U.S Government going to W7

[Layback Bear]

I found this and thought you all might want to read it. The V.A. and U.S. Air Force are making the jump to Windows 7 first to be followed by the other government agencies.
Air Force starts long trek to Windows 7 -- Defense Systems

 

[chev65]

I found this and thought you all might want to read it. The V.A. and U.S. Air Force are making the jump to Windows 7 first to be followed by the other government agencies.
Air Force starts long trek to Windows 7 -- Defense Systems

It's about time and I think besides all the usual problems they would face with this upgrade the security features of Windows 7 systems are far superior to XP which made this a no brainer for the armed forces to mandate the upgrade.

XP is so last decade. :sarc:

 

[jimbo45]

I found this and thought you all might want to read it. The V.A. and U.S. Air Force are making the jump to Windows 7 first to be followed by the other government agencies.
Air Force starts long trek to Windows 7 -- Defense Systems

Hi there
Maybe it's time then to go back to W2K or perhaps forward to W8.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Hopalong X]

By the time the government gets from Win95 to Win 7 we will be on the
Windows twentyrb:forum.

 

[Win7User512]

By the time the government gets from Win95 to Win 7 we will be on the
Windows twentyrb:forum.

That's no joke. From what I understand the IRS is several versions of Windows behind.

 

[Barman58]

Off topic posts removed

lets keep things on topic :focus:

 

[Rhino23]

I work for the government and we just got "new" computers, 2gb ram, 160gb hard drives, and windows XP. I would KILL to have what I have at home for a work computer. Maybe by the time I go to retire in 25 years we'll have something close, but I doubt it. I do a lot of work with ArcGIS and the computers at work are SOOOO slow with that. I look forward to when we get windows 7 at work!

 

[funkybassist]

As much as I love Windows 7, I think it's stupid for the government to be using Windows period, because any version of Windows has it's flaws. A better operating system for them to use is Linux, secure, easy to use, and convenient.

 

[Gornot]

lol fail

 

[noobvious]

I work for the government and we just got "new" computers, 2gb ram, 160gb hard drives, and windows XP. I would KILL to have what I have at home for a work computer. Maybe by the time I go to retire in 25 years we'll have something close, but I doubt it. I do a lot of work with ArcGIS and the computers at work are SOOOO slow with that. I look forward to when we get windows 7 at work!

Are they last year's netbooks? :roflmao:

 

[KremmenUK]

... and I bet they go 32bit

 

[Skulblaka]

As much as I love Windows 7, I think it's stupid for the government to be using Windows period, because any version of Windows has it's flaws. A better operating system for them to use is Linux, secure, easy to use, and convenient.

It's not as versatile as Windows, also, installing stuff on there is a pain.

 

[DustSailor]

... and I bet they go 32bit

Heard XP 64bit was H3ll. 64bit isn't good till vista, better off with 32bit XP. Although how they got new XP is beyond me, unless they still have business CDs lying around like my workplace does. We have a shelf of ancient computers that we select from. I'm serious. Some of the ram I've never seen before, and it comes complete with agp graphics cards. I'm pretty sure the processors don't even need cooling jk

The monitors are so long that they don't fit on modern desks. If you get 1 GB ram, you are lucky and paid more

 

[polarbear]

I agree with the use on Linux as well. It's great after you get use to it and safer to use. GL