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  • PCBONEZ
    Grumpy Old Fart
    • Aug 2005
    • 10661
    • USA

    #21
    Re: Done with Win7

    I have a copy of Windows 1.0 but I don't have anything old enough to run it.
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    • Topcat
      The Boss Stooge
      • Oct 2003
      • 16956
      • United States

      #22
      Re: Done with Win7

      Have we all forgotten DOS?
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      • ratdude747
        Black Sheep
        • Nov 2008
        • 17136
        • USA

        #23
        Re: Done with Win7

        Originally posted by Topcat
        Have we all forgotten DOS?
        obsolete!

        cmon... hell, amiga OS is better than that!
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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 31002
          • Albion

          #24
          Re: Done with Win7

          this wasnt about dos, it was about windows.
          if you want to extend it to other micro$oft o.s. then dos, and never forget OS/2.
          i remember gates saying at a press conference "windows is dead - the future is OS/2"

          it was 32bit and meant to replace win3.11
          then for some reason he sold the rights to IBM and released win95 instead.

          and going back to the list, there are atleast 2 major streams of NT,
          NT3.xx and NT4.xx

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          • Junk Parts
            Court Jester
            • Jun 2006
            • 8953
            • USA

            #25
            Re: Done with Win7

            Stj you missed Windows 98 SE.
            "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
            Mark Twain

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            John Paul Jones

            There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
            Rod Serling

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            • stj
              Great Sage 齊天大聖
              • Dec 2009
              • 31002
              • Albion

              #26
              Re: Done with Win7

              no i didnt, it stands for second-edition.

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              • Junk Parts
                Court Jester
                • Jun 2006
                • 8953
                • USA

                #27
                Re: Done with Win7

                And Win 98 SE is different from Win 98 to a small degree. Maybe it should have been called Win 98.5
                "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
                Mark Twain

                "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
                John Paul Jones

                There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
                Rod Serling

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                • MXM
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Feb 2010
                  • 430
                  • Unknown

                  #28
                  Re: Done with Win7

                  Im done with W7 and i havent even really used it.

                  Have to deal with stupid Vista at work,,, xp/2k i dont have much problem with, still deal with em a little... but yeah...

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                  • smason
                    Badcaps Legend
                    • Feb 2010
                    • 1652
                    • Canada

                    #29
                    Re: Done with Win7

                    So far I like Win7, didn't mind Vista except for the print spooler crashes, and it's impatient attitude when it thinks old slow apps are "not responding"
                    We have 1 app that leaks memory like crazy on Win7, and the vendor isn't interested in fixing it.
                    XP SP3 still rules though, would be nice if the whole company was still on it.
                    36 Monitors, 3 TVs, 4 Laptops, 1 motherboard, 1 Printer, 1 iMac, 2 hard drive docks and one IP Phone repaired so far....

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                    • Per Hansson
                      Super Moderator
                      • Jul 2005
                      • 5895
                      • Sweden

                      #30
                      Re: Done with Win7

                      Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                      .
                      I don't game but that looks like valuable info for those that do.
                      'Modding W2k' - The topic is possibly deserving of it's own web page.
                      .
                      http://win2kgaming.site90.com/phpBB2...c.php?f=6&t=30
                      Someone already beat ya to it
                      I have him on my ICQ btw, I think I was the one who sparked his interest, he did post in that thread I linked with my Win2K fixes


                      I dunno tho, as you saw in my previous posts I love the old Win2K, it's IMO the best OS ever and will never be surprassed

                      That being said I used the Win7 RC allot on my home computer, the workhorse so to say, I really liked it (as I said in some old threads back then last year)
                      I also upgraded and reinstalled the RC to a later version once, and yet again started using it...
                      However then when the final version was released I have pretty much only installed it, I don't use it at all, strange how that is
                      I have Windows XP x64 and Win7 x64 setup in a dualboot cenario, and I almost always choose to start Win XP x64, I simply like it more...

                      That being said I have one major difference vs Topcat, for my actual work computer (yea, at the company I work at that is) I have the same setup, XP x64 and Win7 x64
                      Originally it had XP x86 and I hated it because I kept running out of RAM when running my CAD/CAM apps...

