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Is 7 any good?
"RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. |
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I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone
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RustY © wrote:
I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Whoever told you that, has no idea. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. Millions are. M |
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"RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks... |
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"Gordon" wrote in message . uk... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks... I possibly am - thank you. |
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Is 7 any good?
"Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. I can recomend X-news - its free and works well [other free newsreaders are out there]. |
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"Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups. It works fine. :-) Grenou |
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Hi
I've had W7 Home Premium since it was launched and I like it. I had Vista Home Premium for a year & a half prev - it was good and had few big probs and it certainly wasn't perfect. XP before that for a few years. W7 is a kinda cross between the best bits of XP & Vista + extras. I have a lot of processor hungry apps on my laptop but W7 seems to cope even better than before. OK I'm lucky and have loads of RAM which always helps and all OK so far. I have quite a few things running from Start Up and the boot process took about 10 mins on Vista - it's much quicker with W7 (anything between 2 and 5 mins now). I never had a big thing about boot times in the past (go and make a coffee and all was OK) but the difference is pretty noticeable now and lots of people will like that I'm sure when they don't like to wait :-) I did the upgrade online which worked with no problems for me - it did take a long time to complete though (almost 5 hours to complete after it was downloaded). I know that the majority will look at a clean install as the best way to go but it would have been too much hastle for me to reinstall all my apps) OK, they don't force un-PC things on you now but I was never a big fan of IE or OE anyway - Firefox & Thunderbird work better for me. W7 has loads of subtle diffs from the old stuff and it may not be perfect but I like it so far and it seems much quicker and more stable. I think the people at Microsoft have listened to the masses - it won't suit everyone I'm sure but I like it. Pete --------------------------- "RustY ©" wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message . uk... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. You're probably thinking of Windows 7 Starter edition for Netbooks... I possibly am - thank you. |
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"Grenou" wrote in message ... "Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups. It works fine. :-) Grenou I agree. The interface is very similar to OE, so the learning curve was nil. Plus I was able to export my address book/contacts from Vista's Windows Mail and import it into Live, along with my message and news group rules that take care of a lot of the spam my ISP doesn't catch. All in all, I like Win7. I upgraded my Vista notebook to Win7 Home Premium 32-bit, and definitely will NOT be going back. I find it faster and less "heavy" feeling than Vista is. Not sure if I'll go to Win7 on my XP desktop yet. Seems like a lot of work no matter which method is used, and I like XP anyhow. SC Tom |
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Annie Woughman wrote:
"RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. Thunderbird works great with both newsgroups and e-mail. you should give it a spin. getthunderbird.com |
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:38:21 -0800, "Annie Woughman"
compiled the following: "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. If you want free, then try one of the following: Xnews, Xananews, Mesnews, 40Tude Dialog, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Claws Mail. -- Geordie Usenet, how to post info: http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/usenet/...aq08-topp.html http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/quote.html |
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"Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet There's DOZENS of them. Thunderbird Windows Live Mail Pan XNews Agent 40tude. To name just a few. |
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"Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. There is a newsreader built right into Windows Live Mail. Click on "Go" and it tells you right on it that you can go to Newsgroups. You still have to set it up depening on the newsgroup isp you are focussing on. Set it up the same way you set them up on your previous OS mail client. Regards, |
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"Grenou" wrote in message ... "Annie Woughman" wrote in message ... "RustY ©" wrote in message ... I've been told that 7 is a limited version of windos for laptops. Is anyone running anything bigger on it [successfully]. My biggest gripe is the lack of any kind of newsreader. Win7 did away with Windows Mail. I still haven't found another newsreader for usenet and I refuse to go to those stupid fake newsgroups on different websites. Also, it isn't as "pretty" as Vista--I know small potatoes in the greater plan--but now the task bar is just a flat transparent ribbon instead of the rounded one in Vista. I downloaded and installed Windows Live Mail for mail and newsgroups. It works fine. :-) Grenou Thanks for the heads up. I am now posting from Windows Live Mail |
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