Nameless Voice on 7/5/2009 at 01:58

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And 512mb of addressing space is reserved for the OS, so you can't get more than 3.5GB in a 32-bit XP. I think the addressing space for your video card memory comes out of that, too, so if you have a 512MB video card, you can only access 3GB of RAM.

Renzatic on 5/6/2009 at 16:48

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Yeah, I've got a friend who went all out and slapped 8 gig of DDR3 in alongside his quad core i7. What does he use his computer for? Playing WoW and checking webpages. I swear, some people have more money than sense.

Speaking of money, a leaked Best Buy memo gives us an idea of what the pricing is gonna look like for the W7 upgrades. (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/05/best-buy-memo-explains-that-vista-doesnt-work-details-windows/2#comments) $50 for Home Premium. $100 for Pro. Very nice, even if it potentially is for a limited time.

Just ignore all the other BS. I mean whole new operating system? As much as I love it, I'd be lying if I said it was anything but a streamlined slicked up rejiggered Vista 2.0. It really is "Vista That Works". Or rather "Vista, that works on release so it doesn't get a bad rep".

Renzatic on 5/6/2009 at 17:47

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Don't Technet subscribers get access to the RTM? It should be out within a month or two.

Renzatic on 29/6/2009 at 15:41

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(http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/windows-7-pricing-announced-cheaper-than-vista.ars) Good news! Windows 7 is gonna be dirt cheap...or rather, the upgrades will be.

If you preorder the upgrade here in the near future, you can get Home Premium for $50, Pro for $99. Considering how much I love me some 7 over here, I'm deeply considering going ahead and doing it. I just gotta decide between Home and Pro first.

Also, with (http://www.alastria.com/index.php?p=software-7s) 7Stacks and (http://insentient.net/) Switcher, you get some of the better features of OSX (which MS should've copied to begin with) alongside all the neat 7 stuff. Both of these work with Vista, but 7Stacks is better suited for the superbar in my opinion. Makes it feel even more Maclike.

If you need any more convincing, (http://users.chartertn.net/greymatt/windows7.jpg) just check out my pretty damn desktop, and consider plunking down the price of a game for it.

Ostriig on 29/6/2009 at 16:00

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I don't get this:

Okay, fine. But then they say:

So which is it?

On a separate note, there's something else that I'm not too keen on with Microsoft's release plan - why 22 October, why so late? Sure, you've got the holiday season coming up, but, maybe it's just me, I don't see people buying a new OS for their friends as a Christmas present. I do see students interested buying a new OS before the start of the new academic year. Or, well, it was my case. I was counting on a mid-summer release, sit on it for a month or two, and then get W7 in September to be all set up right before going back to Uni.