Windows 7 ROCKS!!! Eat that APPLE!!

Lordbob75 said:

Can we please stop the Vista bashing? Just stop.

You b*sat*rds!

Lordbob75 said:

The real problem with Vista was either not having powerful enough hardware, or the Hardware manufacturers did not make drivers for their older hardware (as a way to force upgrades). The problem with that was that people hated Vista, not the manufacturers, and didn't understand the problem.

I have to disagree. Years ago, I my family bought this computer (sorry if it seems like I'm advertising, but I'm not): eMachines Official Site - - T5088 Product Details

512MB of RAM yet the manufacturer claims it to be Vista ready? The performance was incredibly horrible (Vista -even without Aero- was using ~490MB of my 512, barely enough RAM left over to do anything else), up until I tried out Windows 7. It runs fine with 512MB of RAM plus Aero (using 320MB, enough left over to surf the web which is what I need). I later spent $100 and bought 2GB of RAM, now Vista runs fine on it. The point is the manufacturer (eMachines) built the computer way under powered for Vista. Go look up other customer reviews for other 512MB Vista machines (such asT5082) and you can see why people get fed up with Vista. Windows 7 runs nicely on machines with 512MB of RAM which Vista can't do.

I doubt that Windows 7 runs fine on 512mb machines, in fact even for XP 512mb is stretching it.

Unless of course you don't run anything but the OS.

There's a whole thread about Windows 7 on 512MB of RAM with users reporting it runs fine: How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB?

As I said earlier, I ran Windows 7 fine with internet browsing with only 512MB of RAM, until I decided to buy 2GB so I can make Vista run nicely.

damoh said:

I was talking to someone * in the know about such matters* we had a very interesting conversation about vista and 7. Actually the similarities between the two are very close. The main diff between the the two is a better and faster GUI. Easier to navigate and the obvious and most interesting one ( to me anyway) is homegroups.
Now vista bashing people please bare in mind that Vista was a over 5 years in developement. This led to the public expecting nothing short of virtual reality from this OS. Yes vista fell short and by some way too. But considering the actual expectations from it the figures tell a diff story. Yes a lot of us have had horror stories with Vista, me too with my new laptop. But remember in a few months when you buy a computer/laptop preinstalled with 7, imagine all that crapware that will be installed. Vista was revolutionary, not a lot of people realize the effort and work and not to mention the restarting of vista from scratch half way through development to use a new kernal. Im sure if people had been waiting 5 years for 7 then opinions would be different. As it is i think vista bashers who love 7 actaully have to nod your caps to vista cos without it you would not have 7. At least 85% of 7 is actually vista. Remember that next time you vista hate and 7 celebrate

1. Restarting half-way through is not called a lot of work. It's called bad management.

2. How can you say we should thank Vista? If Vista was very good, Windows 7 might even have been better than what it is now...you shouldn't make what if's into facts.

3. Hardly anyone had over 1GB memory in 2006, so Vista's design was poor. Microsoft have even acknowledged this, just google it.

4. Take this example:

Company A makes a bad car, after 3 years it makes a great car.

Company B makes a very good car, after 3 years it makes a great car.

Which company has been more efficient?

Mani. :)