Windows 7

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Davood - the discussion has moved on, please stop trolling or feeding the
trolls. I'm not sure which you're doing at this point.
Mooga - What happens when you don't have aero? An xp quality interface?

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Davood Dehnavifar <davood at dehnavifar.com>wrote:

> It is a buffet for trolls only because of how the question was posed.
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> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Matthew Gottlieb <
> matthew.j.gottlieb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I actually pushed DePaul to release the Win 7 Final about a month
>> before classes started because I want to get a real install before
>> school started back up.  I've been using Win7 full time since the RC
>> went live.  My favorite changes to 7 are the GUI and UI changes.
>>
>> Moving and manipulating windows is wonderfully easy.  The new task bar
>> is beautiful.  The new Aero is much nicer and smoother then Vista.
>> Overall, I love Windows 7.
>>
>> However, without Aero, it's just not the same :(
>>
>> ~ Mooga
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>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Davood Dehnavifar
>> <davood at dehnavifar.com> wrote:
>> > The first sentence of my original response:
>> > Personally, I think it is important to do what you think it best for
>> you.
>> >
>> > Therefore I was never complaining about the answers that were given to
>> your
>> > questions.. I was merely saying that I felt, since this is a Linux
>> mailing
>> > list and only CDM students get free access to Windows 7 through MSDNAA
>> this
>> > was not a discussion I felt should be taking place on this list.
>> >
>> > I think a better way to ask the question would have been how can I
>> improve
>> > my battery life on my laptop.. as it seems the most useful answer to
>> your
>> > question was to recompile the kernel.
>> >
>> > I was NEVER complaining about the appropriateness of the question. I was
>> > merely pointing out that it could have been asked focusing completely on
>> the
>> > use of Linux and no the prospect of installing Windows.
>> >
>> > ~Davood
>> >
>> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Hal Wigoda <hwigoda at mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I meant, let's not fight.
>> >>
>> >> -------
>> >> On Sep 13, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Davood Dehnavifar <davood at dehnavifar.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Actually, no, if you would read between the lines of the point I was
>> >> making this is not the right place to be asking the question of whether
>> >> Windows 7 is worth the time or not... because people are here to talk
>> about
>> >> Linux not Windows. With that I am done discussing this matter.
>> >>
>> >> As far as the whole battery life issue, in my experience Linux/Unix
>> based
>> >> systems actually get better battery life than Windows in general. So
>> ruling
>> >> out Linux seems to be a foolish thing IMHO. Again I say, I think it is
>> >> important to do what you think is best for your situation.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Jolly <dlg at ajollylife.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Vista/7 is far more secure than XP.  I'm personally running 7 on my
>> >>> netbook.  Power management is also better.  I suggest either XP or 7.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM, BB <mhalekane at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > As CDM students, we get access to windows 7 for free. I currently
>> have
>> >>> > an an
>> >>> > XP home edition laptop (eeepc 1.6ghz, 2gb ram) that could run
>> windows 7
>> >>> > if
>> >>> > it was installed.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > What do you guys think about doing the upgrade? Is there a
>> compelling
>> >>> > reason
>> >>> > to switch to 7?  What makes it better than xp?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Switching to linux is not an option due to poor poor battery life,
>> poor
>> >>> > performance, kernel issues, and high heat output.
>> >>> >
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