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I actually use remoting and virtual desktops quite a bit.Rydian said:Hah, and here I was about to ask him why he got ultimate.Joe88 said:
I never have gotten a good answer to that question.
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I guess the update hasn't been released yet?
I like Win7 alot more than XP. My PC is performing better now, however I would give large credit to the point that it's a fresh install, avoidiong all the crappy programs and files that probs slowed down my XP system.
I like Win7 alot more than XP. My PC is performing better now, however I would give large credit to the point that it's a fresh install, avoidiong all the crappy programs and files that probs slowed down my XP system.
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ProtoKun7 said:
I'm curious too. Windows 7 has been running amazingly well. Sorry, mang. The days of Windows Hatred isn't what it used to be.
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OSW said:
Even with fresh installs of LEGIT XP i experianced issues like the whole thing locking up and i had to restart.
Ive been running Win 7 ever since the RTM and ive yet to experiance anything of the sort and i have never had to hard reboot.
On topic : Update still hasn't showed up here
WildWon said:ProtoKun7 said:
I'm curious too. Windows 7 has been running amazingly well. Sorry, mang. The days of Windows Hatred isn't what it used to be.
The whole UAC and dumbing down of user interaction is what annoys me... Same with OSX for the most part.
cracker said:WildWon said:ProtoKun7 said:
I'm curious too. Windows 7 has been running amazingly well. Sorry, mang. The days of Windows Hatred isn't what it used to be.
The whole UAC and dumbing down of user interaction is what annoys me... Same with OSX for the most part.
The problem is that it needs to be dumbed down because people are that dumb. I mean this forum alone how many posts do you usually see about somebody needing an anti-virus because they got infected. That's the whole point of UAC. Also, if you don't like UAC, you can simply shut it off. It's optional especially if you think you're a power user.
the dumbing down in most cases makes things a lot easier for everyone. in the end everyone is just bitching about the changes. (ZOMG, x USED TO BE HERE, WHY ISN'T IT HERE ANYMORE? MAN THIS IS SHIT, WHY CHANGE IT ALL e.t.c)
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Jiggah's point is solid, most people don't know crap about computers, so widnows has to be made to be usable by the majority of people, not any particular person.
UAC is the difference between anybody getting to touch you, and you having to give somebody permission before they can touch you. If UAC is coming up 10 times a day, you're running the wrong programs. A UAC popup is the equal to requiring su/sodo in linux.
UAC is the difference between anybody getting to touch you, and you having to give somebody permission before they can touch you. If UAC is coming up 10 times a day, you're running the wrong programs. A UAC popup is the equal to requiring su/sodo in linux.
Ok I will give you that Win7 is designed to help not too knowledgeable users to steal sales from Mac/OSX. It just really pisses me off when I need to configure an OS to not nag me all the time I guess... Also the lack of universal capability to run 'legacy' (read 98/XP) programs) without a fight concerns me. Win7 seems to be a push towards the new architecture of programming (.NET/Silverlight) along with the ease of use for casual users...
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The main problem with old games is they were were created for old technology that no longer exists in Vista/7, due to deprecation. It's how computers and technology in general work.
Take the Gameboy line, for example...
Gameboy
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color games
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color games
Gameboy Advance games
Gameboy Micro
Gameboy Advance games
Nintendo DS
Gameboy Advance games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DS games
Notice that as new systems come out, support for older games is gradually dropped.
The most you usually find is 2-3 generations, that's how long it's feasible (assuming there's deprecated functions used, which there almost always is). Stuff that worked on XP that doesn't work on Vista/7 was not designed for XP, it was designed for something older like windows 95 or 98.
98 - 2K - XP, and there's an acceptable (in computer terms) cutoff for compatibility.
Take the Gameboy line, for example...
Gameboy
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color games
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy games
Gameboy Color games
Gameboy Advance games
Gameboy Micro
Gameboy Advance games
Nintendo DS
Gameboy Advance games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DS games
Notice that as new systems come out, support for older games is gradually dropped.
The most you usually find is 2-3 generations, that's how long it's feasible (assuming there's deprecated functions used, which there almost always is). Stuff that worked on XP that doesn't work on Vista/7 was not designed for XP, it was designed for something older like windows 95 or 98.
98 - 2K - XP, and there's an acceptable (in computer terms) cutoff for compatibility.
I understand the game system reference but for Windows backwards compatibility they should be able to reroute to 'legacy dlls' or whatnot as there isn't a CPU problem (assuming 32bit) since it wouldn't understand it, etc. like in handheld games. (Which BTW there was a huge change between GB/C to GBA since they used totally different CPUs but luckily the GBA/SP had a Z80-workalike bult-in to handle it and provide backwards compatibility). To me there really isn't a reason that old apps (I'm talking XP here so not like Windows 3.1) shouldn't be able to run properly without a hassle since from Win95-Win7 (32bit version) there hasn't been a change in the low level code production for programs.
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The deprecation article I linked to lists reasons why things are deprecated, it's very informative, please read it.
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