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May 6, 2009View in Crawl 4
Dug. I really wanted to do the full Win7 beta thing but I had to ditch IE8 after a few days. Checking my notes to see why...Oh, yeah."I'm about to ditch IE8 on my Windows 7 test box. It sucks donkey balls. Mostly because the damn search function is so inefficient. Pegs the CPU at 100% for 15-20 seconds when searching a moderately long page of comments."That and I like having an adblocker in FF.
RE: "... Another app to consider with this is Photoshop. As you point out, this is the same software that people are going to want to use on both platforms (if doing graphics at this level). The Mac has a pretty significant advantage here when it comes to dealing with precise color issues and calibration."Good point, but I doubt that "Cogie" would ever understand this, since it sounds like he just uses his PC for gaming...
Haven't had a chance to look at it, but just wondering if the file manger is the same as Vista. That was a huge annoyance to me when I played around with Vista or when I spend time on someone else's Vista machine. I don't know if it is just me, but I just absolutely hated it and wanted Windows Explorer back, but couldn't find a compatibility mode.Is there a setting to return the default browsing to drives and directories not "conceptual types" as it always seems to try?Why is part of C:\Program Files at c:\users\userfoo\appdata\local\virtual store\Program Files (x86)?Vista is trying so hard to "help" me manage my files that it truly makes it the job order-of-magnitude worse. Please, for mercy's sake Microsoft, stop helping me. Just give me a File Manager with some sort of "compatibility mode" in W7.I could handle all the user interface style changes, but as soon as I tried to "get down to work" and start moving data around, it was like being in a foreign country. One ruled by nannies.
Agree. I know Microsoft will f-up the whole thing with eight different versions and all still way too much to justify upgrading.MS!! Make one version that cost $150 and I think it will be a win.
Closed AccountMay 8, 2009
Can't wait, I'm going to install windows7RC and dual boot with Ubuntu9.04 =) best of both worlds and all free =)
jtownMay 8, 2009
Dug. I really wanted to do the full Win7 beta thing but I had to ditch IE8 after a few days. Checking my notes to see why...Oh, yeah."I'm about to ditch IE8 on my Windows 7 test box. It sucks donkey balls. Mostly because the damn search function is so inefficient. Pegs the CPU at 100% for 15-20 seconds when searching a moderately long page of comments."That and I like having an adblocker in FF.
datdamonfooMay 8, 2009
@WestEastAnd in Japan nobody buys Ipods, what's your point?
mrbitchMay 11, 2009
RE: "... Another app to consider with this is Photoshop. As you point out, this is the same software that people are going to want to use on both platforms (if doing graphics at this level). The Mac has a pretty significant advantage here when it comes to dealing with precise color issues and calibration."Good point, but I doubt that "Cogie" would ever understand this, since it sounds like he just uses his PC for gaming...
snowhareMay 24, 2009
I checked my machine for compatibility with their tool, installed a blank drive, and the installer hung.Simply would not install at all.
prisoner24601May 26, 2009
Haven't had a chance to look at it, but just wondering if the file manger is the same as Vista. That was a huge annoyance to me when I played around with Vista or when I spend time on someone else's Vista machine. I don't know if it is just me, but I just absolutely hated it and wanted Windows Explorer back, but couldn't find a compatibility mode.Is there a setting to return the default browsing to drives and directories not "conceptual types" as it always seems to try?Why is part of C:\Program Files at c:\users\userfoo\appdata\local\virtual store\Program Files (x86)?Vista is trying so hard to "help" me manage my files that it truly makes it the job order-of-magnitude worse. Please, for mercy's sake Microsoft, stop helping me. Just give me a File Manager with some sort of "compatibility mode" in W7.I could handle all the user interface style changes, but as soon as I tried to "get down to work" and start moving data around, it was like being in a foreign country. One ruled by nannies.
kazersozaMay 27, 2009
True ... they look great on my MacBook.
kazersozaMay 27, 2009
Agree. I know Microsoft will f-up the whole thing with eight different versions and all still way too much to justify upgrading.MS!! Make one version that cost $150 and I think it will be a win.