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ngj26
20th July 2009, 09:52
Does anyone out there have it yet and if you do would like to know the advantages and disadvantages. as i will have it for later today.
Win2Win
20th July 2009, 10:11
Does anyone out there have it yet and if you do would like to know the advantages and disadvantages. as i will have it for later today.
http://www.filipinouk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=17160
ngj26
20th July 2009, 10:13
thanks keith :thumbs
TheOldhamWhisper
20th July 2009, 11:56
The only word of caution I have is that if you are putting on a 'trial version', you will either have to pay for it (October, I think) or remove it when the trial expires...removing it means re-formatting your system (or at least the partition or drive you installed it to) - so be careful!
Win2Win
20th July 2009, 12:47
The previous 'demo' version of Vista did not allow you to upgrade it to the full version.
counterfeit
23rd July 2009, 14:22
I have it and I hate it as my laptop has all but rejected every driver I had installed for the Acer installed hardware - I am going back to Vista, which I didn't like that much either but eventually got used to it. Overall, my desktop with XP on it, is by far the most stable of all 4 of our computers.
Win2Win
23rd July 2009, 15:03
As W7 hasn't been officially released yet I'd not expect 3rd parties to have drivers ready yet.
counterfeit
23rd July 2009, 15:25
Oddly, Acer do have some drivers ready but not enough so it was a waste of time signing up as a beta user.

As with most operating systems, it is probably wise to wait until it has been in use 6 months before upgrading - unless like my wife you have Linux which is universally useless.
Win2Win
23rd July 2009, 15:52
.... unless like my wife you have Linux which is universally useless.
:D It's more a server OS than a home user one.
counterfeit
24th July 2009, 09:51
:D It's more a server OS than a home user one.
Why do they put it on laptops? It's not compatible with so many programs.
Win2Win
24th July 2009, 09:57
Why do they put it on laptops? It's not compatible with so many programs.
Makes them cheaper by about £70.
counterfeit
24th July 2009, 16:12
Fair enough ... but there should be an attached health warning

"likely to make you extremely irritable when you discover nothing is compatible"
Win2Win
24th July 2009, 17:56
Fair enough ... but there should be an attached health warning

"likely to make you extremely irritable when you discover nothing is compatible"
Networking is the worst problem with it for non-techies
counterfeit
25th July 2009, 08:15
I cannot get it to connect wirelessly to my HP printer, so my wife has to either plug it in or save whatever she wants printed onto a stick and take the stick to the desktop.

She doesn't get peed off with me at all!!!
Win2Win
25th July 2009, 09:37
You can install windows on it you know!
counterfeit
25th July 2009, 11:18
ah ... but I don't have a "ahem" valid copy of windows except the recovery one for my Vista laptop but that is tailored to my Acer, so it might completely :censored: up her laptop.

going back to the point of this thread I could use the Windows 7 beta I have but given all the moaning I have done about that I might as well just get a dvorce lawyer sorted out now.