[QUOTE=shakadamus;18821729]Don't you need to make a 100mb swap partition on linux anyway?[/QUOTE]
Nope, I have enough RAM that the swap is never used anyway.
there's a reason it's freeware
it's because nobody would pay money to use that shite
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18821588]Then your doing it wrong.... and If you notice it actually says HD4800 series drivers which includes the HD4870 (I know this because it's the same card I have)[/QUOTE]
I installed those drivers, same problem. BSOD then it crashes my computer.
[QUOTE=thisispain;18822181]there's a reason it's freeware
it's because nobody would pay money to use that shite[/QUOTE]
Linux is brilliant for networking, you can make a router out of a linux box instead of paying over £9000 for a shitty enterprise one from a company like Cisco, you don't have to pay out a good £25000 to run a client server on it like you would Windows server (you have to buy a licence for each computer that connects to it) and it's great for developing.
Only reason I use windows for my main machine is because you can only game on windows (yes there are a few games for mac but macs are shit like the rest of apples products)
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;18822250]I installed those drivers, same problem. BSOD then it crashes my computer.[/QUOTE]
Did you make sure to remove the old drivers you had installed first? because a friend of mine had issues with that on Vista and if that doesn't work try a fresh install of windows, I had an issue with drivers on my brother machine under win7 but a quick reinstall of the OS fixed it.
I still haven't had a single error with Win7...
:smug:
So in other words, dumbshits and computer illiterate people are still unable to learn how to use a computer. Big news?
Also, who the hell ever managed to get convinced that "upgrading" your OS to Win7 would work smoothly? Rule of thumb; Clean install.
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18822339]Linux is brilliant for networking, you can make a router out of a linux box instead of paying over £9000 for a shitty enterprise one from a company like Cisco, you don't have to pay out a good £25000 to run a client server on it like you would Windows server (you have to buy a licence for each computer that connects to it) and it's great for developing.
Only reason I use windows for my main machine is because you can only game on windows (yes there are a few games for mac but macs are shit like the rest of apples products)[/QUOTE]
I was being facetious.
Windows is not for the dumbest kind. It's mac for dumb people.
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18822339]Linux is brilliant for networking, you can make a router out of a linux box instead of paying over £9000 for a shitty enterprise one from a company like Cisco, you don't have to pay out a good £25000 to run a client server on it like you would Windows server (you have to buy a licence for each computer that connects to it) and it's great for developing.
Only reason I use windows for my main machine is because you can only game on windows (yes there are a few games for mac but macs are shit like the rest of apples products)
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In other words, Linux excels above other OS on stuff that only a few percent of all computer users worldwide will ever do.
(No, I am not dead serious)
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18822339]Linux is brilliant for networking, you can make a router out of a linux box instead of paying over £9000 for a shitty enterprise one from a company like Cisco, you don't have to pay out a good £25000 to run a client server on it like you would Windows server (you have to buy a licence for each computer that connects to it) and it's great for developing.
Only reason I use windows for my main machine is because you can only game on windows (yes there are a few games for mac but macs are shit like the rest of apples products)
Did you make sure to remove the old drivers you had installed first? because a friend of mine had issues with that on Vista and if that doesn't work try a fresh install of windows, I had an issue with drivers on my brother machine under win7 but a quick reinstall of the OS fixed it.[/QUOTE]
Twice. Uninstalled the old drivers, restarted, installed the new ones, restarted. Same thing. Not sure if I did something wrong. I used Programs and features to do it.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;18822376]So in other words, dumbshits and computer illiterate people are still unable to learn how to use a computer. Big news?
Also, who the hell ever managed to get convinced that "upgrading" your OS to Win7 would work smoothly? Rule of thumb; Clean install.[/QUOTE]
Agreed
Also did anyone else notice how the media kept saying it's easier to install and is less intimidating compared to Vista even though they made no significant changes to the installation process?
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;18822432]Twice. Uninstalled the old drivers, restarted, installed the new ones, restarted. Same thing. Not sure if I did something wrong. I used Programs and features to do it.[/QUOTE]
Looks like your gonna have to back up and do a clean install my friend!
