Windows 7 - Page 7

Marelo · 01-21-2009, 01:06 PM

Man, Fifth gets to take credit for what I said earlier in the thread. What a raw deal.

Yeah, they're planning a netbook version. In fact, a Microsoft engineer came on stage at a presentation running Windows 7 on his netbook (an Ideapad S10, I think) and said as much.

MasterOfMagic · 01-21-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Runswithnopants

Man, Fifth gets to take credit for what I said earlier in the thread. What a raw deal.

Sorry, my memory is slightly above that of a fish for things like this.

Marelo · 01-21-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MasterOfMagic

Sorry, my memory is slightly above that of a fish for things like this.

Not a problem, really. I was just jokin'. On second thought, I should have included a helpful smiley to indicate the otherwise inscrutable tone. Like this: :P

Azisien · 01-22-2009, 11:10 AM

This may have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but I'm not feeling like reading through every single page. I didn't see it on the Wiki page either.

As I plan on building a new PC this summer, I suppose Windows 7 won't be out by then? I heard something like 2010, which is slightly annoying. It means I most likely have to buy Windows Vista for about a year, then probably switch to Windows 7 from the looks of it, thus paying for two operating systems.

MasterOfMagic · 01-22-2009, 11:27 AM

Everyone seems to expect it to come late '09 to early '10. So, yeah, probably won't be out this summer.

Mannix · 01-22-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Azisien

This may have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but I'm not feeling like reading through every single page. I didn't see it on the Wiki page either.

As I plan on building a new PC this summer, I suppose Windows 7 won't be out by then? I heard something like 2010, which is slightly annoying. It means I most likely have to buy Windows Vista for about a year, then probably switch to Windows 7 from the looks of it, thus paying for two operating systems.

they're hoping to have it out late summer/early fall so it can ship on this years christmas computers. instead of buying vista, you can just use the beta and upgrade from that when it comes out. saves you some money since the beta is free.

Marelo · 01-22-2009, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mannix

they're hoping to have it out late summer/early fall so it can ship on this years christmas computers. instead of buying vista, you can just use the beta and upgrade from that when it comes out. saves you some money since the beta is free.

That might be a bit of a stretch... It's a beta after all, and it's not advisable to use betas on main rigs. For instance, for a while there was an issue with mp3's getting mangled (fixed now, thankfully).

Kim · 01-27-2009, 05:41 AM

Am I the only one unable to get the damn thing to activate? I've tried a bunch of keys, and none of them work.

01-27-2009, 05:41 AM	#68
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01-21-2009, 01:06 PM	#61
Marelo Napoleon Impersonator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 816	Man, Fifth gets to take credit for what I said earlier in the thread. What a raw deal. Yeah, they're planning a netbook version. In fact, a Microsoft engineer came on stage at a presentation running Windows 7 on his netbook (an Ideapad S10, I think) and said as much.

01-22-2009, 11:10 AM	#64
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	This may have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but I'm not feeling like reading through every single page. I didn't see it on the Wiki page either. As I plan on building a new PC this summer, I suppose Windows 7 won't be out by then? I heard something like 2010, which is slightly annoying. It means I most likely have to buy Windows Vista for about a year, then probably switch to Windows 7 from the looks of it, thus paying for two operating systems.

01-22-2009, 11:27 AM	#65
MasterOfMagic ahahah Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,456	Everyone seems to expect it to come late '09 to early '10. So, yeah, probably won't be out this summer.