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Read this article, and note the:
Windows 7 will also get a public beta, starting January 9, so consumers will be able to try out the new operating system -- this a first for any Microsoft OS.
http://www.switched.com/2009/01/08/is-microsoft-dumping-vista/ (http://www.switched.com/2009/01/08/is-microsoft-dumping-vista/)
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sweet for anyone that doesnt have it yet!
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sweet
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Oh my god it was only a minute after I made this that you posted.
Geez that was fast...
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Woo hoo! This even overshadows the fact that me and a few friends actually convinced someone to rm -rf /
To think that 2 great computing related things have happened in one day, makes me almost cry.
*waits for Apple fans*
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Oh my god it was only a minute after I made this that you posted.
Geez that was fast...
61 seconds*, just since i logged on and i saw that.
anyone know the requirements for this?
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Woo hoo! This even overshadows the fact that me and a few friends actually convinced someone to rm -rf /
To think that 2 great computing related things have happened in one day, makes me almost cry.
*waits for Apple fans*
Rofl!! Nice.. I made a teacher do that when I was back in high school. Put it this Way you can Get Suspended from School for 2 weeks for doing that or at lest that happen to me. Oh and also My Friend did that to a Demo at The Mac Gallery...
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61 seconds*, just since i logged on and i saw that.
anyone know the requirements for this?
Yeah, 'bout half Vista needs. Seriouslyy.
I've got my beta build I got running INSIDE VMWare on my ubuntu partition.
Only 1gb of RAM suppplied to it. Boots fast and is super quick...
...and that's inside of another OS.
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Yeah, 'bout half Vista needs. Seriouslyy.
I've got my beta build I got running INSIDE VMWare on my ubuntu partition.
Only 1gb of RAM suppplied to it. Boots fast and is super quick...
...and that's inside of another OS.
Currently I dual boot Vista and Ubuntu, But I use VMware to mess around with other OS's
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Currently I dual boot Vista and Ubuntu, But I use VMware to mess around with other OS's
Triple boot OSx86 10.5.5, Vista Ultimate, and Ubuntu 8.10 :cool:
Ubuntu is my OS for testing others, since I've already got VMware installed.
All on my laptop =]
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super neato
i'm gonna test it in VMWare in real osx; probably upgrade vista on here once the full one is out
this and snow leopard are gonna rock
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yea im so getting that. tired of leaked betas 2 many bugs :P
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yeh snow leapod was neet when i played with it a few months back bar in a few stability issues but windows 7 had then as well early on. all i know is i look forward to testing this new beta and for release of both oses from each company as im bi-os
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I triple boot Vista, Windows 95 and Gentoo. Gentoo took a while to start compiling but it did it eventually. Windows 95 is there for sentimental reasons above all else.
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Woo hoo! This even overshadows the fact that me and a few friends actually convinced someone to rm -rf /
To think that 2 great computing related things have happened in one day, makes me almost cry.
*waits for Apple fans*
what is that command
Im not doing that
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what is that command
Im not doing that
Don't. It's bad.
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what is that command
Im not doing that
a Nice way to put it the OS will Start Eating itself lol
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don't do that command if your running an os which does runs unix commands. Most probably your install is protected from it unless you disable it. I think Ubuntu does because its whole aim is easy computing which your grandparent's shouldn't easily break.
If you're interested, it is a command which deletes all files from all mounted filesystems (apart from those which are read-only of course [luckily for someone I know :cool:])
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don't do that command if your running an os which does runs unix commands. Most probably your install is protected from it unless you disable it. I think Ubuntu does because its whole aim is easy computing which your grandparent's shouldn't easily break.
My install of Ubuntu isn't I like to Run it in VMware to show some of my friends what that command does.
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would it break os x leapord
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would it break os x leapord
Probably not, does OSX run UNIX commands?
Apparently rm is a command for terminal or whatever its called. So... it may do.
EDIT: Upon further inspection it seems -f can be used to force delete so actually it probably would, so don't try it. I figures since it is mainly built on Nextstep which is UNIX (I think)
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Probably not, does OSX run UNIX commands?
