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jeah, thats so true indeed.. ok you got me

was expecting to pick a wasps nest with that Linux installing... where are our Linux fans ?

rejecht wrote:It maintains a new list over the programs you've run recently, and if you hover the mouse over those programs, another menu pops up showing the documents you opened recently in that program.

I hate it when an OS does that. It's among the first things I try to disable.

rejecht wrote: If you buy the OEM version, you get it cheaper, but it's bound to your mainboard, meaning you can change any part of the computer except the mainboard. These are traditional OEM licensing limitations.

Not applicable in all countries over the world. OEM licensing as defined here is illegal in some (Germany). To clarify this a bit, what actually is illegal is to dictate to the end user that the sale is final (meaning: you are always allowed to sell your licenses on eBay). Since OEM licenses cannot be resold by definition (on their own) but in Germany that has to be allowed, the binding to hardware is at the least questionable in legal status....

rejecht wrote:...hard disk, disconnecting any other hard disk in the system first. (I always do a clean install. Upgrades usually involve too many variables to be 100 % successful, and might carry over problems, or not catch all of them meaning they are propagated.)

Good idea! Windows very often fucks up other harddrives during install you wanted it to keep its fingers OFF!

rejecht wrote:PPPS: Windows 7 32-bit has the same memory limits as Windows XP and Vista:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... _windows_7

While some of the limits mentioned are artificially induced, that particular limit is a physical addressing limit, not one of Windose in particular, regardless whichever (32 bit) version.

Mupp3t wrote:theres an XPmodus available for download. u get an interface that is the same as xp, wich runs and supports everything ur xp would.

This package is for office and standard software, 3D software and GAMES in particular will not run as far as I was informed.

laboRHEinz wrote:it's because XP doesn't support S-ATA-drives while installing and you will always have to mount a floppy or USB-drive... annoying!

WTF?? Even MS-DOS installs on an S-ATA drive, so does -EVERY- Windows... what are you talking about?? LOL!



Overall, I think Win7 is a step in the right direction especially when compared to Vista.

try installing XP on a S-ATA-drive in AHCI-Mode - if you succeed, tell me please

like so ? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install- ... 7807.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahci

Why use AHCI if you -KNOW- it works without...?

loool exactly what I mentioned: searching forums, installing stuff etc.
of course no problem at all, but Vista and 7 provide an installation without all these steps.
Wolf: If you install Vista or 7 (or MS-DOS rofl) on "Native IDE Mode", yea, you won't get in trouble, but if you want to use the key features of S-ATA / AHCI like NCQ, you shouldn't Otherwise it's like using a Porsche engine in a Beetle

or a Beetle engine in a Porsche? lol

Mupp3t wrote:@ rejecht,
Yeah, it runs XP in Microsoft Virtual PC, but requires that you have an XP OEM license.
well.. works fine, u can download the virtual pc too u know =p

Well, duh..

}TCP{Wolf wrote:

rejecht wrote:It maintains a new list over the programs you've run recently, and if you hover the mouse over those programs, another menu pops up showing the documents you opened recently in that program.

I hate it when an OS does that. It's among the first things I try to disable.

Yeah, I hate it when recently watched >_> <_< Disney movies pop up there. err

}TCP{Wolf wrote:Not applicable in all countries over the world. OEM licensing as defined here is illegal in some (Germany). To clarify this a bit, what actually is illegal is to dictate to the end user that the sale is final (meaning: you are always allowed to sell your licenses on eBay). Since OEM licenses cannot be resold by definition (on their own) but in Germany that has to be allowed, the binding to hardware is at the least questionable in legal status....

Does Microsoft charge more for OEM in Germany, then?

}TCP{Wolf wrote:

rejecht wrote:PPPS: Windows 7 32-bit has the same memory limits as Windows XP and Vista:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... _windows_7

While some of the limits mentioned are artificially induced, that particular limit is a physical addressing limit, not one of Windose in particular, regardless whichever (32 bit) version.

No, not quite correct. The later Intel processors introduced a physical address extension method (PAE), which is a scheme to address more than 4 GiB on a 32-bit system (much like how the C64 used "banks" or "pages" to address more than 256 bytes), however, applications must be compiled for it. Windows is no exception in that they have to define a memory map for the physical address space, and it leaves 2 GiB for applications and 2 GiB for the OS by default. The physical address space is the key here, because on a 64-bit XP or W7, developers have to recompile (simplified explanation) drivers for 64-bit, however, applications run in the virtual address space, and thus you can run 32-bit applications on a 64-bit Windows system. etc blabla

Nosebleed :suprise: :stick: :pcnoob:

ok I'm off of this discussion - I'm just happy with my W7 system. It took 1/2 hour, it's stable, quick, good lookin and providing all of the XP and Vista advantages. No probs yet, greetz, heinzi (and UT2k4 IS running YEAH).
btw - I'm not a MS employee

So far I heared good reviews about Windows 7. But I won't get it for quite some time. I run Vista x64 here and it runs great as well. (With a fast computer and no UAC the common points of criticism of Vista do not apply here)

"Windows 7 is what Vista should be"

I agree with Carnage. Bits and Bytes and the yellow brick road. OUCH!!!

You guys are up on this, and I like the stories you are telling. Wolf is right when he said that this is a step in the right direction.

laboRHEinz wrote:or a Beetle engine in a Porsche? lol

You're telling me your drives will run even faster than they already do? How much (in real application effects)?

rejecht wrote:PAE etc blabla

Good catch PAE does have side effects though, and when enabled you can come across applications that will refuse to work entirely (examples: at least one MIDI emulator driver from Yamaha or the older version 5.1 Connectix Virtual PC environment).

rejecht wrote:Does Microsoft charge more for OEM in Germany, then?

I'm not familiar with current German licensing models. The newest Windows OS's I bought were XP 64 pro and I haven't dared touch Vista or W7 so far.

One effect the legislation had was that a ton of people dumped their (OEM) licenses off eBay all of a sudden, selling them as FULL licenses (which they are here). So you could suddenly pick up a bunch of W2k / XP licenses for cheap bucks.