Windows 7 impressions

[arjan]

I've been running it on my netbook, laptop, and wifes laptop. Loving it all across the board.
It made my netbook quicker then when it was running XP.

I guess I'll need to buy some copies when the release candidates start quitting.

I've had no issues with vista either, as long as the nag screens are turned off. They drove me crazy when I first got it. After service pack 1 it got a lot quicker also.

[xonetruthcrewx]

I just ordered a new Dell Studio XPS 8000 with Windows 7 Ultimate. Im looking forward to it. It should be pretty good. Intel Core i5-750 processor(8MB Cache, 2.66GHz), 8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz-4x2GB, 23" HD Monitor, 1024MB nVidia GeForce GT220, 750GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive 7200 RPM, and so on. Its going to be a nice upgrade from the 7 year old Gateway desktop that crashed on me last week. Haha.

[fenrisx]

i havent heard any complaints yet about compatibility... but how old are the games your talkin about? like Chips Challenge old? or Counterstrike 1.6 old? or Quake 3?

I would like to know if Quake 3 works on 7. (Granted Quake Live could be substituted if not.)

[Crinale]

i have no idea, but i would be willing to bet it does, since 7 has the compatibility mode if needed...

[mastacox]

I'm sure Quake III would run fine (especially if you're careful to run the installer with administrative privileges.) Keep in mind that Windows 7 Professional (the version I'm running, 1 step above Home Premium) has XP compatability mode, but I don't think Home Premium does. Not sure if you'll need it, but there you go.

When my Release Candidate ran out a few months ago, I went ahead and got two full installs of Win 7 Pro, mainly for the WinXP compatibility mode (although I haven't needed it yet).

[Crinale]

ya i have a copy of win7 pro thats gonna replace vista HP on my desktop...

[MTL_4runner]

ya i have a copy of win7 pro thats gonna replace vista HP on my desktop...

You should be fine then.