Not sure about the newest OSX, but I know OSX is Unix based. At least, I'm 99% sure.
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Not sure about the newest OSX, but I know OSX is Unix based. At least, I'm 99% sure.
Yeah, because I found a website that said rm -f is a valid command so rm -rf / should be.
This thread has gone from Windows 7 Beta to rm -rf /
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I wanna see just how close they mimick the vista. It seemed most of vista's problems spawned from
trying to prevent piracy. Should be interesting.
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I wanna see just how close they mimick the vista. It seemed most of vista's problems spawned from
trying to prevent piracy. Should be interesting.
It's apparently a lot faster and less resource intensive than Vista too. The thing I am anticipating most is Libraries.
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where exactly do you dl the beta at I searched on microsofts website, but couldnt find it. Ima search some more but if someone can put up a link to the dl thatd be great. Or do I have to be registered for something?
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where exactly do you dl the beta at I searched on microsofts website, but couldnt find it. Ima search some more but if someone can put up a link to the dl thatd be great. Or do I have to be registered for something?
Unfortunately they have delayed the release for people who aren't members of the MSDN.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/10/winows_7_beta_delay/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/10/winows_7_beta_delay/)
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Grrrr that sucks alot. Hopefulyl theyll get it up within the next week.
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ye read there blog
Update on Windows 7 Beta Availability
Brandon LeBlanc
Yesterday, 8:53 PM
Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta. We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta, and I’ll be posting here again soon once the beta goes live. Stay tuned! We are excited that you are excited!
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windows 7 is pretty neat, i have it running in VMWare rather well despite no official vm support for it, the only thing i can't do is use the aero becuase the virtual graphics card, although, i might be able to; im not sure..
in any case, its pretty neat and rather fast, which is definitely good
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Are microsoft's servers kinda retarded?
Its powerful enough to withstand the masses, downloading massive files at the same time (i downloaded 32 bit and 64 bit)
And it downloaded fast too
But theres not enough bandwidth for my to get a small 10 digit or so code so I can use it
If its a free beta release, why does it even need a code?
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windows 7 is pretty neat, i have it running in VMWare rather well despite no official vm support for it, the only thing i can't do is use the aero becuase the virtual graphics card, although, i might be able to; im not sure..
in any case, its pretty neat and rather fast, which is definitely good
Lul. I have mine sharing my videocard with ubuntu. :3
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Due to the large amount of dl requests MS switched to master keys, there are 10 of them and they are as follows:
From the 64bit link:
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
From the 32bit link:
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
And so you know, the 32bit and 64 bit are interchangeable.
you'll just have to go and activate it on the phone.
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Due to the large amount of dl requests MS switched to master keys, there are 10 of them and they are as follows:
From the 64bit link:
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
From the 32bit link:
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
And so you know, the 32bit and 64 bit are interchangeable.
you'll just have to go and activate it on the phone.
Thanks :D
BTW, when you mean over phone, like is that across country or what? lol
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They have Uk lines right ?
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you activate it online and just put in the key
i got this early cos i was signed up to MSDN, and 'Microsoft Devs' get it earlier.
I've had it installed a week, and it is very good i must say. Though the level of noob-friendliness is good for the everyman, the techy like you or I can get irritated by the dumbing down of process names.
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this might sound dumb, but what is really the difference between 64 bit and 32 bit even for vista? I know 32 bit can only recognize up to 3gb but that is all i know that is different...
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this might sound dumb, but what is really the difference between 64 bit and 32 bit even for vista? I know 32 bit can only recognize up to 3gb but that is all i know that is different...
The difference between 32bit and 64bit is the same for ALL operating systems.
The ability to read/recognize more RAM.
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this might sound dumb, but what is really the difference between 64 bit and 32 bit even for vista? I know 32 bit can only recognize up to 3gb but that is all i know that is different...
64 Bit, have more ram capacity, more faster (because you get more out of your ram)
but unfortunatly you have to use different drivers for everything, and usually companys dont really care so they only release 32 bit, so I never use 64bit anymore
and you have to have a 64bit processor
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and you have to have a 64bit processor
Uhm...no...processors aren't made 32/64bit...
