with integrated Intel graphics and enable compiz effects. Guess what? Your old hardware does things that Intel says it isn't capable of. The graphic requirements of Compiz far exceed the requirements of Vista or Windows 7. The specific Intel chipset I am calling out is the 82852/82855. I don't blame Microsoft or Intel .... although if Intel charged 5 bucks for a Vista driver, maybe they would make friends and money???? Wow guys, ease up on each other! Listen, here is the real deal with Vista and Windows 7. With Windows Vista, Microsoft did away with blue screen of death issues by forcing hardware makers to write “tighter” drivers that would support the new OS. The problem? Manufacturers really had no desire to support a new OS on their older hardware. Why? Because if it is easy to upgrade old hardware to new operating systems, people don’t buy new hardware. So, how do the hardware makers take the heat off of themselves? They claim that the system requirements and driver rewrites imposed by Microsoft doesn’t work with the old hardware. Hence, Microsoft’s fault. Don’t believe me, alright, let’s try a little proof. Install Ubuntu Linux on an old laptop with integrated Intel graphics and enable compiz effects. Guess what? Your old hardware does things that Intel says it isn’t capable of. The graphic requirements of Compiz far exceed the requirements of Vista or Windows 7. The specific Intel chipset I am calling out is the 82852/82855. I don’t blame Microsoft or Intel …. although if Intel charged 5 bucks for a Vista driver, maybe they would make friends and money????

]]> By: Spackie http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13870 Spackie Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:33:24 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13870 Verdict on the early pre-beta M3 PDC build? Microsoft has finally got right even at this early stage. Even the comforting boot logo is back! Although Explorer still looks yuk compared to XP Explorer. Verdict on the early pre-beta M3 PDC build? Microsoft has finally got right even at this early stage. Even the comforting boot logo is back! Although Explorer still looks yuk compared to XP Explorer.

]]> By: graham.lv http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13861 graham.lv Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:11:15 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13861 He means use a "ReadyBoost" capable 2-4GB USB drive for small read-writes. I have a 2 GB one in my Vista PC from day 1. Do a Google for "ReadyBoost" and find the MS link. :-) He means use a “ReadyBoost” capable 2-4GB USB drive for small read-writes. I have a 2 GB one in my Vista PC from day 1. Do a Google for “ReadyBoost” and find the MS link. :-)

]]> By: WindSurfer http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13822 WindSurfer Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:37:17 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13822 Ok Kelvin, follow me. Open the drive properties of your hard drives and turn off indexing. Make sure you have 2GB of ram and add a 2-4GB flash drive for your page file. Hey presto ! your Vista installation no longer continually accesses the hard drive, you could have googled that easily. YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS HAVE WANT TO STICK WITH XP, XP is shit it has always been shit SP2 managed to make it standable but Vista is great I don’t have a problem and i run it on my office PC, my laptop, and my media center (my whole TV runs through Vista) Grow up ! learn the new rules of the new OS and stop supporting obsolete software. Vista is overrated. All flash, lotsa bugs underneath. Learn to live with the facts. Obsolete Software > Buggy New and Flashy and the "in-thing" software. YOU grow up. And no, I won't run it as a primary OS. Knowing Microsoft, I won't be upgrading until they have released Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Ok Kelvin, follow me.
Open the drive properties of your hard drives and turn off indexing. Make sure you have 2GB of ram and add a 2-4GB flash drive for your page file.
Hey presto ! your Vista installation no longer continually accesses the hard drive, you could have googled that easily.
YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS HAVE WANT TO STICK WITH XP, XP is shit it has always been shit SP2 managed to make it standable but Vista is great I don’t have a problem and i run it on my office PC, my laptop, and my media center (my whole TV runs through Vista)
Grow up ! learn the new rules of the new OS and stop supporting obsolete software.

Vista is overrated. All flash, lotsa bugs underneath. Learn to live with the facts. Obsolete Software > Buggy New and Flashy and the “in-thing” software. YOU grow up.

And no, I won’t run it as a primary OS. Knowing Microsoft, I won’t be upgrading until they have released Windows 7 Service Pack 1.

]]> By: Spork my Pork http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13815 Spork my Pork Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:22:27 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13815 Using a USB Memory stick as a flash drive is a very very stupid move, as it will trash the drive in weeks. Most vendors fully support Vista now, so if you have a new PC, it's generally a good idea to use Vista, you'll get better support. With that being said, though, there are a lot of older programs that vendors no longer support, or the vendors are no longer in business that require XP, and Vista breaks them. How about this instead. Use what OS suits you, don't try to push Vista or XP or Linux upon other people, they know what works for them, and don't need you to. Using a USB Memory stick as a flash drive is a very very stupid move, as it will trash the drive in weeks. Most vendors fully support Vista now, so if you have a new PC, it’s generally a good idea to use Vista, you’ll get better support. With that being said, though, there are a lot of older programs that vendors no longer support, or the vendors are no longer in business that require XP, and Vista breaks them. How about this instead. Use what OS suits you, don’t try to push Vista or XP or Linux upon other people, they know what works for them, and don’t need you to.

]]> By: Dragon http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13790 Dragon Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:34:37 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13790 Using a flash drive for swap is not advisable. Flash memory has a limited number of writes and will soon degrade and cause errors if it is constantly written to by the OS as swap. I strongly advise not taking that foolish advice from someone who obviously knows nothing about computers. As far as OS goes I know many people who use XP instead of Vista for very good reason. I personally use neither, Ubuntu Linux leaves them both in the dust, and it's free! Using a flash drive for swap is not advisable. Flash memory has a limited number of writes and will soon degrade and cause errors if it is constantly written to by the OS as swap. I strongly advise not taking that foolish advice from someone who obviously knows nothing about computers. As far as OS goes I know many people who use XP instead of Vista for very good reason. I personally use neither, Ubuntu Linux leaves them both in the dust, and it’s free!

]]> By: Munky Dunker http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13788 Munky Dunker Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:13:15 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13788 Ok Kelvin, follow me. Open the drive properties of your hard drives and turn off indexing. Make sure you have 2GB of ram and add a 2-4GB flash drive for your page file. Hey presto ! your Vista installation no longer continually accesses the hard drive, you could have googled that easily. YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS HAVE WANT TO STICK WITH XP, XP is shit it has always been shit SP2 managed to make it standable but Vista is great I don't have a problem and i run it on my office PC, my laptop, and my media center (my whole TV runs through Vista) Grow up ! learn the new rules of the new OS and stop supporting obsolete software. Ok Kelvin, follow me.
Open the drive properties of your hard drives and turn off indexing. Make sure you have 2GB of ram and add a 2-4GB flash drive for your page file.
Hey presto ! your Vista installation no longer continually accesses the hard drive, you could have googled that easily.
YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS HAVE WANT TO STICK WITH XP, XP is shit it has always been shit SP2 managed to make it standable but Vista is great I don’t have a problem and i run it on my office PC, my laptop, and my media center (my whole TV runs through Vista)
Grow up ! learn the new rules of the new OS and stop supporting obsolete software.

]]> By: Kelvin Shirley http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-7-coming-early-not-so-fast/comment-page-1#comment-13786 Kelvin Shirley Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:18:28 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=6543#comment-13786 I will stick with XP for as long as I can, although if Win7 is as good as they are promising and doesn't continuously access the hard drive then I may be interested :) I will stick with XP for as long as I can, although if Win7 is as good as they are promising and doesn’t continuously access the hard drive then I may be interested :)

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