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#406589 - 01/08/09 02:42 PM Windows 7 beta
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Apparently the public will be able to download a copy of the Windows 7 beta on Friday. Since I've got VMWare Fusion I think I'll try it out.

Kinda cool how Windows has become "just another application" on a Mac grin
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#406597 - 01/08/09 03:57 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: zwei]
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Since Vista was alpha-ware, does this mean that 7 will be "better?"
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#406598 - 01/08/09 03:59 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: MacBozo]
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"better" is a relative term ...remember what we are talking about here wink
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#406601 - 01/08/09 04:05 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: zwei]
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It may resolve some Vista issues and then introduce new W7 issues. laugh
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#406622 - 01/08/09 05:19 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: MacBozo]
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So... is it Windows 7 because Win95/98 was really Win4, WinXP=Win5 and WinVista=Win6/Win666? What does that make WinME - WinSqrt-1?

(How the hell do you get the square root symbol to display?)


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#406640 - 01/08/09 07:12 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: MacBozo]
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Since Vista was alpha-ware, does this mean that 7 will be "better?"


DEFINITELY YES...

4 times better than Windows 3.1 !! laugh
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#406655 - 01/08/09 08:24 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: padmavyuha]
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WinME. Ha! That one was an abomination, wasn't it? Windows users were always amazed when I was right when I would ask them if they were using ME when they would tell me that they couldn't open a jpeg that I had sent them. laugh
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#406694 - 01/09/09 01:42 AM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: MacBozo]
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What I don't get is why this one is called "beta." I thought they all were. wink
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#406750 - 01/09/09 02:39 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: yoyo52]
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Oh, that's not "beta." It's "bettah." laugh
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#406793 - 01/09/09 07:02 PM Re: Windows 7 beta [Re: yoyo52]
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What I don't get is why this one is called "beta." I thought they all were. wink


maybe it's required by law shocked
like the labels on drums of toxic waste

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