Author Topic: Windows 7 / XP * Anime = X (Read 7050 times)

Mag-X · « **Reply #40 on:** November 17, 2009, 08:55:24 AM »

Quote from: zherok on November 17, 2009, 06:41:17 AM

It's annoying for folders, since they automatically group up together whether there's two folders and nothing else open or a thousand. Outside that I like it. Pinning to the bar is like a start menu merged with an OSX style dock.

I found it annoying at first, but if you hover over the icon, it'll show them to you clearly marked, and you can peek at them before you actually select it. It's stupid if you only have a few folders open, but if you have a bunch, it's easier.

Also, if you middle click on an open folder on the task bar, it'll open a new Explorer window and go to Libraries. If you middle click IE, it'll open a new Window, middle clicking Opera opens a new tab. I haven't really tried any other programs. Most seem to do nothing.

Kuroshima · « **Reply #41 on:** November 17, 2009, 01:13:16 PM »

I enjoy the windows 7 library feature...
Other than that I'm not a fan of the main desktop improvements... Like shaking a window... Holding your mouse on the bottom right corner to make windows transparent... They don't serve a purpose... The windows on the right and left thing is useful.

Mag-X · « **Reply #42 on:** November 17, 2009, 01:32:04 PM »

Quote from: Kuroshima on November 17, 2009, 01:13:16 PM

I enjoy the windows 7 library feature...
Other than that I'm not a fan of the main desktop improvements... Like shaking a window... Holding your mouse on the bottom right corner to make windows transparent... They don't serve a purpose... The windows on the right and left thing is useful.

I use the show desktop thing all the time to peak at my CPU and RAM usage gadgets.

fohfoh · « **Reply #43 on:** November 17, 2009, 02:28:37 PM »

True, with the removal of the sidebar and the gadgets no longer being required to sit on the side bar... it's a lot simpler now.

Kuroshima · « **Reply #44 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:01:39 PM »

Lol it's in my taskbar in gnome.
Also... Isn't the aero peek thing not realtime?
Like whenyou use aero switch desktop video doesn't play...

HrtOfSword · « **Reply #45 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:32:54 PM »

Quote from: Lunarchild on November 16, 2009, 01:53:35 PM

Finally, do note that a single copy of Windows 7 may be installed on up to 3 machines at the same time. So don't go buying 3 separate copies where 1 will suffice

How does the CD differentiate between 3 machines?
And by 3 machines, is it counted as 3 different hard drives (regardless of whether it was on the same motherboard or different motherboard)? Or any amount of hard drives as long as they were on the first 3 motherboards used?

zherok · « **Reply #46 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:49:57 PM »

Quote from: Kuroshima on November 17, 2009, 03:01:39 PM

Also... Isn't the aero peek thing not realtime?
Like whenyou use aero switch desktop video doesn't play...

It renders in real time. Tried it with a video game, works, tried it in MPC, works. They both showed movement in sync with their content.

mgz · « **Reply #47 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:55:33 PM »

Quote from: Natheria on November 16, 2009, 03:03:28 PM

And unless you are turning into a drug lord or you have CP you don't want the FBI looking at bitlocker isn't really that useful. I would save the 20 bucks, unless you want to be a true otaku nerd and plan on turning your whole OS Japanese.

As far as the 16gb cap for Home, i really wouldn't be concerned with that at all. 4-8 gigs is plenty and you really don't need anymore than that unless you just want to have a huge e-peen. I don't even think they make any mobos that support over 16 gigs yet. And before you say "well, i'm just preparing for the future" when that day comes (which i don't think will be any time soon) you can upgrade you home to Pro using the Windows Anytime Upgrade. You basically unlock the other edition's features on your computer and buy a new license key for the difference. I'm not saying don't buy pro (as there are a lot of nice features that come with pro) I just wouldn't consider the memory cap that important at this point. Do you even use those 8 gigs of ram? If you just use your rig for anime and gamin, probably not.

Now upgrading from XP, if any anime (or anything else you want to save) is on your boot drive, back it up. When you do a clean install from XP, Win7 does save all your old files and settings so you can then run Microsoft's Windows 7 Migration program so you don't have to change anything around although i would back it up just in case (as always). If you can back all your old files up and don't mind rearranging your settings though i would do a completely clean install and forget about Microsoft's little Windows 7 Migration program. I haven't heard anything about it save for the experiences my father has had trying to get some of his old things to work (probably not even related but a completely clean install is just peace of mind).

There is one concern for watching anime on Win7 with MPC, you may have an issue with subtitles not showing up at first. I believe you have to add a filter for DirectVobSub (under external filters in options). I can't remember the details and i can't seem to find the old thread that talked about this issue. It's not that big of a deal though, and i fixed it in 5 seconds.

I really haven't heard of anyone having problems with programs not working on Win7. I know i haven't had any problems with any of my visual novels or emulators or any other older games like Warcraft 3. I'd like to know what these games/programs are that are out there that don't run on Win7 without the XP emulator.

dont think turning you OS japanese makes you an otaku, but rather someone who just understands japanese

zherok · « **Reply #48 on:** November 17, 2009, 04:06:09 PM »

Japanese for the sake of Japanese is sorta a defining aspect of an Otaku, isn't it?

