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 Post subject: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:00 am 
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I like the interface and the drag and drop on the taskbar. I am not sure if I like the icons for everything, but it seems pretty easy if you know what the icons mean. What are you thoughts on Windows 7?

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 Post subject: How much Memory can Windows 7 32 bit use?
PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:44 pm 
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Windows 7 32 bit can see 4 GB but only use 3.65 GB. This is a limitation with 32 bit operating systems and only being able to address more then 32 bits of memory. The 64 bit versions with the different additons can use:
* Starter: 8GB
* Home Basic: 8GB
* Home Premium: 16GB
* Professional: 192GB
* Enterprise: 192GB
* Ultimate: 192GB

I hope this clears some things up.

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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:44 am 
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This is made possible with Window PAE Physical Address Extension http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx PAE allows a 32 bit operating system to see more then 32 bits of addressable space.

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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:47 pm 
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Haven't used it but from what I've been hearing I think that when I build a new machine it will be windows 7.


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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:58 am 
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What is windows 7?


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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:55 am 
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Windows 7 is Microsoft's new Desktop operating system. It looks really good. I have been running the beta for about 5 months now and have had very little problems for a Microsoft product. I have included the Windows 7 system requirements:

Windows 7 system requirements

If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

* 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:06 am 
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Looks impressive, I can't wait to try it out.


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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
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 Post subject: Re: Windows 7 first impressions
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