Bryan Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 is it that much better than Vista? I've heard differing reports about it. It is neat once you get used to it. At first, it is kind of funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 It is neat once you get used to it. At first, it is kind of funny. My dad has a laptop with W7. But Vista works fine for me, so I see no reason to change other than to waste my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartRutter7 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 My dad has a laptop with W7. But Vista works fine for me, so I see no reason to change other than to waste my money. My laptop came with vista, but I upgraded it after I found out Microsoft had a deal that lets college students get it for like $30. Wasn't a bad price for an OS. =P ...Of course now that same offer is at $60 on Microsoft's site. I suppose I got it at the right time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 My laptop came with vista, but I upgraded it after I found out Microsoft had a deal that lets college students get it for like $30. Wasn't a bad price for an OS. =P ...Of course now that same offer is at $60 on Microsoft's site. I suppose I got it at the right time. Maybe I would have switched for 30 bucks. But given that Vista is working fine for me, I'm not going to throw 60 bucks to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikken Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Firefox. Add-ons >> other browsers. Adblock, ChatZilla, Greasemonkey, Stylish, Text-to-Image, etc. Even IE Tab is useful to instantly see what a page looks like in IE or what it looks like when logged out without having to log out or open another browser and c/p the URL Also, you're doing something wrong if Gmail is crashing your Firefox. I use Gmail every day. Edited February 5, 2010 by Reikken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Firefox. Add-ons >> other browsers. Adblock, ChatZilla, Greasemonkey, Stylish, Text-to-Image, etc. Even IE Tab is useful to instantly see what a page looks like in IE or what it looks like when logged out without having to log out or open another browser and c/p the URL Also, you're doing something wrong if Gmail is crashing your Firefox. I use Gmail every day. I never said it crashes FireFox. It crashes IE. (Like just about everything else...). But I'm used to Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Spoon Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I had never seriously considered getting a different browser before IE started crashing on me pretty often. So I got Firefox, and absolutely love it. The plug-ins, among other things, are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracohon Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I use Opera mostly, but every once in a while I use Firefox or IE. I've been considering Chrome, but never really had a good reason to switch yet. Does Windows 7 take less processing power and RAM to run everything than Vista did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peener weener Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Meh, I use Opera, but just so I don't have to use IE. Chrome sounds like a good idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 I use Opera mostly, but every once in a while I use Firefox or IE. I've been considering Chrome, but never really had a good reason to switch yet. Does Windows 7 take less processing power and RAM to run everything than Vista did? Well, definitely more RAM efficient. not sure about processor power though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracohon Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Well, definitely more RAM efficient. not sure about processor power though. RAM was the big thing for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 RAM was the big thing for me anyway. Well, I've heard that Windows Vista is extremely memory inefficient, so I see no way that Windows 7 won't be more efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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