Posts by cosmicpilot9

Has anyone here actually bought stuff off Alibaba? I’m looking at phones and electronics, but I can't tell if the gear is legit or if those manufacturers in China are just trying to rip me off. Anyone have some real-world experience with this?

Alright, if anyone actually tries out that RC1, let me know what the averages look like and what they actually fixed... 😉

Noah Miller6 said:@cosmicpilot9/">@@cosmicpilot9
Just go take a hike, the thread is basically dead already...
Jbte, half the world didn't even have a bootable version of 7, and now you're acting like some kind of genius...

Read the entire thread from the very first post before you try to act smart.

Listen, Mr. Know-it-all, I know my 7000 series version works because I actually installed it myself. If everyone else is claiming it won't boot, they probably just have a different revision and swapped it out for a working one—but both versions were technically part of the 7000 series, which explains why it works for some people and not others.

As for the ATI Catalyst drivers, I grabbed the latest update and everything runs perfectly fine. For the record, I'm running a Sapphire 4850 and I've got fear2 gta4 and Burnout Paradise running smooth as silk on Windows 7 at 1680x1050 resolution....

nimblemaker52 said:What are you guys even talking about? Windows has been bootable since the 95 days. Why would anyone even bother making a non-bootable version?

p.s.
I grabbed the original beta straight from the official site myself, and yeah, obviously it boots fine.

Exactly. They’re all bootable... if some people can't figure out how to burn an image properly and it fails, that doesn't mean the ISO isn't bootable.
You're right. What's even the point of non-bootable versions? It would be stupid to make them in the first place.🤷

Just download some codecs and you should be good to go...
Just an example from my side—BS Player isn't working for me, but there are plenty of solid alternatives out there. Even Daemon won't play nice; the installer just refuses to pick up where it left off after a reboot, looping back to the start every single time. But hey, I found a workaround for that too, so everything's running smoothly now anyway....😉

I don't know about you guys, but I grabbed the 7000 version directly from Microsoft's site a few months back and everything went smooth as silk during installation. Honestly, I have no clue what you're all complaining about—when I ran the installer, it clearly stated it was the 7000 version, and that's still what my system shows today. If anyone actually thinks I'm making this up, I can easily drop a screenshot in here... but seriously, it's constantly updating too, feels like there's something new being added almost every single day. For me, it works great. No complaints whatsoever.
It’s totally possible someone else had issues or dealt with crashes, though, because at the end of the day, it all comes down to how much of a beast your PC is.

Noah Miller6 said:cosmicpilot9, you're full of it.🙂

Beta 7-ce isn't bootable, so you can only install it through Windows.

Man, you have no clue... it totally is.
Look, I downloaded the image, burned it to a DVD, set my BIOS to boot from the CD, and installed it just like any other OS. Formatted the partition, ran the install, then tossed in some drivers later... boom. Done.

Thomas Wilson12 said:I'm running Windows XP and I want to install Windows 7 on top of it. I know I should probably target the D drive, but whenever I try to run the installer, I get this error. Maybe I'm doing something wrong by launching it straight from the desktop or maybe ===

I've never actually installed Windows before. 😂
http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=70742184.jpg

Look, you need to go into the BIOS, set the boot priority to CD-ROM, and then just do a clean install by formatting the drive. Honestly, that’s the best way to ensure everything actually works right without any junk left over. If you haven't messed with installing Windows before, yeah, you're gonna hit some walls, but everyone starts somewhere. You'll figure it out eventually... nothing to lose here. 😉

Look, I’m running the 7000 version of Windows 7 on x86, and honestly? Everything is working perfectly. At first, my Realtek drivers were acting up, but once the new ones dropped, everything smoothed out. I’ve got zero complaints. This is easily the most stable beta I've ever touched. I installed this about three weeks ago, and I haven't seen a single error message since. If you ask me, it feels way more stable than the Windows Vista build I was using before.
My original plan was just to give it a quick spin and then roll back to Windows Vista, but after seeing how well this actually performs, I’m sticking with it. I’ve been playing F.E.A.R. 2 and Assassin's Creed on max settings at 1680x1050, and there isn't a single stutter. I really didn't expect a beta to run this smoothly. There's just no reason for me to go back to Windows Vista now.