[Closed] Windows OS

I have the floppy discs here, if you'd like me to copy them for you. Versions 3.1 and that new fangled Windows for Workgroups. I assume you have DOS already?

FFS, it's only £30 if you know someone with a uni email address, or £60 in the shops. Don't be so bloody tight.

I bet if you did download it and found a virus in it you'd still blame Microsoft. They got it right with Windows 7 - if you don't want to run Windows there are countless free alternatives such as Ubuntu.

Apart from the dubious legality, you'll probably have a regular faff bypassing the verification requirements to download patches and updates. To be honest I suspect you're not really up for it.

Yep, agree. if you have to ask then don't do it as you'll just be causing yourself grief in the long run.

anyone had a stab at W7-64bit on a new box of bits yet?

Im planning a new uber-pc sometime next year. Thinking 64bit shinyness.

I run 7 64bit works a charm it really is worth getting.

new build or did you have a 64bit machine to put it on?

Have been running 64-bit win7 since it went RTM (and 64-bit vista before that). No problems.

It was about 7 months old when I stuck it on and essentially was from fresh as it went on a new drive just as the old one broke.

windows 7 64bit works great. It just works. I have got it running on two older machines, one of them really old.

I've been using macs for too long so bare with me, but do you need 64bit compliled programs to take advantage of 64bit windoze?

I just bought a whole new set up with windows seven and it worked great...until.......I installed Spybot!:-O

Then it kept locking up and that blue circle just kept spinning.Also ctrl alt delete and task manager popped up and you couldn't access its functions either.So uninstalled to see how it goes now.
Is anyone aware of compatability issues with win 7 and spybot?

I've been using macs for too long so bare with me, but do you need 64bit compliled programs to take advantage of 64bit [b][u]windoze[/b][/u]?

Yes, you have been using macs for too long.

I just bought a whole new set up with windows seven and it worked great...until.......I installed Spybot!:-O

Then it kept locking up and that blue circle just kept spinning.Also ctrl alt delete and task manager popped up and you couldn't access its functions either.So uninstalled to see how it goes now.
Is anyone aware of compatability issues with win 7 and spybot?

Yes, you have been using macs for too long.

Some things never change though 😆

do you need 64bit compliled programs to take advantage of 64bit windoze?

Yes, and no.

"Normal" (i.e. 32-bit) programs run fine on 64-bit Windows, but have the normal 32-bit restrictions on how much memory they can access.

Specially compiled 64-bit programs get full access to memory and [i]may[/i] also be faster (as they [i]may[/i] use more efficient multi-word processor instructions).

(I've been using 64-bit Windows since 2005. Started with XP 64-bit, then Vista 64. I've got Win7 64 sitting at home ready to install).

running windows 7 / 64bit on a new dell laptop at home, it is very good.

the most noticeable improvement for me is in photoshop cs4 64 bit... fast and stable.

Overall the OS is well worth it. Microsoft got it right for once.