It seems in these times, an age of technolgy, a era where everyone is lazy and expects everything to be perfect the first time, that when a single company has an error or manfunction in their product relating to computing, everyone makes a huge fuss over it while being uninformed of the matter thinking they are right and the company is the second comming of the devil because they made a game without feature X or the operating system had a critical failure caused by malware. It's a sad day in this world when everyone is such a malinformed, singular minded zealot.
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18822461]Agreed
Also did anyone else notice how the media kept saying it's easier to install and is less intimidating compared to Vista even though they made no significant changes to the installation process?
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I thought the install process was worse than Vista. I timed it, it took about 8 minutes to get from the time I got the fancy Windows installer background before the actual installer window popped up. And another 12 minutes after that to get to the next screen.
I did this multiple times, so it wasn't just once.
Before anyone calls my computer shit
AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.8ghz)
4gb RAM
Radeon 4850
I had one problem with my Windows 7, sadly I was one of those that had problems with Windows 7 installation. I was installing windows 7 from scratch and the installation messed up on me. Supposedly you run the installation and let it do its thing, it will reboot then start the installation again. Well it decided not to, upon the reboot it gave me errors. When I finally got it installed, it installed the files half onto both of my drives, but the installation on my master drive was incomplete. It would not boot from master, would boot from slave with errors. Luckily for me, I remember I had the same problem when I reinstalled windows XP. Solution was to take out the slave drive so the master was the only one and install. Worked perfectly after that.
For those who might say, durr you installed to slave drive. I didn't, when asked where to install the partition, I said to install to my master.
But oh well, only problem I had, probably wasn't even Windows 7. Windows 7 has worked real nicely since then and I'm glad I purchased it.
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;18822626]It seems in these times, an age of technolgy, a era where everyone is lazy and expects everything to be perfect the first time, that when a single company has an error or manfunction in their product relating to computing, everyone makes a huge fuss over it while being uninformed of the matter thinking they are right and the company is the second comming of the devil because they made a game without feature X or the operating system had a critical failure caused by malware. It's a sad day in this world when everyone is such a malinformed, singular minded zealot.[/QUOTE]
except windows is used by more than just "malinformed, singular minded zealots". it's also used with big companies and other offices which rely on the software to function normally. in these cases, a mere critical failure can cost thousands of dollars of money for a company
ironic how you call people misinformed.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;18822654]I thought the install process was worse than Vista. I timed it, it took about 8 minutes to get from the time I got the fancy Windows installer background before the actual installer window popped up. And another 12 minutes after that to get to the next screen.
I did this multiple times, so it wasn't just once.
Before anyone calls my computer shit
AMD Athlon II X4 620 (2.8ghz)
4gb RAM
Radeon 4850[/QUOTE]
That's like saying Fallout 3 takes longer to install than Fallout 2, it's because it's an upgrade and has more things to install plus the Athlon's suck so that could be another reason.
[QUOTE=thisispain;18822808]except windows is used by more than just "malinformed, singular minded zealots". it's also used with big companies and other offices which rely on the software to function normally. in these cases, a mere critical failure can cost thousands of dollars of money for a company
ironic how you call people misinformed.[/QUOTE]
How exactly are big corporations having problems with Win 7? The article mentioned only the standard issues that idiots can't work around. If the tech guys working at the big company are idiots, that's not Microsoft's fault.
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18822906]That's like saying Fallout 3 takes longer to install than Fallout 2, it's because it's an upgrade and has more things to install plus the Athlon's suck so that could be another reason.[/QUOTE]
It wasn't installing anything, it was trying to load the welcome screen. :raise:
And if a Quad Core Athlon that's only slightly slower than a Phenom X4 isn't enough to run Windows, I think Microsoft needs to reevaluate their priorities.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;18823034]It wasn't installing anything, it was trying to load the welcome screen. :raise:
And if a Quad Core Athlon that's only slightly slower than a Phenom X4 isn't enough to run Windows, I think Microsoft needs to reevaluate their priorities.[/QUOTE]
I installed windows 7 on a P4, you're doing something wrong.
