Windows 7

cause win vista = fail

I think it's part of the business practice. Looks like a good bargain there. They are E editions, and from what I read they don't include the Internet Explorer. Regardless, I like the ultimate edition better though.

Fanfare - Europe only get the E editions because we're special

The Ultimate edition for the most part is pointless; you get AppLocker (a set of Group Policy settings built on Software Restriction Policies, to restrict which applications can run on a corporate network, including the ability to restrict based on the application's version number or publisher), BitLocker Drive Encryption (pointless), BranchCache Distributed Cache (a branch-office cache system for files stored on central file servers), DirectAccess (VPN for IPv6), Subsystem for Unix-based Applications (woo!), Multilingual User Interface Pack (for those of you who forget to set the right language on install or you are multi-lingual) and Virtual Hard Disk Booting (why?!!).

I don't care WHY I just know I have mine preordered haha!!!

Takaharu, I completely agree with you that the ultimate editon is merely of "extra useless addons" for home and small business consumers. I guess I'm one of the I-want-it-all individuals that can't resist the temptation of it.

Fanfare - Europe only get the E editions because we're special

 

The Ultimate edition for the most part is pointless; you get AppLocker (a set of Group Policy settings built on Software Restriction Policies, to restrict which applications can run on a corporate network, including the ability to restrict based on the application's version number or publisher), BitLocker Drive Encryption (pointless), BranchCache Distributed Cache (a branch-office cache system for files stored on central file servers), DirectAccess (VPN for IPv6), Subsystem for Unix-based Applications (woo!), Multilingual User Interface Pack (for those of you who forget to set the right language on install or you are multi-lingual) and Virtual Hard Disk Booting (why?!!).

so I take it you dont like "Windows 7" takaharu_ and wont be buying it at them prices

I think hes only talking about Windows 7 Ultimate, and not 7 in general

I do wonder about you sometimes, Johnson I said I find Windows 7 Ultimate pointless compared to the others. Didn't you notice the Windows 7 announcement I made in the Main News Section? My colleagues and I in the IT office at work pre-ordered Windows 7 Pro within minutes of each other, later told the IT manager when he arrived and the Dialler manager when he came to have a chat.

Starter is an operating system. Home Basic adds Aero, desktop wallpapers, fast user switching, multiple monitors and Mobility Center. Home Premium adds a few more gubbings but Pro includes (amongst other things) XP Mode - a virtual machine package for Windows Virtual PC containing a pre-installed, licensed copy of Windows XP SP3 as its guest OS. Pre-installed integration components allow applications running within the virtualized environment to appear as if running directly on the host, sharing the native desktop and Start Menu of Windows 7 as well as participating in file type associations.

I do wonder about you sometimes, Johnson I said I find Windows 7 Ultimate pointless compared to the others. Didn't you notice the Windows 7 announcement I made in the Main News Section? My colleagues and I in the IT office at work pre-ordered Windows 7 Pro within minutes of each other, later told the IT manager when he arrived and the Dialler manager when he came to have a chat.

 

Starter is an operating system. Home Basic adds Aero, desktop wallpapers, fast user switching, multiple monitors and Mobility Center. Home Premium adds a few more gubbings but Pro includes (amongst other things) XP Mode - a virtual machine package for Windows Virtual PC containing a pre-installed, licensed copy of Windows XP SP3 as its guest OS. Pre-installed integration components allow applications running within the virtualized environment to appear as if running directly on the host, sharing the native desktop and Start Menu of Windows 7 as well as participating in file type associations.

Im not the best fella when it comes to reading (sorry) so your saying to me GET IT ... yes or no

yes!

Yes to Win7, no to Ultimate. However, I also said yes to Vista prior to its release date.

I never said yes to Vista.... but now I can't live without it. and yes I know it has a ton of problems, but I still can't live without a few features.

cant see me getting this anytime soon

I have vista on laptop just now and XP on the desktop and msut say i am very happy with both

maybe once they bring the price down a bit

cant see me getting this anytime soon

 

I have vista on laptop just now and XP on the desktop and msut say i am very happy with both

 

maybe once they bring the price down a bit

iv got vista on the latop and on one of my desktop and xp pro on another desktop machine and I said I was happy but after seeing windows 7 im not to sure about vista though xp must be the best windows of them all .... but I was told windows 98 was the best of them all but im to young to remember windows 98 ? what was windows 98 like ?

I was told windows 98 was the best of them all but im to young to remember windows 98 ? what was windows 98 like ?

On a side note, though, do people still use wins 98 these days? I don't think microsoft supports it anymore. And 98 is not a safe OS, lacking many security features.

You can google for pictures and its features to find out what it is like.

 

On a side note, though, do people still use wins 98 these days? I don't think microsoft supports it anymore. And 98 is not a safe OS, lacking many security features.

you bet! I work in a RadioShack [uSA technology store] and people still come in usually about once a week asking for the Windows 98 install disc or computer hardware compatible with 98.

Windows 7 did pretty well for me; I've currently got it installed on my secondary PC with no driver issues and, so far, no problems with software.

The interface isn't really that much different from Windows Vista so there's not really much I can say about that, as I'm currently using Vista Ultimate x64. What I'm not really fond of, though, is with Windows Live (Aka: MSN) Messenger when you close the main window. Usually, when you close the main window of the program, it'll actually close and place an icon in the system tray. Not with Windows 7, though; when you click to close Messenger it'll seemingly minimise and you'll have the window sitting in your taskbar, exactly as if had been minimised. I'm hoping that there'll either be a new update to Messenger when 7 comes out because I personally find it to be one of the bigger features of WL Messenger.

The ability to customise the UAC is nice. Although I don't have a problem with Vista's UAC system, it's good that I can say to people that did find it annoying "By the way, you can tell the UAC to stop pestering you for most things or you can turn it off completely". I've actually toned it down a notch as well because I found it a tad annoying that it prompted you every time you wanted to rename something in the Program Files folder or the All Users "Start" menu. Being the only user of my PC, I don't really need Windows to question my judgement on renaming shortcuts for "other users".

I'm looking forward to seeing how well 7 performs in a corporate environment. Although the company I work for is not likely to be able to afford to upgrade all of the computers in the company any time soon, I'd imagine that, using Server 2008 with a patch or Server 2008 R2 (which we're going to try to push for) will be able to be used if they come pre-installed on newly-ordered PCs without any trouble with Active Directory. I've already tried out the applications that we currently use and all of them, including all of the bespoke applications worked fine, unlike Vista, which had a few problems. We're currently using Windows XP and, although migration to a new operating system is a way off, being able to us both XP and 7 flawlessly would be beneficial.

Takaharu, I completely agree with you that the ultimate editon is merely of "extra useless addons" for home and small business consumers. I guess I'm one of the I-want-it-all individuals that can't resist the temptation of it.

I just want to have no networking issues.