Takeshi · « **Reply #49 on:** November 17, 2009, 04:11:46 PM »

Quote from: zherok on November 17, 2009, 04:06:09 PM

Japanese for the sake of Japanese is sorta a defining aspect of an Otaku, isn't it?

Hell, if I could understand written Japanese then I'd get a Japanese version for sure, just to brag! Though it might get a bit annoying if some friends of mine needed to use my laptop, heh.

Malific · « **Reply #50 on:** November 17, 2009, 09:28:03 PM »

Quote from: HrtOfSword on November 17, 2009, 03:32:54 PM

Quote from: Lunarchild on November 16, 2009, 01:53:35 PM
Finally, do note that a single copy of Windows 7 may be installed on up to 3 machines at the same time. So don't go buying 3 separate copies where 1 will suffice
How does the CD differentiate between 3 machines?
And by 3 machines, is it counted as 3 different hard drives (regardless of whether it was on the same motherboard or different motherboard)? Or any amount of hard drives as long as they were on the first 3 motherboards used?

It's most likely not CD that notices, but authenticating the Key that comes with it. 3 Automatic authentications before you have to call em and tell them you HD crashed. At least that's how it worked with XP, no idea how win7 with authenticate but I foresee something similar when I buy it.

Natheria · « **Reply #51 on:** November 17, 2009, 09:57:15 PM »

Quote from: mgz on November 17, 2009, 03:55:33 PM

dont think turning you OS japanese makes you an otaku, but rather someone who just understands japanese

Of course it is but it still marks you as a major Otaku if you buy 7 Ultimate for the language feature (hey, if i actually knew Japanese I'd seriously consider getting Ultimate just because

).

And i wouldn't build a machine without 4 gigs of RAM anymore. I'm sorry but that is my absolute limit. 2 gigs is pushing it for me and if i had to i would put up with it but would rather have 4. I really can't imagine what it would be like to run 64 bit se7en with 1 gig of ram now that I'm spoiled with 4.

It also goes the same way with increasing amount of RAM. 8 is preferable if you have the extra money for it just to have it, but not really what i would consider necessary quite yet (for me). Then you get people who have 12 gigs which is just ridiculous. Now your just getting more RAM just to say you have more RAM.

mgz · « **Reply #52 on:** November 17, 2009, 10:48:18 PM »

nice thing about running with 8 gigs of ram on my e8500 is i can run wow and codmw2 at the same time and not lag

Mag-X · « **Reply #53 on:** November 18, 2009, 02:08:30 AM »

Quote from: HrtOfSword on November 17, 2009, 03:32:54 PM

Quote from: Lunarchild on November 16, 2009, 01:53:35 PM
Finally, do note that a single copy of Windows 7 may be installed on up to 3 machines at the same time. So don't go buying 3 separate copies where 1 will suffice
How does the CD differentiate between 3 machines?
And by 3 machines, is it counted as 3 different hard drives (regardless of whether it was on the same motherboard or different motherboard)? Or any amount of hard drives as long as they were on the first 3 motherboards used?

After installation, it makes a digital signature of your hardware and sends that to Microsoft when you activate Windows. You can install it on as many PCs as you want, but it should only activate on the first computer. If you want to install Windows on multiple machines, buy the family license pack.

Kuroshima · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2009, 04:14:35 AM »

Yeah don't you hit a limit with the speed of those 8 GB of ram with a e8500... Memory controller is slower on that compared to amd
am I correct?

kureshii · « **Reply #55 on:** November 18, 2009, 04:19:03 AM »

The memory controller is not on the E8500.

Kuroshima · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2009, 04:28:53 AM »

Yes it's on mobo.... But the data from CPU to memory is limited due to bandwidth...
Well... On 775 socket

kureshii · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2009, 05:14:04 AM »

Why're you talking about the memory controller on the E8500 then?

Be specific — what do you mean by "faster"? Higher clock speed? Or higher transfer bandwidth?

AMD's memory bus on their newer (Athlon II/Phenom II) processors have a higher theoretical maximum bandwidth than the Intel® 82P45 Memory Controller Hub (used on the P45 chipset). But the actual bandwidth available is often far lower than these numbers, and also depends on the speed of the DIMMs used.

Here's a synthetic Sisoft benchmark comparing some Phenom II and Core 2 memory bandwidths (too bad I couldn't find comparable Athlon II numbers):

And the corresponding latencies:

Source: TechReport's review of the Phenom II X4 955

Not that this is any relevant since Windows doesn't explain how they do their WEI testing. It is naive to assume it is based solely on clock speed or transfer bandwidth.

Lunarchild · « **Reply #58 on:** November 18, 2009, 12:38:37 PM »

Quote from: HrtOfSword on November 17, 2009, 03:32:54 PM

Quote from: Lunarchild on November 16, 2009, 01:53:35 PM
Finally, do note that a single copy of Windows 7 may be installed on up to 3 machines at the same time. So don't go buying 3 separate copies where 1 will suffice
How does the CD differentiate between 3 machines?
And by 3 machines, is it counted as 3 different hard drives (regardless of whether it was on the same motherboard or different motherboard)? Or any amount of hard drives as long as they were on the first 3 motherboards used?

The EULA allows you to install it on 3 machines. You can try and install it on more, but you can't activate it, or legally use it.

Neco · « **Reply #59 on:** November 18, 2009, 03:16:15 PM »

Someone say 32GB RAM ?

Server Mobos FTW