[Nuke]

windows 7 installs everything you would get in ultimate no matter what version you run, it just has all the features disabled. this is one of the things i dont like about 7. perhaps its because im old skool and dont like seeing the os eat more drive space than it needs. i cant say im 100% happy with ms windows, and my many attempts to use linux have left something to be desired. so thats why i wait for this to go beta. so that i can get the best of both worlds, without having to really give up any actual hardware/software compatibility. i can continue using firefox, photoshop 7, max 8, winamp, notepadd++ and pidgin and all my windows only games, but still be using a free and open os.

of course all this talk of operating systems. more cores is about bringing more resources to the pool, it really has nothing to do with how those resources are spent. buy a quad core because the os and your software will run better and you can do more things simultaneously without bogging down the system. buy one if you want a modern bloated os to feel like its not eating your system whole. its as simple as that. do not buy one if you feel you dont need it, like if you can trim your system to run on 486 without much trouble, or if youre upgrading (cpu upgrades are bs anyway, i only ever upgrade ram and video cards, anything else is a waste of money) and your system dont support it.

im planning to spend $400-$600 on a new computer this fall, and so far its gonna be no trouble at all to get a quad. its just getting so damn cheap to buy hardware, i really dont see any reason not to get a quad.

[pecenipicek]

No, it does remove media player, i just tried it using a shortcut i created myself

hit win+r and type in wmplayer.exe

[Davros]

And what part of my quote are you hoping to disprove by me doing that ?

[KyadCK]

MediaPlayer should be in all versions of Win7 unless they are labled "K" (korean version), "N" (no media stuff at all), or Starter Edition and even for N you can download the media stuff later though the website though it's a pain.

Since you do NOT need an internet connection or a cd to upgrade Windows (you can call it in, all you need is a key), Nuke is correct. Pece's way of getting around it on the other hand wont work since it is disabled not mearly hidden. you likely need to play registry games to get it working, or just download it from the web.

[Nuke]

im really starting to like reactos, the current alpha version is less than a hundred megs.

[Davros]

you should give us a review of it nuke

[S-99]

Maybe you should just try it. It's less than a hundred megs.

[Nuke]

you should give us a review of it nuke

so far ive only been able to give it a run as a live cd. the outward appearance is almost exactly like windows server or xp without themes. there are issues with some of the menus and whatnot, they are somewhat glitchy. but considering the os is still in alpha its not bad. i managed to get an old celeron machine up and running. its pure intel everything on the mobo, except the sound it seems, so it would be a perfect candidate for testing. but the installer cd requires a ide cdrom drive to install the os, all i got is sata cd drives and go figure the mobo doesnt have any sata controllers. to further complicate things its usb stack is incomplete and i dont have a single ps2 keyboard or mouse in my inventory. the real test is to install it on a high performance machine and try to get all the drivers to work, then games. the os seems to perfer opengl, wraping all d3d calls to it. i think they used some code from wine to derive its d3d compatibility. needless to say its gonna be some time before i can give it a thorough runaround.

[KyadCK]

To add to Nuke's list of problems, while it is fully possible to install ReactOS in VMware, it will not boot (probably the same compatability issues nuke has with his celeron box, who knows). They do offer a pre-made VMware version but it is for VMware 4 (latest is 7.1.4) and while it does work and will boot, clicking on anything caused a crash. For those who care, they even copied the bluescreen of death, font and all.