Anyone playing with Windows 7 yet?
10-30-2009, 11:51 AM
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Building a HTPC for my big screen TV. Got an ati HD card so I can have HDMI output. It works well. The only big problem I had was that the netgear wireless pci card I bought did not have a windows 7 signed driver and I'm running 64bit and it requires it so I had to use the onboard ethernet. I tried updating the driver from windows update last night and it had an actual driver! Netgear's site doesn't describe any driver available for 7 yet.
I need more ram tho, originally bought 2gb from tigerdirect but one was DOA and they didn't want to exchange for me and just refunded me the $14. To get another it would cost me $19 becuase the sale ended and $25 shipping...
I need more ram tho, originally bought 2gb from tigerdirect but one was DOA and they didn't want to exchange for me and just refunded me the $14. To get another it would cost me $19 becuase the sale ended and $25 shipping...
10-30-2009, 12:33 PM
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All Netgear wireless devices use the Broadcom chipset, so likely it was available for a while. You could also go through a lengthy process in disabling the requirement of signed drivers that exist only in the x64 version of Vista and W7.
Zipzoomfly and Newegg is much better than TigerDirect.
Zipzoomfly and Newegg is much better than TigerDirect.
10-30-2009, 01:07 PM
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^^^Agreed. Though I haven't had any big issues the few times I've ordered from Tiger (only small things).
We put Windows 7 Ultra or whatever that one is on my wife's computer (AMD 3500+, 2gb ram, etc.). Works really well and no problems that she had with XP Media Center. Didn't do it on mine as I haven't had problems with Vista...plus got too much **** to move over.
We put Windows 7 Ultra or whatever that one is on my wife's computer (AMD 3500+, 2gb ram, etc.). Works really well and no problems that she had with XP Media Center. Didn't do it on mine as I haven't had problems with Vista...plus got too much **** to move over.
11-01-2009, 09:53 PM
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hate it, this may or may not apply to your computer but i had issues with my nvidia display and nforce drivers failing. infact i reinstalled vista a few nights ago because i got fed up with W7. the changes seem very promising but im going to wait until the later updates come out where a wide variety of users are able to send in their error reports to microsoft. For now, im not gonna make myself suffer. Vista may not be the best but, it was fast and stable for my system.....
i have
XFX nForce 790I Ultra SLI INTEL SOCKET 775 DDR3
GF 8800GTX 768MB DDR3 DUAL DVI TV
had to go back to vista just to turn on computer
11-01-2009, 10:43 PM
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For those who didnt know...
-Win7 are not compatible with a few of the USB adapters made by linksys,netgear, and belkin even though its stated on microsoft that its compatible with win7 64 bit. 32 bit works but not one 64 bit.
-Win7 are not compatible with a few of the USB adapters made by linksys,netgear, and belkin even though its stated on microsoft that its compatible with win7 64 bit. 32 bit works but not one 64 bit.
11-01-2009, 10:54 PM
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I guess none of those companies spent $20,000 on Microsoft for a licensed driver which both x64 w7 and vista required. A shame really.
dasnauz: depends on how much RAM you're running.
dasnauz: depends on how much RAM you're running.
11-05-2009, 06:52 PM
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I haven't tried it, but after your guys' testimonials, I think I'll hold off a little longer.
I am using Vista Ultimate 64bit and it behaves a lot differently compared to the Vista Home Ed. For some reason, it doesn't associate bat files to the appropriate jar files.
I also can't get SQuirrel to talk to Derby. I sure hope WIN7 won't have these issues.
I am using Vista Ultimate 64bit and it behaves a lot differently compared to the Vista Home Ed. For some reason, it doesn't associate bat files to the appropriate jar files.
I also can't get SQuirrel to talk to Derby. I sure hope WIN7 won't have these issues.
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