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Computer News · 16-07-09, 12:40 PM

The latest operating system offering from software giant Microsoft is flying off the virtual shelves, according to the online retailer Amazon. Windows 7 has been pre-ordered more in the first eight hours of it becoming available, than Windows Vista was in its entire seventeen week pre-order scheme. Of course one of the differences here is that the [...]

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staffsguy50 · 20-07-09, 06:52 PM

as a windows developer I was able to try a pre-release version and it is really good, I ran it only on a virtual machine and it ran pretty quick with just 1gb of ram

ant78 · 26-07-09, 06:08 PM

its a whole lot better than vista for sure! Once all the drivers are out ill buy my self copy.

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Computer News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 845 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Windows 7 a big pre-order hit The latest operating system offering from software giant Microsoft is flying off the virtual shelves, according to the online retailer Amazon. Windows 7 has been pre-ordered more in the first eight hours of it becoming available, than Windows Vista was in its entire seventeen week pre-order scheme. Of course one of the differences here is that the [...] More: Windows 7 a big pre-order hit

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staffsguy50 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Stafford UK Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Windows 7 a big pre-order hit as a windows developer I was able to try a pre-release version and it is really good, I ran it only on a virtual machine and it ran pretty quick with just 1gb of ram

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ant78 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Windows 7 a big pre-order hit its a whole lot better than vista for sure! Once all the drivers are out ill buy my self copy.

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