                      Now I only run Win7 on that, unlike my "home" system...
                      Even tho XP x64 is also installed in a dualboot setup on that machine...
                      Isn't that strange?

                      I just find myself being way more productive in Windows 7 at work...
                      However for playing with stuff at home productivity does not really come into play now does it?
                      "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                      • stj
                        Great Sage 齊天大聖
                        • Dec 2009
                        • 31002
                        • Albion

                        #31
                        Re: Done with Win7

                        the only good thing about win2k is that the original cd's are so badly pressed that they can explode inside high-speed drives!

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                        • PCBONEZ
                          Grumpy Old Fart
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 10661
                          • USA

                          #32
                          Re: Done with Win7

                          Originally posted by stj
                          the only good thing about win2k is that the original cd's are so badly pressed that they can explode inside high-speed drives!
                          You are quite possibly the only person in the world that has ever happened to.
                          Mann-Made Global Warming.
                          - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                          -
                          Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                          - Dr Seuss
                          -
                          You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                          -

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                          • Junk Parts
                            Court Jester
                            • Jun 2006
                            • 8953
                            • USA

                            #33
                            Re: Done with Win7

                            Nope PCBONEZ its happened to one other person that I know of. My brother had a cd-rw blow up in his drive a few years back. It killed the plextor drive too. Blew the front out of it. Makes me worry sometimes as I have two drives in my PC and they are right at eye level here on my desk.
                            "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
                            Mark Twain

                            "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
                            John Paul Jones

                            There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
                            Rod Serling

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                            • PCBONEZ
                              Grumpy Old Fart
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 10661
                              • USA

                              #34
                              Re: Done with Win7

                              More likely crap bearings allowed the disk to hit something.
                              I have had drives that scraped disks, but it wasn't the disks.
                              Mann-Made Global Warming.
                              - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

                              -
                              Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

                              - Dr Seuss
                              -
                              You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                              -

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                              • stj
                                Great Sage 齊天大聖
                                • Dec 2009
                                • 31002
                                • Albion

                                #35
                                Re: Done with Win7

                                no, look at the hub of old microsoft disks,
                                they are often chipped instead of smooth.

                                it only takes a tiny crack to form and the centrifugal force of a 48 / 52 speed drive can rip the disk apart!

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                                • stj
                                  Great Sage 齊天大聖
                                  • Dec 2009
                                  • 31002
                                  • Albion

                                  #36
                                  Re: Done with Win7

                                  it's also possible that the chemicals in the holographic print effect the plastic.

                                  take a pressed cd, wipe it over with white spirit for a few seconds.
                                  then drop it onto a hard floor.

                                  a lot of times, it will shatter violently.

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                                  • ratdude747
                                    Black Sheep
                                    • Nov 2008
                                    • 17136
                                    • USA

                                    #37
                                    Re: Done with Win7

                                    my dad's 2k disc was used in plenty of high speed drives over the years... no shattering!
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                                    • Sparkey55
                                      Badcaps Legend
                                      • Jan 2010
                                      • 1523
                                      • USA

                                      #38
                                      Re: Done with Win7

                                      it only takes a tiny crack to form and the centrifugal force of a 48 / 52 speed drive can rip the disk apart!...You are correct STJ, that is why putting discs in drives with those cheap peel n stick paper labels causes warbbling and BAM! at 52x speeds.

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                                      • Topcat
                                        The Boss Stooge
                                        • Oct 2003
                                        • 16956
                                        • United States

                                        #39
                                        Re: Done with Win7

                                        Originally posted by ratdude747
                                        iirc you were playing with fedora?
                                        For the servers, debian. For more of a daily use system, fedora.
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                                        • pentium
                                          Badcaps Legend
                                          • Mar 2006
                                          • 2778
                                          • Canada

                                          #40
                                          Re: Done with Win7

                                          Whoever said "PENGUIN POWER" needs to be put back in line.
                                          Ease of use wise (the basics like internet, mail, and office work) it's okay but once you want to do something cool with it, you got all sorts of barriers from poorly designed coding workspaces to dependencies and libraries that seem to be out of date withing days and enough coders who read how to code in the first palce off the back of a cereal box to make your head spin.
                                          Then there is ubuntu which goes out of date every six months.
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