New laptop

[Calneon]

Opening multiple steam convos or explorer windows are all under the same icon, you need to open it out to see which one's which, not sure if it can be changed, but then if it is changeable, it's then essentially the same as Vista.

Can get that button on Vista too, although when I tried it it wasn't that useful (For me that is, I assume for some people it's a godsend, although there is the "Show Desktop" quick-launch in Vista/XP too).

Yeah, you can make it like Vista.

[Colonel Mitch]

Opening multiple steam convos or explorer windows are all under the same icon, you need to open it out to see which one's which, not sure if it can be changed, but then if it is changeable, it's then essentially the same as Vista.

Can get that button on Vista too, although when I tried it it wasn't that useful (For me that is, I assume for some people it's a godsend, although there is the "Show Desktop" quick-launch in Vista/XP too).

Anyone heard of Win+D ?

Also when u make it like vista it still links diferent windows of the same program together, so doesnt maintain order on teh taskbar, and ends up pushing your quicklaunch icons across the taskbar which just looks stupid.

[VoX]

Yeah, you can make it like Vista.

Then why bother upgrading?


Not trying to flame, just genuinely confused here.

[Calneon]

Then why bother upgrading?


Not trying to flame, just genuinely confused here.

Because the taskbar is not the only thing that changes...

[Chalex4]

I guess we can really battle this one out at i40 .

[VoX]

What else changes? The only thing I can see as in improvement that you can't get in Vista is the libraries system, and I can't really see myself using that (Although I'll admit to not really trying it.)

[Calneon]

What else changes? The only thing I can see as in improvement that you can't get in Vista is the libraries system, and I can't really see myself using that (Although I'll admit to not really trying it.)

As I said in a previous post, a lot of small things in the background that aren't immediately obvious to somebody who only looks at things on the surface.

[VoX]

But the thing is Vista is easily fast enough for me, although my install is nearing 1.5 years now so is slowly being bogged down. I'll most likely borrow a disc off Mitch and run a dual boot for a while, trying to use 7 properly, and then go from there and see what I think.

[Colonel Mitch]

As I said in a previous post, a lot of small things in the background that aren't immediately obvious to somebody who only looks at things on the surface.

LIST SOME OF THESE THINGS???

Vista runs just as fast as 7 for me, and uses Less ram, and takes less time to open explorer windows

[VoX]

Bugger it, need to re-format anyway, am DLing Win7 trial from Digital River (Legal) and will give that a shot.


Question is this; I currently have everything on separate partitions (C for Windows, E for Progs, F for docs, G for music) and other than grabbing stuff with a game save manager (Anyone got a link to one?) what will I need to re-do? I'm assuming most programs will need to be re-done, but I can point documents at the right folder and Winamp to the files. Anything I'm missing?

[Calneon]

I've never done partitions, I really don't see the point. Though I'm sure you can move documents around like you do in Vista (right click properties). As for game save manager, I backed up everything with this http://gsm.duncsweb.com/. Though I also backed up my whole documents and most game saves are stored there anyway. If you're keeping your documents on a separate partition, I don't think you'll really need it.

Also, don't forget you can get 7 for £30 for being a student, you just need a .ac.uk email. One thing I forgot to backup was my FRAPs folder, I lost over a thousand screenshots over the past few years, which was annoying.

[VoX]

Many thanks


Is that Home Prem or Ultimate? I used to be able to get Ultimate for £50 but for some reason it's no longer got a price on the RM store =/