window 7? yes or no

[promethius]

the one you can get as a student how do you obtain one? is it a 64bit and is it professional?

[Pikarya]

Pretty sure its 32-bit. Friend ordered his and its showing as Home Edition Upgrade/32.

[Fen]

the one you can get as a student how do you obtain one? is it a 64bit and is it professional?

741

Getting 64bit professional requires like 2 extra clicks, the default is 32bit home premium. I'm backing shit up atm before I install 64bit home premium from that site. Note that only UK/US members can use that site for now... other countries have to dig through the M$ website to get started with the purchase.

[Boyiee]

Currently using Vista Ultimate 64bit, and I'm heavy into gaming and not much else.

Which version of 7 should I be upgrading to, and can I get that version through 741?

I'm not really sure if I still have a .edu email anymore considering I've been out of school for over a year and am not starting again till next fall overseas, but we'll see.

[kuronosan]

You probably want to stick with Ultimate, which you can't get through student purchasing. Professional might be just fine, however, and you can get that for $30 through 741.

[Boyiee]

I don't use any of the Ultimate features, so it's not really an issue.

I just want to make sure I get one that is best compatible for a gaming pc (ie not a lot of bullshit or maybe a watered down version) that still has necessities and ix 64bit.

[Korietsu]

Get x64 professional. Installed it on my macbook pro, and it's working like a champ. As an edit, I'm running BF2142 just fine, which is notoriously hard to get to run on vista properly.

[Scythiroth]

the one you can get as a student how do you obtain one? is it a 64bit and is it professional?

I had a choice between 32 bit and 64 bit professional (or both if I really wanted both). It was through one of my college's computer classes.

[Darus Grey]

Win7 is the smoothest verison of Windows I have ever used. I have Ultimate, and I don't know a thing about that Win7 for Students, but I will tell you, "YES, install the damn OS asap".

Note - If you think OSX is better, you are on solid crack rocks.

Pass the crack rocks; Windows is still years behind in adopting industry standards where Linux and OSX are still at the cutting edge.

The major difference between Vista and 7 is that they paid for a fuckton of hype to convince the sheep "It's not Vista!"... It's hilarious to see the same people who threw stones at Vista jizz over Windows 7.

[Kurp]

Pass the crack rocks; Windows is still years behind in adopting industry standards where Linux and OSX are still at the cutting edge.

Which standards?

[Pikarya]

Which standards?

I would love to know also. Linux, we'll talk. OSX? Please.

[Darus Grey]

Full 64 bit adoption? Multi-threading engine? OpenCL support? ZFS and other 128bit file systems? DisplayPort(minor, since HDMI will likely eclipse it), Edith how could I forget, true seamless multi-alphabet support. That's just *right now*. One of the benefits of being a closed platform is being able to add new features without concern for legacy support.

Linux, we'll talk. OSX? Please.

This is pretty telling so you know, that you think there's a significant difference. And this isn't meant to be a de-rail, I'm not saying Windows7 is bad, I was in the camp that Vista wasn't bad. Just hilarious to see people so hype for Vista2 when so little has actually changed outside some fancy new graphics.