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The minimum system requirements for Windows 7 are kinda steep though. I've been meaning to install the beta on one or two of my machines and I can't put it into my test machine until I increase the RAM.
I'm also running Vista on two of my machines and WinXP on the rest of them. Vista has been just fine on machines that are fast enough and with a good amount of memory. It seems to be lower spec'ed machines that choke on it.
java, I thought Windows 7 did require Vista installation. I heard that on cnet 1-2 months ago, but maybe they had bad info.
I thought so too, but my IT guy told me otherwise. I'm on vacation now, but will confirm when back in office.
I've heard both - it wouldn't surprise me if MS has changed the requirements over the course of the beta testing.
This must made my Mac Mini a whole lot more useful: [link]
I have a hard time believing that MS would require a Vista installation to upgrade to 7. I can see it being easier technically so that the betas may not have been upgradable from XP, but I would think in the actual release you'd be able to go from XP.
This must made my Mac Mini a whole lot more useful: [link]
That's excellent! Sadly, my laptop (4-year-old [maybe 5, actually] iBook) is not up to spec for it.
Hmm. One more reason to get a new Macbook. (Plus, Apple is taunting me with the lure of "buy a new computer and get an iPod Touch free!")
I'm running a traceroute on a client's FTP server (basically to prove to them that it really is NOT WORKING) and I've got 30 lines of *** so far, and it's still going.
How long will OSX keep trying before giving me a timeout message? I kind of want to go to lunch...
[eta: Went to lunch and it had timed out by the time I got back.]
Hey, meara, is it a wide flat slot? PCMCIA? Because a lot of the newer computers are coming with few or no slots of that nature. Or is it narrower like these expresscards? Those would probably be easier to find.
My cellular modem is USB for that reason; we needed it to work across an older laptop, and newer laptop, and a home-built desktop.
Or maybe look for an adapter?
I read about Google Chrome again and decided that it had been awhile and I'd try it again. I had my fling with Chrome, but like my fling with Opera and IE8, I always come back to Firefox in the end. There will be the times that Firefox will consume ungodly amounts of memory, but I just can't quit it.