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Uhm...no...processors aren't made 32/64bit...
yes they are
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yes they are
...then why doesn't it say that when you're looking at specs? And why can you run 64bit OS's on just about any processor?
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...then why doesn't it say that when you're looking at specs? And why can you run 64bit OS's on just about any processor?
Higher end cpus are usally 64bit, but 64bit can run 32bit aswell
Also thats why theres 64 in 'AMD 64'
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...then why doesn't it say that when you're looking at specs? And why can you run 64bit OS's on just about any processor?
thats the thing, you cant run a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit processor and vise versa. Thats why they make 32 bit and 64 bit OS's, other wise, why waste the time?
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why waste the time?
Because 64bit can read more ram?
Lol. I don't get it. Where on a specs sheet or on newegg or something, does it say whether it's 64 or 32bit?
Like I plan on getting a core i7...and 6gb or 12gb of RAM. That needs 64bit. The Core i7 should handle 64bit right...?
Seriously like this is confusing the hell outta me, I've never even heard of 32/64bit processor architecture...
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Because 64bit can read more ram?
Lol. I don't get it. Where on a specs sheet or on newegg or something, does it say whether it's 64 or 32bit?
Like I plan on getting a core i7...and 6gb or 12gb of RAM. That needs 64bit. The Core i7 should handle 64bit right...?
Seriously like this is confusing the hell outta me, I've never even heard of 32/64bit processor architecture...
All i7s are 64bit
thats the thing, you cant run a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit processor and vise versa. Thats why they make 32 bit and 64 bit OS's, other wise, why waste the time?
I thought you could run 32bit on 64bit OS though? But not the other way round?
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All i7s are 64bit
Gotcha.I thought you could run 32bit on 64bit OS though? But not the other way round?
You HAVE to be able to, or you wouldn't be able to run 32bit on an i7 which I know you can do...
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yeh most proccessors for a while i think have been 64bit and able to run 32 bit as well certainly any post pentium proccessors i think but im not a 100% sure on that one
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I may also point out that Core 2s have 64-bit architecture.
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Where is the download of this?
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its not worth downloading, according to windows 7, my driver for my on board ethernet port is not 32 bit supported... so I said, good bye windows 7
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its not worth downloading, according to windows 7, my driver for my on board ethernet port is not 32 bit supported... so I said, good bye windows 7
Ouch, just wait till the official release then.
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yeah, it seemed a little laggy when I was using it so eh, I'll wait like you said, should be better
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Yeah. After all, it is still a beta.
But, couldn't you just download the 64bit version instead? Lol
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I have a 32 bit processor
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Yeah. After all, it is still a beta.
But, couldn't you just download the 64bit version instead? Lol
Oh. What processor? It's gotta be pretty damn old then...and I wouldn't think an old on like that would even run W7..
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Oh. What processor? It's gotta be pretty damn old then...and I wouldn't think an old on like that would even run W7..
lol doesn't Matter how old as long as its more than 1.6GHz it should be able to Run 32bit windows 7.
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Oh. What processor? It's gotta be pretty damn old then...and I wouldn't think an old on like that would even run W7..
I'm running a 2.4ghz Dual core, not that old lol
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I'm running a 2.4ghz Dual core, not that old lol
Oh hahaha. My bad.
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Doug your CPU has 64-bit Support.
Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @2.2ghz
64 bit support: YES
I love My BOOKS
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I guess I learned something today wolf...
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I just installed it onto my spare laptop partition and dual booted with GRUB and turns out the display drivers arnt working correctly, i might try to fix it sometime but I have a GCSE exam today, god help me, its 3 different topics and I didnt revise, OH NO!!!!!
Although I tried the x86 and x64, but I dont have a 64bit CPU in my laptop and x86 is having the driver issues :O
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the only things that didnt install drivers for were my SD and Memory Stick slot drivers. not a big loss xD
windows update even automatically installed the pre-release drivers for my NVidia 8400M GT.
I heart Windows 7 it is awzum. fast, and uses 29% RAM whereas Vista uses about 40% lol.
less RAM usage = more battery life
sweet sweet battery life.