Anyone still running Windows 7?
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Not too long ago, I was going on about how this whole week has been an absolute dumpster fire!
And honestly? I’m still standing by that.👎
And honestly? I’m still standing by that.👎
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Windows 7
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I’m honestly done dealing with these half-baked, bottom-tier products. I mean, really, why am I even wasting my breath trying to fix something that should just work perfectly right out of the box?
Windows 7
in Software ·
Just so we’re clear, I’ve been running legitimate copies of Windows 7, and when I ran a hardware benchmark, the results confirmed the machine has more than enough muscle to handle a full week of heavy lifting without breaking a sweat.
Besides, let's get one thing straight—I'm far from some novice who just figured out how to plug in a mouse; I’ve been working with computers for over 20 years now.
That's really all there is to it.
Best regards!!
Besides, let's get one thing straight—I'm far from some novice who just figured out how to plug in a mouse; I’ve been working with computers for over 20 years now.
That's really all there is to it.
Best regards!!
Windows 7
in Software ·
I just couldn't stay silent on this topic because, honestly, Windows 7 has disappointed me so deeply that I'm still trying to process the whole mess.
I went through every single version available, from the early beta builds to the 64-bit versions once they finally hit the download servers.
Not everything was running perfectly, obviously, but I figured they’d iron out all those kinks by the time the retail version actually launched.
Well, here we are! Windows 7 Ultimate.
The installation itself was actually pretty smooth.
I was actually surprised that all my drivers were pulled from the internet without any hassle.
But then the real headaches started when I tried installing Firefox. It runs so slow it's almost pathetic.
So I thought, okay, let's try Opera! Fine! That works, even if it feels a little glitchy. Anyway, moving on.
Nero, Winamp, and uTorrent all installed just fine, but nothing actually functions the way it should. For instance, uTorrent will randomly kill a download for no reason and throw some nonsensical error at me—something along the lines of saying the files can't finish downloading because they're being used by another process? Really?
And then, out of nowhere, the entire computer just freezes up, even when I only have one single program open.
Then it goes and forgets my Wi-Fi password. And then it does this, and that... you name it.
Just for context, I'm running this on a Pentium 4 with 4GB of RAM and a 256MB graphics card.
To wrap this up: if I had to choose between Windows Vista and Windows 7, I'd pick Vista. At least it gets the job done.
Psych!
I'm wiping Windows entirely and jumping ship to Linux!
Ubuntu!
Goodbye, Microsoft! Seriously, what a joke...
Cheers, everyone!!!
I went through every single version available, from the early beta builds to the 64-bit versions once they finally hit the download servers.
Not everything was running perfectly, obviously, but I figured they’d iron out all those kinks by the time the retail version actually launched.
Well, here we are! Windows 7 Ultimate.
The installation itself was actually pretty smooth.
I was actually surprised that all my drivers were pulled from the internet without any hassle.
But then the real headaches started when I tried installing Firefox. It runs so slow it's almost pathetic.
So I thought, okay, let's try Opera! Fine! That works, even if it feels a little glitchy. Anyway, moving on.
Nero, Winamp, and uTorrent all installed just fine, but nothing actually functions the way it should. For instance, uTorrent will randomly kill a download for no reason and throw some nonsensical error at me—something along the lines of saying the files can't finish downloading because they're being used by another process? Really?
And then, out of nowhere, the entire computer just freezes up, even when I only have one single program open.
Then it goes and forgets my Wi-Fi password. And then it does this, and that... you name it.
Just for context, I'm running this on a Pentium 4 with 4GB of RAM and a 256MB graphics card.
To wrap this up: if I had to choose between Windows Vista and Windows 7, I'd pick Vista. At least it gets the job done.
Psych!
I'm wiping Windows entirely and jumping ship to Linux!
Ubuntu!
Goodbye, Microsoft! Seriously, what a joke...
Cheers, everyone!!!