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I wish 7 was able to use XP mstyles.GSH wrote:My Win7 box at work has been tweaked to have a UI very much like Win2000. It's quite possible to turn off 99% of the eye candy.
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I have to disagree with Windows 7 bloat. I've been using it since Beta and it's pretty quick. In fact, for kicks, I installed it on an old Dell laptop at work (single core processor, 512MB of RAM) and it still ran surprisingly smooth.TwinShadow wrote:I haven't seen the video, and not about to now. I've lost interest in Windows during XP, with Vista being a horrible turn-out, and then with W7 still being butt-ugly to the core, XP is the only OS I can see that has a simple, but effective UI. Even then, I don't really utilize half of W7's features anyway because its just full of bloat. Microsoft does nothing more than to bloat their OS' to a point that it works against the OS rather than making them functional. This is partly why I want to move to Linux instead, but with no real support in terms of games, I'm forced to continue using Winbloat.
I've heard many stories about XP 64-bit, and many of them are not good. If someone desperately needs 64-bit, W7 is probably the best bet. Or hell, Linux if you're not a gamer or something.HitchcockGreen wrote:You could always go Win XP 64 bit.
You actually can. You only have to patch a dll file.Nielk1 wrote:I wish 7 was able to use XP mstyles.GSH wrote:My Win7 box at work has been tweaked to have a UI very much like Win2000. It's quite possible to turn off 99% of the eye candy.
-- GSH
Show me.HitchcockGreen wrote:You actually can. You only have to patch a dll file.
What I consider bloat could mean different things to different users. My laptop here had issues running W7 and its more modern than the dell you speak of. Intel Centrino Duo 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM.. and it was sluggish from the get-go. But then again, I have an air around me that is vastly anti-Windows and stuff breaks around me without me doing anything.HitchcockGreen wrote:I have to disagree with Windows 7 bloat. I've been using it since Beta and it's pretty quick. In fact, for kicks, I installed it on an old Dell laptop at work (single core processor, 512MB of RAM) and it still ran surprisingly smooth.
Vista was an abortion of an operating system; agreed. It was to Windows 7 as Windows Me was to XP.
http://forums.techarena.in/customize-de ... ost4207581Nielk1 wrote:Show me.HitchcockGreen wrote:You actually can. You only have to patch a dll file.
And I liked ME.
Pre-loaded Windows 7 on a Dell? If it was pre-loaded, then likely it's all that crap software they pile on top of it. As well, Dell uses the cheapest hardware possible and it shows.TwinShadow wrote:What I consider bloat could mean different things to different users. My laptop here had issues running W7 and its more modern than the dell you speak of. Intel Centrino Duo 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM.. and it was sluggish from the get-go. But then again, I have an air around me that is vastly anti-Windows and stuff breaks around me without me doing anything.HitchcockGreen wrote:I have to disagree with Windows 7 bloat. I've been using it since Beta and it's pretty quick. In fact, for kicks, I installed it on an old Dell laptop at work (single core processor, 512MB of RAM) and it still ran surprisingly smooth.
Vista was an abortion of an operating system; agreed. It was to Windows 7 as Windows Me was to XP.
He means getting an XP style to work on Windows 7 - something like http://www.askvg.com/download-new-offic ... -required/ (bad example as that one is signed)HitchcockGreen wrote:http://forums.techarena.in/customize-de ... ost4207581Nielk1 wrote:Show me.HitchcockGreen wrote:You actually can. You only have to patch a dll file.
And I liked ME.
Personally I've never tried it as I don't bother skinning windows much.
And to each his own on Me... I only ever got it to work smoothly in a virtual machine. I think it was hardware it didn't like very much.
/me nearly chokes to death....HitchcockGreen wrote:Alternatively, you could use something like WindowsBlinds.
I have to ask, but where did I say it was pre-loaded? My laptop was pre-loaded with Vista, but I ripped that out fast for something else, something better, something that actually *runs* on my laptop rather well.HitchcockGreen wrote:Pre-loaded Windows 7 on a Dell? If it was pre-loaded, then likely it's all that crap software they pile on top of it. As well, Dell uses the cheapest hardware possible and it shows.