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And it ran fine.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;18822935]How exactly are big corporations having problems with Win 7? The article mentioned only the standard issues that idiots can't work around. If the tech guys working at the big company are idiots, that's not Microsoft's fault.[/QUOTE]
You've obviously never worked in one of those IT situations before. Trouble-shooting a whole net of computers is more than just child's play.
I had a ton of BSODs, apparently 4GB of ram and x64 windows 7 + external disks doesn't work very well.
Had to truncate my ram to 3.25GB
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;18823034]It wasn't installing anything, it was trying to load the welcome screen. :raise:
And if a Quad Core Athlon that's only slightly slower than a Phenom X4 isn't enough to run Windows, I think Microsoft needs to reevaluate their priorities.[/QUOTE]
It was probably decompressing something, that's why OS installs usually take a while and yea slightly slower than a low end Phenom, There are Intel dual-cores that benchmark higher and are also older than both the Phenom II's and the Athlon II's. It's because AMD are terrible at CPU's the only reason they're still going is because they have ATI holding them up.
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And I know the high end Phenom II's benchmark well but they're still behind Intel
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18823288]It was probably decompressing something, that's why OS installs usually take a while and yea slightly slower than a low end Phenom, There are Intel dual-cores that benchmark higher and are also older than both the Phenom II's and the Athlon II's. It's because AMD are terrible at CPU's the only reason they're still going is because they have ATI holding them up.[/QUOTE]
That's a hilariously stupid statement.
[QUOTE=thisispain;18823314]That's a hilariously stupid statement.[/QUOTE]
Which part?
[QUOTE=shakadamus;18823394]Which part?[/QUOTE]
The whole bloody thing.
Using AMD has nothing to do with what they are talking about, I suggest you keep your dumb opinions about Intel to yourself.
[QUOTE=Leg of Doom;18820123]i have used windows 7 for 5 years and it never gave me no trouble so it did.[/QUOTE]
You were meant to keep the time machine a secret you [I]douche.[/I]
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[QUOTE=shakadamus;18823288]It was probably decompressing something, that's why OS installs usually take a while and yea slightly slower than a low end Phenom, There are Intel dual-cores that benchmark higher and are also older than both the Phenom II's and the Athlon II's. It's because are terrible at CPU's the only reason they're still going is because they have ATI holding them up.
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And I know the high end Phenom II's benchmark well but they're still behind Intel[/QUOTE]
Fanboy of the month award goes to you good sir. AMD is holding itself up by making budget processors, they even make sub £100 quad cores now. They're are doing just fine at this moment in time, even better from the cash injection Intel gave them. You're just using as an excuse to bash AMD aren't you?
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;18823465]You were meant to keep the time machine a secret you [I]douche.[/I]
[editline]11:28PM[/editline]
Fanboy of the month award goes to you good sir. AMD is holding itself up by making budget processors, they even make sub £100 quad cores now. They're are doing just fine at this moment in time, even better from the cash injection Intel gave them. You're just using as an excuse to bash AMD aren't you?[/QUOTE]
You call me a fan boy yet if you check my xfire you'll find I have an AMD... I'm just saying what the benchmarks show.
I have to admit I am a tad bias though but that's because of the crap I've gone through with this CPU.
[QUOTE=thisispain;18823257]You've obviously never worked in one of those IT situations before. Trouble-shooting a whole net of computers is more than just child's play.[/QUOTE]
Are we discussing the same topic? Or are you saying that "problems" such as
[quote]"It took me a long while to figure out how to print," said Kerravala.[/quote]
... are major issues for the IT department?
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;18820705]I still see no reason to upgrade from XP, it works perfectly fine for me. I don't really give a shit about a fancy resource-hogging interface that appeals to the Mac crowd. There's more to an operating system than looking slick.[/QUOTE]
directx 10
